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ARTICLE XL - SWIMMING POCILS121 Footnotes: ---(9) --- State Law reference-- Swimming pools, V.T.CA, IFieafth and Safety Code § 341,064 et seq. Sec. 82-631. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Multifamily dwelling project means any combination of two or more family dwelling units. Private residential swimming pool means any swimming pool located on private property under the control of a single home owner, the use of which is limited to members of his family or their invited guests. Public swimming pool means any swimming pool, other than a private residential swimming pool, intended to be used collectively by numbers of persons for swimming or bathing, however owned or operated, and regardless of whether a fee is charged for such use. Such term Includes, but is not limited to, swimming pools owned or operated incident to a multifamily dwelling project. Swimming pool means any structure, basin, chamber, tank or other receptacle capable of containing an artificial body of water for swimming, diving or recreational bathing and having a depth at any point of three feet or more. Wading pool means any special purpose pool or receptacle set aside primarily for use by children (Code 1970,, § 22V2,-1) Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2. Sec. 82-632. - Standard Swimming Pool Code adopted,. The Standard Swimming Pool Code, 1994 edition, and appendices, as adopted by the Southern Building Code Congress International, line, is hereby adopted; provided, however, that the exception shown in section 304,2 (required equipment) is hereby deleted from such, adopted code. A copy of the code is on file in the office of the Inspection division of the city, incorporated by reference in this article, and made a part of this article, as fully as if copied at length in this section. (Code 1970, § 221/2-7; Ord. No. 1569, § 1, 1.1.-23-87) Sec. 82-633. -Water quality. (a) The provisions of this section shall not apply to private residential swimming pools. (b) All public swimming pools, as well as wading pools shall maintain water quality at all times consistent with the requirements set forth in this section: (1) Disinfectant. There shall be introduced into such pools sufficient disinfectant so as to maintain at all times a free chlorine residual of not less than 0.5 ppm as shown by the standard ortho- tolicline test, which level shall be maintained in all parts of the pool.