(A) Fences are required around outdoor swimming pools and such fences shall be minimum of four feet in height, except as herein provided, and shall be made of chain link or other acceptable material adequate to reasonably safeguard said swimming pool from unauthorized entry.
(B) Locking or latching gates shall also be required for all outdoor swimming pool fences.
(C) This chapter shall apply to all in-ground pool having the capacity to hold water at a depth of 30 inches or more at any location in the pool, and to above-ground pool having the capacity to hold water at a depth of 30 inches or more at any location in the pool.
(D) For an in-ground pool, the fence must be at least four feet in height measured from the ground.
(E) For an above ground pool with a depth capacity of 30 inches or more, the required fence may include the pool exterior wall if it is adequate to safeguard the pool from unauthorized entry, but there must be, in any such case where the exterior wall serves as part of the fence required by this chapter, an additional fence extending above the exterior pool wall by at least two feet in such a manner as to safeguard the pool from unauthorized entry, including a safety locking mechanism for any ladder to the pool.
(F) Construction of an above-ground fenced pool (pool with a depth capacity of 30 inches or more), or construction of a required fence for such above-ground pool, or a fence for an in-ground pool shall require a building permit under this code and shall require payment of a building permit fee for pool fences of $50.
(Ord. 18-O-4, passed 2-6-2018; Ord. 18-O-16, passed 6-5-2018) Penalty, see § 150.99