(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOLS. Any constructed permanent pool which is intended for non-commercial use as a swimming pool by the owner’s family and their guests and which is over 24 inches in depth and has a surface area exceeding 200 square feet.
(B) Construction.
(1) Utility lines. Pools shall not be located beneath utility lines or over underground utility lines of any type.
(2) Setback. No person shall build, situate, or install a pool within ten feet of any side or rear lot line, nor within six feet of any principal structure nor within any required front yard.
(3) Portable fences. While being constructed, the pool must be fenced with a portable fence, such as snow fence, of not less than four feet in height.
(C) Fencing.
(1) Minimum height. All outdoor pools hereafter constructed shall be completely enclosed by a fence or wall of the non-climbing type so as to be impenetrable by toddlers, afford no external handholds and a minimum of four feet in height.
(2) Self-closing. All outdoor fence openings or outdoor points of entry into the pool area shall be equipped with self-closing and self-latching devices. The openings between the bottom of the fence and the ground or other surface shall not be more than three inches.
(D) Permits. No person shall construct, alter, or renovate a pool without a site permit.
(Prior Code, § 518.130) (Ord. passed 10-8-2003; Ord. 2018-5, passed 11-14-2018)
Penalty, see § 10.99