HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 65 - 6/23/1958 - ORD. NO. 39 AMENDEDOrdinance No. 65
AN ORDINANCE amending an ordinance
entitled "An Ordinance providing for fire
limits, and regulations governing the
construction, alteration, equipment„ use
or occupancy, flotation and maintenance
of buildings and dructures. (Ordinance No. 39)
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois;
Section 1. That an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance providing
for fire limits, and regulations governing the construction, alteration„
equipment, use or occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings
and structures, (Ordinance No. 39) be and the same is hereby amended
by adding to the Basic Building Code, Article , 3A to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3A - SWIMMING POOLS.
Section 1. Compliance Required. Every private residential
swimming pool constructed, installed and maintained hereafter shall
comply with all applicable provisions of this code.
Section 2. Definition. The term "Private Residential Swimming
Pool" is hereby defined as a receptacle for water, or an artificial pool
of water having a depth at any point of more than two (2) feet, intended
for the purpose of immersion or partial immersion therein of humanbeings
and including all appurtenat equipment, constructed, installed and main-
tained in or above the ground outside of a building used for a single family
dwelling unit. Provided further, that such private residential swimming
pool is maintained by an individual primarily for the sole use of his
household and guests and not for the purpose of profit or in connection
with any business operated for profit. No out-of-doors swimming pool
intended for the use of members and their guests of a non-profit club or
organization, or limited to house residents of a multiple dwelling unit,
a block, subdivision, neighborhood, community or other specified area of
residence shall be permitted in a single family residence, duplex residence
or apartment district.
Section 3. Location. (a) Private residential swimming pools shall
be permitted in R-1, R-2 and R-3 Residential Zones only. (b) No portion
of a private residential swimming pool shall be located at a distance less
than eight (8) feet from any side or rear property line, or building line.
Pumps, filters and pool water disinfection equipment installations shall be
located at a distance not less than eight (8) feet from any side property
line. Pools and appurtenant equipment shall not be permitted in the side
yard between dwellings.
Section 4. Permit Required. It shall be unlawful to proceed with
the construction, installation, enlargement or alteration of any private
residential swimming pool and appurtenances within the village unless
permits therefor shall have first been obtained from the Building Official.
Section 5. Drawings, Plans and Permits. (a) all drawings and
plans for the construction, installation,enlargement or alteration of any
private residential swimming pool and appurtenances for which a permit
is required shall first be presented to the Building Official for examination
and approval as to proper location, construction and use.
(b) All plans and drawings shall be drawn to scale of not less than
one-eighth of an .inch to the foot, on paper or cloth, in ink, or by some
process that will not fade or obliterate. All distances and dimensions
shall be accurately figured and drawings made explicit and complete,
showing the lot lines, and including information pertaining to the pool,
walk and fence construction, water supply system, drainage and water
disposal systems, and all appurtenances pertaining to the swimming pool.
Detail plans and vertical elevations shall also be provided in accordance
with the Basic Building Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village.
(c) All private residential swimming pools, appurtenances, water
supply and drainage systems shall be constructed in conformity with the
approved plans. If any deviations from such plans are desired, a,
supplementary plan covering that portion of the work involved shall be
filed for approval and shall conform to the provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 6. Recirculation Pools. All private residential pools
shall be of the recirculation type in which circulation of water is main-
tained through the pool by pumps: the water drawn from the pool being
clarified and disinfected before being returned to the pool.
Section 7. Materials. Private residential swimming pool walls
and floor shall be constructed of any impervious material which will
provide a tight tank with white or light colored finished easily cleaned
surfaces. The floor or bottom surface of the pool shall have a non -slip
finish as smooth as possible. The side and end walls of a pool shall
present a smooth finish and shall be vertical to a depth of at least six (6)
feet or shall have a slope or curvature meeting one of the following
conditions:
(a) The pool wall may be vertical for thirty (30) inches from the
water level below which the wall may be curved to the bottom with a radius
at any print equal to the difference between the depth, at that point, and
thirty (30) inches.
(b) To a depth of six (6) feet, except as in (a) above., the walls
slope shall not be less than one (1) foot horizontal in six (6) feet vertical,
Pool walls that are to be lined with a plastic liner shall be
constructed of masonry or reinforced. concrete.
Section 8. Structural Design. Residential swimming pools shall be
designed to withstand the water pressure frorn within and to resist the pressurz
of the earth when the pool is empty, to a pressure of 2200 pounds per square
foot. The slope of the bottom of any part of a pool in which the water is
less than five (5) feet in depth shall not be more than one (1) foot in eac-h
ten (10) feet. The maximum slope where water is five (5) feet or more in
depth shall not exceed one (1) foot in two (2) feet.
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Section 9. Walk areas. Unobstructed walk areas not less than
thirty-six (36) inches wide shall be provided to extend entirely around
the pool. The walk area shall be constructed of impervious material,
and the surfaces shall be of such as to be smooth and easily cleaned
and of non -slip construction. The slope of the walks shall have a pitch
of at least one-fourth (1/4) inch to the foot, designed so as to prevent
back drainage from entering the pool.
Section 10. Fences. All private residential swimming pools
shall be completely enclosed by a fence erected along the periphery of
the pool walks. All fence openings or points of entry into pool area
enclosure shall be equipped with gates. The fence and gates shall be four
(4) feet six (6) inches in height above the walk grade level and shall be
constructed of a minimum number 9 gauge woven wire mesh corosion-
resistant material, or material approved by the Building Official. All
gates shall be equipped with self-closing and self -latching devices placed
at the top of the gate and made inaccessible to small children. All fence
posts shall be decay or corrosion -resistant and shall be set in concrete
bases.
Section 11. Steps or Ladders. Two or more means of egress in the
form of steps or ladders shall be provided for all private residential
swimming pools. At least one such means of egress shall be located
on a side of the pool at both the deep end and shallow end of the pool.
Treads of steps and ladders shall be constructed of non -slip material and
at least three (3) inches wide for their full length. Steps and ladders
shall have a handrail on both sides.
Section 12, Skimmers. In every private residential swimming
pool, at least one skimming device shall be provided for each eight hundred
(800) square feet of surface area or fraction thereof. Skimmers shall be
located at least thirty (30) feet apart. Handholes shall be provided and
consist of a bull -nosed coping not over two and one-half (2 112) inches
thick for the outer two (2) inches or an equivalent approved handhold.
The handhold must be not more than nine (9) inches above the normal
water line.:;k imming devices shall be built into the pool wall, shall
adequately remove floating oils and waste and shall meet the following
specifications:
(a) Each skimmer shall be designed for a flow-through rate of at
least thirty (30) gallons per minute and a total capacity of all skimmers
on any pool shall be at least 50% of the required filter flow of the recir-
culation system.
(b) They shall be automatically adjustable to variations in water
level over a range of at least three (3) inches,
(c) An easily removable and cleanable hasket or screen through
which all overflow water must pass shall be provided to trap large solids.
(d) The skimmer mshall be provided with a device to prevent airlock
in the suction line. If an equalizer pipe is used, it shall provide an adequate
amount of makeup water for pump suction should the water of the pool drop
below the weir level. This pipe shall be at least two (2) inches in diameter
and shall be located at least one (1) foot below the lowest overflow level of
the skimmer.
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(e) An equalizer Pane shall be provided with a valve that will
remain tightly closed under normal operating conditions, but will
automatically open at a differential of not more than four (4) inches
between the pool level and the level of the overflow tank.
(f) The overflow weir shall be of sufficient length to maintain a
rate of flow of at least twenty (20) gallons per minute per lineal foot
of weir lip.
Section 13. Water Supply. No source of water other than that
secured from the distribution ystem furnished the citizens of Elk
Grove Village shall be used in private residential swimming pools.
Section 14. Inlets, (a) Private residential swimming pool water
recirculation system inlet shall be located so as to produce , so far as
possible uniform circulation of dead spots and to carry pool bottom
deposits to the outlets and shall discharge at a minimum depth of ten
(10) inches below the pool overflow level. A minimum of one (1)
recirculation system inlet shall be provided for each six hundred fifteen
(615) square feet of surface area of the pool.
(b) Pools shall be equipped with suitable facilities for adding
make-up water as needed. There shall be no physical connection between
the water supply line and the pool system. If the make-up water is added
directly to the pool, the outlet shall be at least six (6) inches above the
upper rim of the pool. If the make-up water line discharges to a surge
or balancing tank, the point of discharge shall be at least six (6) inches
above the rim of the tank. If a hose connection from a sill cock or other
plumbing fixture is to be used for supplying make-up water, then an
approved vacuum breaker shall be installed between the sill cock or
control valve at the fixture and the hose connection. The vacuum breaker
shall be installed at a height not less than seven (7) feet six (6) inches above
the floor, platform or ground upon which a person would stand when
operating the sill cock or control valve.
( c) The systems supplying recirculated water and make-up water
to the pool shall be constructed in conformance with this Article.
Section 15. Outlets In private residential swimming pools, thirty
(30) feet in width or less, water circulation system outlets shall be located
so as to provide at least one (1) outlet at the deepest point in the pool. If
the pool width is more than thirty (30) feet apart, ., multiple outlets shall
be provided and spaced not more than thirty (30) feet apzrt, nor closer
than four (4) feet to any wall. All pool drain outlets shall be equipped with
gratings having an area of openings not lees than four (4) times the cross-
sectional area of the outlet pipe. The gratings shall be of such design so
they cannot be readily removable by bathers and will not injure bather's
fingers. One outlet shall be provided for each eight hundred (800) square
feet of surface area.
(b) Pools shall be equipped with facilities for completely emptying
the pool and the discharge of the pool water to the sewer shall be at a
rate not exceeding two hundred fifty (250) gallons per minute. No direct
connection shall be made to the sewer.
(c) Water drained from the pool shall not be discharged to the sewer
system during periods of rain or storms. At no time shall the rate of
drain water discharge exceed a flow of two hundred fifty (250) gallons per
minute.
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Section 16. Recirculation System and Appurtenances. (a) Private
residential swimming pools recirculation systems shall consist of pumping
equipment, hair and lint catcher, filters, together with the necessary
pipe connections to the pool 'inlets and outlets, facilities and pipe connections
necessary for backwashing filters and facilities and equipment for dis-
infecting the pool water.
(b) Every private residential swimming pool shall have a recircu-
lating system with an hourly capacity equal to the pool voluble divided by
eight (8).
(c) The recirculation system pumps shall have sufficient capacity
to discharge the volume of water required for an eight (8) hour turnover
of the pool against the maximum head in the recirculating system.
(d) The pump used for backwashing filters shall have sufficient
capacity to provide a filter backwash rate of at least twelver (12) gallons
per minute per square foot of filter area.
(e) A hair and lint catcher or strainer shall be installed on the
auction side of the circulatinn pump to prevent hair, lint and other
extraneous matter from reaching the pump and filters. Hair and lint
catchers shall be so designed that they can be easily dismantled for
cleaning and inspection and shall be so located as to be easily accessible
for cleaning. The design features shall be as follows: Water passes through
the strainer from the outside; the strainer is made of non -corrosive material;
the width or diameter of strainer openings is not more than one-eighth (1/8)
inch; the area of the strainer openings shall be at least five (5) times the cross
sectional area of the inlet pipe to the strainer.,
(f) Recirculating systems shall contain rapid pressure filters.
Sufficient filter area shall be provided to filter the entire contents of the
pool in eighteen (18) hours at the rate of not more than three (3) gallons
per square foot of filter area per minute. The filter backwashing facilities
shall be sufficient to backwash at a rate of twelver (12) gallons per minute
per square foot of filter area. All backwash water and effluents shall be
discharged to the sewer through an indirect connection. Pressure filters
shall be equipped with readily accessible air relief valves, lose of head
or pressure gauges on the inlet and outlet pipes, and an access head or hold
large enough to permit inspection, maintenance and repair work. Sight glasses
that can be easily removed for cleaning shall be provided in the effluent line
from the filter units.
(g) Equipment shall be provided for the disinfection of all pool water.
Any disinfection method using materials other than chlorine compounds shall
be subject to the approval of the Building Official. Disinfection equipment
installed for the use of chlorine compounds shall have sufficient capacity
to maintain a minimum free chlorine residual of 0. 5 parts per million.
The disinfectant shall be introduced into the recirculation system ahead
of the fikers.
(h) Gaseous chlorination systems shall not be made use of as a
disinfection method for pool water.
Section 17. Electrical Requirements, (a) All electrical installations
provided for, installed, and used in conjunction with private residential
swimming pools, shall be in conformance with the National Electrical Code,
(b) No current carrying electrical conductors shall cross private
residential swimming pools either overhead or underground or within
fifteen (15) feet of such pools.
(c) All metal fences, enclosures or railings near or adjacent to
private eresidential swimming pools, which might become electrically alive
as a result of contact with broken overhead conductors or from any other
cause, shall be effectively grounded.
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Jectiun its. Satety Precautions.. t,a) A skilled swimmex shall be
present at all times that priv&te residential s" aiming pools arcs in use..
(b) Every private residential swimming pool shall be egt',pped with
one or more throwing ring buoys not more than fifteen 415) inc:hct+ in
diameter and having sixty Q60) feet of 3/16 inch Manila hint:. alta, :'Ied, and
one or more Light but strong poles with blunted ands and not less h,u,
twelve i(12) feet in length, for making reach assists or resr_uns .
(c) No diving board or platform more than three y3) feet above w, ter
level shall be installed for use in connection wit.b any private resit-:ntial
swimming pool.
Section 19 Operatior and N_lasnte v.,nae.. (a) No private resit ntia:t
swimming pool shall be made use of betwr,en the hours of 11:;00 P, M a.nd
6.00 A. M.
fib) A suitable substantial protect*'.,e cover shall be provided aid
installed over all private residents, -0. svri_nming pool surfaces during ter nor -
swimming season -
(c) All private residential swimr.i ;xg pools shall be maintained i* a
clean atxi sanitary condition:, and all equipment shall be maintained in a
satisfactory operating dcondi.tion during eriods the pool is in use,.
1(d) No private residential swimming pool shall be used, kept, ma..,--
tained or operated in the Village if such ase, keeping„ maintaining or
operating shall be the occasion of any nuaac e or shall be dangerous to 'i s
or detrimental to health,
Section 20. iinspection. The Building Official periodically shall
inspect all private residential swimming pools to determine whether or no,,
the provisions of this code regarding heaith, sanitation and safety applira W
thereto are being complied with.,
Section 21, Permit Fees, The fe,for a permit for the erection or
construction of a swimming pool shall. be .en dollars ($10.00) for each one
thousand cubic feet or fraction thereof to :)e contained within the proposed
pool as determined by the plans and speci`ications submitted with the
application for permit
Section 2„ That this ordinance shAll become effective upon its
pa sage, approval and publication accor<',ing to law.
PASSED,. this 23rd day of June g 1958.
APPROVED;: this 23rdday of June f 1958:
Charles A. Hodlmair
ATTEST-, President
_ Margaret C. Petrie
Village Clerk
PUB i,TSHF.,n. June 26, 1958
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