[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Bellmawr 5-22-1980 by Ord. No. 4:4-80. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The words, terms and phrases listed below, for the purpose of
this chapter, shall be defined as follows:
Any artificially constructed swimming pool or tank maintained
and operated by a private group or club or limited to residents of
a block, district, neighborhood, community or other specified area
of residence for the use of members or their guests.
Any artificially constructed swimming pool or tank, having
a depth of less than 18 inches and not more than 15 feet across in
any direction, established or maintained by any individual, association,
firm or corporation upon any premises as an appurtenance to a residence
occupied by not more than three families for the use of the occupants
of such residence or their guests.
Any artificially constructed permanent swimming pool or tank,
having a depth of 18 inches or greater, established or maintained
by any individual, association, firm or corporation upon any premises
as an appurtenance to a residence occupied by not more than three
families for the use of the occupants of such residence or their guests.
It shall be unlawful to construct, enlarge, alter, remove or
demolish any swimming pool in the Borough of Bellmawr unless and until
a permit for such purpose has been first secured from the Construction
Official of said Borough, pursuant to the Uniform Construction Code
Act, as amended by the rules and regulations thereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq. and N.J.A.C.
5:23.
A building construction permit shall be issued for collapsible
or storable pools but the fees shall be waived.
A permit shall be required for all swimming pool installations
by the property owner or his agent. The application for a building
permit shall be accompanied by duplicate sets of the plans, specifications
and plot plan. The plot plan shall show the accurate location of the
proposed accessory structures or buildings. The plot plan shall show
all existing fencing or walks on the boundary lines of the property,
together with the height and type of fencing. Any fees paid for a
permit to erect a swimming pool, as defined in this chapter, shall
be exclusive of the permit for the erection of any accessory building
or structure to be used in connection with such swimming pool.
A.
All swimming pools constructed in the Borough of Bellmawr shall be
of permanent waterproof construction. The water surface area shall
not occupy more than 12% of the total lot area.
B.
The edge of any swimming pool shall have a minimum distance from
any rear property line of five feet. Such minimum distance shall be
the shortest distance measurable from the property line to the nearest
inside face of such swimming pool at its water line.
C.
No swimming pool shall have a bottom slab below groundwater level,
unless special provisions are made for hydrostatic uplift.
D.
The highest point or top of a swimming pool wall or side shall not
be more than 2 1/2 feet above the average ground elevation at
the location of the pool prior to its construction. In no case shall
any drainage from the swimming pool or natural drainage be discharged
into neighboring property.
E.
The wall of any such swimming pool shall be vertical for a minimum
of 24 inches below the water level, and at least two ladders shall
be installed in the wall of the swimming pool, one of which shall
be at the deep end of the pool; provided, however, that nothing herein
shall prevent the construction of steps at the shallow end of the
swimming pool in place of a ladder.
F.
Every such swimming pool shall be self-supporting and waterproof,
and, in addition, it shall be capable of resisting all external forces
from the earth or any superimposed loads on the earth that may exist
at the location of such swimming pool, and such swimming pool shall
be capable of withstanding the interior force from the pool contents.
G.
No such swimming pool shall be constructed within 10 feet of the
foundation wall of any dwelling, whether such dwelling shall be on
the same premises on which the swimming pool is to be constructed
or on adjacent premises.
There shall be no direct connection between the potable water
supply and the swimming pool water. There shall be no direct connection
between the swimming pool water and the sanitary sewer.
A.
Every such swimming pool shall have a complete recirculating purifying
system. The minimum size recirculating purifying system for private
pools shall have a capacity for recirculating the entire pool within
12 hours.
B.
The recirculating purifying system of any such swimming pool shall
be capable of removing approximately 99% of the suspended solids.
Means shall be provided for disinfecting the entire pool contents.
The water used in any such swimming pool shall conform to the standards
established by the New Jersey State Department of Health for swimming
pool quality.
C.
Scum gutters shall be installed in connection with the operation
of any private swimming pool. Scum removal shall be continuous while
the swimming pool is in use or the recirculating purifying system
is in operation. Such scum removal facilities shall be provided at
one location. Minimum scum removal facilities shall consist of one
location for each 800 square feet of swimming pool surface.
A.
All swimming pools, as defined by this chapter, shall be enclosed
by a substantial fence no less than 48 inches in height nor more than
72 inches in height, so constructed as to prevent any person from
gaining access beneath or through said fence, and which shall have
a similarly substantial gate of the same height as the fence with
facilities for locking said gate when the pool is unguarded. Said
gate shall be closed at all times, except when open for the purpose
of ingress or egress. When said swimming pool is unguarded or unattended,
said gate shall be kept locked. No portion of such fence shall be
installed less than four feet nor more than 30 feet from the corresponding
extremity of the pool enclosed thereby.
B.
For the safety and welfare of all persons in the Borough of Bellmawr,
swimming pool fencing shall be erected pursuant to this chapter surrounding
all and any swimming pools constructed or installed heretofore and
hereafter. For the purpose of conformance, all swimming pools shall
have fencing after one month of passage of this chapter.
Every such swimming pool shall be completely surrounded with
a walk having a minimum width of 2 1/2 feet, constructed of all
hard-surfaced semiwaterproof material, such as concrete, tile, flagstone
or brick.
No swimming pool hereafter constructed, altered, changed, converted
or enlarged, wholly or partly, in its use or structure in the Borough
of Bellmawr shall be used or occupied in whole or in part unless and
until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued. Failure to
properly operate such swimming pool shall result in the rescission
of such certificate of occupancy.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection
with any swimming pool, as defined, in such a manner as to be a nuisance
or annoying to neighboring properties, and, further, the use of any
pool after 10:00 p.m. shall be restricted to quiet use.
All swimming pools that are not in continuous use for any period
of time shall be maintained in such a manner as to prevent said pool
from becoming a breeding place for mosquitoes and a neighborhood nuisance.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter and
the regulations hereby established shall be subject to a fine not
exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not
exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90
days, or any combination thereof.
