Any person or persons, club, firm, corporation,
partnership, institution or association desiring to construct, add
to or modify, or to operate or continue to operate, any bathhouse,
bathing or swimming place or swimming pool, natatorium or any structure
intended to be used for bathing or swimming purposes, indoors or outdoors,
shall, in addition to any other permits required by law, first secure
a permit from the Building Inspector, and also a permit from the Health
Officer of Springfield Township.
Permits shall be obtained in the following manner:
A. The applicant shall submit to the Building Inspector
such plans, drawings, specifications, maps or other data as may be
required by him as shall satisfactorily indicate:
(1) The location and nature of the fence and gate required by §
98-5 of this chapter.
(2) The method and manner by which the device or structure
is to be emptied, showing whether such emptying is contemplated to
be made into the sanitary sewer or the storm sewer or into a stream
or upon open land, together with the nature of the connections thereto.
B. After investigation and upon such advice and assistance
from the Health Officer as the Building Inspector may deem necessary,
the Building Inspector shall issue his permit if he shall conclude
that the proposed structure is to be located in accordance with applicable
construction and fencing requirements of the township, and upon payment
of the necessary fees.
C. The Health Officer, after investigation, shall issue
his permit if he shall determine that the method or manner of emptying
the pool and the connections to such sanitary sewer, storm sewer or
open stream, as shown on such plans and data accompanying the application,
are not contrary or dangerous to the public health and are not otherwise
contrary to the public interest or maintenance of the public sanitary
sewer system or storm sewer system, or other property owners.
No pool shall be constructed within 10 feet
of a property line, which is herein defined to mean the line dividing
a property from an adjacent property or from a public right-of-way
or alleyway.
A fence of the nature to be approved by the
Building Inspector shall be erected and thereafter maintained completely
around the perimeter of any outdoor swimming pool, bathing pool, structure
or device covered by this chapter. Such fence shall be at least four
feet in height, shall have a self-locking type gate, and shall be
such as to prevent stray animals or children from going under or through.
[Amended 11-11-1970 by Ord. No. 600]
A. The following fees shall be paid to the Township for
the issuance of such permit for the pumping of all swimming pools:
[Amended 7-11-1984 by Ord. No. 725; 5-11-2011 by Ord. No.
910]
(1) A fee
of $20 for each permit, plus an additional $10 for each 5,000 gallons
or part thereof of capacity of such pool, up to 25,000 gallons, if
it is to be emptied to the sanitary sewer.
(2) The sum of $20 for each permit, plus an additional $5 for each 5,000 gallons or part thereof of capacity of such pool, up to 25,000 gallons, if sanitary sewers are not available, and the pool is to be emptied into the storm sewer in accordance with Ch.
88, Stormwater Management.
B. Each year subsequent to the issuance of the permit
and in respect to the device or structure for which the permit applies,
the same sum shall be paid to the township for the use of such sewers,
except that the twenty-dollar fee need not be paid.
The Health Officer shall from time to time inspect
the pool and its appurtenances and test the water for the purpose
of determining whether the same is maintained and treated so as not
to be a health menace and so as to be in accordance with all requirements
and standards of the Department of Health and any other statutes or
regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Health Officer
shall promptly in writing notify any owner and/or operator of such
pool and the Pennsylvania Department of Health of such deficiencies
in such maintenance and treatment, and such owner or operator shall
promptly remedy the same.
The following regulations promulgated by the
Health Officer regarding the construction, maintenance and use of
swimming pools are hereby approved by the Board of Township Commissioners:
A. No pool shall be emptied other than in accordance
with the permit so issued, nor shall any pool in any event be emptied
to grade or directly upon or into any ditch, gutter or street.
B. Notwithstanding the issuance of such permit, no pool
shall be emptied except upon at least 24 hours' prior notice to the
Health Officer as to the exact time for such emptying and approval
by the Health Officer as to the contemplated time.
C. Water supply, recirculating and drainage piping must
be of an approved material, and cast iron or an approved equal, as
determined by the Health Officer, shall be used on all underground
waste lines.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code]
D. The water supply must be provided with an approved
air gap to prevent backflow.
E. Filter backwash and pool discharge piping shall be
provided with an approved safe waste connection.
F. Filter backwash and pool drainage piping shall be
discharged in a manner approved for drainage systems. In the event
sewers are not available, a separate private disposal system must
be provided.
G. In unsewered areas, the discharge from a swimming
pool shall be disposed through a loose well of regulation size, four
feet in diameter, with a liquid capacity of 10 feet below the inlet
to the well.
H. The soil, percolation test and construction of the
well shall be approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
I. When a disposal system is used, there shall be a house
trap with a fresh-air inlet to grade installed on the fixture side
of the loose well. A main stack shall be installed if the catch basin
is located a greater distance than 12 feet from a vented line.
J. Discharge in sewered areas shall be to a sanitary
sewer, unless other approved methods of discharge are sanctioned by
the Health Officer.
K. An approved filtration system with backwash filter
and chlorinator shall be installed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code]
It is the intent of this chapter to be supplementary
to and not contrary to any laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or regulations of any of its executive agencies.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code; 7-13-1988 by Ord. No.
756]
Any person or persons, club, firm, corporation,
partnership, institution or association violating any of the provisions
of this chapter or failing to comply with any of the provisions hereof
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$1,000 and costs. Each day that such violation shall continue shall
constitute a separate offense and be punishable as herein provided.