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e . ORDINANCE NO. 938 ~. AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL SWIMMING POOLS TO BE FENCED AND EQUIPPED WITH SELF-LATCHING GATES; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCON- SISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Every person in possession of land within the corporate lirnits of the City of La Porte, either as owner, pur- chaser under contract, lessee, tenant or licensee, upon which is situated a swimming pool, shall at all times rnaintain upon the lot or prernises on which the swimming pool is located and com- .. pletely surrounding the swimming pool, a fence, wall or other -. solid structure no less than forty-four (44) inches high; provid- ed, however, the Building Inspector rnay waive such fence, wall or other solid structure surrounding such pool on one or rnore sides if, in his opinion, natural obstructions or barriers such as bays, rivers, seawalls and bulkheads rnake such unnecessary. Every open- ing in such fence or wall shall be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching device designed to keep and capable of keeping such doors or gates securely closed at all tirnes when not in actual use. "Swimming Pool" is defined as any structure, basin, chamber, tank or other receptacle capable of containing an arti- ficial body of water for swimming, diving or recreational bath- -. ing and having a depth of three (3) feet or more. Provided fur- ther, that swimming pools in existence on the effective date of this ordinance shall be fenced in accordance with the require- rnents hereinbefore set forth on or before the 1st day of March, 1973, and thereafter it shall be unlawful to construct and main- tain any swimming pool in the corporate lirnits of the City of La Porte which is not fenced in accordance with the requirements of this section. Section 2. All plans hereafter submitted to the City of La Porte for swimming pools to be constructed shall show corn- -. pliance with the requirernents of the preceding section and the final inspection and approval of all pools hereafter constructed shall be withheld until all requirernents of the preceding sec- tion shall have been cornplied with by the owner, purchaser under contract, lessee, tenant or licensee.