Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 20 - SWIMMING POOL CODE › Rule 2 - Public Swimming Pools › Section 2-27 - 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. 27.
(a)
				Dressing, shower, sanitary facilities, and baby-changing stations for each sex
				shall be provided within three hundred (300) feet of all Class A, B, and C
				pools.
(b) In all Class A and B
				pools, such facilities shall be provided in a separate bathhouse located in
				such a manner that bathers must pass through the bathhouse to gain entry to the
				pool. The bathhouse shall not be required to be a separate building.
(c) Design and construction of bathhouses
				shall be in accordance with the rules of the fire prevention and building
				safety commission in this title. Minimum plumbing facilities for patrons shall
				be in accordance with Table 27-1 as follows:
Table 27-1
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SANITARY FIXTURES
						  REQUIRED AT PUBLIC POOLS
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. Swimming pools, wading pools, and
						  whirlpools in conjunction with sleeping or dwelling units having plumbing,
						  except for items 2 to 5. No open swim lessons permitted (that is, apartment,
						  hotels, motels, condos, and mobile home parks)
< 2,000
One unisex
0
One
						  unisex
0
0
1a
2,000 -
						  7,500
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
> 7,500
See note 
						  b below for requirements.
2. Swimming pools, wading pools, and
						  whirlpools without living units, except for items 3 to 5; and swimming pools,
						  wading pools, and whirlpools with sleeping or dwelling units where open swim or
						  lessons are permitted (that is, municipal pools and campgrounds)
<
						  2,000
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2,000 -
						  3,999
3
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
4,000 -
						  5,999
4
2
2
2
2
4
4
1
6,000 -
						  7,499
4
2
2
2
2
5
5
1
7,500 -
						  8,999
8
2
2
3
2
5
5
2
9,000 -
						  9,999
10
2
3
4
3
6
6
2
10,000 -
						  12,999
12
3
3
4
3
6
6
2
13,000 -
						  15,000
14
3
4
5
4
7
7
3
>15,000
See note below for
						  requirements.
5. Splash pad (independent of any other pool or
						  attraction)
One unisex
0
One unisex
One rinse off shower
1
Patron Load
6. Therapy/Exercise pools.
Up to 10
One Unisex
11 -
						  20
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
21 -
						  30
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
> 30
Per department
						  approval
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.
(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.