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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part I – Definitions; General Provisions">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-301" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Qualified inclusion of governmental entities.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)"&gt;§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, in this subtitle “person” also includes, except as used in &lt;cite data-path="|health|§11-318"&gt;§ 11-318 {“Penalties”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Public swimming pool.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Public swimming pool” means:<para num="(i)">any swimming pool, other than as specified in paragraph (3) of this subsection, intended to be used collectively by individuals, regardless of whether a fee is charged for that use; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">all buildings and appurtenances used in connection with that swimming pool.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Public swimming pool” includes:<para num="(i)">any community or apartment-complex swimming pool;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">any hotel or motel swimming pool;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">any school swimming pool;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">any recreational center swimming pool; and</para>
        <para num="(v)">any swimming pool owned or operated by a public or private club.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Exclusions.">“Public swimming pool” does not include any swimming pool that is:<para num="(i)">located on private property;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">under the control of the owner or lessee of that property; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">used only by the family and guests of that owner or lessee, without payment of any fee.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §245 (parts)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §184(f)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="11-302" heading="Scope of subtitle.">
    <text>This subtitle applies to all public swimming pools and to the buildings and appurtenances used in connection with them.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §244(b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="11-303" heading="General powers of Commissioner.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Standards and criteria.">The rules and regulations that the Commissioner adopts under &lt;cite data-path="|health|§2-106"&gt;§ 2-106 {“Rules and regulations”} of this article&lt;/cite&gt; may include criteria, standards, and regulations for the design, operation, and maintenance of public swimming pools.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Fees.">With the approval of the Board of Estimates, the Commissioner may establish fees for:<para num="(1)">the licenses issued under this subtitle; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the inspections and other services performed by the Commissioner in connection with the regulation of public swimming pools.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Inspections.">The Commissioner may inspect a public swimming pool as necessary or appropriate to assure compliance with the requirements of this subtitle and the rules and regulations adopted under it.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §246(a), (b), (d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="11-304 to 11-305" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
