[Ord. #563, § 1]
As used in this Chapter:
Shall mean and include any swimming pool which is used or
intended to be used in connection with a single family residence and
available only to the family of the householder and his private guests.
Shall mean and include any swimming pool other than a private
pool.
Shall mean and include either outdoor or indoor pools, portable
or permanently constructed, above or below ground which are artificially
constructed to provide recreational facilities for swimming and bathing.
Shall mean and include artificially constructed pools not
designed or used for swimming and not capable of holding more than
24 inches of water at its maximum depth.
[Ord. #563, § 2]
It shall be unlawful to establish, construct, install, enlarge or alter a swimming pool without first obtaining a permit in the manner hereinafter prescribed in subsection 12-2.2. No permit shall be required for a wading pool.
[Ord. #563, § 13]
The application for a permit to construct, install, enlarge or alter a swimming pool accompanied by plans and specifications or proper descriptive brochures shall be presented to the Building Inspector by the owner of the property. The Building Inspector shall determine if the plans and specifications or brochures comply with the terms of this Chapter. If such compliance is acknowledged by the Building Inspector, he shall issue a permit upon receipt of a fee in compliance with subsection 12-2.3.
[Ord. #563, § 14]
The following fees shall be imposed for the issuance of a permit:
[Ord. #563, § 3]
All private swimming or wading pools shall be located in the
side or rear yards of the lot as defined by the Borough Zoning Ordinance
and shall in all other respects comply with the requirements of all
regulations controlling the extent and location of accessory buildings
and structures, including regulations of the Board of Health.
[Ord. #563, § 4]
Construction shall conform to sound engineering principles.
The design and construction, as well as all equipment and materials,
shall comply with the following requirements:
a.
Structural Design. The pool structure shall be engineered and designed
by a duly licensed engineer or architect to withstand the expected
forces to which it will be subjected.
b.
Wall Slopes. To a depth of five feet from the top, the wall slope
shall not be more than 1 1/2 feet horizontal to five feet vertical.
c.
Floor Slopes. The slope of the floor on the shallow side of transition
point shall not exceed one foot vertical to seven feet horizontal.
The transition point between shallow and deep water shall not be more
than five feet deep.
d.
Appurtenant Structures. All appurtenant structures, installations
and equipment, such as showers, dressing rooms, equipment houses or
other buildings and structures, including plumbing, heating and air
conditioning, amongst others, appurtenant to a swimming pool, shall
comply with all applicable requirements of the pertinent codes and
regulations of the Borough and the Board of Health.
e.
All Accessories. All swimming pool accessories shall be designed,
constructed and installed so as not to be a safety hazard. Installations
or structures for diving purposes shall be properly anchored to insure
stability and properly designed and located for maximum safety.
[Ord. #563, § 8]
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection
with the pool in such a manner as to be a nuisance or an annoyance
to neighboring properties. No overhead electrical conductors shall
be installed within 15 feet of any swimming pool. All metal fences,
enclosures or railings near or adjacent to a swimming pool and to
which bathers have access, which may become electrically alive as
a result of contact with broken overhead conductors, or from any other
cause, shall be effectively grounded. All lighting, wiring and fixtures
shall be inspected by the Middle Department Association of Fire Underwriters.
[Ord. #563, § 9]
All swimming pools shall be enclosed by a substantial fence
no less than 48 inches in height, constructed so as to prevent any
person from gaining access beneath or through the fence, and which
shall have a similarly substantial gate of the same height as the
fence. All gates must be self-latching with latches placed four feet
above the underlying ground. The swimming pool gate shall be closed
at all times, except when opened for the purpose of ingress or egress.
A natural barrier or hedge approved by the Building Inspector may
be used so long as the degree of protection afforded by the substitution
is not less than the protection afforded by the enclosure, gate and
latch described herein.
[Ord. #563, § 5]
There shall be no physical connection between a potable, public
or private water supply system and a pool or its equipment. The supply
line to the pool shall terminate as an outside riser pipe that will
maintain a minimum air space of 12 inches between the end of the fill
line and the maximum flood level of the pool.
[Ord. #563, § 6]
a.
Public and semi-public pools shall be designed and installed so that
there is a pool water turnover at least once every eight hours. Filters
shall not filter water at a rate in excess of three gallons per minute
per square foot of surface area. The treatment system shall be so
designed and installed to provide in the water, at all times when
the pool is in use, excess chlorine of between 0.4 P.P.M. and 0.6
P.P.M., or excess chloramine between 0.7 P.P.M. and 1.0 P.P.M. Acidity-alkalinity
of the pool water shall be maintained between 7.0 P.H. and 7.5 P.H.
All recirculating systems shall be equipped with an approved hair
and lint strainer installed in the system ahead of the pump.
b.
Private pools shall be designed and installed so that there is a
pool water turnover at least once every 18 hours. Filters shall not
filter water at a rate in excess of five gallons per minute per square
foot of surface area. The owner shall also have available at all times
written instructions on the proper care and maintenance of the pool,
including the use of high test calcium hypochlorite (dry chlorine)
or sodium hypochlorite (liquid chlorine) or equally effective germicide
and algaecide and the importance of PH (alkalinity and acidity) control.
[Ord. #563, § 7]
Not more than 15% of the specimens of water taken from any swimming
pool, when more than 20 specimens have been examined, shall contain
more than 200 bacteria per cubic centimeter or shall show positive
test (confirmed) for bacillus coli in any of five or 10 cubic centimeter
portions of water at times when the pool is in use. For the purpose
of this subsection, any number of specimens of water on a single day
shall be considered as one sample. The Board of Health is authorized
to take samples to insure compliance with these requirements.
[Ord. #563, § 10]
All private swimming pools hereafter constructed shall be provided
with not over one two inch diameter galvanized iron pipe or approved
equal drain extending from the pool to a brook, other natural watercourse
or storm sewer, provided however, that if such drain should be connected
to a storm sewer, the permit for the construction of the pool shall
not be issued without the written approval of the Borough Engineer.
Approval shall not be granted if, in the opinion of the Borough Engineer,
the effectiveness of the storm drain would be impaired by the proposed
connection. If such connection to the storm drain is permitted, it
shall be made under the supervision of and in accordance with specifications
approved by the Borough Engineer.
In the event that it is not practicable to drain a proposed
swimming pool into a brook or other watercourse or into a storm sewer
as hereinabove provided, the swimming pool and equipment shall be
equipped to be completely emptied of water and the discharged water
shall be disposed of in a manner that will not create a nuisance to
adjoining property or the Borough.
The pool shall be so situated that normal surface water shall
drain away from the pool.
[Ord. #563, § 14]
Whenever inspections are required to be made by the Borough
Engineer, the actual cost to the Borough shall be paid by the owner
of the land. There shall also be a yearly inspection to be made by
a representative of the Board of Health, to insure compliance with
the provisions of this Chapter for which there shall be a fee of $2
paid to the Board of Health. No swimming pool shall be used unless
an annual permit certifying that it complies with this Chapter is
first obtained from the Board of Health.
[Ord. #563, § 11]
Every swimming pool constructed, installed, enlarged or altered
in the Borough shall at all times comply with the requirements of
all health authorities having jurisdiction in the premises. Any nuisance
or hazard to health which may exist or develop in or in consequence
of or in connection with any such swimming pool, shall forthwith be
abated and removed by the person in possession of such pool upon receipt
of notice of the Board of Health.
