[Adopted 6-27-2001 by Ord. No. 15-2001]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
Generally used for recreational purposes and is either in-ground
or on the surface, located on private property, whose operation is
the responsibility of owner.
No person shall provide, maintain, or keep a pool in any manner
on any property unless it is maintained pursuant to this article.
The provisions and prohibitions hereinafter contained and enacted
are in pursuance of and for the purpose of:
A. Securing and promoting the public health and general welfare of persons
in Edgewater Park Township.
B. Preventing the spread of diseases from mosquito transmission by preventing
the presence of mosquito larvae on pool water that is not maintained
properly.
Any pool cover must be maintained in a way to prevent the collection
of stagnant rainwater.
[Adopted 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 2012-4]
The words, terms or phrases listed below for the purpose of
this article, except when the context requires a different meaning,
shall be defined as follows:
CONSTRUCTION
Includes building or installing a new swimming pool or enlarging
an existing swimming pool or any of its facilities.
PERSON
Includes corporations, companies, associations, societies,
firms and partnerships, as well as individuals.
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
Includes any pool of water having a permanent structure and/or
having a capacity of 15,000 gallons or more, designed, used and maintained
for swimming purposes by an individual for use by his household and
guests without fees and located on property owned, leased or otherwise
used and maintained by the owner of said swimming pool; it shall further
mean and include fill and draw, flow-through and recirculation pools,
which are artificially constructed to provide recreational facilities
for swimming, bathing or wading and all buildings, equipment and appurtenances
thereto. It shall not include natural outdoor ponds, rivers or lakes,
nor baths used for cleansing of the body or practice of the healing
arts.
SWIMMING POOLS
Includes any structure intended for swimming, recreational
bathing or wading that contains water over 24 inches (610 mm) deep.
This includes in-ground, aboveground and on-ground pools; hot tubs;
spas; and fixed-in-place wading pools.
WADING POOL
Includes any artificially constructed pool for use by children,
not designed or used for swimming, with a maximum area of 120 square
feet and a maximum water depth of 18 inches.
All materials used in the construction of private swimming pools,
temporary portable pools or wading 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 any time when any such pool shall be in use or at such
times as the same shall be subject to use. Inlets of the treated water
shall be so located and spaced as to secure satisfactory dispersion
of the water throughout the pool and not to interfere with draining,
cleaning and disinfecting of the bottom and sides. Sand or earth bottoms
shall not be used.
All private swimming pools, temporary portable pools, or wading
pools with a water depth of more than one foot, hereafter constructed,
installed, established or maintained within the Township, shall be
provided with the necessary equipment to completely pump out or empty
said pool or shall be emptied by providing one drainage outlet, to
be installed at the lowest point of said pool, not in excess of three
inches in diameter, extending from said pool to either a storm sewer,
storm sewer catch basin, lawn watering system, adequate dry well or
sand filtering pit on the premises on which said private swimming
pools, temporary portable pools, or wading pools are located. The
discharge of water from such pools into a storm sewer shall be permitted
only where the capacity is adequate as determined by the Township
Engineer. No private swimming pool drain, temporary portable pool
drain, or wading pool drain shall be connected into the sanitary sewer
system. The discharge of said waters shall in no case cause or create
a nuisance to the abutting property or to the public.
Chlorine gas-bearing compounds in solution shall be required
as disinfecting agents for all swimming pools, private swimming pools,
temporary portable pools, or wading pools. The use of ozone, ultraviolet
light or any other method wherein a residual cannot be determined
is prohibited. Not more than 15% of the samples of water taken from
any private pool shall contain more than 250 pathogenic organisms
per cubic centimeter or shall show positive test (confirmed) for chloroform
in any of 10 cubic centimeter portions of water at times when the
pool is ready for use; provided, however, that no less than three
samples shall disclose the presence of a bacteria content in excess
of the above-described limits. For the purpose of this section, any
number of samplings of water on a single day shall be considered as
one sample. The local Board of Health is authorized to take samples
to insure compliance with these requirements. Free chlorine residuals
and pH values shall be maintained within ranges indicated below:
pH
|
Free Chlorine Residual
|
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7.0 to 7.6
|
0.4 to 0.6 ppm
|
8.0 to 8.4
|
2.0 to 5.0 ppm
|
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection
with a private swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool in such
a manner as to be a nuisance or an annoyance to neighboring parties.
Such lighting shall not shine directly upon any abutting property.
No unshielded lights shall be permitted.