For the purpose of this ordinance:
FAMILY POOL
An outdoor swimming pool, used or intended to be used solely
by the owner of a residential property, his family, or lessee thereof
and his family, and by guests invited to use it without the payment
of any fee. This ordinance shall apply to all new outdoor swimming
pools hereafter constructed as well as existing swimming pools whether
above ground or in the ground having a depth of 18 inches or more
at any one point.
[Amended 1-20-1997 by Ord. No. 583]
A. A swimming pool shall be located at the rear of a dwelling
or along the side of the dwelling, and no part of any pool may ever
be closer to a street in front of the house than the dwelling.
B. There shall be a minimum of three feet of concrete, stone,
brick or block sidewalk or other all-weather surface around all pools,
except portable pools set above ground.
C. No swimming pool or appurtenances including decks and shelters
shall be erected nearer to any property line than a building could
be erected in the same use district as set forth in the Borough Zoning
Ordinance of 1971 (Ordinance No. 319).
D. No swimming pool shall be so located as to interfere with
the operation of a well or on-site septic system, or to be located
where there is a potential danger of a septic system discharging into
the pool or onto the adjacent area around the pool.
The application fee for the construction or alteration of a
swimming pool shall be in the same amount as determined in the Building
Code, based on the estimated cost of construction.
[Amended 8-22-1983 by Ord. No. 440]
No permit to construct new swimming pools (existing pools are
excluded from this section) shall be issued unless and until the following
design and construction requirements are observed.
A. Material. The material used for lining a swimming pool
shall be one which is light in color, is impervious and will provide
a tight tank with easily cleaned surfaces. Sand or dirt bottoms are
prohibited if uncovered.
B. Walls and bottom. All pool walls and bottoms shall be
designed to withstand water pressure from within and to resist the
pressure of earth or ground water when the pool is empty.
C. Steps, ladders, handholds. One or more means of egress
in the form of steps, ladders, stepholes or handholds shall be provided
for all pools. The coping of the swimming pool, if not higher than
eight inches above the water surface, shall be considered a handhold.
D. Make-up water. Pools shall be equipped with suitable
facilities for adding make-up water as required. There shall be no
physical connection between the water supply line and the pool system.
When make-up water is added to the pool the inlet shall be at least
six inches above the pool water surface.
E. Drainage outlet. No pool water shall be drained at the
curb, along the gutter line of any street, on the surface of any street
or over the surface of the ground. A pool drainage system must be
connected to the public sanitary sewer system. If the sanitary sewer
system is not available to the lot upon which the pool is to be located,
drainage shall be handled as the Borough Engineer shall direct.
F. Recirculation. Provision shall be made for complete
circulation of water through all parts of the pool. The system shall
be designed and constructed so that a "turnaround" of at least one
time in every twelve-hour period shall be provided. Recirculation
systems shall consist of pumping equipment, hair-and-lint catcher,
filters, together with all necessary pipe connections to the pool
inlets and outlets, facilities and pipe connections necessary for
backwashing or cleaning filters.
All pools, including existing pools, shall be equipped with
suitable stairs. Other equipment consisting of life preservers, ropes
or poles shall be readily available at the pool site.
Interference with the enjoyment of a neighboring property owner's
rights is prohibited. No swimming pool shall be so located or located
or maintained as to interfere unduly with the enjoyment of the property
rights of others.
Lights used to illuminate any swimming pool shall be so arranged
as to reflect light away from adjoining premises.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause
to be made or continued at any swimming pool, any loud, unnecessary
or unusual noise which disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort,
repose, health, peace or safety of others. In the operation of a family
swimming pool the use or operation of any radio, musical instrument,
phonograph, recording equipment, or other machine or device for the
producing or reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb the
peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any
time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing of
persons who are at the swimming pool side shall be unlawful.
[Amended 3-20-1978 by Ord. No. 390; 12-21-1992 by Ord. No. 536]
Any person partnership or corporation violating any provision
of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to
pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 and costs of
prosecution, or in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo
imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Provided: each violation of
any provision of this ordinance, and each day the same is continued,
shall be deemed a separate offense.