(a) No outdoor swimming pool shall be filled from or connected for any purpose to a central or public water supply system, unless such connection- is first approved by the Chief Building Official or designee. Any pool approved for connection to a central or public water supply system shall be subject to regulations or proclamations concerning the use of the water therefrom during periods of emergency water shortage.
(b) A back flow protection device shall be required for all swimming pools so as to provide quality protection of the public water system.
(1) New or existing swimming pools with a direct or permanent connection shall be required to install an approved back flow prevention device.
(2) New or existing swimming pools with a temporary or portable water supply connection shall be required to provide an approved hose bibb vacuum breaker at the sill cock source.
(3) Upon written notice from the Chief Building Official or designee, the consumer shall install at his sole cost, a back flow prevention device of a type approved by current standards such as ASSE, AWWA, USC, FCCC. If the consumer fails to install the device within thirty days after written notice, the consumer shall be subjected to the penalty provided in the Building and Housing Code.
(Ord. 122-03. Passed 12-8-03; Ord. 119-06. Passed 12-8-06; Ord. 5-16. Passed 2-8-16.)