CHAPTER 1341
Swimming Pools

1341.01   Private outdoor swimming pools.

1341.02   Public, community or club swimming pool.

CROSS REFERENCES

Authority to establish and maintain a Municipal swimming pool - see Ohio R.C. 717.01, 755.12

1341.01 PRIVATE OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS.

   A private swimming pool is any pool, lake or open tank not located within a completely enclosed building and containing or normally capable of containing water to a depth at any point greater than .5 meters (1 feet). No such swimming pools, exclusive of portable swimming pools with a diameter less than 3.7 meters (12 feet) or with an area of less than 9.3 square meters (100 square feet), shall be allowed in any commercial or residential district except as an accessory use and unless it complies with the following additional requirements:

   (a)   The pool is intended and is to be used solely by the occupants and guests of the principal use of the property on which it is located;

   (b)   It may not be located, including any walks or paved areas or accessory structures adjacent thereto, closer than 3 meters (10 feet) to any property line of the property on which located;

   (c)   The pool, or the entire property on which it is located, shall be so walled or fenced so as to prevent uncontrolled access by children from the street or from adjacent properties. Such fences or wall shall be at least 1.5 meters (5 feet) in height and maintained in good condition, with a gate and lock.

1341.02 PUBLIC, COMMUNITY OR CLUB SWIMMING POOL.

   A public, community or club swimming pool is any pool constructed by the City, an association of property owners, or by a private club for use by the general public or by members of the association or club and their families. Public, community and club swimming pools are permitted in all districts, but shall comply with the following conditions and requirements:

   (a)   The pool is intended solely for the use of the general public or the members and families and guests of members of the association or club under whose ownership or jurisdiction the pool is operated;

   (b)   The pool and accessory structures thereto, including the unenclosed areas used by the bathers, shall not be closer than 30.5 meters (100 feet) to any property line of the property on which it is located;

   (c)   The pool and all of the area used by the bathers shall be so walled or fenced as to prevent uncontrolled access by children from the street or from adjacent properties. Such fence or wall shall be 1.8 meters (6 feet) in height and maintained in good condition, with a gate and lock.