[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Warrington 7-5-1966 by Ord.
No. 6-66 (Ch. 23, Part 1, of the 1995 Code of Ordinances).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 370.
[Amended 2-21-1995 by Ord. No. 95-3]
Any person or persons desiring to construct a bathing, swimming
place or swimming pool, in which water may be placed or collect in
excess of a depth of two feet, within 300 feet of any property line
of the property on which it is located, shall first secure a permit
from the Zoning Officer of Warrington Township. The fee, to be established
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, shall
be collected for such permit, such fee to include the permit necessary
for fencing. The applicant shall submit to the Zoning Officer such
plans, drawings or other data as may be required by him and shall
satisfactorily indicate the method of fencing and latching and the
manner of the emptying of the pool.
[Amended 2-21-1995 by Ord. No. 95-3]
A.
Every bathing, swimming place or swimming pool not enclosed in a
building, in which water may be placed or collect in excess of a depth
of two feet, heretofore or hereafter installed or constructed within
300 feet of any property line of the property on which it is located,
shall be entirely surrounded by a substantial wire mesh or solid fence
not less than four feet in height which contains no vertical interspace
of more than two inches and no horizontal rail or component on the
outside usable as a footstep, and which satisfies the appropriate
following minimum requirements:
(1)
Wood picket: three-fourths-inch stock.
(2)
Iron picket: one-half-inch iron bar.
(3)
Chain link: vertical chains shall be nine gauge wire and a maximum
of two inches apart.
(4)
Woven or other solid fence: of a strength equivalent to one of the
foregoing, satisfactory to the Zoning Officer.
(5)
The fence shall be erected a minimum of five feet from the edge of
the pool.
(6)
Each gate in every such fence shall be secured with an automatic
locking device satisfactory to the Zoning Officer.
B.
A fee, to be established from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Supervisors, shall be collected for a permit for fencing.
A.
No person or persons shall be required to obtain a permit or to fence
a plastic or material-type wading pool in which water may be placed
or collected to a depth not to exceed one foot; provided, further,
that said pool is not larger than six feet by 10 feet, and not containing
more than 60 square feet of bottom space.
B.
Any person or persons shall be required to obtain a permit and to
fence, as aforementioned, any plastic or material-type wading pool
in which water may be placed or collected in excess of one foot if
said pool is larger than six feet by 10 feet, or contains more than
60 square feet of bottom space and said wading pool is located within
300 feet of any property line of the property on which it is located.
[Amended 2-21-1995 by Ord. No. 95-3; 2-10-1998 by Ord. No. 98-2; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this chapter. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith. This chapter may be enforced initially by violation ticket (citation); see Chapter 38, Ordinance Enforcement Procedures, Article II, Tickets for Certain Offenses.
