[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Leonia as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Public swimming pools — See Ch.
311, Art.
XX.
Outdoor bathing places — See Ch.
311, Art.
XXI.
[Adopted 10-4-1982 by Ord. No. 949 as §§ 181-1
to 181-12 of the 1982 Code (Ord.
No. 606)]
The general supervision, control over, maintenance,
operation and regulation of the Leonia Municipal Pool is hereby assigned
to the Leonia Recreation Commission in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of the Legislature entitled, "An Act Authorizing the Municipalities
of New Jersey to Construct, Own and Operate Public Swimming Pools
and Other Recreational Facilities in connection Therewith and to Improve,
Maintain and Regulate the Same," approved July 22, 1957 (N.J.S.A.
40:61-22.21 to 40:61-22.29).
The Mayor shall appoint in January of each year,
with the advice and consent of the Council, one member of the Council
whose duty it shall be to attend all meetings of the Commission. He
shall have no vote but he shall report, to the Council, Commission
activities.
The Borough Treasurer shall maintain a revenue
and appropriation account which shall be separate and distinct from
any other accounts of the Borough. The Commission shall not contract
any financial obligations of any kind beyond the amount of the appropriation
made for the Leonia Municipal Pool by the Council.
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms are hereby defined.
FAMILY MEMBERSHIP
Includes husband, wife, widow, widower and all children natural,
adopted or a member of the household who has not yet reached his 19th
birthday as of May 31 of the membership year.
GUEST
Any nonmember who is accompanied to the Leonia Municipal
Pool by a member.
INDIVIDUAL MEMBER
Includes all persons who do not qualify under the family
membership.
RESIDENT
Any person who shall, actually and physically, reside in
the Borough of Leonia during the period of his use of the Leonia Municipal
Pool.
[Amended 3-21-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3]
All persons who are residents of the Borough of Leonia or guests,
as well as Leonia or Edgewater residents attending any high school,
upon proper identification being presented to the pool office and
who otherwise meet the terms of this article, shall, upon the payment
of the proper fee, be entitled to use the facilities.
The Council shall each year, by resolution,
set the fees for persons entitled to use the Leonia Municipal Pool.
Residents of the Borough of Leonia who are on
active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States and who are
otherwise eligible to use the facilities shall be allowed to swim
free of charge; provided, however, that they present to the pool office
evidence that they are on leave.
Any person who feels he has a unique situation
and should be entitled to membership may apply to the Commission for
a hearing on his case. The determination of the Commission shall be
final.
The Council shall each year, by resolution,
determine the number of guests members of the pool shall be entitled
to bring to the pool.
The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations
governing the conduct of the persons using the pool and shall cause
them to be posted at such place or places within the pool area so
that they may be seen. Said rules and regulations shall also set forth
in full the penalty provision hereinafter set forth in this article.
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall
destroy or otherwise damage any real or personal property within or
without the pool area.
Any person or persons that shall violate any of the provisions of this article or any duly posted rule or regulation of the Commission shall be subject to immediate ejection from the pool area by the officer in charge thereof and, further, shall, upon conviction, be punished as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
I, General Penalty.
[Adopted 10-4-1982 by Ord. No. 949 as §§ 181-13
to 181-20 of the 1982 Code (Ord.
No. 635)]
The words, terms or phrases listed below, for
the purpose of this article, shall be defined as follows:
PERMANENT POOL
A privately owned pool of artificial or partly artificial
construction designed and used by any person for swimming or bathing,
located on a lot as an accessory structure to a residence, and including
all buildings, equipment and appurtenances thereto.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, association, society,
firm or partnership.
PORTABLE POOL
A privately owned structure located on a lot as an accessory
use to a residence and built above ground level and having an area
in excess of 120 square feet or a depth more than 18 inches and capable
of being moved when empty.
SWIMMING POOL
Any portable pool or permanent pool as defined herein.
A. It shall be unlawful to construct, install or enlarge
a swimming pool without first having obtained a permit therefor in
the manner hereinafter provided.
B. Application for swimming pool permits shall be made
to the Construction Official and shall be accompanied by the following
documents:
(1) Plans and specifications or proper descriptive brochures.
(2) A plot plan showing property lines of the premises
upon which the swimming pool is to be constructed, installed or enlarged,
all existing houses and structures thereon, abutting streets and properties
and the location and dimensions of the proposed swimming pool and
its auxiliary structures, including fencing.
(3) A description of the method of disinfection, treatment
and disposal of the water to be used.
C. The Construction Official shall issue a permit for
the construction, installation or enlargement of a swimming pool if
it complies with the rules and regulations established herein. In
the event that a portable pool is dismantled and thereafter erected
on the same site as set forth in the original application, no additional
permit or fee shall be required.
D. Fee shall be tendered with the application to the Construction Official in accordance with Chapter
123, Fees, as amended.
All materials used in the construction or enlargement
of a swimming pool shall be waterproof and so designed and constructed
as to facilitate emptying and cleaning and shall be maintained in
a neat and sanitary condition at all times. Sand or earth bottoms
shall not be permitted in any swimming pool.
There shall be no physical connection between
a potable water supply system and a swimming pool at a point below
the maximum waterline of the pool.
A swimming pool hereafter constructed or enlarged shall provide for a setback of not less than 10 feet for side and rear yards. A ten-foot setback is required from all structures on the lot. This distance is measured from the end of the pool deck. No swimming pool shall be constructed in any front yard. The applicable area and height restrictions of Chapter
290, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Leonia shall be complied with in the event that any swimming pool is enclosed by any material or structure which shall permit the continued use of such swimming pool.
A. All permanent pools shall be completely enclosed by
a solid fence or enclosure no less than six feet in height, constructed
so as to prevent any person from gaining access beneath or through
such fence and which shall have a similarly substantial gate of the
same height as the fence or enclosure. Said gates shall be closed
and locked at all times when the pool is unguarded, unattended or
not in actual use.
B. Any access ladder or steps used in connection with
portable pools shall be removed when such pools are not in use.
No artificial lighting or sound-amplification
equipment shall be maintained or operated in connection with a swimming
pool in such a manner as to be a nuisance or an annoyance to neighboring
properties.
A person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
I, General Penalty. Every day that such violation continues, shall be deemed to be a separate offense.