1977-006NO 99-10
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE V "SWIMMING POOLS" OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON BY REQUIRING DEPTH MARK-
INGS AND LINES ON THE SWIMMING POOL AND PROVIDING FOR THE CLEAR-
NESS OF WATER, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
PART I
That Chapter 5, Article V "Swimming Pools" is hereby amended
as follows
(1) That Section 5-181 "Requirements for both public and
semi.-public Pools" is amended by adding a new subsection (7) which
will hereinafter read as follows
Depth of water shall be plainly marked at or above
the water service on the vertical wall of the swim-
ming pool and on the edge of the deck or walk next
to the swimming pool at maximum and minimum points
and at the points of break between the deep and
shallow portions and at intermediate increments of
depth, those increments being located at approxi-
mately two foot intervals Those pools that combine
swimming facilities for both children and adults,
shall provide a safety line supported by buoys and
attached to the side walls of the pool This line
shall be located at the 'breaking point' of the
pool or at a depth of no more than five feet Break-
ing point is defined as the peripheral edge that
separates the shallow from the deep area of a swim-
ming pool "
(2) That Section 5-184 "Disinfection and Quality of Water"
is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (d) which will herein-
after read as follows
"(d) The water, at all times when the pool is in use,
shall be sufficiently clear to permit a black
disc six 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
sidewalks of the pool at all distances up to
ten yards measured from a line drawn across the
pool through the disc "
PART II
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is held invalid by any Court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding
remaining portions of this
City of Denton, Texas, her,
remaining portions despite
PART III
That this ordinance
shall not affect the validity of the
ordinance, and the City Council of the
:by declares it would have enacted such
any such invalidity
shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby
directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published
twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the
City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its
passage
PASSED AND APPROVED This the L day of LOp & t ,
A D 1977.
ELI7O HUGx ,
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
BR , CITY SECRETARY
F-MRS
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
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CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS