Definitions

The following definitions apply as used in this chapter: 1. "Appurtenances" means all filtration systems, chlorination systems, pumps, valves, meters, bathhouses or other devices, walkways, or buildings utilized for the proper supervision, operation, and maintenance of a pool facility. 2. "Bather" means any person using the pool and adjoining deck areas for the purpose of water sports or related activities. 3. "Maximum contaminant level" means the maximum permissible number of organisms as indicated on the standard plate count, membrane filter, or in the fermentation tube test. 4. "Pool facility" means a public, semipublic, special use pool, or spa. 5. "Premises" means the area enclosed by a barrier and any adjacent support facilities such as bathhouses, clubhouses, shower rooms, equipment rooms, etc., including the office of operational and maintenance personnel. 6. "Private" means a pool or spa which is located on private property under the control of the homeowner, the use of which is limited to swimming or bathing by members of the owner's family or their invited guests. 7. "Public" means a pool or spa intended to be used collectively by the general public for swimming or bathing, regardless of whether a fee is charged for such use. 8. "Semipublic" means a pool or spa on the premises of, or part of, a motel, mobile home park, apartment, condominium, subdivision, club, camp, institution, school, or similar establishments where the primary business of the establishment is not the operation of a pool or spa and where admission to the use of the pool or spa is included in the fee, or consideration paid or given for the primary use of the premises to such groups and their invited guests. 9. "Spa" means a pool used exclusively in conjunction with high velocity air or high velocity water recirculation systems utilizing hot, cold, or ambient temperature water including all appurtenances used in connection with the spa. 10. "Special use" means a pool or spa used exclusively for a particular purpose, including but not limited to treatment pools, therapeutic pools, and special pools for water therapy. 11. "Swimming pool" means any indoor or outdoor structure, basin, chamber, or tank containing an artificial body of water for swimming, diving, wading, or recreative bathing including all appurtenances used in connection with the swimming pool.