[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Bridgeport 6-2-1970 by Ord. No. 323, approved 6-2-1970 (Ch. 138 of
the 1975 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
PERSON
SWIMMING POOL
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation,
whether profit or nonprofit.
Any artificial excavation or enclosure intended or utilized
for the storage of water for bathing or swimming purposes in which
the depth of water stored therein exceeds two feet.
B.
The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine
shall include the feminine and neuter.
Following the effective date of this chapter,
it shall be unlawful for any person desiring to construct or erect
a swimming pool to commence construction thereof until a permit shall
have first been obtained from the Building Official of the Borough
of Bridgeport.
Within 60 days of the effective date of this
chapter, all persons who presently maintain a swimming pool within
the Borough of Bridgeport shall register such fact with the Building
Official on a form to be supplied for this purpose.
No person presently maintaining a swimming pool
within the Borough of Bridgeport and within 300 feet of any property
line of the property on which it is located shall continue to maintain
such pool unless access to the same shall be restricted by protective
fencing, protective plantings or such other impediments as shall be
approved by the Building Official upon recommendation of the Borough
Council of the Borough of Bridgeport. After registration, approval,
if granted, shall be evidenced by a certificate of approval issued
by the Building Official. Such certificate of approval shall be revocable
in the event the enclosure no longer provides reasonable protection.
The enclosure of existing facilities, as provided for in § 502-4 hereof, shall be accomplished within 60 days of the date of notification issued by the Building Official that facilities existing as of the date of registration are inadequate. Said notification shall further set forth the minimum facilities acceptable to the Borough.
No person shall henceforth construct a swimming
pool or maintain a swimming pool constructed hereafter within the
Borough of Bridgeport and within 300 feet of any property line of
the property on which it is located unless the same shall be entirely
surrounded by a substantial wire mesh or solid fence. Such fence shall
be not less than 42 inches nor more than six feet in height and shall
contain no vertical interspace of more than two inches and no horizontal
rail or component on the outside usable as a footstep, and shall satisfy
the following minimum requirements:
A.
Wood picket: three-fourths-inch stock.
B.
Iron picket: one-half-inch iron bar.
C.
Chain link: vertical chains shall be eleven-gauge-minimum
wire and a maximum of two inches apart.
D.
Woven or other solid fence: strength shall be equivalent
to one of the foregoing, satisfactory to the Building Official.
E.
All gates in such fence shall be secured by a lock
when the owner or tenant is absent from the premises and by an effective
safety latch at all other times.
F.
A dwelling or accessory building may be used as a
part of the required enclosure.
[Amended 2-14-1984 by Ord. No. 475, approved 2-14-1984; 12-13-1988 by Ord. No. 505, approved 12-13-1988[1]]
All applications for permits shall be made in
writing, in duplicate, and shall include such plans, drawings or other
data as may be required by the Building Official and shall satisfactorily
indicate the method of fencing the facility. A fee in the sum as set
from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council shall be chargeable
for all permits.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance removed specific
fees from the Borough's Code; the current fees resolution of the Borough
is on file in the office of the Borough Secretary.
[Amended 8-12-1975 by Ord. No. 419, approved 8-15-1975; 3-14-1989 by Ord. No.
507, approved 3-14-1989]
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter before any Magisterial District
Judge shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs
of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not
to exceed 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be punished as provided above for such separate
offense.
