HomeMy WebLinkAbout13540 ORD - 12/29/1976_ AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
1976 REVISION, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 23, ENTITLED "HEALTH
AND SANITATION ", SO AS TO CHANGE THE TITLE OF SECTION
23 -57 FROM "DEPTH 14ARNING SIGNS AT PRIVATELY OWNED BATHING
PLACES" TO HENCEFORTH BE ENTITLED "SWIMMING POOLS ": REQUIR-
ING STANDARDS FOR QUALITY OF WATER AND FACILITIES, SAFETY
AND FIRST AID: AMENDING SECTION 23 -58, ENTITLED "LIFEGUARD
REQUIRED AT PRIVATELY OWNED BATHHOUSE OR PUBLIC SWIMMING
POOL ", BY DELETING THE LAST FIVE WORDS OF SAID SECTION
WHICH READ "OR BUREAU OF MINES CERTIFICATE" AND LIMITING
THE REQUIREMENT OF SAID SECTION TO POOLS THAT CHARGE THE
PUBLIC MONEY FOR USE: PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: AND
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi,
1976 Revision, be and the same is hereby amended by amending Chapter 23,
"Health and Sanitation ", in the following respects:
A. Section 23 -57, entitled "Depth Warning Signs at Privately
Owned Bathing Places ", shall henceforth be entitled "Swimming Pools ", and
shall read as follows:
"Sec. 23 -57. Swimming Pools.
The following rules pertaining to swimming pools shall be in full
force and effect:
(1) Definitions. For the interpretation and enforcement of these
regulations the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Public swimming pool. Any swimming pool, other than a
private residential swimming pool contained or located on a one - family dwelling.
(b) Swimming pool. Any structure or excavation more than 24
inches in depth, either indoors or outdoors, used or suitable to be used for
bathing or swimming purposes, together with buildings, equipment and appur-
tenances used in connection 'therewith.
(c) Wading pool. An artificial pool with a maximum depth of
24 inches intended primarily for use by children; shall have recirculation
and chlorination.
(d) Turbidity. Clouded or cloudy; not clear or translucent;
muddled; not lucid.
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(2) Unsanitary pools declared a public nuisance. Failure of any
person responsible therefor to maintain any swimming pool or wading pool,
including private residential pools, in a safe, sanitary condition is hereby
prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance within the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas,
(3) Inspections. Any authorized representative of the Health
Department of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, may enter upon any and all
parts of the premises of such swimming places, to make examinations and
investigations of the sanitary conditions of such places and of such compliance
with the provisions of these regulations. Public pools that were in operation
before the adoption of the Swimming Pool Ordinance shall have a maximum of
one (1) year from the date of the Ordinance passed in which to comply with
said Ordinance. Failure to comply within the time stated shall constitute'
grounds for the immediate closing of the swimming pool until satisfactory
compliance is achieved.
(4) Physical quality. Disinfection and pH.
(a) Physical quality of water. The surface of the pool water
shall be kept free of scum and foreign floating matter. The bottom and sides
of the pool shall be maintained free of sediment, dirt, slime and algae.
Water in the pool shall be maintained free of turbidity at all times. The
water, at all times, shall be sufficiently clear to permit a black disc 6 inches
in diameter on a white field, when placed on the bottom of the pool at the
deepest point, to be clearly visible from the deck of the pool at all distances
up to 10 yards measured from a line drawn across the pool through the disc.
(b) Facilities. Areas,surrounding pools, including bathhouses,
dressing rooms, toilets, shower stalls, and lounging areas shall at all times
be kept clean and in a state of proper repair.
(c) Disinfection: A minimum of not less than 0.2 ppm and a
maximum of 0.5 ppm residual chlorine shall be maintained at all times. If
other chemical means of water purification are used, comparable levels must
be maintained at all times. When cyanuric acid is used as a stabilizer the
range of available chlorine should be 1.0 to 1.5 ppm corresponding to acid
levels of 25 to 45 ppm.
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(d) pH. Water pH shall be maintained at a level of 7.2 -
7.6.
(e) Bacterial quality. Not more than 20% of the culture tubes
of single samples tested shall show the presence of coliform organisms or
not more than four (4) coliform organisms shall be-present in one hundred
milliliters of any single sample tested.
(f) Health hazard and /or public nuisance. During the period
of inactivity, if the pool remains uncovered, standards which will not permit
a health hazard and /or public nuisance to exist must be maintained, water
PH from 7.2 to 7.6 and a chlorine residual of 0.2 to 0.5 ppm, available
chlorine, and free from turbidity and algae. However, canvas or other suit-
able type of covering strong enough to support a person of 200 pounds,
properly staked, may be employed during periods of inactivity in lieu of the
above standards.
(5) Safety Requirements - Lifesaving Equipment
(a) Swimming pools operated primarily for unorganized use
and having an area of more than 2,250 square feet of water surface area shall
be provided with an elevated lifeguard platform or chair. In pools with
4,000 square feet or more of water surface area, additional elevated chairs
or stations shall be provided, located so as to provide a clear, unobstructed
view of the pool bottom in the area under surveillance.
(b) One unit of lifesaving equipment shall consist of a ring
buoy not more than 15 inches in diameter to which shall be attached a 60 -foot
length of 3/16 inch rope, and a life pole or shepherd's crook type of pole
having blunted ends with minimum length of 12 feet. Not less than 1 unit of
equipment, as above, shall be provided at every public swimming pool. One
unit shall be presumed to be adequate for 2,000 square feet of water surface
area, and one additional unit shall be provided for each additional 2,000
square feet or major fraction thereof of water surface area where there is no
lifeguard on duty.
(c) A standard 24 -unit first aid kit shall be readily accessible
to every swimming pool and directions to the location of said kit shall be
posted in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the pool deck and
protected against the elements.
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(d) Lifesaving equipment shall be mounted in conspicuous
places, distributed around swimming pool deck, at lifeguard chairs, or else-
where, readily accessible, its function plainly marked and kept in repair,
and ready condition. Bathers or others shall not be permitted to tamper
with, use for any purpose other than its intended use, or remove such equip-
ment from its established location. ,
(e) Where no lifeguard service is.provided, a warning sign
shall be placed in plain view and shall state "Warning - No Lifeguard on Duty"
with clearly legible letters at least 4 inches high. In addition, the sign
shall also state "No children allowed without an adult present ".
(f) There shall be a telephone readily accessible to every
swimming pool. Telephone numbers of the nearest ambulance station and
physician's office shall be posted near the telehpone. Directions to the
location of said telephone shall be posted in such a manner as to be clearly
visible from the pool deck and protected against the elements.
(g) In above ground pools, the stile shall be removed when
the pool is not in use.
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(h) There shall be a diagrammatic illustration of artificial
respiration procedures posted at every swimming pool in such a manner as to
be clearly visible from the pool deck and protected against the elements.
(6) Depth warning signs at privately and publicly owned bathing
places.
Every person owning or controlling any bathhouse, bathing pier or
swimming pool within the City, where persons are permitted to bathe, whether
a fee or charge is made therefor or not, shall place upon such bathhouse,
pier or pool at distances not more than fifty (50) feet apart, and in con-
spicuous places, signs showing the usual depth of the water or the depth
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at low tide at that point, and warning the public from jumping or diving into
the water if the depth is too shallow, and shall also place in each dressing
room of such establishment signs warning the public against diving or jumping
into the water at any point except where there is sufficient depth of water
designated by proper signs under the provisions hereof.
Nothing in paragraphs (4) through (6) of this section shall be
construed so as to apply to bathhouses, piers or swimming pools used exclusively
by the owner thereof and his family.
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B. Section 23 -58 shall hereafter read as follows:
"Sec. 23 -58. Lifeguard Required at Privately Owned Bathhouse
or Public Swimming Pool.
Any person operating a public bathhouse or public swimming pool
within the city where bathing or swimming facilities are being made avail-
able to the public for a charge of money shall at all times when same is in
operation have on duty at least one lifeguard who holds a Red Cross Advanced
lifesaving certificate."
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid
or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction,
it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this
City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, `
or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. Publication shall be made one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christ, after final passage, which publi-
cation shall contain the caption stating in substance the purpose of the
ordinance and reciting the penalty for violation of the ordinance.
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THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FO ��""TFH��E�� F��IRST TIME AND PASSED
TO ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE�DAY OFX j__ __I<Al , 1914 BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LUBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FAR,/THE S COND TIME ANP PASSED,
TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS THE ,Zxd DAY OF , 19 '74 OY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LuBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
FINALLY ON
THAT OAYDOFAHC F/�yLA EAR FOR T;9 j1I BY T HEE FOL LOWINGE VOTE:
JASON LUBY (�
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE DAY 1d
ATTEST:
CI SECRETARY MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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DAY OF 197-1a:
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NOTICE OF PAST-I -
OF ORDINANCE
NO 13560.
AMENDING THE'CODE Or'
ORDINANCES, CITY OFi -
' CORPUSCHRISTI, 1976REVI-
SION, BY AMENDING CHAP;
TER 23, ENTITLE "HEALTH -
AND SANITATION ", SO AS -
TO CHANGE'rHE TITLE OF,
SECTION 23 -57 FROM
"DEPTH WARNING SIGNS
AT PRIVATELY OWNED t
BATHING PLACES" TO
HENCEFORTH BE ENj
TITLED "SWIMMING _
POOLS "; REQUIRING
STANDARDS FOR QUALITY
OF WATER AND FACIL-
ITIES, SAFETY AND FIRST
AID; AMENDING SECTION
23 -58, ENTITLED "LIFE-
GUARD REQUIRED AT PRF
VATELY OWNED BATH-
HOUSE OR PUBLIC
SWIMMING POOL ", BY DE-
LETING THE LAST FIVE
WORDS OF SAID SECTION
WHICH READ "OR BUREAU
OF MINES CERTIFICATE"
AND LIMITING THE RE-
QUIREMENT OF SAID SEC-
TION TO POOLS THAT
CHARGE THE PUBLIC MON-
EY FOR USE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND -
PROVIDING FOR PUB-
LICATION. 5
WAS PASSED AND APPROV-
ED try the City Council of the City M Corpus Christi Texas,
during the Regular Council ,
Meeting held M December 29,
1976, at 2:00 p.m. and provides
that ltshali take effect from and - l
after Its• passage and pub
llcetion one time In the official
publication of the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND
AND SEAL of the City of Cor.
Pus Christi, Texas, this 30th day
of December, 1976.
4-Bill G. Read, '
City Secretary -
City of Corpus Chrlst6
Texas;
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