(A) Private residential swimming pool walls and floor shall be constructed of any impervious material which will provide a tight tank with white or light colored finished easily cleaned surfaces. The floor or bottom surface of the pool shall have a nonslip finish as smooth as possible.
(B) In the case of permanent pools below grade, the side and end walls of such pool shall present a smooth finish and shall be vertical to a depth of at least 6 feet or shall have a slope or curvature meeting one of the following conditions:
(1) The pool wall may be vertical for 30 inches from the water level below which the wall may be curved to the bottom with a radius at any point equal to the difference between the depth, at that point, and 30 inches;
(2) To a depth of 6 feet, except as in subsection (1) above, the wall’s slope shall not be less than 1 foot horizontal in 6 feet vertical.
(C) Permanent below grade pool walls that are to be lined with a plastic liner shall be constructed of masonry or reinforced concrete.
(1997 Code, § 28.06) (Ord. 69-14, passed 6-8-1967)