10-13-98-Ordinance-Adding Swimming Pool Enclosures-11/02/1998O fY oEC TARP
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ORD 10-13-98
THAT CHAPTER 3, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER,
TEXAS, IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING AN ARTICLE, TO BE NUMBERED
ARTICLE 3.17, WHICH SAID ARTICLE SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 3.1700 SWIMMING POOL ENCLOSURES
Sec. 3.1701 Definitions
Private Residential Swimming Pool. Means any swimming pool located on private property
under the control of the head of the household residing thereon, the use of which is limited
to swimming or bathing by members of such household or their invited guests.
Swimming Pool. Means any structure, basin, chamber, tank, or receptacle containing an
artificial body of water for swimming, diving, or recreational bathing and having a depth of
one foot (V) or more at any point.
Sec. 3.1702 Fence and Self -Locking Door Required, Exceptions
(a) Every person, whether an owner, purchaser under contract, lessee, tenant, manager,
or licensee in possession, charge, or control of land in the City of Sanger upon which is
situated a swimming pool, shall at all times keep and maintain upon the lot or premises upon
which the swimming pool is located a fence, wall, or other structure completely surrounding
and enclosing the swimming pool, lot, or premises and designed to prevent or deter people,
especially small children, from inadvertently entering into the enclosure where the swimming
pool is located. This shall include all existing and future pools. Such fence, wall, or other
structure shall be not less than forty-eight inches (48") in height, with no opening therein of
a width greater than four inches (4"), other than doors or gates. Such fence, wall, or other
structure shall not have a fixed or detachable stile or ladder. All gates or doors providing a
means of entrance into such enclosure shall be equipped with self -closing and self -latching
devices capable of automatically closing and latching such gates or doors. The self -latching
device shall be fixed to each such gate or door no less than forty inches (40") above the bottom
of the gate or door.
(b) A single-family dwelling or accessory building may be used as part of the enclosure,
whether fence, wall, or other solid structure, around a private residential swimming pool. In
such event the doors or gates on such dwelling or accessory building need not be equipped with
the self -closing, self -latching devices described in subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 3.1703 Setback and Other Requirements
All such swimming pools, fences, walls, and other structures required or addressed herein shall
meet the setback distances and all other- applicable provisions of the City's existing codes and
Ordinances including, but not limited to, the City's zoning ordinance and its building,
electrical, and plumbing codes.
Sec. 3.1704 Penalty for Violations
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Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the
general penalty provision found in Section 10 of this Code. (Ordinance 03-92 adopted
8/3/92)
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this the 2nd day of November A.D.,
1998, by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Denton County, Texas.
APPROVED:
Tommy��caid, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Rosalie Chavez, City Secretaty