[Ord. 7/13/61, S1]
As used in this chapter:
PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL
Includes either outdoor or indoor pools which are artificially
constructed to provide recreational facilities for swimming, bathing
or wading for the use of the public or for the general use of the
members of any private club, group or organization.
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
Includes any artificially constructed swimming pool or tank
permanently or temporarily established or maintained upon any premises
by an individual for his own or his family's use or for the use
of guests of his household, which has a depth of eighteen (18) inches
or more, and whether constructed above the ground or below ground
level.
PORTABLE SWIMMING POOL
Includes any above-surface type of swimming pool not designed
or intended to be stationary or permanently fixed to the premises
and capable of being removed for storage
WADING POOL
Any artificially constructed pool or tank, not designed or
used for swimming, which has a capacity for water depth of eighteen
(18) inches or less, and whether maintained above the ground or below
ground level
[Ord. 7/13/61, S2; amended by Ord. No. 11-2]
No public swimming pool, with the exception of municipally operated
pools or of pools located in whole or in part upon municipally owned
lands, shall be constructed or operated in the borough unless the Planning
Board/Zoning Board of Adjustment and the mayor and council shall expressly
find that such pool will not adversely affect the beneficial use of
neighboring property and the health, morals and public welfare and
will avoid undue concentration of population, and prevent overcrowding
of land and buildings and will provide for adequate light and air.
Such findings shall be made with consideration, among other things,
to the character of the surrounding district and with a view to conserving
the value of property and encouraging the establishment of desirable
community and neighborhood cultural and recreational values. Such
findings may include conditions and restrictions covering design,
construction, maintenance and operation of such pool.
[Ord. 5/13/62, S2]
Public swimming pools shall be governed by the sanitary code
of the borough.
[Ord. 5/13/62, S3]
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, construct or
install a private swimming pool in the borough without having first
obtained a permit therefore in the manner hereinafter provided. No
permit shall be required for the installation of a wading pool.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S4]
Applications to construct permanent private swimming pools shall
be made in duplicate to the construction official and shall be accompanied
by duplicate plans and specifications or descriptive brochures showing
the manner of construction of the proposed pool, its size, shape,
dimensions and capacity; duplicate plot plans showing property lines
of the premises upon which the swimming pool is to be constructed
or installed together with all existing house, structures, accessory
buildings and paved areas thereon, abutting streets and properties
and the location and horizontal plane dimensions of the proposed swimming
pool and its auxiliary structures. The application shall also be accompanied
by a description of the method of disinfection, treatment, circulation
and disposal of the water to be used.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S2]
The construction official shall file the duplicate application
and set of plans and specifications and accompanying plot plans with
the board of health prior to the issuance of the permit.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S2]
At the time of filing the application with the construction
official, the applicant shall pay a building permit fee in accordance
with the building code of the borough. Such fee shall be in addition
to license fees as hereinafter, or in the sanitary code, set forth.
[Ord. 5/13/62, S4]
Applications for permits to install or use a portable private
swimming pool shall be made directly to the building inspector as
set forth in sanitary code.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S5 New]
All permanent pools shall be considered accessory structures
and shall comply with the Land Development Ordinance of the borough.
In no event shall any permanent pool be erected within ten (10) feet
of any adjoining residence.
Portable swimming pools shall meet and comply with the aforesaid
location requirements of permanent pools, provided, however, that
the following exceptions may apply:
a. Owners or possessors of contiguous properties may by mutual agreement,
prefer to locate a portable pool on the property line dividing said
contiguous properties for the purpose of sharing a pool. The arrangement
permitted under this exception may continue only at the pleasure of
both parties.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S6]
All private permanent swimming pools now existing or hereafter
constructed, installed, established, altered, erected or used or maintained
shall be enclosed by a permanent fence or barrier of durable material
of not less than four (4) feet in height and shall be so constructed
as not to have holes or gaps larger than three (3) inches in the small
dimensions. The fence shall have no openings except a gate built of
the same material as the fence and of the same height as the fence,
which gate shall be self closing and self latching.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S6]
It shall be the further responsibility of portable pool owners
to observe the existence of grade changes, platforms, porches and
other installations or objects that would permit easy approach to
the interior of the pool and to erect fencing or other suitable safeguard
against the possibility of such accessibility to the pool. Any access
ladder or steps used in connection with the above-surfaced type portable
pools shall be removed when such pools are not in use.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S11]
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection
with a private swimming pool or the above surface type portable pool
in such a manner as to be a nuisance or annoyance to occupants of
neighboring properties.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S12]
Swimming pools shall be so maintained and operated that they
do not cause noise, nuisances or annoyances to the owners or occupants
of neighboring property or citizens and residents of the borough.
[Ord. 7/13/61, S14]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction, be subject to the penalty stated in Chapter III, section
3-1.