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Name

SOMERSTONE ESTATES

Address

7139 WINDING CEDAR TRAIL

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

28212

Premise Type

53 - Year-Round Swimming Pool

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

9/8/2020

Final Score @ Grade

General Comments

Observed chlorine residual in pool to be less than 0.1ppm 1.0ppm or greater is required for safety. Pool closed to swimming by Health Department. I.S. Issued. Call C. Elmore at 704-507-6814 when corrections are made. Chlorine cannot be put directly into pool for normal operation. For normal operation, disinfectant must enter the pool through the disinfectant feeder system, not by hand feeding. Pool has paint on the pool floor peeling up. There is also damage to the tile at the skimmers and under the pool coping. This damage to the pool floor and to the tile must be corrected before next season or a pool permit will not be issued. “issuance of a permit by this department does not negate closure required by Executive Order No. 120, 138, 141, 147, or subsequent Orders in effect unless such Orders are rescinded or superseded by another applicable Order.” NO SIGNATURE WAS OBTAINED DUE TO COVID-19 SOCIAL DISTANCING POOL IS NOT APPROVED FOR NIGHT SWIMMING. IF NIGHT SWIMMING IS DESIRED, A NIGHT SWIMMING EVALUATION MUST BE PERFORMED. CONTACT C. ELMORE AT 704-507-6814 FOR THIS EVALUATION IF NIGHT SWIMMING IS DESIRED.

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	Observed chlorine residual to be less than 0.1ppm, non-dectectable in the test well. Pool was recorded as having 0.0ppm on 9/7/2020. Staff stated that they had tried to correct the chlorine level on 9/7/2020, but it appears that the correction did not solve the issue of low chlorine level. There is no follow-up record for 9/7/2020 showing what level the chlorine came to. The pool was reported open to swimming on 9/7/2020. I.S. Issued, pool is closed by the Health Department.
7	4	Pool maintenance: pool walls and floor kept clean, free of debris and in good repair	No	No	No	Observed pool interior surface peeling off throughout. Observed serious damage to the tile under the coping. No Permit Action taken at this time, but this damage may result in the pool not being issued a new permit in the next season.
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	Observed 2 skimmer weirs missing out of 4 skimmers total. No Permit Action taken.
11	2	Pool maintenance: diving equipment, ladders, steps and handrails properly placed, in good repair	No	No	No	Observed ladder to not have the rubber bumper feet. Replace rubber bumper feet on ladders wherever they are missing.
15	6	Premises: body hook and ring buoy with throw rope or lifeguard with rescue tube provided and properly located	No	No	No	Observed ring buoy to be disconnected from the throw rope. Rope was connected and made to be 38ft. as is required for this pool. CDI.
16	4	Premises: fence or barrier with self-closing, self-latching gates properly constructed and maintained	No	No	No	Observed 2 gates to not be fully self-closing/self-latching. All gates must fully self-close and fully self-latch.
17	4	Premises: decks unobstructed, properly drained, free of trip hazards	No	No	No	Observed severe deck damage. Damage causes offset more than 1/2 inches. No Permit Action taken at this time, but this damage may result in the pool not being issued a new permit in the next season.