HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 79-20 - Regulations for Swimming Pools - 06/05/1979 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 79-20
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO REGULATION SWIMMING POOLS
ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS :
Section 1. DEFINITIONS: For purposes of this ordinance
an outdoor swimming pool is defined as any structure, basin, chamber
or tank containing an artifical body of water for swimming, diving
or recreational bathing, used in connection with a single family
dwelling, and having a depth of more than 24 inches at any point
and a surface area exceeding 150 square feet.
Section 2. FENCING REQUIRED AROUND OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS :
Subdivision 1. All outdoor swimming pools existing and
hereafter constructed shall be completely enclosed by a
security fence or wall at least 4 , but not more than 6 ,
feet high, and located at least 4 feet from the edge of
the pool. The bot-om of the fence or wall shall be no
higher than 4 inches above the surface of the ground.
Fence openings or points of entry to the pool area shall
be equipped with self-closing and self-latching lockable
gates .
Subdivision 2 . The enclosure for outdoor swimming pools
may utilize a wall or walls of a house or building as a
part thereof, provided the wall or walls are at least 6
feet high and the enclosure is completed by a fence or
:all conforming to the provisions of Subdivision 1 hereof.
Subdivision 3. All persons owning or operating an out-
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door swimming pool shall comply with this ordinance
within ninety (90) days from the date of publication.
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Section 3. EXCEPTIONS : This ordinance does not apply to;
(1) above-ground outdoor swimming pools having at least four foot
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high, vertical or outward inclined sidewalls, provided sole access
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is by means of a removeable ladder, ramp, or stairs which must be
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removed when the pool is not in use; (2 ) swimming pools which are
wholly enclosed within a building or structure.
Section 4 . PENALTY: Any violation of this ordinance shall
constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more
than ninety (90) days, or a fine of not more than $500 . 00 , or both.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
�.� City of Eden Prairie on the *' day of D -,,_,Q. ,1979 , and finally
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read and adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of the
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City Council of said City on the , ��`c; day of kjCCA 1979 .
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Published in the Eden Prairie News on the day of Q.,ju 1979 .
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all the time herein stated has been the publisher and pruner of the newspaper known as Eden Prairie News and has tall
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knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:(1)Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format
and in column and sheet form equivalent to printed apace to at least 900 square inches. (2)Said newspaper is a weekly
and is distributed at(east once a week.(3)Said news paper has 50%of its news columns devoted to news of local interest
to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up
entirely of patents,plate matter and advertisements.(4)Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which
it purports to serve.has at least 500_ copies regularly delivered to paying substxibers,has an average of at least 7596 of its
total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local
post-office.(51 Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Eden Prairie in the County of Hennepin and it has its known
1 f+4oss: office of issue in the City of Eden Prairie in said county,established and open during its regular business hours for the
gathering of news,sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said
newspaper.persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and at
wflich said newspaper is printed. (8)Said newspaper files a copy of each issue imam-diately with the State Historical
Society.(7)Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates
of publication mentioned below.(8)Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1,
1976 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the
hanging officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
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