[Amended 12-27-2006 by L.L. No. 6-2006]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
SWIMMING POOL
A portable or permanent swimming pool or tank, artificially
constructed, installed and maintained, used primarily for bathing
or wading, with an area of more than 120 square feet and a depth of
more than 24 inches.
WADING POOL
A portable or permanent pool, container, device or structure
manufactured and sold as a wading pool or play pool and so placed
upon the ground that, when filled with water, it is suitable for or
is used as a swimming, wading or play pool for children, and the depth
of which is 24 inches or less.
No swimming pool or wading pool shall be built,
constructed, erected or placed nearer to the side, rear or front lot
lines than the side, rear or front setback lines established by the
Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Ontario for the district in which the pool is located.
No person shall leave a wading pool uncovered
and unattended in such a location or in such a manner as to create
a hazard to children living in the neighborhood.
All drainage for swimming pools shall be so
designed for swimming pools so as not to interfere with the public
water supply system, with existing sewage and drainage facilities,
with the property of others or with public highways.
[Amended 11-23-2015 by L.L. No. 5-2015]
In considering an application under §
128-2B of this chapter, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall apply the requirements of this chapter and shall set other reasonable requirements which shall be consistent with the proposed use of the property and the existing use of the neighboring properties. The Zoning Board of Appeals may require that the drainage system for such pools be approved by the Code Enforcement Officer and may require that the filtration and chlorination system of said pools be of adequate design and capacity so as to protect the safety and health of the users of the pool and the general public of the Town of Ontario.
[Amended 1-11-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
Any and all persons who shall violate any of
the provisions of this chapter or who shall fail to comply there with
or shall fail to comply with any detailed statement of specifications
or plans submitted and approved thereunder or any certificate or permit
issued thereunder shall severally, and for each and every such violation
and noncompliance respectively, be subject to a fine not to exceed
$250 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both, for
each and every refusal to comply with an order and for each and every
day that a violation exists, as the case may be.
Sections
128-5 and
128-6 herein shall apply to existing pools, and owners of said pools shall have 60 days to comply with these sections or to apply to the Town Board to waive the requirements of these sections.