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required, if, upon inspection of the premises, the existing barrier is proven to be satisfactory. (c) Construction specifications of walls and fences. For a wooden type fence, the boards, pickets, louvers, or other such members, shall be spaced, constructed, and erected, so as to make the fence nonclimbable and impenetrable. Walls, whether of the rock or block type, shall be so erected to make them nonclimbable. (d) Authority to disapprove barriers. It shall be within the discretion of the building inspector to refuse approval of any barrier which, in his opinion, does not meet the safety requirements of this regulation, i.e., that it is high enough at least four feet high and so constructed, to keep the children of preschool age from getting over or through it. (e) Maintenance of safety barrier; duty of owner, occupant. It shall be the responsibility of the owner and/or occupant of the premises containing the swimming pool to maintain and keep in proper and safe condition at all times the safety barrier required and erected in accordance with this section. (f) Maintenance of pool; duty of owner, occupant. It shall be the responsibility of the owner and/or occupant of the premises containing a swimming pool to keep such pool from becoming a health hazard to the community. In the event any person owning or occupying the premises containing a swimming pool permits the safety barrier to become in an improper and unsafe condition, or permits the swimming pool to become a health hazard to the community, the City may direct a letter by certified mail to the owner or occupant of such premises, advising such owner or occupant that the City will have such safety barrier put in a proper and safe condition or correct the health hazard of the swimming pool within a period of ten days from receipt of such letter. The City shall be authorized to place a lien on the property not in 'compliance with this section in order to recover the costs associated with enforcement of this section. (g) Temporary fence to enclose swimming pools while under construction. No person shall construct or cause to be constructed any swimming pool unless such swimming pool is completely enclosed by a fence with a minimum height of not less than four feet. Such fence may be of a temporary nature but must be erected either around the swimming pool or around the premises on which the swimming pool is under construction; in either event, it shall enclose the area entirely, prohibiting unrestricted admittance to the enclosed area. However, the swimming pool need not be completely enclosed during those periods when an adult person is present on the site and actual construction is in process. This section shall only affect those pools under construction within 140 feet of any residence upon which a certificate of occupancy has been issued. The 140 feet shall be measured from the edge of the swimming pool to the closest property line containing such residence by straight-line measure. Page 7of9 41