HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1185ORDINANCE NO,
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STANDARDS
FOR SWIMMING POOLS, HOT TUBS AND SPAS
The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame, California,
''°-does ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Title 23, regulating the installation of
'.swimming pools, hot tubs and spas, is amended to read as follows:
"TITLE 23
SWIMMING POOLS, HOT TUBS AND SPAS
CHAPTER 23.01
REGULATIONS
23.01.010 Definitions:
1. Swimming Pool. The term 'swimming pool' or
'pool' shall mean any artificially constructed pool,
used for swimming or bathing, twenty-four inches or more
in depth at any point, and with a surface area exceeding
one hundred square feet.
2. Hot tub and spa. 'Hot tub' or 'spa' shall mean
a lar facility of twenty-four inches or more in depth
at any point and with a surface area of less than one
hundred square feet.
23.01.020 Permit to install, construct or alter.
No person shall install, construct or alter any
swimming pool, hot tub or. spa without first obtaining a
building permit and appropriate electrical, plumbing,
mechanical. or other permits from the building official.
Application for such permits shall be accompanied by
plans in sufficient detail to show:
1. Plot plan, showing location on property and
relationship to all existing or proposed
structures.
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2. Dimensions of unit, including depth and volume
in gallons.
3. Type and size of filter system.
4. Unit piping layout with all sizes of pipe and
types of material.
5. Waste disposal system.
6. Construction details.
7. Fencing,
8. Deck drainage.
If any wall of a pool exceeds four feet six inches
in height, the plans must be prepared or approved by a
registered civil engineer or licensed architect.
7_3.01.030 Registration of pools
hot tubs and spas.
The building official shall
keep a
register
of all
swimming pools, hot tubs and spas
within
the city.
Matters
to be recorded shall include the
address
or legal
descrip-
tion of the property, size of the
unit,
a general
descrip-
tion of the improvements and accessories
thereof
and spades
for dates upon which inspections
by any
authority
of the
city are made.
23.01.040 Location. on property.
Pools, hot tubs and spas, as well as separate acces-
sory equipment, shall not be constructed in that portion
of the property which is the front setback. (See Section
25.62.010, et seq, of this code.) There shall be a
distance of at least four feet between any unit and any
side or rear property line and at least five feet between
a pool and any other structure.
Separated accessory equipment, if not enclosed, shall
be ten feet from the property line. If enclosed in a
soundproof structure, said enclosure shall meet require-
ments of Municipal Code Section 25,60.01.0. No portion of
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a P001, hot tub or spa may be constructed in any public
utility easement or drainage easement.
Hot tubs and spas above ground may be placed
immediately adjacent to another structure. If they are
to be below ground, the distance shall be regulated so
that all portions are above a line drawn at 45 degrees
(1 -to -1 slope) from the junction of -the foundation of the
adjacent structure and grade.
23.01.050 Safety requirements.
A fence entirely enclosing the pool, hot tub or spa
or yard containing it shall be erected and maintained.
Such fence shall not be less than four feet six inches,
or more than six feet in height, with no openings
greater than sixteen square inches. All gates must be
self-closing and self -latching, and the latch or lock
shall be located at least four feet six inches above the
surface of the underlying ground or floor. A space at
least four feet in width shall be provided between the
line of the fence and the edge of the unit. Fencing is
to be constructed and approved before filling the unit.
Walks or decks surrounding the unit shall be
finished so as to minimize slipping.
Overhead electrical conductor clearance shall meet
the requirements of the latest edition of the National
Electrical Code, except that (1) no utility lines,
service drops or any other overhead conductor shall be
allowed above any portion of the surface of the pool,
hot tub or spa, and (2) beyond such overhead area such
lines will be allowed within an eighteen foot radius of
a pool or a_ ten foot radius of a hot
tub or spa.
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23,O1.Ob0 Lighting.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or
operated in or about a pool, hot tub or spa in such a
manner as to be a nuisance.
23.01.070 Water supply.
There shall be no inlet connection between any
domestic water supply line and any circulation pump, filter,
water softener or other apparatus or device that comes in
contact with the water in or from the pool, hot tub or
spa. Backflow protection shall be provided between the
domestic water supply and any direct connection with the
unit water supply. If the water is added by a removable
hose or similar device, an antisiphon device or backflow
preventer shall be installed on the nearest hose bib.
If the unit has a filter cleaned by a backwash pro-
cess, it must terminate in a separation tank or into a
sewer in an approved manner. For the purpose of this
section, a separation tank, also called a reclamation
tank, is a device which separates and removes sludge and
waste filter material from waste water and returns the
clarified water to the pool.
If the unit has a filter element which is removed
for cleaning purposes, the element shall be removed and
cleaned in an approved plumbing receptacle connected to
the sanitary sewer.
23.01.080 Enforcement officers.
The director of public works and the building
official shall enforce all provisions of this chapter.
23.01.090 Variances.
Exceptions to the regulations of this chapter shall
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be applied for and granted pursuant to the variance
provisions of Title 25 of this code.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published as
required by law.
,.Mayor
I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council
held on the 16th day of ,June 1980, and was adopted thereafter
at a regular meeting held on the 7th day of ,July 1980,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Barton-Mangini-Martin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Crosby
City Clerk
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