acceptable ground cover Handmade playground material under swings or play equipment must be equipment intended to be maintained for safety or climbed. Acceptable ground removed when no longer cover includes: safe. The department (a) Pea gravel - At least must review and approve nine inches deep; construction plans and a (b) Playground wood chips - list of materials to be used At least nine inches deep; to construct handmade (c) Shredded recycled playground equipment rubber - At least six inches before construction deep; or begins. Weight #6 (d) Other department approved material. Bouncing equipment (3) A six-foot fall zone must including, but not limited surround all equipment that to, trampolines, has a platform over forty-eight rebounders and inflatable inches tall that is intended to equipment must be be climbed. inaccessible and not in (4) The fall zone area must early learning program extend at least six feet beyond space. This requirement the perimeter of the play does not apply to bounce equipment. For swings, the fall balls designed to be used zone must be the distance to by children individually. the front and rear of the swing Weight #7 set equal to or greater than twice the height of the top bar from which the swing is suspended. (5) Swing sets must be positioned further away from structures to the front and rear of the swing set. The distance
acceptable ground cover material under swings or play equipment intended to be climbed. Acceptable ground cover includes: (a) Pea gravel - At least nine inches deep; (b) Playground wood chips - At least nine inches deep; (c) Shredded recycled rubber - At least six inches deep; or (d) Other department approved material. (3) A six-foot fall zone must surround all equipment that has a platform over forty-eight inches tall that is intended to be climbed. (4) The fall zone area must extend at least six feet beyond the perimeter of the play equipment. For swings, the fall zone must be the distance to the front and rear of the swing set equal to or greater than twice the height of the top bar from which the swing is suspended. (5) Swing sets must be positioned further away from structures to the front and rear of the swing set. The distance Handmade playground equipment must be maintained for safety or removed when no longer safe. The department must review and approve construction plans and a list of materials to be used to construct handmade playground equipment before construction begins. Weight #6 Bouncing equipment including, but not limited to, trampolines, rebounders and inflatable equipment must be inaccessible and not in early learning program space. This requirement does not apply to bounce balls designed to be used by children individually. Weight #7
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