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ORDINANCE NO. 122-A
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA AMENDING THE MINIMUM HEIGHT FOR SWIMMING POOL
FENCING
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The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1: Section 15.12.10 of the Rancho Cucamonga Minicipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
Section 15.12.110 Section 1107 added--Swimming Pool Fencing. Chapter
11 of the Uniform Building Code is amended by adding Section 1107 to read as
follows:
Section 1107 SWIMMING POOL FENCING. Every person in possession of
land within the City of Rancho Cucamonga, either as owner, purchaser under
contract, lessee, tenant, licensee, or otherwise, upon which is situated a
swimming pool, having a water depth exceeding 18 inches, shall, at all times,
maintain a fence or other structure completely surrounding such pool and
extending not less than five feet (5'-011), measured vertically, above any
walking surface, wall or other climbable structure, within two feet (2'-011) of
the exterior of the enclosure. Openings in such fence or structure, other
than those created by gates or doors, shall be of such size so that a sphere
exceeding 4 inches in diameter will not pass between adjacent members.
Members of such pool enclosure shall not be arranged so as to materially
facilitiate climbing or scaling by small children.
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Gates or door openings through such enclosure shall be equipped with
self-closing and self-latching devices designed to keep, and capable of
f keeping, such door or gate securely closed at all times when not in actual
use; however, the door of any dwelling occupied by human beings which forms
any part of the enclosure herein required need not be so equipped. Required
latching devices shall be located not less than four feet, six inches (4'-6")
above the ground. The pool enclosure shall be in place and approved by the
Building Official before water is placed in the pool.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. The provisions of this section shall not apply to public
swimming pools regulated by State Building Standards adopted by
the State Building Standards Commission.
2. Any fencing serving as an enclosure for a swimming pool,
lawfully in existence on the date of adoption of this ordinance,
and meeting the requirements for fencing in effect at the time
of construction of the swimming pool, may be continued; however,
any replacement in whole or in part, shall comply with the
requirements set forth above.
SECTION 2: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk
shall attest to the same, and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be
published within fifteen (15) days after its passage, at least once in The
Daily Report, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of
Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 2nd day of November, 1983.
Ordinance No. 122-A
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AYES: Dahl, Buquet, Schlosser, Frost, Mikels
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
o D. Mikels, Mayor
ATTEST:
j0fauen M. Wasserman, City Clerk