[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Fairport 8-12-1968 (Ch. 44 of the 1968 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Swimming
Pool Ordinance of the Village of Fairport, Monroe County, New York."
The purpose and intent of this chapter shall
be to preserve good order in the Village of Fairport and to contribute
to the public welfare and the preservation and protection of the property
and person of the inhabitants of said Village by ordaining, declaring
and enforcing said regulations and restrictions concerning the installation
and use of swimming pools hereinafter built or constructed within
the Village of Fairport.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing,
capable of containing water over 24 inches (610 mm) deep. This includes
in-ground, aboveground and on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs and
spas.
[Amended 11-10-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997[1]]
Swimming pools may be permitted in any zoning
district, provided that the requirements hereinafter set forth are
met.
[Amended 7-12-1976 by L.L. No. 6-1976; 8-11-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986; 6-12-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
No swimming pool shall be constructed, built,
erected or maintained without a building permit having been issued
by the Village Clerk. Each such permit shall be revocable on each
July 1 following its issuance, provided that an inspection by the
Code Enforcement Officer shall reveal noncompliance with the terms
of this chapter or deviations in the pool or accessory installations
from the plans for same as originally approved. The revocation shall
be in writing and mailed to the owner at the address given on the
original permit. A permit, once revoked, may not be reinstated, but
an application may be made for a new permit. A fee for a one-family
or two-family dwelling and for all others, as set forth in the fee
schedule adopted by resolution by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Fairport, shall be charged for each permit.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file in the office of
the Village Clerk.
A.
Each application for a building permit to construct,
build, erect or maintain a swimming pool shall be accompanied by one
set of plans, which shall be kept on file by the Village Clerk. Each
application shall contain the following:
B.
No permit shall be issued upon an application by a swimming club until the application is signed by the Code Enforcement Officer, who shall certify that the proposed application meets the requirements of § 550-52B(6) of Chapter 550, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Fairport.[1]
[Amended 9-12-1977 by L.L. No. 5-1977]
[Amended 9-12-1977 by L.L. No. 5-1977[1]]
All swimming pools shall be surrounded by a fence conforming to the requirements of § 550-48B(1)(g) of Chapter 550, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Fairport.
Lights, if any, shall be so arranged as not
to be an annoyance or nuisance to neighbors.
The following safety and health requirements
are deemed the minimum required in all applications:
A.
Interconnections. There shall be no physical connections
between a potable public or private water supply system and a pool
structure, at a point below the maximum flow line of the pool, nor
to a recirculating or heating system of a pool, unless such physical
connection is so installed and operated that no pool water can be
discharged or siphoned into a potable water supply system.
B.
Drains. Drainage from an artificial pool structure
shall not be discharged to a sewer receiving domestic sewage. Drainage
may be discharged to a stormwater sewer in such a manner that sewage
cannot be siphoned, flooded or otherwise discharged into the pool.
C.
Overflow drains. All overflow drains shall be at least
two inches wasting into three inches line, with extreme ends of lines
to be vented.
D.
Outlet drains. All outlet drains shall be not less
than four inches diameter. A back-water valve shall be installed between
the pool and the sewer.
E.
No electric wires shall be permitted over the swimming
pool or aboveground near the swimming pool, and precautions shall
be taken so that neither the pool, the water nor the wire fence can
be charged.
In addition to the revocation of permit provided for in § 462-5, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, for each and every such violation, shall be subject to a penalty of not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
