A.
Setbacks for swimming pools are set forth in Chapter 101, Zoning.
[Amended 12-11-1978 by Ord. No. 78-20; 12-26-1991 by Ord. No.
91-18]
B.
A private swimming pool of a permanent type shall
not be constructed or installed closer to any building than the distance,
in feet, equal to the maximum water depth, in feet, of the pool.
A.
All materials used in the construction of private
swimming pools shall be waterproof and so designed and constructed
as to facilitate emptying and cleaning said pools. The materials used
in said construction shall be maintained and operated in such manner
as to be clean and sanitary at all times when such pool shall be subject
to use.
B.
Inlets of the treated water of any private swimming
pool shall be so located and spaced as to provide satisfactory dispersion
of the water throughout the pool and be so situated as not to interfere
with draining, cleaning or disinfecting the bottom and sides of the
pool.
C.
Sand or earth bottoms shall not be used.
A.
All permanent-type swimming pools now existing or
hereafter constructed, installed, established or maintained shall
be completely surrounded by a fence or wall not less than four feet
in height, which shall be so constructed as not to have open holes
or gaps, if any, larger than four inches in diameter.
B.
All enclosures, as provided in Subsection A above, shall have a gate or door or gates and doors for ingress or egress, and gates or doors shall not have open holes or gaps except as provided in Subsection A hereof. Each gate or door shall be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching device for keeping the gate or door securely closed at all times when not in actual use. All gates and doors shall be locked when the pool is not in use or is not under the supervision of an adult.
A.
All pool water must be filtered and treated chemically.
B.
All pools shall be equipped with a system having the
capacity to recirculate the entire contents of the pool at the minimum
rate of three recirculations in a twenty-four-hour period.
[Amended 12-11-1978 by Ord. No. 78-20]
C.
All pools shall be equipped with a pressure sand filter,
a diatomaceous filter or any similarly approved filter, which shall
have sufficient capacity to provide a complete recirculation of the
entire contents of the pool within 18 hours or less.
[Amended 12-11-1978 by Ord. No. 78-20]
[Amended 12-11-1978 by Ord. No. 78-20]
All private swimming pools or portable pools
shall be provided with the necessary equipment for the drainage of
the pool and for backwash water disposal. The drainage from said pool
may be made either to lawns, fields, woods or an adequate dry well
or sand filtering pit on the premises on which said private pool or
portable pool is located, and provision must be made that the same
does not overflow onto property belonging to others. Pool water discharging
into a brook must have a minimum chlorine residual of 1/10 part per
million. The discharge of water from such pools into a storm sewer
or sanitary sewer shall be permitted only upon approval from the Borough
Engineer made upon written application and in accordance with the
regulations and recurring charges established by the Board of Public
Works. The area immediately adjacent to the pool shall be so designed
as to provide a slope to carry all surface waters away from the pool.
There shall be no physical connection with a
potable public or private water supply system. If a fill pipe is used,
the same must be installed at a minimum of two pipe diameters above
the pool rim. A fill line shall not be required, and pools may be
filled manually by hose.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or
operated in connection with a private swimming pool or portable pool
in such a manner as to be a nuisance and annoyance to neighboring
properties. Such lighting shall not shine directly upon any abutting
property. No unshielded lights shall be permitted.
Pool water shall be periodically tested for
residual chlorine by the orthotolidine method and color comparator
having a set of standards for varying chlorine content which range
from 2/10 to 6/10 parts per million. The pH of the pool water shall
range from neutral 7.0 to slightly alkaline 7.6.
All pools supplied by a public water supply
system shall be subject to closure by proclamation of the Mayor and
Council during any period of emergency water shortage.