[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of High Bridge 2-9-2006 as Ch. 247 of the 2006 Code of the Borough of High Bridge.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The words, terms and phrases listed below, for the purpose of
this chapter, shall be defined as follows:
Includes any above surface type of swimming pool not designed
or intended to be stationary or permanently fixed to the premises
but capable of being removed for storage. Also known as a "temporary
pool."
Artificially constructed bathing or swimming pools having
a water depth of 14 inches or more, and includes in addition to its
common meaning and usage each and every outdoor natural or man-made
pool of water designed, maintained, used or intended for use as a
place in which to swim or to bathe and which can be filled with water
to a depth in excess of 14 inches; it shall not mean portable swimming
pools.
A.
No owner of land in this Borough shall construct, maintain or use
and no such owner shall suffer or permit the construction, maintenance
or use upon said land of an permanent outdoor swimming pool having
a water depth of more than 14 inches without having first obtained
a permit therefor in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
B.
No lessee and no tenant or other occupier of land in this Borough
shall construct, maintain or use and no such lessee, tenant or other
occupier shall suffer or permit the construction, maintenance or use
upon said land of an permanent outdoor swimming pool having a water
depth of more than 14 inches without having first obtained a permit
therefor in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
C.
An application for a permit for a permanent outdoor swimming pool
shall be accompanied by duplicate sets of plans, specifications and
plot plans of the property. The plot plan shall accurately show the
proposed location on the property and the dimensions of the proposed
swimming pool, any proposed bathhouses, cabanas or other accessory
structures and the proposed method of draining the pool. The plot
plan shall also accurately show the location and dimensions of all
buildings existing on the property, the location, type and height
of all existing fencing or wall on the boundary lines of the property,
together with the type and height of such fencing or enclosure as
may be required. The area of the swimming pool at the perimeter of
the outside of the wall or structure, together with any bathhouses,
cabanas or other accessory structures, shall be considered as lot
coverage within the meaning of the Borough Land Use and Development
Ordinance. A fee of $10 shall be paid to the Borough of High Bridge
for such swimming pool occupancy permit. The above permit fee shall
be exclusive of the permit fee or fees required for the erection or
alteration of the pool or of any accessory structure to be used in
connection with such swimming pool. The Building Inspector shall promptly
refer the plans, specifications and plot plans for permanent swimming
pools to the Borough Engineer and the Health Officer, and no permit
for a permanent private outdoor pool shall be issued by the Building
Inspector until the plans, specifications and plot plans have been
approved by the Borough Engineer and the Health Officer of the Borough
of High Bridge and such approvals have been properly certified on
the plans.
All material used in the construction of outdoor swimming pools,
as herein defined, shall be waterproof and easily cleanable, and no
such pool shall have either a sand or earth bottom. Construction and
design of said pools shall be such that same may be maintained and
operated so as to be clean and sanitary at all times. The owners of
every outdoor swimming pool shall be responsible to maintain said
pool in such condition as to prevent breaks in the pool structure
or water from the pool overflowing onto adjacent public or private
property.
There shall be no physical connection between a public or private
potable water supply system and such outdoor swimming pools at a point
less than six inches above the maximum waterline of the pool.
All outdoor swimming pools hereafter constructed within the
Borough of High Bridge shall be provided with one drainage outlet
of galvanized iron pipe or approved equal material not in excess of
two inches in diameter extending from said pool to either a brook,
storm sewer (where the Borough Engineer shall determine that such
storm sewer is of adequate capacity), lawn sprinkling system or dry
well on the premises on which said permanent pool is located. The
discharge of water from such permanent outdoor swimming pools into
a brook or storm sewer shall be permitted only following approval
of the proper state, county and Borough officials, as each case may
require. No permanent pool drain shall be connected into the Borough's
sanitary sewer system, nor shall water there from be discharged at
any street curb or upon the surface of any street, without the approval
of the Borough Engineer.
All outdoor swimming pools shall be treated with chlorine or
its compounds in sufficient quantity so that there will be present
in the water at all times when the pool is in use a residual of excess
chlorine of not less than 0.30 parts per million of available free
chlorine as determined by the orthotolidine tests.
A.
The water in any outdoor swimming pool at all times when in use shall
equal the standards as set forth in the latest recommendations of
the American Public Health Association and the New Jersey State Department
of Health. Bacterial standards shall be maintained so that the total
agar plate count of a sample of water taken at either end of an outdoor
swimming pool shall not contain more than 200 bacteria per cubic centimeter
or shall show positive test (confirmed) for coliform organisms. For
the purpose of this section, any number of samplings of water on a
single day shall be considered as one sample. The Health Officer or
other duly authorized representative of the Board of Health of the
Borough of High Bridge is hereby authorized to take samples to ensure
compliance with these requirements.
B.
At all times when the pool is in use, the water shall be sufficiently
clear to permit the entire bottom of the pool to be clearly visible
from the walkway surrounding the pool.
Locker rooms, bathhouses, cabanas, shower rooms, toilets, runways
and all other physical facilities or equipment incident to the operation
of any outdoor swimming pool shall be kept in a sanitary condition
at all times.
No outdoor swimming pool shall be located within any front yard
or side yard area or within any side street setback area required
by the provisions of the Borough of High Bridge Land Use Ordinance
of 2005, Section 310, as amended and supplemented. These restrictions
on distances from property lines and dwellings shall apply to the
outside of the pool wall, bathhouses, cabanas and any other structures
accessory to the pool. No portion of an outdoor swimming pool shall
be placed within 15 feet, measured horizontally, of any overhead electrical
conductor.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection
with outdoor swimming pools in such a manner as to be a nuisance or
an annoyance to the occupants of neighboring properties.
Every outdoor swimming pool, as defined herein, constructed
or to be constructed in the Borough of High Bridge, shall at all times
comply with the requirements of the Department of Health of the State
of New Jersey and the Board of Health of the Borough of High Bridge.
Any nuisance or hazard to health which may exist or develop in or
in consequence of or in connection with any such swimming pool shall
be abated and removed by the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises
on which the pool is located within 10 days after receipt of notice
from the Building Inspector, Borough Engineer, Health Officer or other
duly authorized representative of the Board of Health of the Borough
of High Bridge or member of the police force of said Borough.
