[Adopted 10-2-1962 by Ord. No. 382]
It shall be unlawful to construct, maintain, operate and/or use any private swimming pool within the Borough's limits except in compliance with all of the provisions of this article and of the Hellertown Zoning Ordinance, Chapter
450 of the Code.
For the purposes of this article, certain terms as used herein
shall have the meanings given as follows:
PRIVATE
All pools which are used or intended to be used as swimming
pools in connection with residences and available only to the family
of the householder and his private guests; it shall not include any
swimming pool that is open to the public or that is publicly owned;
or that is owned and/or operated by any organization, partnership,
corporation or group, whether or not formed solely for such ownership
and operation; or that is otherwise regulated by any statutes or by
rules and regulations other than those of the Borough of Hellertown.
SWIMMING POOL
Any receptacle or artificially constructed private pool for
water having a walled depth of two feet or more at any point within
its perimeter, intended or adapted for the purposes of immersion or
partial immersion of human beings therein, and including all appurtenant
equipment.
All existing swimming pools which at the present time have no
filtration system shall be required to make installation thereof as
provided herein and to have same approved by the Borough Code Enforcement
Officer within 60 days after final passage of this article.
The Zoning Officer or his designee, Building Inspector and Borough
Code Enforcement Officer shall have the right at any reasonable time
to inspect any swimming pool for the purposes of determining that
all of the provisions of this article are fulfilled and complied with.
This article is in no way intended to amend or alter any existing
Borough ordinance or state statute the provisions of which are not
covered in this article.
[Amended 12-30-1964 by Ord. No. 321]
A. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this article continues or each
section of this article which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
B. In addition, any improper or incorrect installation, operation, maintenance
or use in violation of the provisions of this article shall also constitute
a nuisance and the Borough may, in addition to the penal provisions
hereof, cause the abatement of such nuisance by means of proper court
action.