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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3971 . . . ... - - . ORDINANCE NO. ~9~/ 3 I I ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING ORDINANCE INO. 2431 ENTITLED IN PART "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE FENCING, ICONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SWIMMING POOLS", TO CHANGE THE DEPTH OF POOLS PERMITTED WITHOUT ENCLOSURES, AND TO REQUIRE POOLS TO BE ENCLOSED SEPARATELY FROM PARKING AREAS. I I THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 2 4 5 6 7 SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 2431, Section Three, Subsection 8 (a) is amended to read as follows: 9 "(a) Each person in possession of land within the City of 10 San Bernardino, as owner, purchaser under contract, lessee, II tenant, licensee or otherwise, upon which is situated a swimming 12 pool or other out-of-doors body of water or structure designed, 13 constructed or used, or capable of being used, for swimming or 14 bathing, having a depth in excess of 18 inches, shall maintain 15 on the premises, completely surrounding the pool or body of water, 16 a fence or wall not less than four feet in height. There shall 17 be no openings, holes, or gaps in the fence or wall larger than 18 four inches square, except that if a picket fence or other fence 19 constructed of vertical members is maintained, the open space 20 between the pickets or vertical members shall not exceed four 21 inches horizontally and shall be not less than 36 inches vertical- 22 ly. Openings, holes, or gaps shall not be constructed or main- 23 tained in a horizontal series constituting steps or other means 24 of access. A dwelling house or accessory building may be used 25 as part of the required fence or wall." 26 SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 2431, Section Three, Subsection 27 (b) is amended to read as follows: 28 "(b) All gates or doors opening through the required I' ) I, I, i' I.', 1 il enclosure shall be not less than four feet high. Gates or doors 2 !' shall be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching device ]' 3 i' located wi thin three inches of the required height of fence or 4 :i wall. Closing and latching devices shall be designed to keep, 5 'and capable of keeping the door or gate securely closed at all I times when not in actual use. j : forming any part of the required enclosure need not be equipped 1 I Iwith self-closing or self-latching devices. No gate or door I , 6 The door of any occupied dwelling 7 8 9 across a driveway providing access to any required parking area 10 may open into the area between a fence or wall and the pool or 11 body of water." I I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly I 1 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at ~~~~~eeting thereof, held on the cJ,;! day of _~ ' 1980, by the following vote, to wit: 12 13 14 15 16 co~~::~~+ ~~ 17 AYES: 18 19 NAYS: 20 ABSENT: 21 22 23 The foregoing ordinance is ~/Ll!?~h C~ ty Clerk is ~day 24 Of~, 1980. 25 26 Approved as to form: ~~.~O ?/L.tJ2j I ~/ Ci ty Attorney 27 28