(A) Before any work is commenced on the construction of a pool or any structural alteration, addition, or the remodeling thereof, an application for a permit to construct the pool, accompanied by two sets of plans and specifications and pertinent explanatory data, shall be furnished to the Building Official of the city for approval. No part of the work shall be commenced until the Building Official has granted the permit to construct and has further evidenced approval by a suitable endorsement upon the plans and specifications. No pool shall be used until final inspection has been made by the Building Official.
(B) The plans, specifications, and pertinent data required to be submitted in connection with an application for permit to construct a pool, or any alteration, addition, or remodeling thereof, shall comply with the following requirements and include the following plans and information, as well as other data as may be reasonably requested by the Building Official:
(1) Plans shall be drawn to scale indicating all dimensions, including the length, width, and depth of the pool and extent of any perimeter patio slab.
(2) A longitudinal profile plan showing the length, depths, slopes, radii of curvature, thickness of slab, steel reinforcing size and spacing, and concrete cover.
(3) Pipe diagram showing material type, schedule, and sizes of all pipes, inlets, outlets, make-up water lines, vacuum lines, waste and drainage lines, circulation, and other piping, including all valves and valve types.
(4) The liquid capacity of the pool.
(5) Liquid capacity of any wading pool.
(6) The kind, number, and size of filters, including the square footage of the filter area in each unit.
(7) Total capacity in gallons per minute.
(8) Plot plan shall be to scale and show lot, block, or legal plot. Front, side, and rear setbacks shall be shown on this plot plan.
(9) All pump sizes, capacities, horsepowers, and types.
(10) Source of original and make-up water.
(11) The elevation of the existing groundwater table and the type and approximate compactness of the soil to a minimum depth of 12 feet (this shall be determined in advance of submittal of plans by a boring from a commercial laboratory), if determined necessary by the Building Official.
(C) Plans and specifications for pools must bear the seal and signature of a registered professional structural engineer licensed to practice in the state, in any or all of the following instances:
(1) Where pools exceed 800 square feet in area at water level.
(2) Where pools depart from simple rectilinear or curvilinear shape.
(3) Where the highest ground water elevation will be less than four feet six inches below the pool water level.
(4) Where any of the following soil conditions exist at or near the center of the proposed pool location within 12 feet of the surface: loose to very loose sand, silt, silty sand; or sand silt, marl, clay, peat, muck, or any other soil having high settlement characteristics.
(Ord. 241, passed 11-27-85; Am. Ord. 1058, passed 5-2-02) Penalty, see § 26