As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
PERSON
Any person, persons, firm, partnership, corporation or organization
of any kind.
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
Includes any artificial or semiartificial container or receptacle
for the containment of water, having an inside depth at any point greater
than 18 inches, located outdoors, and used or intended to be used for swimming
or bathing by the owner or lessee of the property on which it is situate,
or by the family or guests of such owner or lessee, as an accessory use to
a residence.
[Amended 11-6-1991 by Ord. No. 28-91; 2-16-2005
by Ord. No. 4-05]
No person shall hereafter install, construct or erect any permanent
private swimming pool, as defined in this chapter, until he shall have obtained
a building permit issued by the Construction Official in the same form and
manner as in the case of any other structure or accessory use. Prior to the
use of any permanent pool erected pursuant to this chapter, a certificate
of occupancy shall be obtained from the Construction Official.
[Amended 11-6-1991 by Ord. No. 28-91; 9-1-2004
by Ord. No. 28-04]
Any private swimming pool, as defined in this chapter, shall comply with the detached accessory building requirements of Chapter
490, Zoning, §
490-29I, with the Building Code and with the state laws and the rules, regulations and requirements of the State Department of Health and Senior Services.
Lights used above the surface of the water to illuminate any private
swimming pool shall be so arranged and shielded that the light will be reflected
away from adjoining premises, and such lighting units shall be of no greater
intensity and of no greater number than necessary for safety purposes.
No sound or amplifying system shall be used in connection with said
pool, and in connection with the use of any such pool there shall be created
no loud noises which are abnormal to the surrounding neighborhood.
[Amended 8-4-1969 by Ord. No. 249-A; 2-16-2005
by Ord. No. 4-05]
The Construction Official and the Health Officer of the Township of
Jefferson shall have the authority to inspect and reinspect the premises upon
which any private swimming pool exists and to advise and make complaints for
any violation hereunder.
A violation of any provision of this chapter shall subject the violator,
in the event of conviction, to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $200,
and upon a conviction subsequent to a first conviction for said violation,
the owner or person in control of the premises where a swimming pool exists,
as to which the violation was committed, may be ordered by the Municipal Court
Judge, within 60 days, to remove and dismantle such swimming pool, and to
order any hole caused thereby to be filled in and the ground leveled over
said filling. Upon conviction, the Municipal Court Judge shall set a reasonable
time in which the violation must be remedied, and, in the event that a remedy
is not effected, each day after that during which the violation is permitted
to exist or continue or occur shall constitute a separate violation thereof.