CITY OF NORMANDY
REQUIREMENTS FOR SWIMMING POOLS

1. Submit a completed building permit application.

2. Submit with the above application, one copy of the plot (site) plan showing existing structures with swimming pool and its perpendicular distances to the lot lines and from other structures on the lot, if any. The wall of a swimming pool must be at least 6 feet from all lot lines and 6 feet from all existing structures.

3. Also submit a completed "Swimming Pool Questionnaire" Form attached.

4. Detailed drawings and specifications will not be required for above-ground swimming pools if submitted with a completed Swimming pool questionnaire. A pre-construction site inspection will be required, as well inspections at the time of installation.

5. Fencing with minimum height of 48 inches and maximum height of 72 inches must be provided around the pool with a self-closing and self-latching gate. The latch must be at least four (4) feet above grade or otherwise made inaccessible from the outside to small children. Minimum requirement is chain link fencing and may be slatted. If other than a chain-link fence is proposed, an elevation drawing and typical section of the fence must be provided. Openings in enclosures shall prohibit the passage of a sphere larger than 4-inches in diameter and designed to prevent the enclosure from being readily climbed by small children. A natural barrier, pool cover or other protective device approved by the governing body shall be an acceptable enclosure as long as the degree of protection afforded by the substituted device or structure is not less than the protection afforded by the enclosure, gate and latch described herein. (Normandy City Code Sec. 500.040)

6. Receptacles are generally required to be at least 10 feet away from the inside walls of the pool. Receptacles are permitted to be located between 5 and 10 feet from the inside walls of the pool if it is to be used to supply electric power to a water pump motor. This particular receptacle must be a single contact device of the locking and grounding type. All receptacles must be protected by a ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI).

7. Lighting fixtures shall not be located less than 5 feet from the inside walls of the pool
except where they are installed at least 5 feet above the maximum water level and rigidly attached to the structure. GFCI protection is required up to 10 feet from the inside walls of the pool.

8. Switching devices of any type must be located at least 5 feet from the inside walls of the pool.

9. Utility lines shall not be over any part of the pool or the entire area that extends 10 feet horizontally from the inside walls of the pool as well as over any diving structure, observation stands, towers, or platforms.

10. Underground wiring is not permitted to be installed under the pool or within 5 feet of the inside walls of the pool.

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