Any person desiring to construct or erect a residential swimming pool as defined by this Chapter shall apply to the Building Commissioner of the City of Lakeshire for a permit. Any application for such permit shall contain the dimensions of the pool to be constructed, the type of construction or brand of pool and a diagram showing the exact proposed location of said pool on the building lot as well as any other pertinent facts required by the Building Commissioner. The Building Commissioner shall submit said application with his recommendation for granting or denying the permit to the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Aldermen shall determine whether to grant or deny said permit request. In making these determinations the Building Commissioner and the Board of Aldermen shall determine whether said proposed construction is in compliance with the following requirements and general standards.
A. An above ground swimming pool shall be properly designed to support the intended loads and all applications for the construction of the above ground pools shall contain such data as required to support such a finding by the Building Commissioner.
B. All above ground pools shall be enclosed with side walls that are of a decorative materials and acceptable to the Building Commissioner unless the pool is screened from all adjacent property with solid fencing or suitable green shrubbery.
C. Above ground pools shall not extend more than four feet in height of the surrounding grade except that such pools with an integral deck around the pool shall be permitted a thirty-six-inch high handrail for safety purposes.
D. All pools shall be surrounded with a fence that is a minimum of 48 inches high and has a gate which is self-closing and self-latching. Further, said gate shall be equipped so that it can be locked, and it shall be kept locked when the pool is unattended. The fence construction shall comply with all other relevant fence chapters of the City of Lakeshire.
E. All wiring in connection with or adjacent to swimming pools must conform to the requirements of the National Electrical Code and no wiring shall be permitted to pass over a pool in any circumstance. All wiring must be a minimum of 10 feet from the pool’s edge horizontally.
F. All private residential swimming pools shall be equipped with a recirculation system, consisting of a filter, pump, filter flow gutter or skimmer, piping or hose, and such other equipment as will clarify and recirculate the pool volume of water within a twenty-four-hour period. All such required equipment shall be located in approved areas so not to disturb or be a nuisance to adjoining property owners and should be within the privacy fence or shrubs as required by chapter.
G. Provision shall be made for the introduction into swimming pool water of accurately controlled applications of a disinfectant in sufficient quantities to attain and maintain efficient bacterial action while the pool is in use.
H. No person shall discharge, either directly or indirectly, water from a residential swimming pool located on property he or she owns or occupies, onto the property of another person. Pool water shall be discharged into the storm or sanitary sewers in such a way as to not pose a nuisance to others and to not overtax the capacity of the storm or sanitary sewer.
I. No private or residential swimming pool shall be so located or designed, operated or maintained, so as to interfere unduly with the enjoyment of the property rights of the owners of property adjoining said pool.