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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1158ORDINANCE NS-1158 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING TO CHAPTER 8 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Chapter 8, Section 8-156 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-156. Pool Fence Required (Sec. 1507) Chapter 15 of the Building Code is amended by adding Sec. 1507 to read as follows: Sec. 1507. Fencing Required. Every swimming pool, pond, or other body of water eighteen (18) inches or more in depth at any point shall be surrounded by a fence or wall not less than five (5) feet above the adjacent exterior grade. Such fence or wall shall be constructed and maintained with no openings nor projections which could serve as a means to scale same, and also of sufficient distance from any structure, shrubbery, or grade. Openings between vertical members shall be no wider than five (5) inches and horizontal members acces- sible from the exterior, shall be no closer than forty-eight (48) inches. EXCEPTION: Any man-made pond or lake which is designed, constructed, and maintained to conform to all of the following standards: The maximum water depth of the pond or lake shall not exceed eighteen (18) inches at any place within four (4) feet of the bank (Bank shall mean the edge of the water or any point adjacent to or under a bridge, dock, or similar structure or feature which provides access to the water). From a point four (4) feet from the bank, the water depth may increase at a maximum slope of one (1) inch for every eight (8) inches of horizontal dis- tance away from the bank. The bottom shall be surfaced within fifteen (15) feet of the bank with concrete, asphalt, soil cement, or other material approved by the Director of Building Safety. The vertical distance from the bank to this bottom surface shall not exceed twelve (12) inches. The open areas surrounding the pond or lake within a distance of twenty (20) feet from the bank shall not increase in grade at a slope greater than one (1) inch for every eight (8) inches of horizontal dis- tance away from the bank. The drainage, water level, and overflow system shall be designed with a secondary water level control which will automatically function to maintain water levels and depths within the limits of these stan- dards in the event of failure or stoppage of the primary control. The design of such systems shall be submitted to and receive approval of the Director of Public Works and Director of Building Safety prior to beginning of construction. -1- Openings for gates or doors through such enclosure shall not exceed forty-eight (48) inches 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 unlocked. Except for single family residences, the fence or walls shall be so located as to allow access to all living units without entering the pool enclosure. The fence or walls shall serve to isolate the pool from other activites 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 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Aha hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sen- tence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances , which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be con- strued as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or case deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION 4: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in some daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Santa Ana. -2- PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 20th day of February , 1973. ATTEST: MAYOR CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF SANTA ANA I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore- going Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 5th day of February , 1973 and was again considered by said Council at-its meeting held on the 20th day of February , 1973, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, NOES, COUNCILMEN: Herrin, Yamamoto, Griset, Patterson, Markel COUNCILMEN: Evans ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Villa CLERK OF THE COUNCIL APPROVED A~ WITHERS,~