As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the
following words and terms shall have the meanings given herein:
CONSTRUCTION
Building or installing a new swimming pool or enlarging an existing
swimming pool or any of its facilities.
PORTABLE POOL
A body of water or receptacle for water contained in a wholly or
partially aboveground level outdoor receptacle of more than 75 cubic feet
capacity and having a depth at any point greater than 18 inches, not stationary
or fixed, and capable of being removed for storage, which is erected, maintained
and used or intended to be used for swimming, wading or bathing solely by
the owner, tenant or lessee of the premises upon which the pool is situated,
and by his family or friends and guests invited to use it without payment
of any fee.
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
Any stationary pool of water having a water depth in excess of 18
inches and an area greater than 120 square feet, designed, used and maintained
for swimming purposes by an individual for use by this household and guests
without fees, and located on property owned, leased or otherwise used and
maintained by the owner of said swimming pool. It shall further mean and include
fill-and-draw, flow-through and recirculation pools which are artificially
constructed to provide recreational facilities for swimming, bathing or wading
and all buildings, equipment and appurtenances thereto. It shall not include
natural outdoor ponds, rivers or lakes, nor baths used for cleansing of the
body or practice of the healing arts.
WADING POOL
Any artificially constructed pool intended for use by children not
designed or used for swimming, with a maximum area of 120 square feet and
a maximum water depth of 18 inches.
All materials used in the construction of private swimming pools, portable
pools or wading pools shall be waterproof and so designed and constructed
as to facilitate emptying and cleaning and shall be maintained and operated
in such manner as to be clean and sanitary at any time when any such pool
shall be in use or at such times as the same shall be subject to use. Inlets
for treated water shall be so located and spaced as to secure satisfactory
dispersion of the water throughout the pool and not to interfere with draining,
cleaning and disinfecting of the bottom and sides. Sand or earth bottoms shall
not be used.
There shall be no physical connection between a portable public or private
water supply system and such private swimming pools, wading pools or portable
pools 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 the
pool water through filtering equipment. Potable water shall feed the pool
with a downspout with an air gap not less than six inches from the pool overflow
level. Potable water siphons will not be permitted to drain the aforesaid
pools. The installation, repair and control of plumbing facilities shall comply
with the plumbing and any sanitary standards now adopted or hereinafter adopted
by the Borough of Oakmont. All circulating units shall have sufficient capacity
to recirculate the entire contents of a pool within eight hours or less.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection
with a private swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool in such a manner
as to be a nuisance or an annoyance to neighborhood properties. Such lighting
shall not shine directly upon any abutting property. No unshielded lights
shall be permitted.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Manager and/or Chief of Police to
enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof by the District Justice, be subject to a fine
of not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the court, and
every day that such violation exists shall be constituted a separate offense.