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TOWN OF BIGGAR
BYLAW NO. 14-750
A BYLAW FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING AND ENSURING THE
SAFE OPERATION OF PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS/HOT TUBS
The Council of the Town of Biggar in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as
follows:
1.
This bylaw shall be referred to as the "The Swimming Pool Bylaw".
2.
In this bylaw:
(a)
"Chief Administrative Officer" shall mean the Chief Administrative
Officer of the municipality;
(b) "Council" shall mean the council of the municipality;
(c)
"private swimming pool" means an artificially created basin, lined with
concrete, fiberglass, vinyl or similar material, intended to contain water
for the use of persons swimming, diving, wading or other similar
activity, which is at least 600 millimeters (36 inches) in depth and
includes pools situated on top of the ground and hot tubs.
(d)
"owner" means a person or his authorized agent, and includes a lessee
or Tenant in possession of property on which a private swimming pool
is located.
(e)
"enclosure" means any structure or combination of structures which
completely and continuously surround a private swimming pool on
all sides.
(f)
"swimming pool area" means the area within an enclosure and shall, as a
minimum, include the access walkway.
3.
That Section 68 of Part 1 of the Canadian Electrical Code (Eleventh Edition)
shall apply to and be in full force in respect of all private swimming pools in
operation in the Town of Biggar.
4.
(a)
The owner of every private swimming pool shall, in accordance with the
Provisions of the bylaw, erect and maintain an enclosure of not less than
six (6) feet in height, said enclosure shall present an exterior surface such
as to make it non-climbable, and all doors, and/or gates to give access to
the pool shall be locked at all times when the pool is not in use or under
the supervision of a responsible person over the age of sixteen years.
(b)
Spacings in any enclosure shall not exceed four (4) inches.
(c)
Every pool shall provide an access walkway around the pool having a
minimum width of three (3) feet. Provided, however, that for surface
pools that have an elevated access walkway, the minimum width of such
walkway shall be two and one-half (2 ½) feet.
(d)
The enclosure must be built prior to the swimming pool being filled with
water.
(e)
The enclosure must be properly maintained to comply with this Bylaw at
all times.
5.
Every private swimming pool shall be equipped with following safety
devices which shall be readily accessible in the event of an emergency:
(a)
a reaching pole of sufficient length to reach mid-pool
(b)
a first aid kit
(c)
buoys and rope
(d)
water filters, pumping equipment or purification systems as may
be required by the Medical Health Officer of the Department of
Public Health.
6.
(a)
That the drainage of all water from any private swimming pool shall be
pumped out at a controlled rate into a storm sewer, where same is
available; or into a domestic sewer where the storm sewer is not available.
(b)
That under no circumstances shall water be drained or discharged from a
Private swimming pool onto or across private or public property unless
within a system of pipes.
7.
(a)
A person must obtain a building permit from the Town prior to the
Construction, erection or demolition of a private swimming pool.
(b)
In order to obtain a building permit, a person must file with the Town a
site plan and pool specifications.
(c)
That a fee of ten ($10.00) dollars shall be paid to the Town Office upon
issue of said permit.
8.
In the case of a private swimming pool which is a hot tub the requirements
of Section 3 and 4 of this Bylaw do not apply if all the following provisions
are complied with:
(a)
the hot tub does not exceed 2.4 meters across the widest portion of
the water surface;
(b)
the hot tub has a cover with the strength to support the weight of an
adult walking across the top;
(c)
the hot tub has a lockable device to prevent access to the water by
Unauthorized persons; and
(d)
the cover is maintained in place and locked at all times when the hot tub
is unsupervised.
9.
Any person found guilty of an infraction of any of the provisions of this bylaw
shall be liable to the penalties provided in the general penalty bylaw of the
Town of Biggar.
10. Bylaw No. 85-435 passed August 7, 1985 is hereby repealed.
11.
This bylaw shall come into force and take effect from, and after the date of the
final passing thereof.
READ a first time this 17th day of June, 2014.
READ a second time this 8th day of July, 2014.
READ a third time and adopted this 8th day of July, 2014.
_____________________________
Mayor
( S E A L )
_____________________________
Chief Administrative Officer