HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-240C �[AORDV uE
ORDINANCE NO 7 ��O
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING ARTICLE V "PUBLIC
AND SEMIPUBLIC SWRA IING POOLS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF DENTON BY AMENDING SECTION 14-112 "HEALTH OFFICER INSPECTIONS" AND
SECTION 14-113 "PERMITS TO OPERATE," PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
$2,000, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE,
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That Section 14-112 "Health Officer Inspections" of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Denton, Texas is hereby amended to read as follows
Sec.14-112 Health Officer Inspections.
The health officer is authorized to conduct such inspections as he deems necessary to ensure
compliance with
(a) all provisions of this article and of the Denton City Code relating to Swimming Pools,
(b) all provisions of Article VI "Swimming Pool Code" of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton, Texas that relate to the maintenance and operation of pools,
(c) all provisions of Texas Administrative Code Title 25 "Health Services" Part I Texas
Department of Health Chapter 337 (Design Standards for Public Swimming Pool
Construction), as amended, that relate to the maintenance and operation of pools,
(d) all provisions of Health and Safety Code Title 5 Sanitation and Environmental Quality Subtitle
A Sanitation Chapter 341 (Mimmum Standards of Sanitation and Health Protection), as
amended,
(e) all provisions of Health and Safety Code, Title 9 Safety Subtitle A Public Safety Chapter 757
(Pool Yard Enclosures), as amended
and shall have the right of entry at any reasonable hour to the public or sermpublrc pool for this
purpose
If same be necessary, Chapters 337, 341 and 757 referenced above are hereby adopted and
incorporated herein as if copied in full herein In case of conflict between paragraphs (a) - (e) of this
section, the more restrictive regulation shall apply
SECTION II That Section 14-113 "Permits To Operate" of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended by adding subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows
Sec. 14-113. Permits to Operate
[See Denton City Code for (a) and (b)]
(c) An annual fee is hereby established for the inspection of swimming pools in the amount of
$190 00 for each pool
(d) Aifee is hereby established for the certification course for a swmmung pool operator in the
amount of $35 00 per student
SECTION III That any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding $2,000 00 Each day that a provision of this ordinance is
violated shall constitute a separate and distinct offense
S CTION That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in
this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have enacted
such remaining portions despite any such invalidity
SECTION V That save and except as amended hereby, all the sections, sentences, and clauses
of Article V, sections 14-112 and 14-113 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas shall
remain in full force and effect
SECTION VI. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of
its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of tins ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record-Chromcle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas,
within ten (10) days of the date of its passage
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PASSED AND APPROVED tins the �= day of � law&l%%�r
1997
JACKitMAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CIT�Y SECRETARY
BY � lu, t v yam_
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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