623.9 Swimming pool safety devices:
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623.9.1 Permit required: Following
the effective date of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons, club, firm, corporation, partnership, institution or association
to construct, alter, add to, use or operate, or continue to use or
operate, any bathing or swimming place or swimming pool or artificial
body of water or any other structure intended to be used for bathing
or swimming purposes in which water may collect in excess of a depth
of two feet, until a permit is first obtained from the Code Enforcement
Officer of the Township of Whitpain.
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623.9.2 Location restrictions; fence construction: No bathing or swimming place or swimming pool or artificial body
of water or any other structure intended to be used for bathing or
swimming purposes in which water may collect in excess of a depth
of two feet shall be constructed, altered, added to or operated within
100 feet of any property line of the property on which it is located
unless such swimming pool or place is surrounded by a fence around
the entire property line of the property on which it is located, or
unless such swimming pool or place is surrounded by a fence around
the entire perimeter. The type, quality and method of construction
of said fence shall be such as shall be approved by the Code Enforcement
Officer, with the intent that it shall act as a safeguard and protection
to children. Such fence shall be at least four feet in height, nonremovable
and shall have a self-closing and self-latching-type gate and shall
be such as to prevent children and stray animals from going through
it, provided that existing nonconforming fences may be approved by
the Township Code Enforcement Officer.
[Amended 6-16-1997 by Ord. No. 22-27] | ||
623.9.3 Permit applications; fencing required:
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1.
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All applications for permits shall be made in
writing and shall be submitted in duplicate and shall include such
drawings or other data as may be required by the Code Enforcement
Officer and shall satisfactorily indicate the type of fence and method
of pool construction used.
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2.
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All bathing or swimming places or swimming pools
or artificial bodies of water or any other structure to be used for
bathing or swimming purposes henceforth constructed shall be fenced
in in compliance with this subsection.
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623.9.4 Zoning requirements: The location of swimming pools and other swimming structures regulated by this subsection shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 160, Zoning, as amended, and for the purposes of said chapter shall be deemed to constitute a structure.
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623.9.5 Water regulations: Water
pumped or drained from swimming pools, permanent or otherwise, shall
be subject to the following:
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1.
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Water from swimming pools shall not be pumped,
emptied or drained onto public land or public thoroughfares at a rate
greater than that which will allow water flow to extend more than
18 inches from the nearest curb or drainage ditch.
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2.
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Water pumped or drained from a swimming pool
shall not be permitted to flow or drain onto any adjoining property
without first obtaining written permission from the owner of that
property.
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3.
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No swimming pool shall be emptied, drained or
connected to any public sanitary sewer system within the Township.
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623.9.6 Violations: For any and
every violation of the provisions of this subsection, the owner or
possessor of any premises where such violation has occurred shall
be liable, upon conviction thereof, to a fine or penalty not exceeding
$1,000 for each and every offense, and whenever such person shall
have been notified by the Code Enforcement Officer that he is committing
such violation of this subsection, each day that he shall continue
such violation after such notification shall constitute a separate
offense punishable by a like fine or penalty.
[Amended 1-2-1989 by Ord. No. 184] |