Section 305.9 of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code is hereby added to read:
305.9 Private swimming pools. Whenever a building permit is issued for construction of a new swimming pool or spa, or any building permit is issued for remodeling of an existing pool or spa, at a private, single-family home, it shall be equipped with at least two of the following seven drowning prevention safety features:
1. The pool shall be isolated from access to a home by an enclosure that meets the requirements of Section 305.10.
2. The pool shall incorporate removable mesh pool fencing that meets ASTM F 2286 in conjunction with a gate that is self-closing and self-latching and can accommodate a key lockable device.
3. The pool shall be equipped with an approved safety pool cover that meets all requirements of the ASTM F 1346.
4. The residence shall be equipped with exit alarms on those doors providing direct access to the pool. The exit alarm may cause either an alarm noise or a verbal warning, such as a repeating notification that "the door to the pool is open."
5. All doors providing direct access from the home to the swimming pool shall be equipped with a self-closing, self- latching device with a release mechanism placed no lower than 54 inches (1372 mm) above the floor.
6. An alarm that, when placed in a swimming pool or spa, will sound upon detection of accidental or unauthorized entrance into the water. The alarm shall meet and be independently certified to the ASTM Standard F2208 "Standard Safety Specification for Residential Pool Alarms," which includes surface motion, pressure, sonar, laser, and infrared type alarms. A swimming protection alarm feature designed for individual use, including an alarm attached to a child that sounds when the child exceeds a certain distance or becomes submerged in water, is not a qualifying drowning prevention safety feature.
7. Other means of protection, if the degree of protection afforded is equal to or greater than that afforded by any of the devices set forth in items 1 - 4 and have been independently verified by an approved testing laboratory as meeting standards for those devices established by the ASTM or ASME.
Exceptions:
1. Public swimming pools.
2. Hot tubs or spas with locking safety covers that comply with the ASTM ES 13-89. b)]
3. An apartment complex, or any residential setting other than a single-family home.
(Ord. 5569 § 1 (part), 2022)