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 San Antonio
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 15. HEALTH
 Article VIII. SWIMMING POOLS

§ 15-186. Adoption of the Texas Department of Health Standards for Swimming Pools and Spas.  

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  • The 1999 version of the Texas Department of Health Standards for Swimming Pools and Spas, Texas Administrative Code, Title 25-Health Services, Part I-Texas Department of Health, Chapter 265-General Sanitation, Subchapter K-Standards for Public Pools and Spas, including any revisions or amendments that may be made at the state level, is hereby adopted by the City of San Antonio, Texas for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing public and semipublic swimming pools. Not less than three (3) copies have been and are now filed in the office of the city clerk of the City of San Antonio and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from this date on which the ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of San Antonio, Texas.

    The design and structural standards for swimming pools or spas that apply to new swimming pools or new spas constructed on or after October 1, 1999 are contained in these rules. The design and structural standards for swimming pool or spa design and construction that apply to swimming pools and spas existing prior to October 1, 1999 are those standards that were in existence at the time the swimming pool or spa was constructed, including then applicable local, state and federal laws except as otherwise stated in these rules. Except for those design and structural items specifically stated in these rules which existing swimming pools shall adhere to on or after October 1, 1999, owners and operators of existing swimming pools and spas may follow the rules in these sections instead of the rules in existence at the time the swimming pool or spa was constructed. Owners and operators of existing swimming pools or spas may follow the rules in this section after adoption by the Board of Health when rules became effective in June, 1999, prior to October 1, 1999.

    The 1999 version of Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes Annotated, Health and Safety Code, Title 9 Safety, Subtitle A. Public Safety, Chapter 757 Pool Yard Enclosures, including any revisions or amendments that may be made at the state level, is hereby adopted by the City of San Antonio, Texas for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing pool yard enclosures. Not less than three (3) copies have been and are now filed in the office of the city clerk of the City of San Antonio and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from this date on which the ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of San Antonio, Texas.

(Ord. No. 94266, § 1, 8-2-01)