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Inlet
An opening or fitting through which filtered water enters the pool.
Licensed Operator
Any person schooled and certified in a training course in
swimming pool operation by the Johnson County Environmental Department or any equivalent
course approved by the director. Certification is valid for three years.
Lifeguard
A person schooled and certified in a senior course of instruction in
life saving and water safety, equivalent to that offered by the American Red Cross.
Main Drain
The outlet or outlets at the deep portion of the pool through which
the main flow of water leaves the pool.
Overflow Gutter
A trough or gutter around the inside of the perimeter of the
pool walls with the overflow lip effecting a skimming action to clean the
pool water surface.
Pool Deck
The unobstructed area around the outside of the pool curb, diving
boards, and/or pool slides.
Pool Depth
The distance measured from the floor of the pool to either the
midpoint of the vertical dimension of the skimmer box or the lip of the
overflow gutter.
Public Pool
Any swimming or wading pool owned or operated by a city, county, state, federal,
or any other public agency or any other swimming or wading pool,
other than a private residential pool or semi-public pool, operated by any person as
defined herein, whether he be owner, lessee, operator, licensee, or concessionaire,
regardless of whether or not a fee is charged.
Public Bathing Place
A body of water, natural or modified by man, for swimming,
diving, and recreational bathing, together with adjacent shoreline or land area,
buildings, equipment, and appurtenances pertaining thereto, used by consent of the owner
or owners and by being held out to the public by an individual, group, firm, corporation,
organization, governmental agency, municipality or political subdivision, irrespective of
whether a fee is charged for the use thereof. The bathing water areas of public bathing
places include, but are not limited to, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and artificial
impoundments.
Recirculating System
The pump, piping, and appurtenances provided for conveying swimming pool water to, through,
and from the filter.
Semi-public Pool
Any swimming and wading pool serving a private club, motel, apartment building, or any
cooperative type project of three or more living units, the use
of which is limited to members or residents and their guests.
Skimmer
A mechanical device connected to the recirculation piping which is used
to skim the pool surface.
Spa Pools
A pool, not used under medical supervision, that contains water of
elevated temperature and incorporates a water jet system, an aeration system, or a
combination of the two systems.
Swimming Pool
A watertight basin, chamber, or tank containing an artificial
body of water for swimming, diving, or recreational bathing.
Turnover
The time required to recirculate the volume of water the pool
contains through the filtration system and back to the pool.
Wading Pools
Any constructed or prefabricated public pool two (2) feet or
less in depth which is designed to be used exclusively for wading purposes.
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