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Atoka planning commission proposes new pool rules: backwash pits, entrapment protections and inspections
Summary
The Atoka planning commission presented a first-reading ordinance to regulate residential and commercial pools: revised backwash-pit standards, new entrapment-protection measures, alignment with state water-entry alarm requirements and a final inspection before issuing a certificate of occupancy.
The Atoka Board of Mayor and Aldermen heard a first reading April 14 of a proposed ordinance that would establish detailed regulations for swimming pools and related facilities, including new technical requirements for backwash pits, entrapment-protection standards, alarm rules and an expanded inspection process.
Jim Atkinson, the planning consultant who shepherded the code changes through the planning commission, told the board the proposal has four principal elements: (1) revised…
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