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Name

ASCHER NORTH, THE

Address

640 N CHURCH ST

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

28202

Premise Type

53 - Year-Round Swimming Pool

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

5/13/2024

Final Score @ Grade

General Comments

Inspection conducted with Jonathan Roundtree from maintenance. Immediate suspension of permit issued due to 0 ppm chlorine and pH above 7.8. Pool must remain closed with signs posted until corrected. Call Hope McIntosh at 980-229-7549 to request a re-inspection prior to re-opening pool. At that time, all other permit items will be evaluated for correction. Current pool permit expires 5/31/24. All permit items must be in compliance and pool must be in A status prior to issuance of 2024-2025 operating permit. At this time, application and payment for 2024-2025 operating season has not been received by the department. Pool will not be able to remain open until application and payment are received and pool has passed inspection with all permit items in compliance. Operator Rodney is no longer employed at this location. Provide documentation to the department for current operator including CPO certification number and expiration date.

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
2	6	Water quality: disinfectant residual provided by	No	No	No	.2535(4) Maintain chlorine at least 1.0 ppm. Chlorine at 0.0 ppm. Immediate suspension item.
3	6	Water quality: pool water pH	No	No	No	.2535(1) Maintain pH at 7.2 to 7.8. Pool pH at 8.0. Immediate suspension item.
5	4	Water quality: daily written records of water quality and test kit kept on site	No	No	No	.2535 (11) The pool operator shall inspect the pool at least daily and maintain written records. .2535(11) Provide record keeping including daily records of disinfectant residual, pH, drain cover/grate inspections, pool water maintenance, and temperature, if applicable. Provide weekly recordings for cyanuric acid and total alkalinity weekly. Missing many days of daily required checks. Several days of 0ppm cl and pH at 8.0 noted with no correction. Missing multiple weekly CYA and TA checks. Current record format has no location for main drain checks. Pool operator Rodney is no longer at this pool. Provide information on current CPO. *Permit Items
8	4	Pool maintenance: surface skimmers (with weirs, baskets and covers) or gutters clean, in good repair, and functioning properly, no floating debris	No	No	No	One of two skimmers missing weir. Replace weir. Unable to determine status of second weir due to extensive buildup in the skimmer. .2518(k) Keep skimmers free of debris so skimmers are capable of operating per manufacturer instruction. Skimmer with heavy buildup of debris unable to evaluate operation. Clean. *Permit items
17	4	Premises: decks unobstructed, properly drained, free of trip hazards	No	No	No	Planters within 5 ft. of pool edge. Maintain 6 ft. clearance around pool in all locations.
23	4	Equipment room: chlorine or bromine automatic feeders that meet NSF Standard 50	No	No	No	No flow meter on chlorinator. Original construction. Install per NSF requirement. Unable to locate flow meter on chlorinator. Unable to determine chlorinator operation. *permit item
25	2	Equipment room: equipment and chemicals kept in a dry, well-ventilated enclosure	No	No	No	Chemicals stored in pump room and in storage room on pool floor and not in the chemical storage room. Chemicals shall be stored in chemical storage room.