[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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
[1]
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.
[1]
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.
