Tehama County Municipal Code Ch. 15.24 Swimming Pool Code

This chapter shall be known as the "Tehama County swimming pool code."

(Ord. 1708 § 2(part), 1999; Ord. No. 2127, § 12, 12-20-2022)

The purpose of this code is to provide minimum standards for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare by regulating and controlling the erection, installation, alteration, addition, repair, relocation, replacement, maintenance, or use of any swimming pool, spa, or hot tub plumbing system within this jurisdiction.

(Ord. 1708 § 2(part), 1999)

(Ord. No. 2127, § 12, 12-20-2022)

The California Residential Code Swimming Pool Safety Act (Appendix AX), 2022 Edition, published by the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2.5 is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein.

There is one copy of said code on file in the office of the building official for use and examination by the public.

(Ord. 1894 § 15(part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 2086, § 12, 2-4-2020; Ord. No. 2127, § 12, 12-20-2022)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15.24.030, the 2022 California Residential Code, Appendix Chapter AX, Section AX100 adopted pursuant to Section 15.24.030 is amended to read as follows:

Appendix AX, Section AX100, subsection 115922(a) is amended to read as follows: Except as provided in Section 115925, when a building permit is issued for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa or the remodeling of an existing swimming pool or spa at a private single-family home, the respective swimming pool or spa shall be equipped with at least two of the following seven drowning prevention safety features, provided that one of the two required safety features shall consist of an enclosure or safety cover as described in items 1, 2, and 3 below:

1. An enclosure that meets the requirements of Section 115923 and isolates the swimming pool or spa from the private single-family home.

2. Removable mesh fencing that meets American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Specifications F2286 standards in conjunction with a gate that is self-closing and self-latching and can accommodate a key lockable device.

3. An approved safety pool cover, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 115921.

4. Exit alarms on the private single-family home's doors that provide direct access to the swimming pool or spa. The exit alarm may cause either an alarm noise or a verbal warning, such as a repeating notification that "the door to the pool is open."

5. A self-closing, self-latching device with a release mechanism placed no lower than 54 inches above the floor on the private single-family home's door providing direct access to the swimming pool or spa.

6. An alarm that, when placed in a swimming pool or spa will sound upon detection of accidental or unauthorized entrance into the water. The alarm shall meet and be independently certified to the ASTM Standard F2208 "Standard Safety Specification for Residential Pool Alarms," which includes surface motion, pressure, sonar, laser and infrared type alarms. A swimming protection alarm feature designed for individual use, including an alarm attached to a child that sounds when the child exceeds a certain distance or becomes submerged in water, is not a qualifying drowning prevention safety feature.

7. Other means of protection, if the degree of protection afforded is equal to or greater than that afforded by any of the features set forth above and has been independently verified by an approved testing laboratory as meeting standards for those features established by the ASTM or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

(Ord. No. 2127, § 12, 12-20-2022)

Commencing January 1, 1998, new swimming pools constructed at private, single-family homes shall comply with California Health and Safety Code Section 115920, et seq.

(Ord. 1708 § 2(part), 1999)

(Ord. No. 2127, § 12, 12-20-2022)