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CITY OF LAKE ELMO COUNTY OF WASHINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO.2022-06 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE ELMO CITY CODE BY AMENDING THE POOL CODE SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby ordains that Title 105 Zoning; Chapter 105.08: Building Regulations Code, Section 160 is hereby amended by changing the following section (Proposed language is underlined, deleted language is shown with stril exgh): 105.08.160 Swimming Pools; Generally a. Permits required. No person, corporation, partnership, or firm shall construct, repair, enlarge, alter, change, remodel, or otherwise significantly improve a swimming pool in the city without first having obtained a permit from the building official or their designee. b. Definitions. Unless specifically defined in this section, common definitions, words, and phrases used in this section shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning as they have in common usage through this Code. Definitions are found in LEC 1.08. c. Land coverage. The water surface of a pool shall be deemed pervious surface. All other pool features, such as the pool apron and equipment pad, shall be deemed impervious surface. d. Application for permit. The building official may require plans, specifications, and pertinent explanatory data be submitted with an application for a permit. 1. An application for a permit which includes a site plan showing: a. The type and size of pool, location of pool, location of house, garage, fencing, and other improvements on the lot; b. The location of structures on all adjacent lots; c. The location of filter unit, pump, and writing indicating the type of the units; d. The location of back -flush and drainage outlets, grading plan, finished elevations, and final treatment (decking, landscaping, and the like) around pool; e. The location of existing overhead or underground wiring, utility easements, trees, and similar features; f. The location of any water heating unit; g. The location of water supply systems, buried sewers, and sewage disposal systems, other utilities and proximate sources of possible contamination of the pool; and h. All dimensions, including the length, width, depth of the pool, the size of the pool deck, and the liquid capacity of the pool; plans shall be drawn to a scale of not smaller than one-fourth inch to one foot; 2. The application shall be accompanied by the permit fee the council establishes by resolution.