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Sec 33-12 Fences and Safety Barriers for_Sivir_l-ninb Pools -
(a) Required for filial inspection of pool. No final inspection for a swimming pool shall be given by the
Building and Zoning Department, unless there has been erected a safety barrier as hereinafter'provided. No pool
shall be filled with water unless a final inspection has-been madeand approved, except for testing purposes as may
be approved by the Building and Zoning 1epa-tment. - ` .
(b) Types permitted. The safety barrier shall take the form of a screened-in patio,a wooden fence, a wire
fence,a rock wall,a concrete block wall or other materials,so as to enable the owner to blend the same with the style
of architecture planned or in existence on the property.
(c) Height. The minimum height of the safety barrier shall be not less than four feet(4%0").
(d) Location of barrier. The safety barrier shall be erected either around the swimming pool or around the
premises or a portion thereof on which the swimming pool �s erected. In either event, it shall enclose the area
entirely, prohibiting unrestrained admittance to the enclosed area. Pools located in enclosed structures or on the
roofs of buildings shall,not require the installation of barriers as required herein.
(e) Gates. Gates shall be of the spring-lock type, so that]they shall automatically be in a closed and fastened
position at all times. Gates shall.also be equipped with a safe Iock and shall be locked when the swimming pool is
not in use.
(f) Permits. Before any work is commenced, permits shall be secured for all swimming pools and for safety
barriers. Plans shall contain all details necessary to show compliance with the terms and conditions of this chapter.
No swimming pool permits shall be issued unless simultaneously therewith a permit is secured for the erection of the
required safety barrier,provided however, that in lieu of the permit for a safety barrier, a written statement from the
owner certifying that he understands and agrees.that the pool cannot be used or filled with water until a permit has
been obtained for such barrier erected, inspected and approved will be acceptable. This certification, however, will
not eliminate the need for obtaining a permit and erecting an approved barrier prior to final inspection and use of the
pool. If the premises are already enclosed, as hereinbefore provided, permit for the safety barrier shall not be
required if,upon inspection of the premises,the existing barrier and gates are proven to be satisfactory.
(g) - Wooden fences. In the wooden type, the-boards,pickets, louvers, or other such members, shall be spaced,
constructed and erected so as to make the fence non-climbable and impenetrable.
(h) Walls. Walls,whether of the rock or block type,shall be so erected to make them non-climbable.
(i) Wire fences. Wire fences shall be the two inch chain-link or diamond weave non-climbable type, or an
approved equal with top rail. They shall be of a heavy, galvanized material.
6) Refusal of permits. It shall be within the discretion of the Director to refuse approval of a barrier which, in
his opinion, does riot furnish the safety requirements of this section, i.e., that is high enough and so constructed to
keep the children of pre-school age from getting over or through it.
(k) Maintenance. It shall be the responsibility of the owner and/or occupant of the premises upon which the
swimming pool is hereafter erected to maintain and'keep in proper and safe condition the safety barrier required and
erected in accordance with this chapter,
(Ord.No. 57-19 8 5,(CC), 10-22-57; Ord.No. 64-53,8 1, 10-23-64; Ord.No. 74-33,58 1, 2, 5-7-74)