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constructed and maintained with no openings nor projections which could serve as a means to scale same, and also of suffi- cient distance from any structure, shrubbery, or grade. Open- ings between vertical members shall be no wider than 5" and horizontal members, accessible from the exterior, shall be no closer than 48". Openings for gates or doors through such enclosure shall not exceed 48" in width. Each gate or door shall be self-closing and self-latching with release five (5) feet above exterior grade or so located on the pool side as to prevent release from the exterior. Exception No. 1: Doors opening into a dwelling or apartment. Exception No. 2: When approved by the building official municipal or public school operated pools or ponds when under continuous supervision while gates or doors are un- locked. Except for single family residences, the fence or walls shall be so located as to allow access to all living units without enter- ing the pool enclosure. The fence or walls shall serve to isolate the pool from other activities or structures and shall be located within fifty (50) feet of the pool. Gates in such enclosures shall be located in view of the pool. A building wall with no doors may be used as part of such pool enclosures when within the specified distance of the pool. Exception: When approved by the Building official, such enclosures may include sunshade, toilet, or shower structures which are used only in conjunction with the pool. SECTION 12: Chapter 8, Sections 8-189, 8-190, and 8-250 are hereby repealed. SECTION 13: The Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered Section 8-200, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 8-200. Patio Covers Chapter 49 in the Appendix of the Uniform Building Code is amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 49 - PATIO COVERS Sec. 4901. Patio covers are one story roof structures which shall not exceed 12 feet in height. Patio covers shall be open on one or more sides for a clear height of not less than 6 feet 8 inches between the floor and the soffi~ of supporting members Except for insect screening and plastic,~ open sides shall not ~e covered with any materials which would obstruct the free passage of light and air. Where two sides are open, such open sides may be partially closed by solid walls which are not more than 30 inches in height above the patio floor and the remaining sides may be totally enclosed. Patio covers may be detached or attached to other buildings as accessories to Group J, Group I or to single dwelling units in Group H Occupancies. Patio covers shall be used only for recrea- tional, outdoor living purposes and not as carports, garages, storage rooms or habitable rooms. Sec. 4902. Patio covers shall be designed and constructed to sustain, within the stress limits of this Code, all dead loads plus a minimum vertical live load of 10 pounds per square foot except that snow loads shall be used where such snow loads exceed this minimum. Such covers shall be d~signed to resist the minimum horizontal wind loads set forth in this Code, except that where less than 12 feet high the horizontal wind load shall -4-