14.20.100 Overflow channel and skimming facilities.

(1)    Overflow Channels. Swimming pools over four thousand (4,000) square feet in area shall be provided with an overflow channel around the entire perimeter of the pool. The design shall be such that matter entering the channel will not be washed back into the pool, and so dimensioned as to minimize the danger of bathers catching arms or feet in them. Channels shall be adequately sloped to provide rapid drainage to drains spaced not more than fifteen (15) feet apart, and drainage from channels shall be returned to the filters.

(2)    Skimmers. Swimming pools of four thousand (4,000) square feet of area, or less, provided for hotels, motels, private clubs, apartment houses or trailer courts may, in lieu of overflow channels, be provided with suitable skimming devices which will accomplish the purpose of an overflow channel. The minimum number of such devices shall be equal to at least one device of each five hundred (500) square feet of surface area, or a fraction thereof, plus one additional device where considered necessary by Clark County public health under its standards, and they shall be so spaced that the surface of the pool will be skimmed uniformly. Each device shall be provided with a valve, and piping will be so designed hydraulically that the devices will collectively carry one hundred percent (100%) of the recirculation pump capacity. Such devices must be recessed in the wall of the pool in such a manner that no part protrudes beyond the plane of the wall into the pool. They shall be automatically adjustable to variations in water level over a range of at least three (3) inches; shall be provided with a device to prevent air lock in the recirculation suction line; and shall be equipped with an easily removable and cleanable screen designed to trap large solids. (Amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 2006-09-13)