All pools shall be subject to inspection. The
owner or operator of any pool shall permit the Health Officer or other
authorized official access to any private swimming pool or portable
pool and any appurtenance thereto for the purpose of inspection to
ascertain compliance with this chapter and all other pertinent Borough
ordinances at all reasonable times.
[Amended 12-11-1978 by Ord. No. 78-20]
It shall be the duty of the Construction Code
Official and the Health Officer or their designee(s) to enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
Every private swimming pool or portable pool
constructed, installed, established or maintained in the borough shall
comply at all times with the requirements of this chapter and with
the sanitary requirements of the Borough Board of Health.
[Amended 12-11-1978 by Ord. No. 78-20]
A.Â
Any hazard to the health of the public which may exist
in, develop in, be in consequence of or be in connection with any
pool shall be removed or abated forthwith by the owner, lessee or
occupant of the premises upon receipt of a notice from the Borough
Health Officer.
B.Â
Upon the failure of the owner, lessee or occupant to take satisfactory or reasonably prompt action to remove or abate such health hazard within 24 hours from the receipt of the notice referred to in Subsection A, the Health Officer is authorized to summarily close the pool.
C.Â
The Health Officer is also authorized to keep such
pool closed until no further hazard exists, subject to the right of
appeal to the Mayor and Council by the owner, lessee or occupant of
such pool.
[Amended 7-8-1974 by Ord. No. 74-16]
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days,
or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
