[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Greenwich 8-19-2013 by Ord. No. 11-2013.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted
as Ch. 133, but was renumbered to maintain the organization of the
Code.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Refer to UCC Chapter 3109.4.1. Height and clearance: top
of barrier shall be 48 inches above grade.
Any pool designed, used and maintained for swimming purposes
by an individual for use by his household and guests and located on
a lot as an accessory use to a residence. Unless otherwise qualified,
the term "private swimming pool" shall be construed as including both
artificial and partly artificial pools.
No private swimming pool shall be hereafter constructed without
a permit. Application for such a permit shall be accompanied by a
site plan and/or property survey and submitted to the Zoning Administrative
Officer. A fee of $30 shall be charged by the Zoning Administrative
Officer for such permit.
The construction and design of said pools shall be such that
they may be maintained and operated as to be clean and sanitary at
all times. The owners of every pool shall be responsible to maintain
said pool in such condition as to prevent discharging of water from
the pool into adjacent public or private property.
A.
There shall be no physical connection between a potable public or
private water supply system and such pools at a point below the maximum
flow line of the pool or to a recirculating or heating system of a
pool, unless such physical connection is so installed and operated
that no pool water can be discharged or siphoned into a potable water
supply system.
B.
All residential in-ground private swimming pools hereafter constructed
within Greenwich Township shall be provided with one drainage outlet
not over two inches in diameter, extending from said pool to discharge
either to a storm sewer or lawn sprinkling system on the premises
on which said pool is located. No private drain shall be connected
to the Township sanitary sewer.
All private swimming pools shall be so constructed, installed
and maintained as to provide the necessary equipment for chlorination
and other disinfecting and filtering processes.
Locker rooms, bathhouses, cabanas, shower rooms, toilets, runways
and all other physical facilities or equipment incident to the operation
of any private swimming pool shall be kept in a sanitary condition
at all times. Pools, above- or in-ground, must be located at a distance
of 10 feet from any property line.
No swimming pool shall be constructed or installed nearer than
10 feet to any property line, nor nearer to the street line on which
said premises fronts than the main front wall of the dwelling erected
thereon. No private swimming or wading pool shall be constructed or
installed on any lot, unless a residence building is located upon
said lot, or unless said lot is part of a residence cartilage.
Every such pool, including temporary aboveground pools having
a depth capacity of 24 inches, shall be fully enclosed by a suitable
barrier as required by the NJ Uniform Construction Code in the Building
Subcode or One- and Two-family Dwelling Code.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection
with private swimming pools in such a manner as to be a nuisance or
annoyance to neighboring properties, and any underwater lighting facilities
shall be installed in accordance with the standards of the Electrical
Subcode in the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
All areas surrounding the pool and its enclosures shall be made
and kept neat and attractive so as to be in conformity with surrounding
property, and with no rubbish, debris or litter of any kind at any
time.
Sound-absorbing and sound-deflecting structures and planting
shrubbery and trees shall be provided in such number and so located
as to effectively reduce the sounds from the pool as heard on contiguous
property or streets to the end that there shall be no unreasonably
loud noise which is abnormal to the surrounding neighborhood. No sound-amplifying
system shall be used.
Every private swimming pool constructed or to be constructed
shall at all times comply with the requirements of all health authorities
having jurisdiction in the premises, and any nuisance or hazard to
health which may exist or develop in or in consequence of or in connection
with any such swimming pool shall forthwith be abated and removed
by the person in possession of such pool upon receipt of notice from
the Code Enforcement Officer or other designated person so requiring
such abatement.
Any person, partnership, association or corporation, or any
member thereof or officer of same who violates this chapter or any
part thereof shall, upon conviction in the Municipal Court, forfeit
and pay a fine not exceeding $500 or be imprisoned for not more than
90 days, or both.
