Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 20 - SWIMMING POOL CODE › Rule 5 - Water Attractions › Section 5-25 - Bathhouse construction standards

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  22-13-2-2
Affected: IC 22-12; IC 22-13; IC 22-15; IC 36-7
Sec. 25.
(a)
				Dressing, sanitary facilities, and baby-changing stations for each sex shall be
				provided within three hundred (300) feet of a water attraction or water
				attraction complex. Sanitary facilities shall be provided in accordance with
				the Indiana Building Code, 675 IAC 13.
(b) Showers shall be provided in accordance
				with Table 25-1.
(c) Design and
				construction of bathhouses shall be in accordance with the rules of the fire
				prevention and building safety commission in 675 IAC 13. Minimum plumbing
				facilities for bathers shall be in accordance with the following table:
Table 25-1
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SANITARY FIXTURES
						  REQUIRED AT PUBLIC POOLS AND WATER ATTRACTIONS
Facility (example of location and
						  type)a
Cumulative Area of
						  Surface Water (in square feet)
Number of
Public Toilets
Public
						  Urinals
Public Lavatories
Public
						  Showers
Public Drinking Fountains
F
M
M
F
M
F
M
1. Water attractions and water attraction
						  complexes with sleeping or dwelling units. No open swim or lessons permitted.
						  Use 300 sq. ft. for slides without basins (that is, activity pools, waterslide
						  plunge pools, leisure river or tubing pools, and wave pools)
<
						  7,500
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
7,500 -
						  9,999
4
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
10,000 -
						  14,999
8
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
15,000 -
						  22,499
12
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
22,500 -
						  29,999
12
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
30,000 -
						  37,500
16
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
>37,500
See note below for
						  requirements.
2. Water attractions and water attraction
						  complexes without sleeping or dwelling units. No lessons permitted. Use 300 sq.
						  ft. for slides without basins. (that is, activity pools, waterslide plunge
						  pools, leisure river or tubing pools, and wave pools)
<
						  7,500
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7,500 -
						  9,999
6
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
10,000 -
						  14,999
8
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
15,000 -
						  22,499
12
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
22,500 - 29,999
16
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
30,000 - 37,500
20
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
>37,500
See note below for
						  requirements.
3. Splash pad (independent of any other pool or
						  attraction)
One unisex
0
One unisex
One rinse off shower
1
F = female; M = male; < = less than;
						  > = greater than
a For pools
						  with spectator areas, see 675 IAC 13, the Indiana Building Code, that contain
						  the requirements for sanitary facilities.
b For water
						  attractions in excess of 37,500 sq ft. use the following additions: For each
						  7,500 sq. ft. or fraction thereof add one sanitary unit: 0.7 male water
						  closets, 1.0 male urinal, 0.85 male lavatories, 1.0 male showers, 0.6 drinking
						  fountains, 4.0 female water closets, 1.0 female lavatory, and 1.0 female
						  shower.
For pools in excess of 7,500 sq. ft. and
						  Type 1 above, and for pools in excess of 15,000 sq. ft. and Type 2 above, use
						  the following additions: For each 4,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof, add one
						  sanitary unit: 1.0 male water closet, 1.0 male urinal, 1.0 male lavatory, 4.0
						  male showers, 1.0 drinking fountain, 4 female water closets, 1.0 female
						  lavatory, 4.0 male showers.
For the requirements listed for additional
						  sanitary facilities each fraction represents an additional fixture.
(d) Hose bibbs
				with approved nonremovable type backflow prevention devices shall be provided
				within the bathhouse to enable the entire area to be flushed with a fifty (50)
				foot hose.
(e) No less than one (1)
				drinking fountain shall be provided and available to bathers at the water
				attraction site.