A woven steel wire, chain link, picket or solid board type fence or a fence of similar construction, which will prevent the smallest of children from getting through, shall be construed as within this definition.

Purpose and application of chapter. Reference herein to "any" or "all" swimming pool s shall include both public and private residential swimming pools.

Violations of chapter. Unless otherwise specifically provided, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. The director of public health or his designated agent shall inspect all swimming pools in the city as frequently as may be necessary to ensure that each swimming pool is maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

Such inspections shall take place during reasonable hours and under such circumstances as to minimize the inconvenience to the owner, lessee, operator or concessionaire of the swimming pool. Orders to correct defective conditions. Upon inspection, the director of public health shall notify or cause to be notified, in writing, the owner, lessee, operator or concessionaire of any swimming pool to correct, within a reasonable time set by the director, any condition existing in violation of this chapter or of any ordinance or statute concerning the public health, or state board of health rule or regulation, unless such condition so endangers the health of any person so as to require immediate closing of the swimming pool by the director of public health.

Failure to comply with an order of the director of public health to correct such a condition shall be cause for closing the swimming pool until such condition is corrected, after notice and opportunity to be heard are given to such person.

Closing of dangerous pools. When any condition exists in any swimming pool that creates an imminent and certain danger to the health of any person, the director of public health shall have the authority to order such swimming pool closed until such condition is corrected. The director of public health shall consider the magnitude of the danger and the cost of complying with the requirements imposed by this chapter in determining whether to order a swimming pool closed.

General maintenance and operating requirements. All swimming pools shall be maintained and operated in a manner which will not create a nuisance or hazard to the publi c health. Impounded water shall, at all times, be treated in a manner which will prevent the growth of algae and the breeding of mosquitoes or other insects. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall apply to public swimming pools and shall be in addition to other provisions of this chapter applicable to such pools.

Every gate in such fence shall be capable of being securely fastened at a height of not less than four feet above ground level, and it shall be unlawful for any such gate to be allowed to remain unfastened while the pool is not in use.

Such fence shall be constructed so as to come within two inches of the ground at the bottom and shall be at least five feet from the edge of the pool at any point. Water sources. Water sources for a public swimming pool, other than a municipal supply, shall be subject to approval by the director of public health.

Chemical treatment of water-Generally. Formation of alum floc shall be achieved separately and applied directly to the filter influent during the filter cycle. Same-Records to be kept. Any person maintaining a public swimming pool shall maintain records, which shall include the pH level, the free chlorine residual reading and the water clarity reading, taken and recorded at least every two hours while the pool is open for use, and the time of day at which chemicals are added.

These records shall be kept on file for a period of one year from the time recorded and shall be open to inspection by the director of public health. Chemical testing equipment.

Satisfactory equipment shall be provided for determination of a free chlorine residual content reading from 0. Pools maintained under a stabilizer program shall be provided with satisfactory equipment for determining cyanuric acid content readings ranging from 20 to ppm.

Operation of filters; clarity of water. The filters at a public swimming pool shall be operated twenty-four 24 hours per day during the season of use of the pool. At all times when the pool is open for use, the water shall be sufficiently clear to permit a six-inch disc, divided into alternate black and white quadrants, when placed on the bottom of the pool at the deepest point, to be clearly visible from the swimming pool deck at all distances up to ten yards in a horizontal direction from the projection of the disc on the swimming pool surface.

Filter room placard. A placard shall be prominently displayed in the filter room of a public swimming pool showing: 1 The size of the public swimming pool in square feet. Maximum number of swimmers.

The maximum number of swimmers or other persons allowed in a public swimming pool at any one time shall be determined by dividing the total square footage of the swimming pool water surface area by twenty-seven 27 ; provided, however, if the diving area is excluded from the total square footage of swimming pool water surface, twenty-four 24 may be used as the divisor. No person in charge of any public swimming pool shall allow more swimmers or other persons to be in such pool at any one time than the maximum number allowable, as so determined.

Use by persons with skin disorders, disease, etc. Spitting, spouting water, blowing the nose, urinating or defecating in such pool is prohibited. Laundering, storing and handling bathing suits and towels furnished users. Bathing suits and towels furnished to users of a public swimming pool shall be laundered, stored and handled in a sanitary manner and used by only one person. Toilet, lavatory and shower facilities. Toilet facilities, including rooms and fixtures at a public swimming pool shall be kept in clean condition and good repair.

Lavatories at a public swimming pool shall be equipped with adequate liquid or powdered soap from plastic or metal dispensers, and approved hand-drying towels or other devices. Such facilities shall be kept in a clean condition and in good repair. Waste receptacles shall be provided. Each shower at a public swimming pool shall be equipped with adequate liquid or powdered soap from a metal or plastic soap dispenser. Every swimmer entering the pool area shall be required to take a shower.

Apartment complexes and other such establishments which provide bathroom facilities in each housing unit and which restrict the use of the swimming pool to occupants and their guests shall be deemed to comply with this section. Animals, fowl and pets prohibited. Animals, fowl or pets shall not be permitted within a public swimming pool area. This section shall not apply to seeing eye dogs. No person shall open or operate a public swimming pool, unless he has a current permit so to do issued by the director of public health.

Such permit is hereinafter referred to in this division as a "pool permit. Application for a pool permit shall be made in writing on a form prescribed by the director of public health and signed by the applicant, wherein the applicant shall agree to conform to all of health rules and regulations governing swimming pools, and to permit such inspections as the director of public health deems necessary.

Each applicant for a pool permit shall, to the satisfaction of the director of public health, demonstrate basic knowledge of water treatment process in swimming pools, know proper techniques for collection of water samples for bacteriological analysis and be capable of performing the chemical tests necessary to maintain safe water quality at the swimming pool, or have an individual in his employ with such knowledge.

Completion of a course approved by the director of public health shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this section.

The director of public health is hereby authorized to charge annual fees for the issuance of a pool permit as follows: 1 Swimming pool Valid only for specific person and pool. A pool permit is valid only for the person to whom it is issued and for the swimming pool for which it is obtained. Each pool permit shall be placed in a weather proof frame and permanently posted in view at the swimming pool for which it was issued.

Term; renewal. A pool permit shall be valid beginning May first of each year until April thirtieth of the following year. The holder of the permit shall be responsible for renewing it each year, on or before the expiration date.

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