[Amended 3-15-2016; 3-29-2016; 4-24-2019]
A. All semipublic
and public pools (swimming, wading, special purpose, water parks)
in Middleton shall be licensed annually by the Board of Health.
B. All proposed
semipublic and public pools (swimming, wading, special purpose, water
parks) in Middleton shall be reviewed and approved by the Health Department
prior to construction.
C. The licensing
fee shall be $200 per year per indoor and $200 per year per outdoor
pool for all public and semipublic swimming, wading, and special purpose
pools.
D. All swimming
pools shall comply with 105 CMR. 435.000: Minimum standards for swimming
pools (State Sanitary Code: Chapter V); 780 CMR: The Massachusetts
State Building Code; 310 CMR 15.000: The State Environmental Code,
Title 5, and all local bylaws, codes, and regulations.
E. All recreational
camps and water parks for children/youth that have a public and semipublic
pool(s) shall have lifeguards, and the number shall conform to the
requirements set forth in 105 CMR. 435.000: Minimum standards for
swimming pools.
It shall be the policy of the Middleton Board
of Health that all outdoor pools have a lifeguard in attendance at
all times when the pool is open for business.
In the case of indoor pools there shall be large
signs displayed with the following statements in two-inch lettering:
A. Per order of the Board of Health:
(1) No swimming alone is allowed.
(2) Use of alcoholic beverages in the swimming area is
not allowed.
(3) No glass or dangerous objects are allowed in or around
the pool area.
(4) No plastic inflatables are allowed as flotation devices
in the pool.
(5) No child below 12 years of age is allowed in the pool
unattended by an adult.
(6) Pool users are to take a cleansing shower before entering
the pool.
(7) No one with a communicable disease is allowed into
the pool.
(8) No common towels, cups, brushes, etc., are to be used
at pool side.
(9) This pool is not attended by a lifeguard. Persons
using the pool do so at their own risk.
(10)
No diving in the pool is allowed.
(11)
Do not run on the pool deck.
Pool operators shall maintain a pool log. Persons
using the pool may sign in or be counted by the lifeguard.
Access to the pool shall be made to the Board
of Health and its agent for inspection during any normal daytime period.
Pool water shall be tested daily for the presence
of proper sanitizer concentrations. Results of such tests will be
entered into the permanent log book. No pool will be open that does
not have daily sanitizer applications. Days and times when the pool
is open will be posted in unattended pools.
[Amended 1-12-2005; 4-24-2019]
A. All swimming
pools shall comply with 105 CMR. 435.000: Minimum standards for swimming
pools (State Sanitary Code: Chapter V); 780 CMR: The Massachusetts
State Building Code; 310 CMR 15.000: The State Environmental Code,
Title 5, and all local bylaws, codes, and regulations.
B. In accordance with the Town of Middleton Stormwater Management and Illicit Discharge Bylaw, §
204-16, discharge from dechlorinated swimming pool water (less than one ppm chlorine) is permissible, provided that the water is allowed to stand for one week prior to draining and the pool is drained in such a way as not to cause a nuisance.