A. The intent of the requirements in this section is to make swimming pools inaccessible to small children for reasons of safety, and therefore, these requirements shall not be abridged except in a manner to exceed the specific requirements listed below:
1. All swimming pools shall be enclosed by a solid wall or fence, chainlink fence or wrought iron fence having vertical bars of at least one-half inch (1/2") cross section spaced no farther apart than four inches (4") between bars.
2. Required enclosure walls or fences shall be constructed so as to be unclimbable by children. Therefore, wood (woven) fences shall be prohibited where the boards or slats are horizontal; chainlink fences shall have interwoven slats.
3. All walls or fences shall not be less than five feet (5') nor more than seventy eight inches (78") in height except that at the discretion of the zoning administrator and after giving consideration to location, safety and effects on the neighborhood, a higher fence may be allowed.
4. No fence or wall shall have more than four inches (4") between the bottom of the wall or fence and the underlying ground.
5. Where possible, the ground underlying a fence or wall should be made impervious to any digging that a small child may attempt.
6. All gates shall be self-closing and shall have self-latching latches which shall be not less than four and one-half feet (41/2') above the ground or otherwise inaccessible from the outside to small children.
B. In any single-family residence district, private swimming pools shall be in the side or rear yard and there shall be a distance of at least three feet (3') between any property line and the water's edge, provided that at no time shall a swimming pool be closer than twenty feet (20') to a public right of way.
C. No public swimming pool shall be located closer than twenty five feet (25') to any lot line of the lot on which it is situated. (Ord. A-407, 3-15-1982; amd. Ord. 05-01, 1-18-2005; Ord. 05-25, 11-21-2005)