Orland Municipal Code Ch. 15.24 Swimming Pools

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 1—3, adopted Jan. 1, 2022, repealed Ch. 15.24 in its entirety and enacted new provisions to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 15.24, § 15.24.010, pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 2020-02, §§ 1—3.

All swimming pools within the city shall be fenced with an approved fence as provided in this section and the 2022 CRC Appendix AX and the CBC Chapter 31, Section 3109. The provisions contained in the appendix are Mandatory to reflect the Swimming Pool safety Act found in the Health and Safety Code Sections 115920 through 115929.

A. Every person in possession of land within the city, either as an owner, purchaser under contract, lessee, tenant, licensee, or otherwise upon which land is situated a swimming pool or other out-of-doors body of water, designed, constructed and used for swimming, dipping or immersion purposes by men, women, or children, having a depth in excess of eighteen (18) inches, or with a surface area exceeding two hundred fifty (250) square feet, shall maintain on the lot or premises upon which such pool or body is located, and completely surrounding such pool or body of water, a fence or wall not less than five feet high (measured outside the enclosure), with openings, holes or gaps therein no larger than four inches measured horizontally, except for doors or gates; provided, however, a single-family dwelling house or accessory building may be used as part of such enclosure.

B. All gates or doors opening through such enclosure shall be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching device designed to keep and capable of keeping such door or gate securely closed at all times when not in actual use; provided, however, the door of any dwelling occupied by human beings and forming a part of the enclosure hereinabove required need not be so equipped, with the exception of breezeways, back doors or garages, and similar structures affording access to the pool, which shall be self-closing and self-latching, with such latching device placed at least four feet above ground level or otherwise made inaccessible from the outside to small children.

C. The building inspector may grant an exception to the requirements of fencing a swimming pool when he feels there is a barrier existing on the premises by reason of vegetation, landscaping, or topography suitable to prevent children from straying into the pool.

(Ord. No. 2022-06, §§ 1—3)