[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Norwood as Ch. XIII of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 233.
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the Construction Official of the borough and shall be enforced by the Construction Official with the cooperation of the Board of Health and its officers, as indicated herein, and all other persons required to enforce the ordinances of the borough.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERMANENT SWIMMING POOL
Any pool and appurtenances, whether located indoors or outdoors, used by any person for recreational swimming or bathing and having a depth of 12 inches below the level of surrounding land, a deck area of 10 square feet or more and a capacity of 25,000 gallons or more.
PORTABLE POOL
Any above-surface type of swimming pool constructed of canvas, rubber, plastic or other material or materials, not designed or intended to be stationary or permanently fixed, but designed or intended to be moved, removed and stored.
WADING POOL
Any shallow pool, with less than a twelve-inch depth capacity, not included under the definitions of permanent or portable swimming pool.
(Ord. #84-0-18, § 1)
A. 
Application for permits for the construction and maintenance of any permanent swimming pool, as defined in § 207-2 hereof, shall be made to the Construction Official by the owner of the property upon which it is to be constructed or by the contractor who will construct the same. The application shall be accompanied by duplicate sets of plans, specifications and a plot plan, certified by an engineer licensed by the State of New Jersey, which plan shall indicate prior and proposed elevations; pool lines; the location, height and type of all existing fencing or walks on the boundary lines of the property; and the type and height of fencing or enclosure as may be required by this chapter. The applicant shall also submit information as to the plumbing and filtration systems.
B. 
Applicants shall pay a fee to the borough for a permit to erect a permanent swimming pool as defined in this chapter, which permit fee shall be inclusive of the permit fee required for the erection of any accessory structure or structures to be used in connection with such swimming pool and which shall be at the same rate as is provided for other improvements in the borough. The permit fee will be $9 per $1,000 of estimated cost of work, provided that a minimum of $50 be paid.
C. 
No permit for a permanent swimming pool shall be issued by the Construction Official until the plans, specifications and plot plan have been approved by the Plumbing Inspector, Sanitary Inspector and the Board of Health. Such approval must be directly obtained by the applicant. No permit shall be issued unless and until approvals of Underwriter Laboratories, the Board of Health and compliance with the provisions of this chapter are all presented to the Construction Official.
D. 
The Board of Health shall review all plans and specifications assuring that the appropriate sanitary systems and safeguards are to be included. The Board shall forward the recommendations to the Construction Official for consideration prior to the making of the final determination. The Board of Health may establish a reasonable fee for its functions as provided for in this section.
A. 
All materials used in the construction of portable swimming pools, permanent swimming pools and wading pools, whether built in the ground or above the ground, shall be constructed of such materials as shall be waterproof and so designed and constructed as to facilitate the emptying and cleaning thereof. All pools shall be maintained and operated in such a manner as to be clean and sanitary at any time when such pool is in use or at such times as the same shall be subjected to or available for use.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to use any temporary electrical connections in or about any portable swimming pool, private pool or wading pool or within 12 feet thereof. All electrical connections shall be of a waterproof type and shall bear the seal of approval of the Underwriters' Laboratories and shall be adequately and effectively grounded in accordance with all electrical codes. Underwater pool lighting fixtures shall be approved by the Construction Official as to design and installation prior to use. The Construction Official may require inspection by the Underwriters' Laboratories as further evidence of proper installation of electrical equipment.
A. 
There shall be no physical connection between a potable public or private water supply system and any swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool below the maximum waterline of the pool or to a recirculating or heating system of said pool. The piping system shall be designed to circulate pool water through filtering equipment, and all water used shall be potable as is established by standards set by the State of New Jersey for potable water and shall be subject to inspection by the Health Department of the borough. The installation, repair and control of all plumbing facilities used to service any pool shall comply with the borough Building and Plumbing Codes[1] and Chapter 233, Zoning.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 98, Building Construction.
B. 
All circulating units shall have sufficient capacity to recirculate the entire contents of a pool within 24 hours or less.
C. 
Any pool having a capacity in excess of 750 gallons shall have pumps for recirculating, including filters and disinfecting equipment.
All permanent swimming pools or portable pools, now constructed, installed, established or maintained, or hereafter constructed, installed, established or maintained, within the borough shall be provided with the necessary equipment to completely pump out or empty said pool or shall be emptied by providing one drainage outlet to be installed at the lowest point of said pool not in excess of three inches in diameter, extending from said pool to either a storm sewer catch basin, lawn watering system, adequate dry well or sand filtering pit on the premises on which said private pool is located. The discharge of water from pools into storm sewers shall be permitted only where the capacity is adequate as determined by the Borough Engineer. No permanent pool drain, wading pool drain or portable pool drain shall be connected into the sanitary sewer system. The discharge of said waters shall in no case cause or create a nuisance to the abutting property, and the discharge of waters, either directly or indirectly, upon the property of others shall be deemed a nuisance under the terms of this chapter.
The physical, chemical and bacterial qualities of pool water shall comply with the latest recommendations made by the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water, published jointly by the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Borough Clerk. No water shall be used for swimming purposes which, when tested, shall show coliforms contained therein. For the purposes of this chapter, the use of disinfecting agents approved by the National Swimming Pool Institute, or such disinfecting agents as shall meet the same or higher standards, shall be deemed compliance.
[Amended 3-14-2018 by Ord. No. 18:01]
The location of pools on lots and the fencing required for pools on lots will be regulated by the provisions of Code § 233-26I.
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Editor's Note: Former § 207-9, Location of permanent swimming pools, was repealed 3-14-2018 by Ord. No. 18:01.
A. 
All pools supplied by a public or quasi-public water supply system and not equipped with facilities for recirculation and reuse of pool water shall be subjected to closure by order of the Mayor of the borough during any period of emergency water shortage declared by a duly authorized public official.
B. 
Whenever any pool is a hazard to the health of the public, the Sanitary Officer of the borough or any Borough Health Official is authorized to summarily close such pool. Upon failure of the owner or the person in charge thereof to abate such hazard to the public health within 12 hours following receipt of notice, written or oral, to keep such pool closed unless retested by such official and approved for use, the owner or person in charge of the pool shall have the right to appeal the decision of the official to the Board of Health of the borough. However, such appeal shall not stay the action of the Sanitary or Health Officer.
C. 
In the case of unused, abandoned pools of any type when the Construction Official, Health Officer or Sanitary Officer determines that said pool is a hazard to public health or safety, said officer is authorized by this chapter to drain or cover said pool, or both, at the expense of the owner.
A. 
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection with a permanent swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool in such a manner as to be a nuisance or annoyance to neighboring properties. Such lighting shall not shine directly upon any abutting property. No unshielded lights shall be permitted.
B. 
No excessive noise or other nuisance which annoys or disturbs the comfort of anyone on neighboring properties shall be permitted in connection with the operation or maintenance of any private pool, wading pool or portable pool.
A. 
Every permanent swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool constructed, installed, established or maintained in the borough shall at all times comply with the requirements of the local Board of Health. Any nuisance or hazard to health, which may exist or develop in, or in consequence of, or in connection with any such permanent swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool, shall be forthwith abated and removed by the owner, lessee or occupant upon receipt of notice from the Board of Health of the borough.
B. 
It shall be the duty of the Sanitary and Health Officer and/or the Construction Official to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
C. 
The owner or operator of any pool within the borough shall allow said Sanitary and Health Officer and/or Construction Official access to any permanent swimming pool or wading pool or portable pool and appurtenances thereto for the purpose of inspecting to ascertain compliance with this chapter and all other pertinent borough ordinances, at all reasonable times.
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Editor's Note: Former § 207-13, Variances, was repealed 3-14-2018 by Ord. No. 18:01.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II.