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Township of Lawrence, NJ
Mercer County
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[HISTORY: Derived from Ch. 23 of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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A code regulating and controlling the location and construction, alteration and operation of swimming pools, the issuance of licenses to locate and construct, alter or operate swimming pools, declaring and defining certain swimming pools as nuisances and fixing penalties for violations is hereby adopted. A copy of such Code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
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The Code established and adopted by this section is described and commonly known as the New Jersey State Sanitary Code Chapter 26, Public Recreational Bathing, N.J.A.C. 8:26-1.1 et seq.
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Three copies of the New Jersey State Sanitary Code Chapter 26, Public Recreational Bathing, N.J.A.C. 8:26-1 et seq. are on file in the office of the Health Officer for the use and examination of the public.
No person shall locate and construct, alter or operate a swimming pool until licenses therefor shall have been issued by the Division of Health.
The fees for a license to locate and construct, or to alter a swimming pool are located in Chapter 156.
Licenses issued for the operation of a swimming pool shall expire annually on April 1 and application for renewal thereof shall be submitted together with the required fee prior to March 31 of each year.
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Licenses required by this section or the State Sanitary Code may be denied or suspended by the Division of Health for failure to comply with this section or Code.
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The Division of Health shall afford the person whose license to locate and construct, alter or operate has been denied or suspended an opportunity to be heard in public hearing; and following this to be informed of the Division's decision.
[Adopted by Ord. No. 356]
When, in the opinion of the Construction Official, a swimming pool or other artificial body of water, temporary or permanent, by virtue of size, depth, accessibility, location or proximity of children, is determined by the Construction Official to be a hazard, the owner shall be required to surround it with a fence, wall or other enclosure. The enclosure required for permanent installations shall be a minimum of four feet in height, but those for temporary installations may be of less height or omitted entirely when, because of shallow depth, small size and similar factors, the Construction Official determines that none of the safety purposes intended by this section would be served by its application to such temporary swimming pool.