[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Pennsauken 3-14-1978 by Ord. No. 78-1 as Ch. 286 of the 1977 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Responsibility of Public Works Department for municipal swimming pools — See Ch. 67, § 67-2B.
Location requirements for commercial swimming pools — See Ch. 141, § 141-89K(8).
Private swimming pools — See Ch. 141.
Municipal swimming pool — See Ch. 226, Art. III.
Handicapped parking spaces at municipal pool — See Ch. 299, § 299-59.
Filling of swimming pools during water emergencies — See Ch. 308.
The provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:26-1.1 et seq. shall apply in the Township of Pennsauken to the design, construction and installation of public swimming pools.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 286-2, Copies of code on file, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 314, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I).
No person shall construct or make changes in any swimming pool or bathing area, including the buildings, structures, premises, beaches and appurtenances used in connection therewith, if such changes are of a nature which may affect the public health, until such plans and specifications therefor shall first have been submitted to and approved by the Board of Health. When granting such approval, the Board may stipulate such modifications or conditions as it deems that the public health may require.
No person shall operate or maintain any swimming pool or bathing area without a written license from the Board of Health, on a form prescribed by it, to be issued subject to the provisions of the N.J.A.C. 8:26-1.1 et seq. referred to herein and such additional sanitary safeguards in respect to the particular premises to be so used as the Board deems that the public health may require. Such license shall state the method of disinfection and treatment of the water which shall be used by the owners and operators and the maximum number of persons who will be allowed to use the pool or beach at any one time and during any bathing period. The license shall be posted conspicuously at the pool and may be revoked for cause by the Board of Health for violation of the terms of the N.J.A.C. 8:26-1.1 et seq. and the additional sanitary safeguards prescribed by the Board in granting the license.
A. 
The fees for licenses are as follows:
(1) 
For swimming pools and bathing areas limited to the use of 100 persons or less at one time: $25.
(2) 
For swimming pools and bathing areas limited to the use of from 101 to 300 persons at one time: $100.
(3) 
For swimming pools and bathing areas limited to the use of more than 300 persons at one time: $175.
(4) 
For a license issued upon the application of any institution supported or operated by any governmental body or agency: no fee.
B. 
The fees required to be paid under the terms of this chapter are intended to be annual fees but, when paid, shall cover only the balance of the year during which the same are so paid or payable. All license fees required herein shall be paid on or before January 15 of each calendar year, and all licenses issued shall exist for the period January 1 to December 31 of each year.
Any person who violates or fails or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter or N.J.A.C. 8:26-1.1 et seq. referred to herein or of a notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each violation.