For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BARRIER. A wall, building, fence or any combination of these which control access to the pool proper. This barrier shall be of such construction as to provide protection for the safety of the public.
CLASS A SWIMMING POOL. A public swimming pool, admission to which may be gained by the general public, with or without the payment of a fee, such as a public school, municipal or commercial pool.
CLASS B SWIMMING POOL. A public swimming pool on the premises of or part of a business, such as a motel, hotel, trailer court, apartment house, condominium, community association, health or fitness facility, recreation camp, country club, private school, or similar establishment which is to be used only by individuals authorized by the owner or operator but not by the general public.
CLASS C SWIMMING POOL. A shallow public swimming pool intended primarily for special uses rather than general swimming, including but not limited to the wading of small children.
CLASS D SWIMMING POOL. A public pool which provides air-enriched water or direct water under pressure onto the body and which by design and function is intended to provide the benefits of hydromassage, water therapy or medical treatment.
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. Any group of persons, individuals, homeowners, or a firm, partnership, corporation, company, society or association, which provides or operates swimming facilities for their own use and/or for the limited use of the public.
CONTACT PERSON. A person or persons at least 18 years old designated by the pool owner or management personnel to be available at all times during public swimming pool operating hours as required in this chapter.
DECK LEVEL DIVING BOARD INSTALLATION. A diving structure or device rising no more than 18 inches above the normal water level.
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. The Mayor or his designated representative.
GROUNDS. The area within the exterior boundaries of real property which includes a public swimming pool as defined in this section.
LIFEGUARD SERVICE. The attendance, at all times that persons are allowed to be in the swimming pool area, of one or more lifeguards who hold a current American Red Cross Advanced Lifeguard Training Certificate or YMCA Senior Lifesaving Certificate or equivalent certification, as determined by the enforcement authority, and who have no duties to perform other than to superintend the safety of those using the swimming pool area during the time the pool is open.
NONCONFORMING SAMPLE. The presence of organisms of the coliform group or other organisms in amounts which may be harmful to public health as indicated in a bacteriological test required by the enforcement authority and conducted by a certified laboratory.
NONPUBLIC POOL. A swimming pool owned by a private individual for use of family members and/or non-paying guests, or a swimming pool owned by a business employing fewer than ten persons if the pool is for the use of employees only. This article shall not apply to nonpublic pools.
PERSON. Any person, individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, and every officer, agent or employee thereof.
PERSON IN CHARGE. The individual present at a public swimming pool, who at the time of inspection by the enforcement authority is the apparent supervisor on the behalf of the owner or operator of the public swimming pool. In the absence of an apparent supervisor, any employee on the premises shall be deemed the person in charge.
PREMISES. The area within the barrier and any adjacent support facilities (i.e., bathhouses, club house, or shower room) and shall also include the office of operational or management personnel.
PUBLIC. The general populace regardless of age or place of temporary or permanent residence.
PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL. One or more abutting structures, basins, chambers, or tanks of the same class pool provided with a controlled potable water supply, water circulation, filtration, and sanitization equipment and which is intended to be used collectively by numbers of persons for one of the following purposes: swimming, diving, recreational play, therapy, medical treatment or hydro-massage and includes all structures, appurtenances, equipment, appliances and all other facilities appurtenant to and intended for the operation and maintenance of each separate, distinct swimming pool and is operated by a person be he owner, lessee, operator, licensee or concessionaire regardless of whether a fee is charged for such use. Public swimming pool shall include Class A, B, C, and D pools and shall apply to any structures designed to contain water and which may reasonably be construed to be used by persons for body immersion to a significant degree or other water treatment where all water is not removed after each use, and which the enforcement authority determines represents a public health concern. Public swimming pool shall hereafter also be known as swimming pool or pool. Pools of different classes shall be treated as separate swimming pools which require separate permits, even if circulation and/or filtration equipment is shared. Class D swimming pools consisting of multiple interconnected chambers may be considered as one swimming pool provided all circulation and filtration equipment is shared so as to create identical water conditions in each chamber.
SEASONAL POOL. A swimming pool which is not operated on a year-round basis.
('74 Code, § 11-5-2) (Ord. 12-1978; Am. Ord. 51-1989; Am. Ord. 12-1993; Am. Ord. 59-1995)