| 2009-12-01 07:12:20 | BUILDING PROVISO: 424.2.17.1 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS. |
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| | 424.2.17.1 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS. OUTDOOR SWIMMING |
| | POOLS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A BARRIER COMPLYING WITH |
| | SECTIONS 424.2.17.1.1 THROUGH 424.2.17.1.14. |
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| | 424.2.17.1.1 THE TOP OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE AT LEAST |
| | 48 INCHES (1219 MM) ABOVE GRADE MEASURED ON THE SIDE OF |
| | THE BARRIER WHICH FACES AWAY FROM THE SWIMMING POOL. |
| | THE MAXIMUM VERTICAL CLEARANCE BETWEEN GRADE AND THE |
| | BOTTOM OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE 2 INCHES (51 MM) |
| | MEASURED ON THE SIDE OF THE BARRIER WHICH FACES AWAY |
| | FROM THE SWIMMING POOL. WHERE THE TOP OF THE POOL |
| | STRUCTURE IS ABOVE GRADE THE BARRIER MAY BE AT GROUND |
| | LEVEL OR MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE POOL STRUCTURE. WHERE |
| | THE BARRIER IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE POOL STRUCTURE, |
| | THE MAXIMUM VERTICAL CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE |
| | POOL STRUCTURE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE 4 |
| | INCHES (102 MM). |
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| | 424.2.17.1.2 THE BARRIER MAY NOT HAVE ANY GAPS, |
| | OPENINGS, INDENTATIONS, PROTRUSIONS, OR STRUCTURAL |
| | COMPONENTS THAT COULD ALLOW A YOUNG CHILD TO CRAWL |
| | UNDER, SQUEEZE THROUGH, OR CLIMB OVER THE BARRIER AS |
| | HEREIN DESCRIBED BELOW. ONE END OF A REMOVABLE CHILD |
| | BARRIER SHALL NOT BE REMOVABLE WITHOUT THE AID OF |
| | TOOLS. OPENINGS IN ANY BARRIER SHALL NOT ALLOW PASSAGE |
| | OF A 4-INCH DIAMETER (102 MM) SPHERE. |
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| | 424.2.17.1.3 SOLID BARRIERS WHICH DO NOT HAVE OPENINGS |
| | SHALL NOT CONTAIN INDENTATIONS OR PROTRUSIONS EXCEPT |
| | FOR NORMAL CONSTRUCTION TOLERANCES AND TOOLED MASONRY |
| | JOINTS. |
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| | 424.2.17.1.4 WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF |
| | HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MEMBERS AND THE DISTANCE |
| | BETWEEN THE TOPS OF THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS IS LESS THAN |
| | 45 INCHES (1143 MM), THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS SHALL BE |
| | LOCATED ON THE SWIMMING POOL SIDE OF THE FENCE. SPACING |
| | BETWEEN VERTICAL MEMBERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 13/4 INCHES |
| | (44 MM) IN WIDTH. WHERE THERE ARE DECORATIVE CUTOUTS |
| | WITHIN VERTICAL MEMBERS, SPACING WITHIN THE CUTOUTS |
| | SHALL NOT EXCEED 13/4 INCHES (44 MM) IN WIDTH. |
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| | 424.2.17.1.5 WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF |
| | HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MEMBERS AND THE DISTANCE |
| | BETWEEN THE TOPS OF THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS IS 45 INCHES |
| | (1143 MM) OR MORE, SPACING BETWEEN VERTICAL MEMBERS |
| | SHALL NOT EXCEED 4 INCHES (102 MM). WHERE THERE ARE |
| | DECORATIVE CUTOUTS WITHIN VERTICAL MEMBERS, SPACING |
| | WITHIN THE CUTOUTS SHALL NOT EXCEED 13/4 INCHES (44 MM) |
| | IN WIDTH. |
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| | 424.2.17.1.6 MAXIMUM MESH SIZE FOR CHAIN LINK FENCES |
| | SHALL BE A 2?? INCH (57 MM) SQUARE UNLESS THE FENCE IS |
| | PROVIDED WITH SLATS FASTENED AT THE TOP OR BOTTOM WHICH |
| | REDUCE THE OPENINGS TO NO MORE THAN 13/4 INCHES (44 |
| | MM). |
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| | 424.2.17.1.7 WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF DIAGONAL |
| | MEMBERS, THE MAXIMUM OPENING FORMED BY THE DIAGONAL |
| | MEMBERS SHALL BE NO MORE THAN 13/4 INCHES (44 MM). |
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| | 424.2.17.1.8 ACCESS GATES, WHEN PROVIDED, SHALL BE |
| | SELF-CLOSING AND SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | SECTIONS 424.2.17.1.1 THROUGH 424.2.17.1.7 AND SHALL BE |
| | EQUIPPED WITH A SELF-LATCHING LOCKING DEVICE LOCATED ON |
| | THE POOL SIDE OF THE GATE. WHERE THE DEVICE RELEASE IS |
| | LOCATED NO LESS THAN 54 INCHES (1372 MM) FROM THE |
| | BOTTOM OF THE GATE, THE DEVICE RELEASE MECHANISM MAY BE |
| | LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE GATE AND SO PLACED THAT |
| | IT CANNOT BE REACHED BY A YOUNG CHILD OVER THE TOP OR |
| | THROUGH ANY OPENING OR GAP FROM THE OUTSIDE. GATES THAT |
| | PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SWIMMING POOL MUST OPEN OUTWARD |
| | AWAY FROM THE POOL. THE GATES AND BARRIER SHALL HAVE NO |
| | OPENING GREATER THAN 1/2 INCH (12.7 MM) WITHIN 18 |
| | INCHES (457 MM) OF THE RELEASE MECHANISM. |
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