(a) Every in-ground swimming or wading pool which is not enclosed in a permanent building or like structure, shall have erected around it a barrier of sufficient strength and of a height not less than four feet.
(b) Every above-ground swimming or wading pool which is greater in area than seventy-five square feet (ten feet in diameter), and which is not enclosed in a permanent building or like structure, shall have erected around it a barrier of sufficient strength and of a height not less than four feet.
Exception: If no point of the exterior perimeter of the pool or pool structure is less than four foot above grade or any point in the four foot areaway required by Section 1131.04, a barrier is not required.
(c) The required barrier shall not be composed of vegetation.
(d) Access to any such pools, ponds or other bodies of water shall be through a gate or gates in the barrier. Such gate or gates shall be equipped in such manner that they may be, and in fact, shall be securely locked except when in use by the owner or with the owner’s permission.
(e) If the barrier required above is a fence, the location of the fence shall be subject to any other ordinances regulating the placement, construction and maintenance of fences in the City as contained in Chapter 997.
(Ord. 59-2004. Passed 9-27-04.)