ARTICLE V
SECTION 25.22
SWIMMING POOLS
A.
GENERAL
1.)
No
swimming pool greater than three (3) feet in depth of water or appurtenance
thereto shall be constructed, installed, enlarged, or altered until a permit
has been obtained form the Building Official.
The approval of all city and state authorities having jurisdiction over
pools shall be obtained before applying to the Building Official for a
permit. Certified copies of these
approvals shall be filed as a part of the supporting data for the application for
the permit. In the event of any
conflict between the provisions of these Regulations and any provision of state
law or requirement, rules, or regulations of the State Department of Public
Health; the provision imposing the higher standard or the more stringent
requirement shall have precedence.
2.)
Before
any permit for a swimming pool is issued; plans, including a site plan with
elevations, shall be submitted showing accurate dimensions and construction of
the pool and appurtenances, properly established distances to lot lines, and
details of water supply, drainage, and water disposal systems.
3.)
A
private swimming pool may be constructed in any zone as an accessory use to a
residential use.
4.)
Any
swimming pool and appurtenances shall conform to the same yard and coverage
requirements for buildings as set forth for each zone and shall conform to the
standards for walls and fences set forth in these regulations.
B.
WATER SUPPLY AND
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
1.)
No
direct mechanical connection between a source of domestic water supply shall be
made to a swimming pool or to the piping to the pool. The water supply for filling the pool, when derived from a
potable supply, shall be by means of an over-fall fillspout to the pool or an
over-fall supply to a surge tank, wherein the water will freely overflow at
deck level or the top of the surge tank before coming into contact with the
water supply outlet.
2.)
The
swimming pool and equipment shall be equipped to be completely emptied of
water, and the discharged water shall be disposed of in an approved manner that
will not create a nuisance to the adjoining property. Whenever any waste or drainage from a swimming pool is connected
to a sanitary sewer or storm sewer, an air-gap or a relief manhole shall be
provided which will positively preclude against surge or back flow introducing
contaminated water into the swimming pool or water treatment plant. The written permission of the public
authority having control of such sanitary or storm sewer shall be filed with
the application for a permit.
C.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1) No
electrical wiring shall be permitted to pass overhead within twenty feet of the
swimming pool enclosure.
2)
There shall be an adequate enclosure either
surrounding the property or the swimming pool area, which shall be sufficient
to make the pool inaccessible to small children. Such enclosure, including gates, must not be less than four (4)
feet above grade. All gates must be
self-latching with latches placed at least four (4) feet above the ground or
otherwise made inaccessible from the outside to small children. A natural barrier, building, hedge, pool
cover, or other protective device approved by the Building Official may be used
if the degree of protection afforded by the substituted device or structure is
not less than the protection afforded by the enclosure, gate, and latch
described herein.