[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CLEAN WATER
New, clean water used to refill the pool, new, clean water used to replace loss by splashing or during cleaning of the pool or water taken from the pool and returned after filtration or any combination of such waters.
NATURAL BATHING PLACE
Any natural pond, river or lake without bathing place improvements and any lake or body of water created by excavation or impoundment which is without bathing place improvements, and which has not been created or altered from the natural state for the purpose of providing a public bathing place.
OPERATOR
The person responsible for the operation of a public bathing place.
PUBLIC BATHING PLACE
Any body of water used collectively by numbers of persons, other than the family and guests of the operator, for swimming and recreational bathing, together with the shores, buildings, equipment and appurtenances pertaining to such public bathing place. This term does not include baths where the main object is the cleansing of the body or the practice of healing under medical supervision, unless such baths contain pools or tanks used collectively by a number of individuals.
STANDARD METHODS OF WATER ANALYSIS
All applicable procedures and methods recorded in the latest issue of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage published by the American Public Health Association and the American Water Works Association.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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Every person who constructs or installs or intends to construct or install or who desires to extend, alter or modify a public bathing place shall have plans and specifications for such construction, installation, alteration, extension or modification approved in writing by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Health Officer before beginning the work or before permitting the work to be started by a contractor or any employee. The requirements of this subsection shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other applicable Township codes, rules and regulations requiring the submission of applications and plans and obtaining approvals and permits for the work contemplated.
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The application for approval of plans required by the Health Officer shall contain complete plans and specifications fully describing the public bathing place or extension, alteration or change contemplated in the application and shall be made on forms provided by the Health Officer.
3. 
The approval issued in response to the application shall contain such terms and conditions as may be required by the Health Officer to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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Every person owning, managing or maintaining a public bathing place shall obtain a permit from the Board of Health. Applications for permits to operate a public bathing place shall be on forms provided by the Board of Health, which application shall set forth the name, residence, business address and telephone number of the applicant, the location of the public bathing place, the name and address of the operator of the public bathing place and any additional information which the Health Officer may require to enable it to determine whether the provisions of this chapter are being complied with. The application is also to be accompanied by plans showing details of the pool and facilities.
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Each applicant at the time of applying for a permit to operate a public bathing place shall pay an annual inspection fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
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Such person shall post the permit in a place accessible to patrons in the principal office of the public bathing place or in the entryway or in any other conspicuous place approved by the Health Officer.
4. 
The holder of a permit to operate a public bathing place shall be held responsible for compliance with all the provisions of this chapter on and within the premises operated under such a permit.
5. 
If it is found that the provisions of this chapter are not being complied with or that any condition exists which in the opinion of the Health Officer endangers the life, safety or health of the users of any public bathing place, the Health Officer may revoke the operator's permit.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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All public bathing places shall be in the charge of a capable manager or caretaker who shall be responsible for the proper maintenance and use of the public bathing place as provided in this chapter. He shall be responsible for maintaining the public bathing place continually in a clean, sanitary and healthful manner so that it will not constitute or be a menace to public health, promote immorality or be a public nuisance. A copy of the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Health as well as the certificate of public bathing place issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health shall be posted conspicuously at the public bathing place for the information of the public.
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Competent lifeguards in adequate number shall be on duty at the waterside at all times during which the public bathing place is open to use by bathers and shall not be assigned other tasks that will divert their attention from the safety of the bathers. These lifeguards shall be capable swimmers, skilled in lifesaving methods and in methods of artificial resuscitation, as evidenced by their possession of a currently valid certificate or other proof of proficiency from a recognized agency offering instructions in these fields.
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Every public bathing place shall be provided with buoys, poles, flutterboards or other lifesaving equipment, which shall be kept in good repair and readily accessible.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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The Health Officer shall collect or cause to be collected and shall analyze or have analyzed, in an approved laboratory, such samples of water, pool water or any other material or substance found on the public bathing place premises as may be necessary to determine compliance with the standards and requirements of this chapter.
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Public bathing places shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection by the Health Officer.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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It shall be the duty of every permit holder and of every employee of a person holding a permit to operate a public bathing place to furnish such records and information as are required by the Health Officer for ascertaining compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
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Such records shall include but are not limited to periodic reports and records of the operation, including records of chemicals added, filter operation, cleaning, bathing load, equipment, operation, free chlorine residual and attendance.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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Water. Water supply shall be furnished from a public water system and shall comply with the provisions established under Article 4 of this chapter.
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Plumbing. Plumbing systems, both house and pool, shall conform to the standards established under the Thornbury Township Construction Code (see Chapter 5, Article 2, of the Code of the Township of Thornbury, as amended).
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Waste. All sewage and liquid waste, including pools wastewater, shall be discharged into a sanitary sewer of the Township. Permission for discharge of the pool wastewater must be obtained from the Township prior to its discharge. If a sanitary sewer is not available, all sewage must be discharged in accordance with applicable law. All pool wastewater may be discharged to a natural drainage course or storm drain if the wastes are afforded quiescent settling for at least one hour.
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Location. No public bathing place shall be so located as to be within prejudicial influence of the discharge of sewage or of injurious or objectionable industrial wastes. The location shall be such that by its use it will not prejudicially affect a public water supply.
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Public bathing places shall have dressing rooms as required by applicable law for checking clothes and other property which are adequate for the maximum number of persons who can be accommodated at any one time.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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Adequate toilet facilities shall be provided at all bathhouses, as required by applicable law. Flush toilets and urinals shall be provided and shall be properly maintained. The toilets shall be located between the dressing rooms and showers.
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Toilets and urinals shall be kept clean, in good repair, well-lighted and properly ventilated by exterior windows or other mechanical means. The floors shall be constructed of material impervious to water and shall be provided with a sanitary base and with adequate and sufficient drains to permit cleaning. The use of linoleum or similar floor coverings is prohibited. The walls and ceilings shall be of a smooth, washable surface and shall be finished in a light color. Doors to entrances of toilet rooms shall be self-closing. All openings to the outside shall be effectively screened or otherwise protected during periods when flies are prevalent.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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Lavatories shall be located adjacent to the toilet facilities and shall be provided in the number of one lavatory to each 60 persons using the pool at the time of maximum load.
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The common use of drinking cups, towels, hairbrushes or other toilet articles is prohibited.
B. 
Towels, bathing suits, combs, brushes and all other such articles furnished by the management shall be clean at the time of issue to a patron and shall have been cleansed and sterilized in a manner acceptable to the Health Officer prior to such issuance.
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All parts of the premises shall be adequately clean, safe and maintained in a sanitary manner at all times of use and while the public bathing place is open for use.
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Persons known to be typhoid fever carriers or known to be or suspected of being afflicted with communicable diseases or eye, ear, nose or throat infections or skin diseases shall be excluded from public bathing places.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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A complete system of artificial lighting shall be provided for all pools, bathing beaches, bathhouses and dressing rooms that are to be used at night. Lighting fixtures shall be of such number and design as to light all parts of the swimming pool and the water therein.
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The electrical installations at all public bathing places and any future additions or modifications to such installations, prior to being placed in service and every five years thereafter, shall be inspected and approved by a reputable electrical inspection agency and evidence, in duplicate, of such approval by this agency forwarded to the Health Officer.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
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The chemical and physical quality of the water shall be as prescribed in the recommendations of the American Public Health Association's current edition of Recommended Practice for Design, Equipment and Operation of Swimming Pools and Other Bathing Places. Permits shall be suspended automatically if the following minimum requirements are not complied with:
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The water used at all public bathing places, including natural public bathing places, shall at all times have a chemical content and quality acceptable to the Health Officer. The Health Officer will determine what purification processes, if any, are needed to accomplish this end. When filtration equipment is provided or required, such equipment shall operate at a rate of filtration not to exceed three gallons per square foot per minute with an eight-hour turnover and a wash rate of 12 to 15 gallons per square foot per minute provided.
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Approved and effective disinfection is required of the water in all public bathing places. Whenever liquid chlorine, sodium or calcium hypochlorite or other approved chlorine compounds are used for swimming pool disinfection, the amount of available free chlorine residual in the water at all times when the pool is in use shall not be less than 0.4 part per million.
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Where gas chlorination equipment is installed at either outdoor or indoor pools, such equipment shall be housed in a separate room equipped with an exhaust fan to reduce to a practical minimum the opportunity of gas leakage into other rooms or areas where persons gather.
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The water at all times when the pool is in use shall show an alkaline reaction that has a pH value of 7.0 or more.
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At all times when the pool is in use, the water shall be sufficiently clear to permit a black disc six inches in diameter in a white field, when placed on the bottom of the pool at the deepest point, to be clearly visible from the sidewalk of the pool at all distances up to 10 yards measured from a line drawn across the pool through said disc.
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The water in any indoor pool shall be heated to a temperature of 68° F. to 72° F. The temperature of the air surrounding an artificially heated swimming pool shall not be permitted to become more than 8° F. warmer nor more than 2° F. cooler than the water in the pool at any time when the pool is in use.
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Not more than 10% of consecutive representative samples taken on different days over a period of time shall contain more than 100 bacteria per cubic centimeter of water according to a bacteria count on standard nutrient agar made after 24 hours' incubation at 98.6° F. No single sample shall contain more than 200 bacteria per cubic centimeter of water.
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No more than two out of five samples collected on the same day nor more than three out of 10 consecutive samples collected on different days shall show a positive presumptive test for E. coli ten-cubic-centimeter portions.
I. 
Samples collected from public bathing places shall be examined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods of Water Analysis of the American Public Health Association by a laboratory, approved by the Board of Health, equipped for carrying out the techniques specified.
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The management of any public bathing place shall make or cause to be made such physical, chemical and bacteriological examinations of the water at no less than weekly intervals as may be prescribed by the Board of Health and shall keep records of the operation and use thereof on forms satisfactory to the Board of Health. Copies of such records shall be filed in the office of the Board of Health in accordance with the conditions of the permit.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
The construction and equipment of the pool shall meet the standards set forth by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the operation and maintenance at all public bathing places and shall be such as to reduce to a practical minimum the danger or injury to persons from drowning, falls, collisions, fires, nuisances or a hazard of any kind.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
Wading pools shall be operated as a public bathing place and shall be subject to all of the standards and requirements for public bathing places as public bathing places in Article 6 of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 1-2022, 3/28/2022]
Where food is prepared, stored or served at any public bathing place, the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter will apply.