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being a by..-law regarding fences
around private outdoor swimming
pools
WHEREAS The Municipal Act, R~S 0 1960, Chapter
249 as amended, Section 379 (1) paragraph 23~ authorizes the
Council of the Corporation of the Township of Pickering to
pass By-laws requiring owners of privately o~%ed outdoor
swimming pools to erect and maintain fences around such
swimming pools,.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF
THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
']. For the purposes of this By.~law a privately owned
outdoor swimming pool shall mean a body of water permanently
or temporarily located outdoors on privately owned property
above or below grade, contained by artificial means and used
or maintained for the purposes of swimming, diving or
bathing and which body of water or any part thereof has a
depth of more than twenty inches (2~").
No owner of a privately owned outdoor swimming
.pool shall construct or maintain such swimming pool unless
there is erected and maintained around such pool a fence
which shall be of a height of at least four feet (4') and of a
chain link or other design such as will reasonably deter any
children from climbing over it to gain entry into the fenced
in area
3 Any gate in such fence shall be of a similar
or other adequate design to the fence and shall be equipped
with a lock and shall be locked at all times except when
b.
the fenced in area is actually being used by the owner of
the property on which it is located or the owner's duly
~uthorized agents
Any person convicted of a breach of any provisions
of this By.~law shall 2orfeit and pay at the descretion of
the Convicting Magistrate a penalty not exceeding, exclusive
of costs~ the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($35,] ~') for
each offence
By-.law Number 2521 be and the same is here~y repealed,
READ a FIRST, SECOND and THIRD time and passed