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]
At the time of filing an application for a swimming pool permit with the Construction Official, the applicant shall pay a building permit fee in accordance with Chapter
177, Fees, Art.
I. Such fee shall be in addition to license fees set forth in this article or in the State Sanitary Code.
[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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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.