[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Belvidere 6-16-1969 (Ch. 141 of
the 1987 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The words, terms or phrases listed below, for the purpose of
this chapter, shall be defined as follows:
Includes the County Board of Health, its authorized agents
and, if applicable, the Town of Belvidere Health Officer and his authorized
agents.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
Includes the building or constructing or installing of a
new swimming pool or enlarging an existing swimming pool or any of
the facilities.
An authorized official employed by the Warren County Board
of Health, and, if applicable, the official(s) employed by the Town
of Belvidere, to enforce the provisions of the State, County or Local
Health Code.
[Added 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
Includes corporations, companies, associations, societies,
firms and partnerships as well as individuals.
Any above-surface type of swimming, bathing or wading pool
and all equipment and appurtenances thereto not designed or intended
to be stationary or permanently fixed but designed and intended to
be removed and stored.
Any private pool, whether permanently constructed or of the
portable type, having a depth of more than 18 inches above or below
the level of the surrounding land, designed, used and maintained for
swimming or bathing purposes by an individual for use of the members
of the household and guests and located on the applicant's land as
an accessory use to a residence, and shall include all buildings,
equipment, structures and appurtenances thereto.
Means Building Inspector or other duly authorized representative
thereof, except in such case when the Town is referred to in a manner
that contemplates action by it as a body.
Includes any shallow pool not included in the definition
of "portable pool."
A.
The application of the provisions herein to a permanent-type swimming
pool constructed prior to the passage of this chapter shall be as
follows:
(1)
Such pool shall not be subject to the requirements under § 444-6 hereof, pertaining to distance of pool from boundary lines, etc., unless an enlargement of facilities is sought.
B.
The provisions of this chapter shall not appertain to wading pools
or portable pools unless specific reference is made in any section
herein to any such type of pool.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to alter, construct or install
a swimming pool in the Town of Belvidere without having first complied
with the provisions of this chapter and obtained a permit therefor
in the manner hereinafter provided.
B.
Applications for such a permit shall be made to the Building Inspector
and shall be accompanied by duplicate sets of the following:
(1)
Plans and specifications or proper description brochures.
(2)
Plot plans showing property lines of the premises upon which the
swimming pool is to be constructed or installed, all existing houses
and structures thereon, abutting streets and properties and the location
and dimensions of the proposed pool and its auxiliary structures,
including a description of the enclosure or fence to be used.
(3)
A description of the method of disinfection, treatment and disposal
of the water to be used.
C.
The Building Inspector shall file the duplicate sets of plans and
specifications with the Board of Health prior to the issuance of a
permit.
D.
A fee of $10 for the first $500 or fraction thereof, plus $2 for
each additional $500 or fraction thereof, of the estimated cost of
construction shall be charged by the Building Inspector for such permit
and shall be tendered with the application to the Building Inspector.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
E.
The Building Inspector shall, within 15 days after receiving an application
for a permit, act upon same as follows:
F.
Electrical fixtures, wiring and installation thereof used in connection
with a pool shall conform to the Standards of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters for Electrical Wiring and Apparatus.
All materials used in the construction of swimming 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 all times. Inlets shall be so located
and spaced as to secure satisfactory dispersion of in-flowing waters
throughout the pool and permit draining, cleaning and disinfecting
of the bottom and sides. Sand or earth bottoms shall not be used.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
A.
All swimming pools, including portable pools, shall be so constructed,
installed and maintained as to provide necessary equipment for the
chlorination and other disinfection and filtering in compliance with
approved bacteriological standards as may be promulgated by regulations
issued by the Board of Health and the New Jersey State Department
of Health.
B.
The physical, chemical and bacterial qualities of the water of swimming
pools and portable pools shall comply with the regulations and standards
now or hereafter provided in the Sanitary Code of the Town of Belvidere.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
All swimming pools shall be not less than 10 feet from side
and rear lot lines and 15 feet from the main building.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
A.
No swimming pool, portable pool or wading pool shall in any way be
connected to or drained into the sanitary sewer system, under penalty
of a fine of $500 per offense, plus any and all costs to rectify such
occurrence, plus any costs imposed or incurred by the Pequest River
Municipal Utilities Authority.
B.
A swimming pool, portable pool or wading pool shall not be permitted
to drain into a public street. The drainage waste shall be dispersed
upon the premises wherein said pool is located or into a sand filtering
pit or as the Board of Health shall require and specify. The discharge
of any wastewater shall in no case cause or create a nuisance in the
abutting property or to the public.
There shall be no physical connection between a potable (public
or private) water supply system and a swimming pool, portable pool
or wading pool at a point below the maximum flow of the pool or to
a recirculating or heating system of a pool unless such physical connection
is so installed and operated that no pool water can be discharged
or siphoned into a potable water supply system.
All swimming pools and portable pools and wading pools referred to in § 444-1 not equipped with facilities for the recirculation and reuse of the pool water may be subject to closure by the order of the Board of Health during any period of emergency water shortage.
Whenever any pool, set forth in § 444-1, by reason of mechanical defects or failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, is a hazard to the health of users thereof, the Health Officer may summarily close such pool and keep such pool closed until no further hazard to users of the same exists, subject to the right of appeal to the Board of Health by the owner of such pool, which appeal shall not stay the action of the Health Officer.
A.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 505-24, every swimming pool having a depth of 18 inches below the level of the land surrounding the pool and above-surface pools having a height of less than four feet shall, within 90 days of the enactment of this chapter, be completely surrounded by a fence or wall of substantial construction not less than four feet in height, which shall be constructed so as not to have openings, holes or gaps larger than four inches in dimension, except for doors and gates.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
B.
Said fence or wall enclosures shall be so designed and constructed
as to reasonably prevent any person from gaining access beneath, through
or over the same and shall be provided with one or more substantial
gates or doors of the same height as the fence or wall enclosure,
each gate or door to be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching
device capable of keeping said gate or door securely closed.
C.
It shall be deemed that there is sufficient compliance with this
section when the yard in which a pool is located is completely enclosed
by a fence and gate of the type above mentioned.
[Amended 5-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-9]
D.
Any ordinance requiring the obtaining of a permit for the erection
of a fence shall not apply to fences erected pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter except in such case where a fence is erected along
a property line.
E.
Any access ladder or steps used in connection with the above-surface
type pool or portable pool shall be removed from the pool when the
same is not in use, unless the same is enclosed by a fence.
F.
Lights used to illuminate any pool shall be so arranged and shaded
as to reflect light away from the adjoining property.
G.
No loudspeaker or amplifying device shall be permitted which will
project sound beyond the bounds of the property or lot where such
pool is located.
The Planning Board of the Town of Belvidere may, by resolution,
grant a variance from the terms of the chapter in specific cases,
consistent with public safety and the general provisions and intent
of the chapter; provided, however, that when any question of sanitation
is involved, such variance may be allowed only if the same is also
recommended by resolution of the Board of Health and it has been thereby
determined and declared that such variance will not be harmful to
public health.
[Amended 8-3-1987 by Ord. No. 87-11]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500
or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. Every day that
such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
[Amended 8-3-1987 by Ord. No. 87-11]
Any person, partnership, corporate entity or association owning,
operating or maintaining a pool within the Town of Belvidere shall,
within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter and annually
thereafter on or before May 1, apply for and obtain from the Town
Clerk an annual pool permit, for which no fee shall be chargeable.
Every permit hereunder shall expire at 12:00 midnight the 30th day
of April following the date of issuance, and no permit shall be transferable.
