[Adopted 12-27-1979 by Ord. No. 79-39 as Ch.
XIII of the Revised General Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
Any manufactured, artificially constructed or developed swimming
pool or swimming pond, excluding reservoirs or ponds used by farmers
as part of their irrigation system, which has a depth in excess of
18 inches at any point and is permanently or temporarily established
or maintained upon any premises by any individual for such individual,
such individual's family or such individual's guests.
A.
Permit required. No private swimming pool shall hereafter
be constructed, installed or altered without the property owner having
first obtained a permit in the manner hereinafter provided.
B.
Application for permit. An application for such a
permit shall be made to the Construction Official. The application
shall include:
(1)
Two sets of plans and specifications or descriptive
brochures.
(2)
Two plot plans drawn to scale, showing the entire
lot upon which said pool is proposed to be constructed, developed,
installed or altered and showing the area within 300 feet of the proposed
pool site. The plot plan shall also include the size, shape, depth
and location of the pool; the type, height and location of the fence;
the distance of the pool from property lines and from all other structures
on said lot or adjacent area; and the location of the septic system
and any electrical installation within 15 feet of a pool edge or above
any part of the pool.
(3)
A description of the water inlet system.
The application will be forwarded by the Construction
Official to the Health Officer, who, within 14 days after receipt
of the application, shall take one of the following actions:
A.
Approve the application and so indicate to the Construction
Official.
B.
Approve the application subject to additional sanitary
safeguards deemed necessary for the safeguard of public health, and
so indicate to the Construction Official.
C.
Reject the application and indicate the reasons therefor
to the Construction Official.
Upon receipt of an approved application from
the Health Officer, the Construction Official will examine the application
for conformity to existing building codes and this article. The Construction
Official will issue a permit upon payment of applicable fees.
Before the pool is put into use, the Construction
Official and Health Officer will make an inspection and assure compliance
with the structure and health requirements. The building permit shall
then be endorsed as a use permit.
The following fees for permits shall apply:
same as for building permits.[1]
B.
The construction of any swimming pool (portable or
permanent) shall follow the design and safety precautions of good
building practice. All pools shall be designed and constructed so
as to facilitate emptying and cleaning and shall be maintained and
operated in such manner as to be clean and sanitary at all times.
C.
All permanent swimming pools shall be so constructed,
developed, installed and maintained as to provide necessary equipment
for chlorination and other disinfection and filtration. The filtration
system shall have sufficient capacity to complete the recirculation
of pool water in 18 hours or less.
D.
Swimming pools will not be located over or within
20 feet horizontally from any septic disposal field or within 10 feet
horizontally of a septic tank or D-box. No property will be subdivided
if the result will be that a swimming pool will be separated in ownership
from an adjoining residence.[2]
E.
All private swimming pools now existing or hereafter
constructed, installed, established or maintained shall be enclosed
with a substantial fence and gate that comply with the minimum requirements
listed below:
(1)
There shall be a fence at least four feet in height
of such nature and construction so as to reasonably preclude the easy
entrance of children to the pool area.
(2)
All gates shall be the self-latching type and equipped
with a suitable locking device. Where the entire yard or premises
whereon the pool is situated is enclosed with fencing and gates of
the above specifications, this may be considered proper enclosure
of the pool area.
(3)
An above-the-ground pool having a sidewall height
of at least four feet above finished ground level is exempt from the
above fencing requirement, provided that access to the pool is by
means of a removable or retractable ladder. A retractable ladder shall
be equipped with a key-operated locking device which will secure the
ladder in the retractable position when not in use.
(4)
An above-the-ground pool of sidewall height less than
four feet above finished ground level may be exempt from the above
fencing requirements, provided that a suitable strong protective covering
is placed over the pool and adequately secured whenever the pool is
unattended or not in use; and provided, further, that the above provisions
with regard to ladders are also adhered to where applicable.
(5)
Small wading pools which are emptied when not in use
are exempt from these fencing requirements.
(6)
No part of said fence shall be nearer than five feet
to the pool, except this distance shall not be applicable to the aboveground,
prefabricated type of pool which has an integral fence attached. The
fence shall be constructed in such a way that no person may gain access
to the pool beneath or through the fence.
F.
No electrical switches, outlets or appliances and
no electrical wiring not in well-grounded shielding conduit shall
be within a 10 foot radius of any point of the pool's edge or surface
as measured in any direction. No electrical installation shall be
so constructed or located that, in the event that it should collapse
or fall, it would fall into the pool. The circulating pumps, motors,
lights, filtration equipment and all other electrical equipment used
in conjunction with a swimming pool shall be electrically supplied
through an underwriter's approved ground fault circuit breaker. Such
breaker will be mounted within the main service panel within the building
on which Public Service has mounted its meter. Ground fault breakers
designed to plug into existing wall receptacles will not be approved
for pool use. All electrical equipment other than described above
which is within 10 feet of any part of the pool or its deck area that
may be wetted by pool activity will be installed as to comply with
the National Electrical Code, 1978, and as thereafter adopted by the
State of New Jersey.
G.
There shall be no physical connection between a potable
water system and a pool. The water supply system for a pool shall
be in compliance with the National Standard Plumbing Code, 1978, and
as thereafter adopted annually by the State of New Jersey.
H.
Preferably, the discharge should empty into a storm
sewer, stream or dry well of adequate capacity. In no case shall the
pool water be discharged into a public sanitary sewer or on the ground
within 50 feet of a well or within 25 feet of an adjacent property,
pool or residence.
All artificial lighting of the pool area shall
be shielded from direct view of neighboring properties or roads.
