This article shall be known as the "Public Swimming Pool Code."
The provisions of this article shall apply to all public swimming pools as hereinafter defined, including all facilities incident thereto. The purpose of the article shall be to provide a guide for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of such pools so that health and safety hazards will be minimized.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOL Any swimming pool located on private property under the control of the homeowner, the use of which is limited to swimming or bathing by members of his family or their invited guests. The design, construction and operation of such pools are not subject to the provisions of this article.
PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL Any swimming pool, other than a private residential swimming pool, intended to be used collectively by any person defined herein, whether he be owner, lessee, operator, licensee or concessionaire, regardless of whether a fee is charged for such use.
SWIMMING POOL Any structure, basin chamber or tank containing an artificial body of water for swimming, diving or recreational bathing and having a depth of two feet or more at any point.
The Health Officer is authorized to conduct such inspections as he deems necessary to insure compliance with this article and shall have right of entry at any reasonable hour to the swimming pool for this purpose.
[Amended by Ord. No. 90:56; Ord. No. 95:8]
A. The fee for a permit to conduct, operate and maintain a public
swimming pool shall be $400 per year.
[Amended 5-15-2012 by Ord. No. 2012:18; 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2019:06]
B. The fee for a permit to construct or substantially alter a public swimming pool shall be $25.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BARRIER Any device or a combination of the following devices intended to prevent accidental entry of persons or animals into a pool:
A. A fence of at least four feet in height of sound material erected in accordance with good trade practice, including a gate with no space between adjacent fence components of more than four inches, including types commonly known as chain link, wood picket, stockade, woven wire, woven wood and snow fence. The fence shall completely surround the pool.
B. A wall of brick, stone or masonry material dry or masoned at least four feet in height, including a gate. The wall shall completely surround the pool.
C. A side of a building may be part of a barrier.
POOL Any structure or device located above or below ground, designed, erected, altered or constructed for the purpose of holding water, including swimming or wading pools, fish ponds, garden pools, architectural pools or other pools, including natural pools.
All pools for purposes of this article are classified as follows:
A. Class I. Sunken pool shall mean any pool where normal water level is at or below the grade of adjacent ground level.
B. Class II. Partly sunken pool shall mean any pool where normal water level is above the grade of adjacent ground level and any part of water is more than one foot below grade of adjacent ground level.
C. Class III. Aboveground permanent pool shall mean any pool where bottom is less than one foot below the adjacent ground level and pool is constructed of such materials or in such a manner as would reasonably be known as a permanent pool.
D. Class IV. Aboveground nonpermanent pool shall mean any pool where bottom of pool is less than one foot below adjacent ground level and pool is constructed of such materials or in such manner as would reasonably be known as a nonpermanent pool.
E. Class V. Wading or other small pools shall mean any pool, portable, permanent or nonpermanent where water is not over one foot in depth and capacity of pool is not over 200 gallons.
F. Class VI. Natural pool shall mean any lake, pond, brook, stream, river or other body of water existing in its natural state which has not been altered to change its natural size, shape or capacity.
Any pool more than 250 feet from any public road or 300 feet from any dwelling other than the pool owner's dwelling and Class V or VI pools are excluded and exempt from the provisions of this article with respect to barriers.
Upon application of a pool owner, the Township Council may make modifications in or eliminate the necessity of a barrier upon a showing of good cause if the protection to the public is not substantially reduced.
All Class V pools used for wading shall be emptied when not in use.
Any person constructing, erecting or altering a pool in the Township shall first secure a permit from the Construction Official. Application for a pool permit shall be made to the Construction Official on forms provided for that purpose and shall be accompanied by plans showing the location of the pool upon the premises, together with complete specifications showing the details of the construction of the pool. Before the permit shall be issued, the plans and specifications shall be certified by a professional engineer registered in the State of New Jersey or certified by an architect registered in the State of New Jersey, being guided by standard engineering requirements, that the pool will maintain structural integrity when the pool is full of water or when it is empty. Except that in the case of Class IV pools, only the original permit shall be required providing the pool is re-erected in the same location.
Fees for construction shall be as established in Chapter
124, Construction Codes, Uniform, §
124-5, Fees.
All pools except Class V and VI pools now existing in the Township shall be registered with the Construction Official for which registration there shall be no fee charged.
Any pool hereinafter erected must contain suitable and satisfactory means of emptying the pool and for the discharge of the water by overflow. The emptying of the pool must be so arranged that the discharge does not flow upon the property of any other person nor on to any other person nor on any public street or road in the Township.
A. In no case shall a pool be emptied and water discharged through a pipe, hose or conduit greater than 2 1/2 inches in diameter, and in no case shall water be discharged at a pressure that will cause washout of any portion of any public street or road, including pavement and shoulders.
B. No pool drain shall be connected directly to the Township sanitary sewer system.