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-POST-CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER LETTER WILL BE REQUIRED.
-SALES OFFICE, RESIDENCES AND RECREATION BUILDING DOOR MUST NOT OPEN DIRECTLY INTO A POOL YARD. A WALL OF A BUILDING MAY NOT BE USED AS PART OF A POOL YARD ENCLOSURE UNLESS EACH GROUND FLOOR --WINDOW IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED AND UNABLE TO BE OPENED.
-PRE-PLASTER INSPECTION DURING POOL CONSTRUCTION CANNOT BE APPROVED UNTIL PERMANENT ENCLOSURE IS INSTALLED AND APPROVED.
-PROJECT MUST COMPLY WITH POOL ORDINANCE, TDSHS MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR POOLS AND SPAS, AND PIWF LAW AND ADA RULES. THIS INCLUDES SITE DECK AND POOL LIGHTING, RESTROOMS, ON-DECK SHOWER, EMERGENCY PHONE, POOL ENCLOSURE AND LIFEGUARD REGULATIONS.
-COORDINATION WITH POOL CONTRACTOR IS IMPERATIVE.
-SHOWER AND LAVATORIES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE HOT AND COLD WATER TEMPERED AT A MAXIMUM 110 DEGREES VIA THERMOSTATIC MIXING VALVE. RESTROOMS SHALL HAVE BABY CHANGING TABLES. WOMEN’S SHALL HAVE COVERED TRASH CAN OR FEMININE WASTE RECEPTACLE WITH COVER.
-LIGHTING FOR DECKS AND WATER SURFACES SHALL BE SPACED TO PROVIDE ILLUMINATION TO ALL PORTIONS OF THE DECK AND WATER SURFACE AREAS; BE NOT LESS THAN 0.5 WATTS PER SQ. FT. OF COMBINED WATER/DECK SURFACE AREAS. IF UNDERWATER LIGHTING IS PROVIDED AND IS 0.5 WATT PER SQ. FT WATER SURFACE AREA, THIS AREA NEED NOT BE CALCULATED IN DECK LIGHTING REQUIREMENT.
-MUST HAVE GFCI PROTECTION ON LIGHTING.
-NO CLIMABLE HAZARDOUS WITH IN 36 INCHES.
-MUST COMPLY WITH STATE STANDARDS FOR LADDERS & DEPTH/NO DIVING & INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL.
LADDER REQUIREMENTS.
-STEPS: TREAD DEPTH > OR EQUAL 12 INCHES/20 INCHES TREAD WIDTH > OR EQUAL/RISER HEIGHT < OR EQUAL 10 INCHES.
-HANDRAILS MUST TERMINATE WITHIN 8” OF LAST STEP OR TO WATER DEPTH OF 36” FROM STEP SURFACE.
-MUST PROVIDE ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT FOR SERVICE PERSONNEL LOCATED WITHIN SIGHT OF EQUIPMENT.
-MUST PROVIDE ALL GAUGES ON EACH PUMP SYSTEM, INCLUDING PRESSURE OUTLET GAUGE ON FILTER OUTLET PIPING.
-ALL FILTRATION SYSTEM MUST BACKWASH TO SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM INCLUDING RECIRCULATION SYSTEM. ALL FILTRATION SHALL HAVE MEANS TO OBSERVE WASTE DISCHARGE EITHER BY FREE FALL OR SIGHT GLASS.
SK IMMERS – 1 REQUIRED/2 PROVIDED
RETURNS – 2 REQUIRED/6 PROVIDED
SQ. FT – 301; 1 SET OF LIFE SAFETY EQUIPMENT
-1 RETURN INLET PER 300 SQ FT. REQUIRED EXCEPT IN WATER DEPTH LEASS THAN 1.5 FEET. FLOOR INLETS SHALL BE PROVIDED 1 PER 200 SQ. FT.
-LIFE SAFETY: ONE SET (1) NON-ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTED, NON-TELESCOPING, TWELVE (12) FOOT OR GREATER SIZE POLE WITH ‘SHEPHERD’S CROOK-TYPE HOOK’ & ONE (1) ¼ TO 3/8 INCH DIAMETER THROWING ROPE A LENGTH OF TWO-THIRDS THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE POOL ATTACHED TO A USCG APPROVED RING BUOY OF 15 TO 24 INCH DIAMETER REQUIRED FOR EVERY 2000 SQUARE FEET OR PORTION THEREOF.
ANTI-VORTEX DRAIN COVERS WITH APPROVED STAMP ARE REQUIRED. THERE SHALL BE NO ENTRAPMENT HAZARDS. SUCTION OUTLETS SHALL BE MINIMUM OF 3FT. APART MAXIMUM 20 FT. AND PLACED AT THE LOWEST POINT OF THE POOL.
-EMERGENCY PHONE SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE POOL BARRIER WITHIN 100 FEET UNIMPEDED DISTANCE OF THE POOL AREA AND AVAILABLE 24 HOURS. PHONE LOCATION SIGN REQUIRED INSIDE BARRIER IF PHONE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE CENTER OF THE POOL OR SPA.
o SIGNAGE REQUIRED AT ALL PUBLIC GATES/ENTRIES DESIGNATING LOCATION OF EMERGENCY PHONE.
o CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS FOR PHONE MUST BE PROVIDED BY SIGNAGE.
o ADDRESS MUST BE POSTED AT PHONE.
-TRASH RECEPTACLES: SHALL BE AVAILABLE, COVERED AND RODENT-PROOF.
-FILTRATION: THERE SHALL BE MEANS TO OBSERVE WASTE DISCHARGE EITHER BY FREE FALL OR SIGHT GLASS.
-MAIN DRAINS MUST BE PLUMBED TO BE HYDRAULICALLY BALANCED.
-DRINKING FOUNTAIN: AT LEAST ONE SHALL BE PROVIDED.
-CHAIRLIFT/ADA ACCESS: CHAIR MUST BE AVAILABLE TO PATRONS AT ALL TIMES OF POOL OPERATION.
-LIGHTS: GFCI SHALL BE TESTED PRIOR TO POOL FINAL INSPECTION AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER. LIGHTS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS. POOL LIGHT GFCI SHALL BE RETESTED WHEN OVERCURRENT PROTECTION HAS BEEN CHANGED, REPAIRED, ALTERED OR AS REQUIRED.
-ENSURE POOL SIGNAGE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
PLEASE NOTE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT OF ALL LETTERS IN EACH SIGN WHERE PROVIDED.
1. “WARNING – NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY” LETTERS MINIMUM FOUR (4”) INCH HIGH. REQUIRED IF NO LIFEGUARD PROVIDED.
2. “CHILDREN SHOULD NOT USE POOL WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION” LETTERS MINIMUM TWO (2”) INCH HIGH. REQUIRED IF NO LIFEGUARD PROVIDED.
3. “NO DIVING” AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL FOR NO DIVING. LETTERS MINIMUM FOUR (4”) INCH HIGH. REQUIRED IN DECKING OR COPING ALSO.
4. “ADULTS SHOULD NOT SWIM ALONE”
5. “FOR EMERGENCY DIAL 911”. LETTERS MINIMUM FOUR (4”) INCH HIGH. PROVIDE INSIDE POOL ENCLOSURE & APPROPRIATE PHONE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. LETTERS MINIMUM ONE (1”) INCH HIGH. FOR EXAMPLE: “PUSH BUTTON TO DIAL 9-1-1”.
6. “NO GLASS IN POOL AREA”
7. “SWIMMERS MUST SHOWER BEFORE ENTERING SWIMMING POOL/SPA”
8. “NO ANIMALS IN POOL AREA”
9. “(PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF POOL)” REQUIRED NEXT TO PHONE AND LEGIBLE.
10. “(LOCATION OF EMERGENCY PHONE AT ALL POOL BARRIER ENTRANCES)”