The words, terms and phrases listed below, for the purpose of
this chapter, shall be defined as follows:
PRIVATE CLUB SWIMMING POOL
Any artificially constructed swimming pool or tank maintained
and operated by a private group or club or limited to residents of
a block, district, neighborhood, community or other specified area
of residence for the use of members or their guests.
PRIVATE STORABLE OR COLLAPSIBLE SWIMMING POOL
Any artificially constructed swimming pool or tank, having
a depth of less than 18 inches and not more than 15 feet across in
any direction, established or maintained by any individual, association,
firm or corporation upon any premises as an appurtenance to a residence
occupied by not more than three families for the use of the occupants
of such residence or their guests.
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
Any artificially constructed permanent swimming pool or tank,
having a depth of 18 inches or greater, established or maintained
by any individual, association, firm or corporation upon any premises
as an appurtenance to a residence occupied by not more than three
families for the use of the occupants of such residence or their guests.
It shall be unlawful to construct, enlarge, alter, remove or
demolish any swimming pool in the Borough of Bellmawr unless and until
a permit for such purpose has been first secured from the Construction
Official of said Borough, pursuant to the Uniform Construction Code
Act, as amended by the rules and regulations thereof.
Fees as provided in Chapter
210, Fees, shall be charged for the erection or installation of a pool, for a certificate of occupancy, and for the installation of electrical wiring. There shall be no fee for the erection of a storable or collapsible swimming pool as defined in §
405-1.
A building construction permit shall be issued for collapsible
or storable pools but the fees shall be waived.
A permit shall be required for all swimming pool installations
by the property owner or his agent. The application for a building
permit shall be accompanied by duplicate sets of the plans, specifications
and plot plan. The plot plan shall show the accurate location of the
proposed accessory structures or buildings. The plot plan shall show
all existing fencing or walks on the boundary lines of the property,
together with the height and type of fencing. Any fees paid for a
permit to erect a swimming pool, as defined in this chapter, shall
be exclusive of the permit for the erection of any accessory building
or structure to be used in connection with such swimming pool.
There shall be no direct connection between the potable water
supply and the swimming pool water. There shall be no direct connection
between the swimming pool water and the sanitary sewer.
Every such swimming pool shall be completely surrounded with
a walk having a minimum width of 2 1/2 feet, constructed of all
hard-surfaced semiwaterproof material, such as concrete, tile, flagstone
or brick.
No swimming pool hereafter constructed, altered, changed, converted
or enlarged, wholly or partly, in its use or structure in the Borough
of Bellmawr shall be used or occupied in whole or in part unless and
until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued. Failure to
properly operate such swimming pool shall result in the rescission
of such certificate of occupancy.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection
with any swimming pool, as defined, in such a manner as to be a nuisance
or annoying to neighboring properties, and, further, the use of any
pool after 10:00 p.m. shall be restricted to quiet use.
All swimming pools that are not in continuous use for any period
of time shall be maintained in such a manner as to prevent said pool
from becoming a breeding place for mosquitoes and a neighborhood nuisance.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter and
the regulations hereby established shall be subject to a fine not
exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not
exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90
days, or any combination thereof.