National City Municipal Code Ch. 15.40 Swimming Pools

A. "Private swimming pool" is a swimming pool maintained by an individual for the exclusive use of his family and friends; and pools for swimming instruction of short duration which are conducted by or sponsored by the American Red Cross.

B. "Public swimming pool" includes, but is not limited to, all commercial pools, real estate and community pools, and pools at hotels, motels, resorts, auto and trailer parks, mobile home parks, auto courts, apartment houses, clubs, public or private schools and gymnasiums, and health establishments.

(Ord. 1509 § 3, 1976)

No person shall maintain or operate any swimming pool, except a private swimming pool, unless an annual operating permit is issued therefor by the director of building and housing. An annual operating permit issued by the director of building and housing is required for the operation of any public swimming pool.

(Ord. 1509 § 2, 1976)

A. Every person applying for a permit as required by Section 15.40.020 shall, at the time of making application for such permit, pay an annual inspection fee of forty dollars for the first pool under one ownership and on the same property, and a fee of twenty dollars for each additional pool on the same property and under the same ownership.

B. This section shall not be applicable to any public swimming pool maintained and operated by the city.

(Ord. 1509 § 4, 1976)

A. In any case where the operator of a public swimming pool has failed, for a period of thirty days, to file the required application and obtain an annual permit required by Section 15.40.020, there shall be added to and collected with the inspection fee a penalty equal to ten percent of the fee; and for each additional month or fraction of a month after the expiration of said thirty-day period that the operator fails to file such application and obtain such permit, there shall be added to and collected with the inspection fee an additional penalty equal to ten percent of the inspection fee; provided, however, in no event shall the total penalty added to the inspection fee be more than sixty percent of the inspection fee.

B. The imposition or payment of the penalty imposed by this section shall not prevent the imposition of any other penalty prescribed by state law or city ordinance, nor shall it prevent a criminal prosecution for violation of this chapter.

(Ord. 1509 § 5, 1976)

A permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be renewed annually. Application for the renewal shall be made to the director of building and housing. At the time application is made, there shall be paid to the director of building and housing the annual fee prescribed by Section 15.40.030. The annual fee, if unpaid longer than thirty days after the expiration of the previous permit, is delinquent, and thereafter a penalty shall be imposed in the manner prescribed in Section 15.40.040.

(Ord. 1509 § 6, 1976)