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RESORT VILLAGE OF MANITOU BEACH
Bylaw # 8/2012
A bylaw to ensure the safe operation of private swimming pools and ponds
in the Resort Village of Manitou Beach
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The Council of the Resort Village of Manitou Beach in the Province of Saskatchewan therefore enacts as
follows:
1. THAT the following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Bylaw:
a. Swimming Pool - any structure, basin, chamber or tank containing an artificial body of water for
swimming, diving or recreational bathing or having a depth of 0.6 meters (1.96 feet) or more at any point
and/or with a surface area exceeding 24 meters square (258 square feet).
b. Private Swimming Pool - shall mean and include a swimming pool that is not defined as a public
pool in the Saskatchewan Regulation 144/7 under the Public Health Act (OC585-71.)
c. Pond - any structure, basin, chamber or tank containing an artificial body of water for keeping aquatic
creatures and/or plant life for landscaping purposes that has a depth of 0.6 meters (1.96 feet) or more at any
point and/or with a surface area exceeding 24 meters square (258 square feet).
2. THAT all owners wanting to have a pool or pond be required to complete, in the prescribed form, an
application including a plot plan showing the location of the pool or pond. Upon receiving the prescribed fee,
as listed on the Resort Village's List of Fees and Charges for the Pool application an approval will be given in
writing to the applicant.
3. THAT all swimming pools and ponds shall be placed a minimum of 5 feet from side and rear property lines.
It is not allowed to have a pool or pond in the front 50% of any property without council approval.
4. THAT all owners of swimming pools and ponds shall erect and maintain at all times a fence as described
below surrounding the entire swimming pool. The fence shall be a minimum of 1.8 meters (6 feet) in height
and shall present an exterior surface such as to make the fence non-climbable and all doors and/or gates that
give access to the pool area shall be locked at all times.
5. THAT lifesaving equipment consisting of at least a ring buoy not more than 380 mm (15") in diameter to
which a rope 4.7 mm (0.19") in diameter and a length at least equal to the greatest dimension of the swimming
pool shall be provided.
6. THAT any person convicted of a breach of the provision of this Bylaw shall forfeit and pay at the discretion
of the convicting Provincial Magistrate or Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction in the Resort Village of
Manitou Beach, a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not exceeding five hundred dollars
($500.00) exclusive of costs.
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Mayor
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SEAL
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Chief Administrative Officer
First reading November 5, 2012 motion # 272/2012
Read a second time November 19, 2012 motion #280/2012
Read a third time and adopted December 10, 2012 motion #295/2012
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CAO
Application Form for a Private Swimming Pool or Pond Date: _______________ Fee paid: ____
Name:
Phone #:
Location of pool:
Mailing address:
Drawings of the following required:
Site plan showing all buildings and proposed
location of the pool.
Cross section of the fence enclosing the pool.
Is the pool: above ground below ground
Dimensions of the pool:
Depth:
Location of heater and filter:
Gallonage of the pool:
Where will the backwash water drain?
List of safety equipment being provided:
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