(A) CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION is amended as follows:
(1) Section 101.1 of the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code is amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:
101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Apache Junction Swimming Pool and Spa Code, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”
(2) Sections 101.3 through 108.7 inclusive are deleted in their entirety. See Vol. I, Chapter 7, Article 7-1, Division of Building Safety and Inspection Administrative Code.
(B) CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS.
Section 202 The definitions for “onground storable pool” and “residential swimming pool” are amended to read as follows:
ONGROUND STORABLE POOL: A pool that can be disassembled for storage or transport including any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that is capable of holding water over 18 inches (457.2 mm) deep. This includes portable pools with flexible or nonrigid walls that achieve their structural integrity by means of uniform shape, a support frame or a combination thereof, and that can be disassembled for storage or relocation.
RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOL (Residential Pool): A pool intended for use that is accessory to a residential setting and available only to the household and its guests including any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over 18 inches (457.2 mm) deep. This includes in-ground, above ground and on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs, spas and fixed in place wading pools. All other pools shall be considered public pools for purposes of this code.
Types I-V. Residential pools suitable for the installation of diving equipment by type.
Type O. A nondiving residential pool.
(C) CHAPTER 3 GENERAL COMPLIANCE is amended as follows:
(1) Section 305.2.1 Barrier height and clearances, number 1 is amended to read as follows:
305.2.1 Barrier height and clearances. Barrier heights and clearances shall be in accordance with all of the following:
1. The top of the barrier shall be not less than 60 inches (1,524 mm) above grade where measured on the side of the barrier that faces away from the pool or spa. Such height shall exist around the entire perimeter of the barrier and for a distance of 4 feet (1,219 mm) measured horizontally from the outside of the required barrier.
(2) Section 305.2.7 Chain link dimensions is amended to read as follows:
305.2.7 Chain link dimensions. The maximum opening formed by a chain link fence shall be not more than 1 % inches (44 mm). Where the fence is provided with slats fastened at the top and bottom that reduce the openings, such openings shall be not greater than 1 % inches (44 mm). The wire making up the fence shall not be less than 11 gauge.
(3) Section 305.4 Structure wall as a barrier is amended by adding item 4 to read as follows:
4. Multi panel sliding doors or walls shall meet the requirements of ISPSC 305.4(1) or shall be secured in place by a permanent fastening method that requires a tool to remove. If a sliding glass door or panel is the only door to the pool area, it shall meet the requirements of ISPSC 305.4(1).
(Am. Ord. 1273, passed 9-5-2006; Am. Ord. 1475, passed 6-19-2019)