Montgomery County                            2877

been approved by the approving authority; nor shall any person con-
vert a private swimming pool to a public swimming pool without
having the written approval of the approving authority.

(a)    Before work is commenced on any construction, addition,
remodeling or other improvement thereto, an application for permit
to construct, the plans, specifications and pertinent explanatory data
required shall be submitted to the approving authority in such man-
ner and containing such information as the approving authority may
require from time to time.

(b)    The approving authority shall review the plans and speci-
fications for compliance with physical standards of this Chapter and
shall either approve or disapprove them on that basis within thirty
days from the date of receipt of such plans and specifications. In
the event that incomplete submissions of plans, specifications or in-
formation required to determine such compliance is made, the ap-
proving authority shall notify the applicant accordingly and the
thirty-day period shall be deemed to commence from the date of
receipt of the additional information.

(c)    The Director of Inspection and Licenses shall not issue any
building permit for a public swimming pool until he has received
notice of approval of the plans and specifications for such pool from
the approving authority.

(d)    The approval of plans and specifications by the approving
authority may be either in the form of a suitable endorsement upon
such plans and specifications or by a separate written document to
that effect. In either case, the approval shall expire 180 days from the
date of issue, unless the pool is under construction and concurrently
with the expiration of the State construction permit or the building
permit.

(e)    All public swimming pools shall be constructed in accord-
ance with the physical standards of this Chapter and the approved
plans and specifications. No change shall be made after the approval
of plans without the written consent of the approving authority.

(f)    No person shall operate or maintain a public swimming pool
until a current and valid permit therefor shall have been issued
by the approving authority. The approving authority may issue such
temporary operating permits as it may determine to be proper from
time to time.

(g)    An application for an annual operating permit, ac-
companied by the fee as hereinafter set, shall be submitted to the
approving authority prior to the intitial opening of the pool and upon
each renewal thereafter at least thirty days prior to the expiration
of the permit.