45-131. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. ' Body of water' means a body of water in an active management area established under chapter 2 of this title, including a lake, pond, lagoon or swimming pool, that has a surface area greater than twelve thousand three hundred twenty square feet and that is filled or refilled for landscape, scenic or recreational purposes. A body of water that is used incidentally for landscape, scenic or recreational purposes is deemed not to be filled or refilled for landscape, scenic or recreational purposes. Only for the purpose of determining the surface area of a body of water, two or more bodies of water that are connected are considered to be one body of water. 2. ' Swimming pool' means an artifically constructed pool for swimming purposes that meets the applicable design standards and specifications for swimming pools prescribed by the director of environmental quality pursuant to section 49-104, subsection B, paragraph 12.
Arizona Legal Code
§ 45.131
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