[Ord. #492; 1973 Code § 104-1]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean any private swimming pool, either an inground
or an aboveground type, which is designed and constructed to remain
as an installation for more than one (1) year and which is not portable.
Shall mean any pool designed and maintained for swimming
or wading purposes and used as an accessory to a residence by the
persons living therein and by their guests. Unless otherwise qualified,
the term "private swimming pool" shall be construed as including permanent
private pools and shall not be deemed to include temporary private
pools.
Shall mean any private pool not intended or designed as a
permanent pool, all parts of which are portable and no part of which
is permanently installed.
[Ord. #492; 1973 Code § 104-2]
No individual, group of individuals, association, firm, partnership
or corporation shall construct, maintain, alter or operate any private
swimming pool except as hereinafter provided.
[Ord. #492; 1973 Code § 104-3]
a.
An application for a permit to construct a private swimming pool
shall be made to the Construction Official.
b.
An application shall include a detailed plot plan of the entire property
showing existing buildings and the proposed pool. Pertinent dimensions
shall be shown in figures at the pool, building and property lines.
The plot plan shall be signed by the owner or his agent.
[Ord. #492; 1973 Code § 104-4]
Upon compliance with all provisions of this chapter and Code,
and upon approval from the Construction Official of the final application
and plans, together with the data contained therein, a permit shall
be issued for the erection of the accessory structure so requested
upon payment of the fee as required by the Building Code.
[Ord. #492; 1973 Code § 104-5]
Issuance of a permit for a private swimming pool shall be subject
to the following provisions:
a.
The private swimming pool shall be designed, located and operated
in a manner which does not constitute a hazard to adjacent property
owners or to the public.
b.
The private swimming pool shall be constructed behind the front line
setback line and not closer than ten (10') feet from either side
line or five (5') feet from the rear property line.
c.
Except as provided in paragraph d of this subsection, the private
swimming pool area shall be completely enclosed with a chain-link
fence or other secure enclosure of durable construction with self-closing
gates. The fence shall not be less than four (4') feet nor more
than five (5') feet in height. Every gate of such fence shall
be kept securely locked at all times when the pool is not in actual
use.
d.
An aboveground private swimming pool of four (4') feet or more
in height as measured from the ground level, having provisions for
the removal or withdrawal of any ladder, steps or stairs when the
pool is not in actual use, shall not be required to be enclosed.
e.
The private swimming pool must be of a permanent type construction
and uncovered sand or earth bottoms shall not be permitted.
f.
The immediate area surrounding the private swimming pool shall slope
away from the pool so that all surface water shall drain away from
the pool.
g.
Private swimming pool water shall be filtered and chemically treated.
Every private swimming pool shall be equipped with a pressure sand
filter, a diatomaceous filter or a filter of equal quality. The filter
shall have sufficient capacity to provide a complete recirculation
of the pool water in eighteen (18) hours or less, and one (1) complete
recirculation of the entire volume of pool water through the filter
system shall be required daily during the swimming season.
h.
Filters shall be screened from adjacent property and shall not be
closer than five (5') feet to a property line.
i.
Provisions shall be made for the drainage of private swimming pools
and for the disposal of backwash water. Effluent may be used upon
or in lawns, fields, woods or dry wells; provided, however, the same
does not overflow onto property belonging to others. Water emptied
into brooks must have a minimum of one-tenth (.1) parts per million
chlorine residual. Permission for the use of storm sewers must be
obtained from the Borough Engineer. Effluent shall not be discharged
into the sanitary sewer system.
j.
There shall be no physical connection between a potable public or
private water supply system and private swimming pools at a point
below the maximum waterline of the pool or to a recirculating or heating
system for such pools.
k.
The construction of bathrooms, including screened enclosures, must
conform to accessory building construction provisions of the Building
Code and Zoning Ordinance.
l.
The Construction Official shall have the right to inspect at reasonable
times the pool area for compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
m.
Pool lighting shall not be maintained or operated in such a manner
as to project lighting directly upon neighboring property or upon
public streets.
