It shall be unlawful for any person to construct
or install a private swimming pool in the Village without having first
obtained a permit therefor in the manner provided in this article,
provided that no permit shall be required for the installation or
use of a wading pool.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 6-85]
An application to construct a permanent private
swimming pool shall be made in duplicate to the Construction Official
and shall be accompanied by duplicate plans and specifications or
descriptive brochures showing the manner of construction of the proposed
pool, its size, shape, dimensions and capacity, duplicate plot plans
showing property lines of the premises upon which the swimming pool
is to be constructed or installed, together with all existing houses,
structures, accessory buildings and paved areas thereon, abutting
streets and properties and the location and horizontal plane dimensions
of the proposed swimming pool and its auxiliary structures. The application
shall also be accompanied by a description of the method of disinfection,
treatment, circulation and disposal of the water to be used.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 6-85]
Application for a permit to install or use a
portable private swimming pool shall be made directly to the Board
of Health pursuant to the provisions of the State Sanitary Code.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 6-85]
The Construction Official shall file the duplicate
application for a swimming pool permit and the duplicate set of plans
and specifications and accompanying plot plans with the Board of Health
prior to the issuance of the permit. The Board of Health shall, if
satisfied that such pool will comply with the State Sanitary Code,
endorse its approval on the application and notify the Construction
Official of such approval.
[Amended 5-28-1985 by Ord. No. 10-85]
[Amended 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 6-85]
After the approval of an application for a swimming
pool permit by the Board of Health, the Construction Official shall,
within 30 days after the filing of the application, grant a permit
for the construction of the swimming pool or notify the applicant
of his denial thereof.
No private swimming pool shall be used or operated
until a license for the same is issued by the Board of Health.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 6-85]
No license shall be issued for a newly constructed permanent private swimming pool unless the applicant shall first have filed with the Board of Health a certificate issued by the Construction Official, certifying that the pool has been constructed or installed in compliance with Part 1 of this chapter.
A license to use or operate a private swimming
pool shall be issued by the Board of Health at any time of year upon
the payment of the following fees: permanent swimming pools of 20,000
gallons' capacity and over, $20.
All licenses for private swimming pools shall
be issued annually for a period terminating on the following December
31.
The location of private permanent swimming pools
shall be subject to the following regulations:
A.Â
The location at which a private permanent swimming
pool may be constructed shall be limited to premises on which a residence
building for not in excess of two families is located or on premises
appurtenant thereto.
B.Â
A private permanent swimming pool shall not be constructed
or installed nearer than 10 feet to any side yard line or rear yard
line, nor shall any such pool be constructed, erected, installed or
maintained in the front yard of any premises.
C.Â
In the case of a corner lot, a private permanent swimming
pool shall not be constructed, erected, installed or maintained closer
to the side street line than the prevailing setback line on that street
or the required setback line for front yards as set forth in the Zoning
Ordinance of the Village.
D.Â
A private permanent swimming pool shall not occupy
more than 25% of the rear lot of the premises on which it is erected
after having deducted from the total area of such rear lot the area
occupied by accessory buildings and paved portions of the premises.
E.Â
Every private permanent swimming pool shall be enclosed by a permanent fence, which fence shall be considered a part of the swimming pool installation for the purpose of construing Part 1 of this chapter.
F.Â
A private swimming pool shall not be constructed,
erected, installed or maintained within 15 feet of any residence building.
All private permanent swimming pools now existing
or hereafter constructed, installed, established, altered, erected
or used or maintained shall be enclosed by a permanent fence or barrier
of durable material of not less than five feet nor more than six feet
in height, which fence shall be so constructed as not to have holes
or gaps larger than three inches in the smaller dimensions. Such fence
shall have no openings except a gate built of the same material as
the fence and of the same height as the fence, which gate shall be
self-closing and self-latching. Such gate shall be closed and latched
at all times except during ingress or egress. Such gate shall be locked
with a removable key-type lock when the swimming pool is not in use.
The fence or barrier shall be erected no closer than five feet to
the interior surface of the respective walls of the swimming pool.
Any access ladders or steps used in connection
with above-surface-type portable pools shall be removed when such
pools are not in use.
A.Â
All private permanent swimming pools shall be provided
with one cast-iron discharge pipe not over three inches in diameter
or an approved equal drain extending from such pool to a storm sewer;
except that, where no storm sewers are located, the pipe shall extend
to and be connected into the municipal sanitary sewer. The pipe shall
be so connected as to guard against the backing up of water from the
sewerage system into the pool.
B.Â
Portable swimming pools shall be emptied and discharged
so as not to create a nuisance.
A.Â
The water in every private swimming pool shall be
so maintained as to comply with the physical, chemical and bacteriological
standard established by the Board of Health or by the State Department
of Health. All pools having a capacity in excess of 5,000 gallons
shall be equipped with suitable apparatus for the chlorination and
other disinfection and filtering to maintain and restore the required
sanitary quality of the water.
B.Â
All water used in any private swimming pool shall
be obtained from an established source of potable water. There shall
be no physical connection between the potable source of water and
the swimming pool circulation or filtering systems. Water shall be
introduced into the pool for filling purposes by means of a discharge
pipe or hose, the orifice of which shall be separated from the highest
overflow level of the pool by an air space of at least four inches.
A.Â
All materials used in the construction of private
swimming pools shall be waterproof and designed and constructed so
as to facilitate the emptying and cleaning of such pools and shall
be maintained and operated so as to be clean and sanitary at all times.
The bottom and sides of the pool shall be a white or light color,
but no aluminum paint may be used as a finish. Sand or earth bottoms
are prohibited.
B.Â
All private permanent swimming pools shall be constructed
so as to comply with all applicable provisions of Chapter 8 and the
Zoning Ordinance, Sanitary Code and other pertinent ordinances, codes
and regulations of the Village.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Chapter 8, Buildings, of the 1965 Code included the Building Code, which was superseded by the adoption of the State Uniform Construction Code Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq. See now Ch. 160, Construction Codes, Uniform. As to the Zoning Ordinances, see Ch. 96, Zoning, and Ch. 96A, Development Regulations. As to the Sanitary Code, see the State Sanitary Code.
C.Â
Upon completion, each permanent private swimming pool
shall be considered as an accessory building on the premises on which
it is located.
D.Â
No plot of land or premises on which a permanent private
swimming pool is located as an accessory building shall be subdivided
if the result will be that the pool will be separated from the residence
property to which it was originally attached.
No artificial lights shall be installed or used
with private swimming pools.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 6-85]
The owner of any private swimming pool within the Village, whether permanent or portable, shall allow the Construction Official, the Health Officer, Sanitary Officer or other duly authorized person access to the pool and appurtenances for the purpose of inspection to ascertain compliance with Part 1 of this chapter at all reasonable times.