Utah Admin. Code R392-302-18 - Lighting, Ventilation, and Electrical Requirements
(1) The manager shall ensure that a pool
constructed after September 16, 1996, is not used for night swimming in the
absence of underwater lighting.
(2)
The local health officer may grant an exemption to the lighting requirement
described in Subsection (1) if:
(a) the
manager demonstrates that a six-inch diameter black disk on a white background
placed in the deepest part of the pool can be clearly observed from the pool
deck during nighttime hours, which are 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes
after sunrise; and
(b) a written
record of this exemption is kept by:
(i) the
local health department; and
(ii)
the manager, at the pool facility.
(3) Where night swimming is permitted and
underwater lighting is used, the manager shall ensure that:
(a) artificial lighting is provided so that
each area of the pool, including the deepest portion, is visible from the edge
of the pool deck;
(b) area lighting
is provided for the pool deck at not less than ten horizontal foot-candles, ten
lumens per square foot, or 108 lux that is directed away from the pool surface
as practical to reduce glare;
(c)
for outdoor pools any combination of overhead and underwater lighting provides
maintained illumination not less than ten horizontal foot-candles, ten lumens
per square foot, or 108 lux at the pool water surface; and
(d) for indoor pools, any combination of
overhead and underwater lighting provides maintained illumination not less than
30 horizontal foot-candles, 30 lumens per square foot, or 323 lux at the pool
water surface.
(4) The
manager shall ensure that electrical wiring conforms building code.
(5) The manager shall ensure that facilities
with indoor pools, pool equipment rooms, access spaces, dressing rooms, shower
rooms, and toilet spaces are ventilated in accordance with American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Standard 62.1-2016, which
is incorporated by reference.
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