[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Ossining 2-5-1974 as Ch. 22 of the 1974 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Swimming
Pool Operation Ordinance of the Village of Ossining."
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the following meanings, unless, from the context, a different
meaning clearly appears:
A swimming pool used or intended to be used solely by the
owner or lessee thereof and his or her family or friends invited to
use the same without a fee.
The Department of Health of the County of Westchester.
A person possessing a current senior lifesaving certificate
issued by the American Red Cross or an equivalent agency, if approved
by the Superintendent of Recreation.
A body of water in an artificial or semiartificial receptacle
or other container, whether located indoors or outdoors, used or intended
to be used for public or semipublic swimming by adults or children,
or both adults and children, whether or not any charge or fee is imposed
upon such adults or children, operated and maintained by any person,
whether he or she is an owner, lessee, operator, licensee or concessionaire,
exclusive of a family pool, as defined in this section, and shall
include all structures, appurtenances, equipment, appliances and other
facilities appurtenant to and intended for the operation and maintenance
of a swimming pool, and also all swimming pools operated and maintained
in conjunction with or by clubs, motels, hotels, apartment projects
of three of more families and community associations.
The Superintendent of Recreation of the Village.
A.Â
Generally. All reasonable precautions shall be taken
to protect the users of and bathers in public swimming pools from
injury or accident. Convenient means of ingress and egress shall be
provided and the depth of water and any irregularities of the bottom
shall be clearly indicated.
B.Â
Safety appliances. The following safety appliances
shall be provided:
(1)Â
At least one elevated lifeguard chair to provide maximum
unobstructed view of the bathers and additional elevated lifeguard
chairs shall be provided if the same are deemed necessary by the Superintendent
of Recreation.
(2)Â
A rink buoy 15 inches to 18 inches in diameter with
a rope attached of a length equivalent to the longest distance of
the pool.
(3)Â
A flutter board, approximately one foot by three feet,
with a thickness of not less than two inches.
(4)Â
Two bamboo poles (taped at twelve-inch intervals)
approximately 15 feet in length placed on two opposite sides of the
pool.
(5)Â
A pole approximately 15 feet in length equipped with
blunt hook measuring 18 inches from the tip of the hook to the pole.
(6)Â
A first-aid kit.
C.Â
Lifeguards. At least one lifeguard shall be on duty
any time a public swimming pool is open for use. Additional lifeguards
must be provided where the Superintendent of Recreation considers
such additional lifeguards necessary for the protection of life.
No person having any skin eruptions or abrasions,
sore or infected eyes, a cold, nasal or ear discharge or any communicable
disease shall be permitted to use a public swimming pool or family
pool. Spitting, spouting water or blowing the nose in any swimming
pool shall be strictly prohibited. The operator of a public swimming
pool shall post suitable placards, embodying such personal regulations
and instructions.
There shall be a sign conspicuously posted indicating
the hours of operation for each public swimming pool.
The buildings, grounds, dressing rooms and all
other public swimming pool or family pool facilities shall be kept
clean and in a sanitary condition and maintained free from garbage,
trash and other refuse.
Whenever the quality of water at any pool is
less than that permitted under the standards then in effect or promulgated
by the Health Department such pool shall immediately close.
Whenever a conflict shall exist between this
chapter and any other ordinance, rule, regulation or law as to the
necessary requirements for the operation of any swimming pool, the
ordinance, rule, regulation or law with the highest requirement shall
be controlling.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of
Recreation to make periodic inspections of public swimming pools to
ensure that the standards set forth in this chapter are obeyed and
that all necessary safety equipment and personnel are available during
the hours of operation of any public swimming pool.
Subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent
of Public Works, waste lines from a swimming pool shall be connected
into a sanitary sewer, and discharge of wastewater from a swimming
pool into the sanitary sewer shall be restricted to the period between
12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. The size of the discharge line at the
point of connection shall not, in general, exceed four inches, and
may be further reduced by the Superintendent at the latter's discretion.
