Ordinance - 992•
ORDINANCE NO. 992
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTION 8118 OF THE WEST
COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE FENCING OF
SWIMMING POOLS.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 8118 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
118118. SWIMMING POOL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
Every person in possession of land within the City
of.West Covina, either as owner, purchaser under
contract, lessee, tenant, licensee, or otherwise,
upon which is situated a swimming pool, (other than
swimming pools excepted by the second paragraph of
Section 8119) shall at all times maintain on the lot
or premises upon which such pool is located and
completely surrounding such pool, lot or premises,
a fence or other structure not less than five feet
six inches (516") in height with no opening therein,
other than doors or gates, and other than openings
approved by the Building Official upon finding that
they will not materially facilitate scaling the fence
or other structure by children.
All gates or doors opening through such enclosure
• shall be equipped with a self -closing and'self-
latching device designed to keep and capable of
keeping such door or gate securely closed at all
times when not in actual use. Such latching device
must be located not less than four feet ten inches
(4110") above the ground; provided, however, that
the door of any dwelling occupied by human beings
and forming any part of the enclosure herein above
required need not be so equipped. All fencing
forming the pool enclosure shall be in place and
approved by the City before water is placed in the
pool."
of this
by law.
1967.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
ordinance and cause the same to be published as required
Passed and approved this 27th day/ of March ,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA i.
I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance. No. 992 was
regularly introduced and placed.upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 133tth day of March ,
1967. -
That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 27th day of March ,
19670 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Gillum, Nichols,.Snyder, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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