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ORDINANCE NO. 1700
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMINDING
CHAPTER 15. 48 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
' BY ADDING THERETO NE47 SECTIONS 15. 48.110, 15.48. 120
AND 15. 48. 130, ALL RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF
PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AND INSPECTION FEES
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain
as follows :
SECTION I : That Chapter 15 . 48 of the Chula Vista Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto new Sections
15.48, 110, 15. 48. 120 and 15. 48.130, to be, and to read as follows:
Sec. 15: 48. 110 Permit Required.
No person shall maintain or operate any pool except
a private pool unless an annual operating permit is
' issued therefor by the County Health Officer. A pool
shall be considered a private pool i£ it is maintained
' by an individual for the use of his family and friends
and for swimming instruction programs of short duration
which are conducted by or sponsored by the American Red
Cross. An annual operating permit issued by the County
Health Officer is required for operation of any public
pool including, but not limited to, all commercial pools,
' real estate� and community pools , pools at hotels , motels,
resorts, auto and trailer parks , auto courts , apartment
houses , clubs, public or private schools and gymnasia,
and health establishments. Every person applying for a
permit as required by this section shall, at the time
of making application for such permit, pay an annual
inspection fee o£ forty dollars ($40 .00) for the first
pool under one (1) ownership and on the same property,
and a fee of twenty dollars ($20. 00) for each additional
pool on the same property and under the same ocanership.
The annual operating permit shall be effective for a
twelve-month period from the date of issuance.
' In any case where the applicant has failed for a period
of 30 days ,to file the application and obtain the permit
required by this section, there shall be added to and
collected with the inspection fee a penalty equal to 10
percent of the fee; and for each additional month or
fraction of a month after the expiration of said 30-day
period that the applicant fails to file such application
and obtain such permit, there shall be added to and
collected with the inspection fee an additional penalty
equal to 10 percent of the inspection fee; provided,
' however, in no event shall the total penalty added to
the inspection fee pursuant to this section be more than
60 percent of the inspection fee. The imposition or pay-
ment of the penalty imposed by this section shall not
prevent the imposition of any other penalty prescribed
by state law or City ordinance , nor shall it prevent
a criminal prosecution for violation of this chapter.
Sec. 15. 48. 120 Renewal of Permit--10 Percent
Penalty for Delinquency.
A permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be
renewed annually. Application for the renewal shall be
made to the County Health Officer. At the time applica-
tion is made, there shall be paid to the County Health
Officer the annual fee prescribed by Section 15. 48. 110 .
The annual fee, if unpaid longer than 30 days after the
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expiration of the previous permit, is delinquent,
and thereafter a penalty shall be imposed in the
' manner prescribed in Section 15.48.110 .
Sec. 15. 48, 130 Enforcement.
The County of San Diego, acting through its officers
• . and employees, shall enforce the provisions of Sections
15. 48 . 110�and 15. 48.120 and carry out such inspection
activities pursuant to the agreement for public health
services entered into on the 7th day of December, 1952;
provided, however, that the City shall undertake appro-
priate .legal action for any violation of said sections.
SECTION II : This ordinance shall take ef£ect and be in
full force and effect on the thirty-first day from and after its
adoption,
' Presented by Approved as to form by
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Lane F, Co e, City Manag'er George . Lindberg, City Atto y
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this lOth '. day of Aucxust , 197�_, by
the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Eqdahl, Hyde, Hamilton
NAYES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen Cox
ABSTAIN: Councilman Hobel
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Mayor of the City of Chul Vista
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA)
I, , City Clerk of the City of
Chula Vista, Ca ifornia, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full,
true and correct copy of Ordinance No. , and that' the same has
not been amended or repealed. DATED
City Clerk