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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SWIMMING POOLS IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: DEFINITIONS.
1. “Family pool” is a swimming pool used or intended to be used solely by the owner, operator, or lessee thereof and his family, and be friends invited to use it without payment of any fee.
2. “Swimming pool” is a body of water 15 inches or more, in depth in an artificial or semi-artificial receptacle or container located indoors or outdoors, used or intended to be used for public, semi-public, or private swimming by adults or children, or both adults and children, whether or not any charge or fee in imposed upon such adults and children, and shall include all swimming pools operated and maintained in conjunction with or by clubs, motels, hotels and community associations.
The word “Shall” as used herein is mandatory and not merely directory.
Section 2: ENCLOSURE OF SWIMMING POOL. Every outdoor pool or family pool shall be completely surrounded by a fence or wall of a non-climbable type or construction not less than four feet in height, which shall be so constructed as not to have openings, holes, or gaps larger than two inches in any horizontal dimension, nor four inches in any vertical dimension, except for doors and gates; and, if a picket fence is erected or maintained, the horizontal dimensions shall not exceed two inches. A dwelling house or accessory building may be used as part of such enclosure.
All gates or door openings through such enclosures shall be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching device for keeping the gate or door securely closed at all times when not in actual use, except that the door of any dwelling which forms a part of the enclosure need not be so equipped.
This requirement shall be applicable to all new swimming pools or fa...
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