A. Every outdoor swimming pool or family pool shall be completely surrounded by a fence or wall or vertical bank, not less than four feet in height, which shall be so constructed as not to have openings, holes or gaps larger than four inches in any dimension except for doors and gates; and if a picket fence is erected or maintained, the interval between pickets shall not exceed four inches. A dwelling house or accessory building or a vertical bank in excess of four feet may be used as a part of such enclosure.

B. All gates or doors opening through such enclosure 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.

C. This requirement shall be applicable to all new swimming pools or family pools hereafter constructed, other than indoor pools, and shall apply to all existing pools which have a minimum depth of eighteen inches of water. No person in possession of land in the City, either as owner, purchaser, lessee, tenant or a licensee, upon which is situated a swimming pool or family pool having a minimum depth of eighteen inches, shall fail to provide and maintain such fence or wall as provided in this section.

D. The City Engineer may make modifications in individual cases, upon a showing of good cause with respect to the height, nature or location of the fence, wall, gates or banks or latches, or the necessity therefor, provided the protection as sought under this section is not reduced thereby. The City Engineer may permit other protective devices or structures to be used for so long as the degree of protection afforded by the substitution devices or structures is not less than the protection afforded by the wall, fence, gate, bank and latch described in this section. The City Engineer shall allow a reasonable period within which to comply with the requirements of this section. (Ord. 1276, 1970)