[Adopted 12-3-1974 by Ord. No. 1438 as
Section 11-1 of the 1974 Revised General Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The individual's age on July 1 of each season.
The total area belonging to the Township.
The prepared concrete deck immediately surrounding the water
surface of the various pools.
The entire fenced area surrounding the pool.
The prepared concrete deck adjoining the refreshment area
and the pool building.
A person who dwells permanently or continually within the
confines of the Township.
Membership is limited to residents of Maplewood
and to a maximum of 8,000 persons. In addition, there shall be issued
swimming privileges to waiting list limited family memberships and
to waiting list limited individual memberships. Both classifications
shall not exceed 500 persons. Memberships shall not be transferable.
All applications in excess of membership capacity will be placed on
the waiting list. As vacancies occur, applications will be taken from
the waiting list in the sequence in which they were received. All
waiting list limited memberships shall be taken from the general waiting
list in the sequence in which the respective application was filed.
[Amended 3-4-1975 by Ord. No. 1441; 6-6-1989 by Ord. No.
1787; 2-2-1993 by Ord. No. 1907]
The following is a list of the types of membership
for the community pool:
A.
Family membership includes up to two cohabitating
adults, or widow or widower, and all children, natural or adopted,
unmarried and living at home, including state ward children, who are
not yet 21 years of age on July 1 of the membership year.
B.
Individual membership is available to any individual
resident.
C.
College membership is available to any individual
21 years of age to and including 25 years of age who is a full-time
college student. Proof of full-time attendance at college must be
submitted in order to be eligible for college membership.
D.
Waiting list limited family membership shall entitle
the eligible members of this designation to use the pool during the
general swim period only, for a period of five days each week. These
days shall commence on Monday and conclude on Friday, excluding holidays.
Waiting list limited family membership shall include the same classification
of persons as the regular family membership.
E.
Waiting list limited individual membership shall also
be available under the same terms and conditions as the waiting list
limited family membership.
F.
Servicemen or servicewomen who are now residents of Maplewood, who had a Maplewood home address at the time of entry into active service and who apply for pool membership within 12 months of their date of honorable discharge from active service shall be allowed a priority to purchase pool membership which may include their spouse and children. Proof of discharge (Defense Department Form DD No. 214, Report of Separation) must be submitted at the time of application for this privilege. Fees governing said application shall be as set forth in § 193-13 of this article.
A.
All members upon proper identification being presented
to the pool office shall be entitled to use the facilities.
B.
There shall be no regular guest privileges. Special
guest privileges shall be extended to:
[Amended 3-4-1975 by Ord. No. 1441; 6-3-1980 by Ord. No.
1557]
(1)
Active duty servicemen. Active duty servicemen on
leave, pass or furlough who have been permanent residents of the Township
of Maplewood for at least two previous years before the pool season
may request a temporary badge from the recreation office or the pool
manager's office at no fee upon the presentation of proof of leave,
pass or furlough. This permission granted to active duty servicemen
shall not include any member of the servicemen's families.
(2)
Children under 21 years of age of a divorced or separated
parent who are visiting said divorced parent, and provided that the
divorced parent is a member of the pool, shall be permitted to use
the pool facilities, provided that said parent who is a member submits
a written request for said permission to the Township Clerk. Upon
receipt of said written request and provided that said parent is eligible,
a special temporary badge will be issued, which badge shall not be
transferable and shall be returned to the pool office at the end of
the pool day.
[Amended 3-18-1997 by Ord. No. 2026-97]
(3)
Pool privileges shall be awarded to bona fide foreign
students who shall have been in the United States for a period of
six months. Said foreign students must be residing with a pool member
and shall submit a letter from a local sponsoring organization attesting
to his residence and to the fact that he is a bona fide foreign student.
[Amended 7-1-1980 by Ord. No. 1559]
[Added 1-17-2023 by Ord. No. 3083-23]
The Director of the Department of Community Services, in consultation
with the Township Administrator, is authorized to open the Maplewood
Community Pool to all Maplewood residents, whether they are or are
not pool members, when weather forecasts call for a period of extreme
heat, i.e., a period of high heat and humidity with temperatures above
90 degrees for at least three consecutive days. When the period of
extreme heat has ended, membership regulations shall be enforced.
[Added 6-3-1980 by Ord. No. 1557]
Any member resigning his or her membership for
medical reasons may apply for reinstatement upon submission of a certificate
from his or her physician. Said member may be granted a one-year leave
of absence for membership, if the same is requested by March 1 of
each year. Such leave of absence may be renewed, if requested in writing,
for one additional year after the first request.
Any person who violates these rules and regulations
shall be subject to immediate ejection from the area by the official
in charge and his membership subject to revocation or suspension by
the Township.
[Amended 3-18-1997 by Ord. No. 2026-97]
The Township Committee, with the advice and
recommendation of the Pool Advisory Committee, shall set the hours
of operation of the Maplewood Community Pool.
[Amended 1-20-1981 by Ord. No. 1569; 2-1-1983 by Ord. No.
1622; 10-18-1983 by Ord. No. 1636; 11-22-1983 by Ord. No. 1638; 2-19-1985 by Ord. No. 1665; 2-21-1989 by Ord. No. 1777; 2-2-1993 by Ord. No.
1907; 8-1-195 by Ord. No. 1977]
A.
The fees to be charged for membership in the community pool shall be as provided in Chapter 123, Fees.
B.
Membership fees shall be due within 30 days upon receipt of the application, unless otherwise specified on the bill. In the event that the same is not paid on the due date, there shall be an additional charge as provided in Chapter 123, Fees, for each of the foregoing memberships, which charge shall be known as a "late charge."
C.
No fees are returnable for any reason after opening
day of each season.
[Added 3-6-1990 by Ord. No. 1821; amended 8-2-1994 by Ord. No.
1949; 1-17-1995 by Ord. No. 1961]
Guest passes are hereby authorized on the following
conditions:
A.
Each member shall be entitled to purchase a book of
five guest passes for a fee of $25.
B.
There shall be no more than 100 guests allowed at
the pool per day.
C.
Each sponsoring pool member must accompany the guest
and shall be responsible for the guest's conduct at the pool and shall
also see that the guest observes all rules and regulations.
[Amended 6-1-1976 by Ord. No. 1464; 3-6-1990 by Ord. No.
1821; 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 1977; 3-18-1997 by Ord. No. 2026-97]
The Township Committee, with the advice and
recommendation of the Pool Advisory Committee, shall set rules and
regulations with regard to identification badges.
[Amended 3-18-1986 by Ord. No. 1691; 3-18-1997 by Ord. No.
2026-97]
The Township Committee, with the advice and
recommendation of the Pool Advisory Committee, shall promulgate rules
and regulations for the Maplewood Community Pool.
The following shall be prohibited in the pool
area:
A.
No glass or metal containers may be brought within
the pool area.
B.
No alcoholic beverages will be permitted in the area.
C.
No playpens and sun umbrellas, known as a "clamp-on"
type, fastened to chairs, and not those that are freestanding or sunk
into the ground, shall be permitted.
D.
No wrestling, running, ballplaying or other similar
activity within the pool apron and parking area will be permitted.
Gambling, vulgarity and other objectionable conduct will result in
disciplinary action by the management.
E.
No cardplaying will be permitted in the picnic area.
No gumchewing shall be permitted in the entire pool area.
F.
No person shall be permitted to wear eyeglasses or
sunglasses while in the pool except upon receiving special permission
from the pool manager.
G.
No pets or animals will be permitted in the pool area.
H.
No blowing of horns or loitering will be permitted
in the area.
I.
Smoking shall be permitted only in an area designated
by the Recreation Department in consultation with the Pool Advisory
Committee.
[Amended 2-17-2004 by Ord. No. 2243-04]
J.
No roughness, rowdiness, profanity or other conduct
affecting the safety and comfort of others will be permitted in the
pool area.
A.
Regulations shall be posted at the pool and strictly
enforced.
B.
The pool manager or the assistant manager may close
or limit the swimming facilities or establish additional rules and
regulations whenever, in his judgment, such action is deemed necessary
or desirable for the protection of health or safety of persons entitled
to use such facilities.
C.
Members of the Police Department of the Township,
the pool manager and the assistant manager and all lifeguards, when
on duty at the swimming facilities, shall have authority to prohibit
any action or conduct which they may consider to be dangerous, improper
or immoral and any act or actions in violation of the applicable rules
and regulations.
