1525 ORDINANCE NO. 1525
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFOPD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE SANFORD CITY CODE,
SAID CHAPTER BEING ENTITLED "SWIMMING POOLS,"
SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING
PROCEDURE FOR ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PEtNITS; PRO-
VIDING FOR STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR
FOR SPECIAL REQUIREmeNTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVER-
ABILITY, CONFLICTS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Short Title
That Chapter 25 of the Sanford City Code
is hereby amended as set forth hereinafter, and shall be known as
the "Swimming Pool Code".
SECTION 2: Definitions
For the purpose of this Ordinance the fol-
lowing terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have
the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words in the
plural number include the singular number, and words in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall"
as used herein is mandatory and not merely directory.
A. "County Sanitarian" is the County Sanitarian of
Seminole County.
B. "Swimming Pool" is a body of water in an artificial
or semi-artificial receptacle or other container whether located
indoors or outdoors, used or intended to be used for public,
semi~public, or private swimming by adults and/or children, whether
or not any charge or fee is imposed upon such adults or children,
operated and maintained by any person as herein defined, shall
include all structures, appurtenances, equipment, appliances and
other facilities appurtenant to and intended for the operation and
maintenance of a swinmaing pool.
C. "Family Swimming Pool" shall be any swimming pool
used or intended to be used solely by the owner, operator or lessee
thereof and his family, and by guests invited to use it without
charge or payment of any fee.
D. "Public Swimming Pool" shall be any swimming pool
other than "Family Pools" and !'Wading Pools" as defined in this
section.
E. "Wading Pools" shall be any swimming pool with a sur-
face area of less than two hundred fifty (250) square feet or a
volume less than 3,250 gallons and is less than twenty-four (24)
inches in depth at any point.
(EXCEPTION) Wading Pools shall not be required to
comply with this Ordinance, except that plans shall be submitted
for appr.oval and permits, and the requirements of Paragraph A,
Section 4, shall be complied with.
SECTION 3: Permits
A. Application: Before the erection, construction or
alterations of any swimming pool is begun, an application for a
permit shall be submitted to the Building Official for approval.
Applicants for such permits shall be able to show coD~liance with
Florida State Statutes.
B. Plans and Specifications:
(1) The application shall be accompanied by two (2)
sets of full and complete plans and specifications of the pool,
including plot plans of the lot showing distances between buildings
or structures, and from all property lines.
(2) The plans and specifications for all pools shall
bear the seal and signature of a registered architect or engineer.
(3) The plans and specifications of all public
swishing pools shall bear indication of approval from the State
Health Department.
SECTION 4: Structural Requirements
A. All swinnning pools, whether constructed of reinforced
concrete, pneumatic concrete, steel, plastic, or others, shall be
designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of the
local building code and accepted engineering principles.
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B. All pools to be constructed of pneumatically-placed
concrete or formed concrete shall be reinforced by 3/8" steel rods,
both horizontally and vertically spaced not more than 12" apart.
C. Pool concrete shell thickness shall be constructed
of concrete of at least 3000 pounds per square inch at 28 days'
strength. Pool floor thickness shall not be less than 5" in
thickness and pool walls shall not be less than 4" thick, except
whereas approved on drawings and specifications set forth on draw-
ings submitted bearing signature and seal of a registered engineer.
Pool steel shall be elevated during construction to approximate
center of concrete or gunite shell.
D. Masonry pools of cement block construction shall be
built according to engineering specifications set forth on plans
bearing the signature and seal of registered engineer.
SECTION 5: Special Requirements
Ao Enclosures: All swimming pools shall be completely
enclosed with a fence or wall at least five (5) feet high, and so
constructed as to be not readily climbable by small children. All
gates or doors providing access to pool area should be equipped
with a self-closing and self-latching device installed on the pool
side for keeping the gates or doors securely closed at all times
when the pool area is not in actual use, except that the door of
any dwelling which forms a part of the enclosure need not be so
equipped.
B. Public swi~ing pools shall be designed and construc-
ted to meet or exceed the National Swimming Pool Institute minimum
standards for public swimming pools as well as Florida State Statute
10 D-5.
C. Residential swirm~ing pools shall be designed and
constructed to meet or exceed the National Swimming Pool Institute
minimum standards for residential swimming pools.
D. No pools shall be constructed closer than 10' from the
property line unless otherwise approved by the Building Official,
but in no case closer than seven (7) feet from the rear property
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line, or seven and one-half (7~) feet from the side property
line, except corner lots which must maintaina fifteen (15) foot
setback.
E. Wiring and grounding of all electrical equipment,
bonding of all metallic appurtenances, and proximity of the
swinmaing pool to overhead lines shall meet the requirements of the
National Electric Code, as published by the National Fire Protec-
tion Association.
F. All pool fill lines shall be located so that there
shall be a 4" air gap between potable water and pool water at all
times.
Go All pools shall be elevated so that ground water
will not be allowed to overflow into pool.
H. Pool depths shall be located so that no pool will
be closer than one foot for every foot of depth plus a foot from
the house. In no case shall the pool be closer than five (5) feet
from the house.
I. All pool decking shall be of a non-slip surface and
shall be sloped at a rate of 3" in ten (10) feet away from pool
edge to promote deck drainage.
J. Discharge Water: Water being discharged from the
pool or from the back flushing of the filtering system may be dis-
charged to a storm sewer, dry well, seepage pit, or through an
irrigation system or other method approved by the Building Official.
Discharge water may notybe discharged into a sanitary or combined
sewer.
SECTION 6: If any section or portion of a section of
this Ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional,
it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity~ force
or effect of any other section or part of this Ordinance.
SECTION 7: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8: This Ordinance shall become effective
October 1, A.D. 19~0.
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PASSED and ADOPTED this 22nd day of September ,
A.D. 1980. - ~,~/~,
Mayor
Attest:
City of Sanford, Flo da
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of San-
ford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy
of the foregoing Ordinance No. 1525, PASSED and ADOPTED by
the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the
2~nd day of September, 1980, was POSTED at the front door of
the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 23rd
day of September, 1980.
City of Sanford, Florida
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