NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 339

SENATE BILL 222

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS IN THE TOWN OF LUMBERTON IN ROBESON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Every person, club, association, firm, or corporation in the Town of Lumberton who or which owns a private or public swimming pool, having a depth of three or more feet, shall, on or before June 1, 1959, construct and place around such swimming pool a fence or guard railing of not less than four feet in height, constructed so as to eliminate unobstructed access to such pools and thereby provide a barrier to small children who might otherwise wander into such pools and drown or otherwise become injured.

Sec. 2. On and after June 1, 1959, no person, club, association, firm or corporation shall construct or cause to be constructed a public or private swimming pool in the Town of Lumberton without first having obtained a permit from the building inspector of said town to do so, and no permit for such construction shall be issued unless the applicant shows that such pool, upon completion of its construction, shall meet the requirements of Section 1 of this Act.

Sec. 3. Any person, club, association, firm or corporation who or which fails to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court. Each day's failure to comply with the provisions of Section I of this Act shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as provided in this Section.

Sec. 4. This Act shall not apply to indoor swimming pools.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of April, 1959.