(a) Every outdoor swimming pool or family pool shall be completely surrounded by a fence or wall not less than four feet in height, which shall be so constructed as not to have openings, holes or gaps larger than four inches in any dimension, except for doors and gates; and if a picket fence is erected or maintained, the horizontal opening dimension shall not exceed four inches. A dwelling house or accessory building may be used as part of such enclosure.
All gates or doors opening through such enclosure shall be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching device for keeping the gate or door securely closed at all times when not in actual use, except that the door of any dwelling which forms a part of the enclosure need not be so equipped.
These requirements shall be applicable to all new swimming pools or family pools hereafter constructed, other than indoor pools, and shall apply to all existing pools that are not enclosed which have a depth in any part of the pool that measures twenty-four inches or more. No person or persons in possession of land within the City, either as an owner, purchaser, lessee, tenant or a licensee, upon which is situated a swimming pool or family pool having a depth in any part of the pool that measures twenty-four inches or more shall fail to provide and maintain such a fence or wall as specified herein.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 1988-60. Passed 7-12-88.)