As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CLEAN WATER
New clean water used to refill the pool, new clean water
used to replace loss by splashing or during cleaning of the pool or
water taken from the pool and returned after filtration, or any combination
of such water.
NATURAL BATHING PLACE
Any natural pond, river or lake without bathing place improvements
and any lake or body of water created by excavation or impoundment
which is without bathing place improvements and which has not been
created or altered from the natural state for the purpose of providing
a public bathing place.
OPERATOR
The person responsible for the operation of a public bathing
place.
PUBLIC BATHING PLACE
Any outdoor or indoor place used for amateur, professional
or recreative swimming or bathing, whether or not a fee is charged
for admission or for the use of said place, exclusive of a bathing
place at a private, single-family residence which is used solely by
the owner of the residence, his family and their personal guests.
WADING POOLS
A pool or whirlpool containing less than three feet of water
used at a public bathing place for communal swimming, bathing or hydrotherapy.
Wading pools are further divided into three classes:
A.
Class 1, Fill-and-drain. A pool emptied after
each use.
B.
Class 2, Auxiliary. A pool sharing a common
recirculation/filtration system with a permitted swimming pool.
C.
Class 3, Independent. All other pools utilizing
an independent recirculation/filtration system such as baby pools,
lap pools and whirlpools.
The water in any indoor pool shall be heated
to a temperature of 68° F. to 72° F. The temperature of the
air surrounding an artificially-heated swimming pool shall not be
permitted to become more than 8° F. warmer or more than 2°
F. cooler than the water in the pool at any time when the pool is
in use.