[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Belvidere 6-16-1969 (Ch. 141 of the 1987 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The words, terms or phrases listed below, for the purpose of this chapter, shall be defined as follows:
BOARD OF HEALTH
Includes the County Board of Health, its authorized agents and, if applicable, the Town of Belvidere Health Officer and his authorized agents.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
CONSTRUCTION
Includes the building or constructing or installing of a new swimming pool or enlarging an existing swimming pool or any of the facilities.
HEALTH OFFICER
An authorized official employed by the Warren County Board of Health, and, if applicable, the official(s) employed by the Town of Belvidere, to enforce the provisions of the State, County or Local Health Code.
[Added 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
PERSON
Includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms and partnerships as well as individuals.
PORTABLE POOL
Any above-surface type of swimming, bathing or wading pool and all equipment and appurtenances thereto not designed or intended to be stationary or permanently fixed but designed and intended to be removed and stored.
SWIMMING POOL
Any private pool, whether permanently constructed or of the portable type, having a depth of more than 18 inches above or below the level of the surrounding land, designed, used and maintained for swimming or bathing purposes by an individual for use of the members of the household and guests and located on the applicant's land as an accessory use to a residence, and shall include all buildings, equipment, structures and appurtenances thereto.
TOWN OF BELVIDERE
Means Building Inspector or other duly authorized representative thereof, except in such case when the Town is referred to in a manner that contemplates action by it as a body.
WADING POOL
Includes any shallow pool not included in the definition of "portable pool."
A. 
The application of the provisions herein to a permanent-type swimming pool constructed prior to the passage of this chapter shall be as follows:
(1) 
Such pool shall not be subject to the requirements under § 444-6 hereof, pertaining to distance of pool from boundary lines, etc., unless an enlargement of facilities is sought.
(2) 
Such pool shall be exempt from requirements under § 444-3, pertaining to permits and fees, unless an enlargement of facilities is sought.
(3) 
Such pools, however, shall be subject to all the provisions and regulations relating to safety and sanitation, but also subject to the right of appeal provided in § 444-12 hereof.
B. 
The provisions of this chapter shall not appertain to wading pools or portable pools unless specific reference is made in any section herein to any such type of pool.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to alter, construct or install a swimming pool in the Town of Belvidere without having first complied with the provisions of this chapter and obtained a permit therefor in the manner hereinafter provided.
B. 
Applications for such a permit shall be made to the Building Inspector and shall be accompanied by duplicate sets of the following:
(1) 
Plans and specifications or proper description brochures.
(2) 
Plot plans showing property lines of the premises upon which the swimming pool is to be constructed or installed, all existing houses and structures thereon, abutting streets and properties and the location and dimensions of the proposed pool and its auxiliary structures, including a description of the enclosure or fence to be used.
(3) 
A description of the method of disinfection, treatment and disposal of the water to be used.
C. 
The Building Inspector shall file the duplicate sets of plans and specifications with the Board of Health prior to the issuance of a permit.
D. 
A fee of $10 for the first $500 or fraction thereof, plus $2 for each additional $500 or fraction thereof, of the estimated cost of construction shall be charged by the Building Inspector for such permit and shall be tendered with the application to the Building Inspector.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
E. 
The Building Inspector shall, within 15 days after receiving an application for a permit, act upon same as follows:
(1) 
Approve application as submitted and cause a permit to be issued.
(2) 
Require amendment to application to ensure proper compliance with provisions of this chapter and then cause a permit to be issued.
(3) 
Reject the application when it is determined that a permit should not be issued. Appeal shall be available to applicant pursuant to § 444-12.
F. 
Electrical fixtures, wiring and installation thereof used in connection with a pool shall conform to the Standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for Electrical Wiring and Apparatus.
All materials used in the construction of swimming pools shall be waterproof and so designed and constructed as to facilitate emptying and cleaning and shall be maintained and operated in such manner as to be clean and sanitary at all times. Inlets shall be so located and spaced as to secure satisfactory dispersion of in-flowing waters throughout the pool and permit draining, cleaning and disinfecting of the bottom and sides. Sand or earth bottoms shall not be used.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
A. 
All swimming pools, including portable pools, shall be so constructed, installed and maintained as to provide necessary equipment for the chlorination and other disinfection and filtering in compliance with approved bacteriological standards as may be promulgated by regulations issued by the Board of Health and the New Jersey State Department of Health.
B. 
The physical, chemical and bacterial qualities of the water of swimming pools and portable pools shall comply with the regulations and standards now or hereafter provided in the Sanitary Code of the Town of Belvidere.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
All swimming pools shall be not less than 10 feet from side and rear lot lines and 15 feet from the main building.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
A. 
No swimming pool, portable pool or wading pool shall in any way be connected to or drained into the sanitary sewer system, under penalty of a fine of $500 per offense, plus any and all costs to rectify such occurrence, plus any costs imposed or incurred by the Pequest River Municipal Utilities Authority.
B. 
A swimming pool, portable pool or wading pool shall not be permitted to drain into a public street. The drainage waste shall be dispersed upon the premises wherein said pool is located or into a sand filtering pit or as the Board of Health shall require and specify. The discharge of any wastewater shall in no case cause or create a nuisance in the abutting property or to the public.
There shall be no physical connection between a potable (public or private) water supply system and a swimming pool, portable pool or wading pool at a point below the maximum flow 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.
All swimming pools and portable pools and wading pools referred to in § 444-1 not equipped with facilities for the recirculation and reuse of the pool water may be subject to closure by the order of the Board of Health during any period of emergency water shortage.
Whenever any pool, set forth in § 444-1, by reason of mechanical defects or failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, is a hazard to the health of users thereof, the Health Officer may summarily close such pool and keep such pool closed until no further hazard to users of the same exists, subject to the right of appeal to the Board of Health by the owner of such pool, which appeal shall not stay the action of the Health Officer.
A. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 505-24, every swimming pool having a depth of 18 inches below the level of the land surrounding the pool and above-surface pools having a height of less than four feet shall, within 90 days of the enactment of this chapter, be completely surrounded by a fence or wall of substantial construction not less than four feet in height, which shall be constructed so as not to have openings, holes or gaps larger than four inches in dimension, except for doors and gates.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
B. 
Said fence or wall enclosures shall be so designed and constructed as to reasonably prevent any person from gaining access beneath, through or over the same and shall be provided with one or more substantial gates or doors of the same height as the fence or wall enclosure, each gate or door to be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching device capable of keeping said gate or door securely closed.
C. 
It shall be deemed that there is sufficient compliance with this section when the yard in which a pool is located is completely enclosed by a fence and gate of the type above mentioned.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
D. 
Any ordinance requiring the obtaining of a permit for the erection of a fence shall not apply to fences erected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter except in such case where a fence is erected along a property line.
E. 
Any access ladder or steps used in connection with the above-surface type pool or portable pool shall be removed from the pool when the same is not in use, unless the same is enclosed by a fence.
F. 
Lights used to illuminate any pool shall be so arranged and shaded as to reflect light away from the adjoining property.
G. 
No loudspeaker or amplifying device shall be permitted which will project sound beyond the bounds of the property or lot where such pool is located.
The Planning Board of the Town of Belvidere may, by resolution, grant a variance from the terms of the chapter in specific cases, consistent with public safety and the general provisions and intent of the chapter; provided, however, that when any question of sanitation is involved, such variance may be allowed only if the same is also recommended by resolution of the Board of Health and it has been thereby determined and declared that such variance will not be harmful to public health.
[Amended 8-3-1987 by Ord. No. 87-11]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. Every day that such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
[Amended 8-3-1987 by Ord. No. 87-11]
Any person, partnership, corporate entity or association owning, operating or maintaining a pool within the Town of Belvidere shall, within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter and annually thereafter on or before May 1, apply for and obtain from the Town Clerk an annual pool permit, for which no fee shall be chargeable. Every permit hereunder shall expire at 12:00 midnight the 30th day of April following the date of issuance, and no permit shall be transferable.