[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the City of Gloucester
City 7-17-1967. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
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, and declaring
and defining certain swimming pools as nuisances and fixing penalties
for violations is hereby adopted pursuant to Chapter 188, 1950 (N.J.S.A.
26:3-69.1 to 69.6). A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made
a part hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The said code established and adopted by this ordinance is described
and commonly known as the "Swimming Pool Code of New Jersey (1955)."
Three copies of the said Swimming Pool Code of New Jersey (1955)
have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of this Board
of Health upon the introduction of this ordinance and will remain
on file in said office 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 this Board
of Health.
The following fees and charges are herewith established:
Licenses issued for the operation of a swimming pool shall expire
annually on April 1 of each year, and application for renewal thereof
shall be submitted, together with the required fee, prior to April
1 of each year.
A.Â
Licenses required by this ordinance or code may be denied or suspended
by the Board of Health for failure to comply with this ordinance or
code.
B.Â
This Board 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 Board's decision as hereafter provided by Section 2 of
this code.
A.Â
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance or the Swimming Pool Code of New Jersey (1955) made
a part hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not
less than $2 nor more than $100 for each violation.
B.Â
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
All ordinances, codes or parts of same inconsistent with any
of the provisions of this ordinance and the code established hereunder
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
In the event that any section, sentence or clause of this ordinance
or code shall be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such declaration shall not in any manner prejudice the
enforcement of the remaining provisions.
This ordinance and the code herein established shall take effect
30 days after the first publication of the ordinance in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 188, P.L. 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
to 69.6).
