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Certain words and phrases used in this Chapter, unless otherwise clearly indicated by their context, shall mean as follows:

A. "Approved" means approved in writing by the Health Officer.

B. "Board of Health" means the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health.

C. "Health Officer" means the Director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department or his authorized representative.

D. "Permit holder" means a person to whom a permit is issued or his/her authorized agent.

E. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, company, corporation, trustee, association or any public or private entity.

F. "Private pool" means any swimming pool, wading pool or spray pool maintained by an individual, the use of which is confined to members of his/her family or invited guests. Private pools are not subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

G. "Public swimming pool" means any pool together with buildings and appurtenances in connection therewith which is available to the general public with or without payment of an admission charge for the use of same; and shall include any swimming pool where the same is 1,500 square feet or more in surface area whether or not available to the general public; or any swimming pool not otherwise defined in this Section.

H. "Semipublic swimming pool" means any swimming pool provided for and used by numbers of persons or multiple family or cooperative groups such as, but not limited to, hotels, motels, condominiums, trailer parks, apartments, subdivisions, community clubs, private clubs, institutions, or schools, the use of which is limited to such groups and their invited guests and where the same is less than 1,500 square feet in surface area.

I. "Spray pool" means any pool or artificially constructed depression intended for use by children, into which water is sprayed but is not allowed to pond in the bottom of the pool.

J. "Swimming pool" means any structure, basin, chamber, spa, or tank containing an artificial body of water for swimming, diving, or recreational bathing and having a depth of two feet or more at any point and including all facilities incident thereto.

K. "Wading pool" means any artificial pool of water intended and constructed for wading purposes which is not over two feet in depth at any point.

(Ord. 84-114 § 1 (part), 1984; Prior Code § 20.03.010)