|
<br />RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND/OR HOT TUB SAFETY ACT
<br />NOTICE OF REQUIREMENTS
<br />
<br />.J. pool, spa or hot tub will be constructed or
<br />. l' , and hereby affirm that one of the following
<br />(Please Ponl Slreel Addre55~ ~ 5tll
<br />methods will be used to meet the requirements of Chapter 515, Florida Statutes:
<br />
<br />installed at
<br />
<br />(Please Iniliallhe methodes) to be used far \lour cool\
<br />
<br />" ecr
<br />J', /!LV'
<br />
<br />'l-RoY
<br />
<br />The pool will be isolated from access to the home by an enclosure that meets the pool barrier
<br />requirements of Florida Statute 515.29;
<br />
<br />The pool will be equipped with an approved safety pool cover that complies with
<br />ASTM F1346-91 (Standard Performance Specifications for Safety Covers for Swimming Pools,
<br />Spas and Hot Tubs);
<br />
<br />All doors and windows providing direct access from the home to the pool and located within the
<br />enclosure/fence required by the Pasco County Land Development Code, Section 530.4(D), will
<br />be equipped with an exit alarm that has a minimum sound pressure rating of 65 decibels at 10
<br />feet;
<br />
<br />lL~
<br />
<br />All doors provirjing direct access from the home to the pool and located within the
<br />enclosure/fence required by the Pasco County Land Development Code, Section 530.4(D), will
<br />be equipped with self-closing, self-latching devices with release mechanisms placed no lower
<br />than 54" above the floor or deck;
<br />
<br />I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NOT HAVING AT LEAST ONE OF THE ABOVE INSTALLED AT
<br />THE TIME OF FINAL INSPECTION, OR WHEN THE POOL IS COMPLETED FOR CONTRACT
<br />PURPOSES, WILL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 515, F.S, AND WILL BE
<br />CONSIDERED AS COMMIITING A MISDEMEANOR OF THE SECOND DEGREE, PUNISHABLE BY
<br />FINES UP TO $500 AND/OR UP TO 60 DAYS IN JAIL AS ESTABLISHED IN CHAPTER 775, F,S.
<br />I FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE OWNER AND/OR CONTRACTOR WILL
<br />COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS CONCERNING SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND/OR
<br />HOT TUB ENCLOSURES, IMMEDIATELY UPON COMPLETION OF THE SWIMMING POOL; SPA
<br />OR HOT TUB, IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 530.4(0), PASCO COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT
<br />CODE:
<br />
<br />1. Construct around the swimming pool, spa or hot tub a MINIMUM FOUR FOOT HIGH FENCE with self-
<br />closing, self-latching gates. The fence must not have any gaps, openings, indentations, protrusions, or
<br />structural components that could allow a young child to crawl under, squeeze through, or climb over the
<br />fence. Gates must open outward away from pool area. The releasing mechanism of the latching device'
<br />must be located on the pools ide of the gate and so placed that it cannot be reached by a young child
<br />over the top or through any opening or gap. No opening in the fence may be large enough to admit a
<br />four-inch sphere.
<br />
<br />2. Construct a screen enclosure around the swimming pool, spa or hot tub with self-closing, self-latching
<br />screen doors, Latches on exterior screen doors must be minimum 54 inches from the exterior access
<br />standing surface. All screen enclosures require Building Permits.
<br />
<br />3. Provide and utilize an approved safety swimming pool, spa or hot tub cover that complies with ASTM
<br />F1346-91 (Standard Performance SpeCifications for Safety Covers for Swimming Pools, Spas and Hot
<br />Tubs). Such cover must be capable of being securely fastened over the swimming pool, spa or hot tub
<br />when not in use,
<br />
<br />I FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT one of the enclosures described above will be completed prior
<br />to final inspection of the pool, spa or hot tub.
<br />
<br />ADDITIONALLY, I FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT the owner will require his/her pool contractor
<br />and his/her screen enclosure contractor (if applicable) to request and successfully pass a final inspection
<br />immediately following the completion/installation of the swimming pool, spa or hot tub.
<br />
<br />IF THE SIGNATURE of the Contractor, acting as agent for owner, appears below, the Contractor promises in
<br />good faith to make the Owner aware of the above-described requirements and penalties before commencing
<br />construction.
<br />
<br />
<br />X ~&{~TU",
<br />
<br />R',;,..-Ab,.J c ~~e..
<br />PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NAME ABOVE
<br />
|