WHEREAS Council carried Report ACS2022-PIE-GEN-0006 titled “Pool Enclosure Update” on June 22, 2022; and
WHEREAS Report ACS2022-PIE-GEN-0006 recommends updating the City of Ottawa’s Pool Enclosure By-law (By-law No. 2013-39); and
WHEREAS errors and inconsistencies were identified in Documents 1 and 2 – Summary of Proposed Changes to the Pool Enclosure By-law;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure be suspended to permit the introduction of the following motion; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Documents 1 and 2 of ACS2022-PIE-GEN-0006 be amended by:
1. Replacing the words in the cell to the right of the cells with the words “Existing”, “15”, and “APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT”, respectively, with the following words:
(1) An application for a Permit for a pool enclosure shall be in the form required by the Director, and shall be accompanied by the fee set out in Schedule 'A' of this by-law, two (2) sets of fully dimensional plans, and with supporting documentation:
(a) identifying and describing in detail the work to be covered by the Permit for which an application is made;
(b) describing the property on which the pool is to be constructed;
(c) showing the location of the pool, all accessory equipment and proposed landscape features in relation to the enclosure, including but not limited to property lines, buildings and structures (including decks and sheds), rights-of-way, easements, septic beds and tanks, catch basins, swales, wells and retaining walls; (2014-115)
(d) describing complete details of the proposed enclosure, including location and type and the specifications of the proposed fence and gate;
(e) stating the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the Owner and the Agent performing the work;
(f) describing complete details of any existing fence or building proposed to be part of the enclosure, including details of gates, doors and windows;
(g) providing the manufacturer's specifications for the safety cover for hot tubs, if applicable; and
(h) providing any additional information required by the Director to enable the Director to determine compliance with this by-law.
2. Replacing the number “15” in the column labelled “Article” and next to the cells labelled “Existing” and “Proposed”, respectively, with the number “15(1)”.
3. Replacing the words in the cell to the right of the cells with the words “Proposed”, “16(1)”, and “CANCELLATION AND REVOCATION”, respectively, with the following words:
“An application for a Permit will remain active for a period of six (6) months from the date of receipt. After six (6) months, if the Permit is not issued, the application shall be deemed abandoned and the Director may cancel the application and the application fee shall be forfeited.”
4. Replacing the number “20.(f)” in the column labelled “Article” and next to the cells labelled “Existing” and “Proposed”, respectively, with the number “20(1)(f)”.
5. Replacing the number “28.(c)” in the column labelled “Article” and next to the cells labelled “Existing” and “Proposed”, respectively, with the number “28(1)(c)”.
6. Replacing the number “29.(d)” in the column labelled “Article” and next to the cells labelled “Existing” and “Proposed”, respectively, with the number “29(1)(d)”.
7. Deleting the following words in the cell to the right of the cells with the words “Existing”, “30 (d)”, and “WROUGHT IRON, ALUMINUM OR VINYL TYPE CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS”, respectively:
“Every enclosure of wrought iron, aluminum or vinyl type construction shall:”
8. Replacing the number “30 (d)” in the column labelled “Article” and next to the cells labelled “Existing” and “Proposed”, respectively, with the number “30(1)(d)”.
9. Replacing the words in the cell to the right of the cells with the words “Existing”, “37 (a)”, and “TEMPORARY ENCLOSURES”, respectively, with the following words:
(1) Every temporary enclosure shall be constructed as follows:
(a) with steel "T" posts spaced at not more than 2.4 metres centres, and embedded at least 300 mm into the ground, with 38 mm diamond mesh chain link fencing at least 1.5 metres high, that is securely fastened to the posts at 200 mm centres, and horizontally secured at the top and bottom by an eleven-gauge steel lacing cable threaded through the mesh and looped and fastened to each post;
(b) every opening in a temporary enclosure shall be closed and locked when the temporary enclosure is not being used for access or egress; and
(c) no gap in the temporary enclosure shall allow the passage of a spherical object having a diameter of 100 mm or greater.
10. Replacing the number “37 (a)” in the column labelled “Article” and next to the cells labelled “Existing” and “Proposed”, respectively, with the number “37(1)”.; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be no further notice pursuant to Subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act.