[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Freehold
7-27-1964 (§ 6-8 of the Revised General Ordinances). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Building or installing a new swimming pool or enlarging an existing
swimming pool or any of its facilities.
Any private swimming pool of more than 100 cubic feet capacity of
permanent construction, and all equipment and appurtenances thereto, used
by any person for swimming or bathing.
Any above-surface-type pool of more than 100 cubic feet capacity,
not stationary or fixed and capable of being removed for storage.
A permanently constructed pool not designed or used for swimming,
with a maximum area of 100 square feet and a maximum water depth of 12 inches.
Application for a permit to construct, establish or maintain or to alter,
remodel or add to a permanent private swimming pool or permanent wading pool
shall be made to the Building Inspector by the owner of the property. The
application shall be accompanied by two sets of sketch plats showing location
of the pool with relation to the boundary lines of the premises and adjacent
structures situated thereon and showing all existing or proposed fences and
their height. The application shall also be accompanied by two sets of plans
and general specifications for the proposed private swimming pool or wading
pool and auxiliary structures and appurtenances, setting forth the size and
capacity of the pool and the extent of filtration, the water supply arrangement
and materials to be used, and also setting forth the location, height and
aperture dimensions of the fence to be erected, together with the gate.
No permit for a private swimming pool or wading pool shall be issued
by the Building Inspector until the sketch plat, plans and specifications
have been approved by the Township Engineer and the approval properly certified
on the plans.
The fees to be charged for a permit for construction of a private swimming pool or wading pool shall be as provided in Chapter 150, Fees. No permit shall be issued until the fee is paid.
All materials used in the construction of private swimming pools or
wading pools shall be waterproof and so designed and constructed as to facilitate
emptying and cleaning, and shall be maintained and operated in such a manner
as to be clean and sanitary at all times. Inlets of the treated water shall
be so located and spaced as to secure satisfactory dispersion of the water
throughout the pool and to permit draining, cleaning and disinfecting of the
bottom and sides. Sand or earth bottoms shall not be used.
Any accessory buildings that are to be constructed must comply with that portion of Chapter 190, Land Use, pertaining to accessory buildings. Locker rooms, bathhouses, cabanas, shower rooms, toilets, runways and all other physical facilities or equipment incident to the operation of any private swimming pool or wading pool, shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times.
A.
All pools not equipped with facilities for the recirculation
and reuse of the pool water shall be subject to closure by order of the Board
of Health during any period of emergency water shortage.
B.
Whenever any pool, by reason of mechanical defects or
failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, is a hazard to the
health of users, the Health Officer is authorized to close the pool and keep
it closed until no further hazard to users exists, subject to right of appeal
to the Board of Health by the owner of the pool. No appeal, however, shall
stay the action of the Health Officer.
All private swimming pools, wading pools or portable pools with a water
depth of more than one foot shall be provided with the necessary equipment
to completely pump out or empty the pool or shall be emptied by providing
one drainage outlet, to be installed at the lowest point of the pool, not
in excess of three inches in diameter extending from the pool to a storm sewer,
lawn sprinkling system, adequate dry well or sand filtering pit on the premises
on which the private pool, wading pool or portable pool is located. The discharge
of water from such pools into a storm sewer shall be permitted only where
the capacity is adequate as determined by the Township Engineer. No private
pool drain, wading pool drain or portable pool drain shall be connected into
the sanitary sewer system. Pool water may not be discharged at the curb or
upon the surface of any street. The discharging waters shall in no case cause
or create a nuisance to the abutting property or to the public.
Chlorine-gas-bearing compounds in solution shall be required as disinfecting
agents for swimming pools, wading pools or portable pools. The use of ozone,
ultra violet light or any other method wherein a residual cannot be determined
is prohibited.
All private swimming pools now existing or hereafter constructed, installed,
established or maintained shall be enclosed by a permanent fence of durable
material at least four feet in height but no more than six feet in height
and shall be so constructed as not to have openings, mesh, holes or gaps larger
than four square inches in any dimension except for doors and gates, and if
a picket fence is erected or maintained, the horizontal dimension shall not
exceed four inches. All gates used in conjunction with the fence shall meet
the same specifications as the fence itself and shall be equipped with approved
locking devices and be locked at all times when the private swimming pool
is not in use.
A.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated
in connection with a private swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool in
such a manner as to be a nuisance or an annoyance to neighboring properties.
Lighting shall not shine directly upon any abutting property. No unshielded
lights shall be permitted.
B.
No artificial underwater lighting shall be permitted
in any private swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool unless the installation
has first been inspected and approved by the electrical inspector of the Middle
Department Association of Fire Underwriters.
It shall be unlawful for any pool to be operated or used between the
hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
A.
Every private swimming pool, wading pool or portable
pool constructed, installed, established or maintained in the Township shall
at all times comply with the requirements of the Board of Health. Any nuisance
or hazard to health which may exist or develop in or in consequence of or
in connection with the private swimming pool, wading pool or portable pool,
shall be forthwith abated and removed by the owner, lessee or occupant of
the premises on which the pool is located upon receipt of notice from the
Building Inspector or Health Officer of the Township.
B.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector and Health
Officer to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
C.
The owner or operator of any pool within the Township
shall allow the Building Inspector and the Health Officer, or any authority
or official, access at all reasonable times to any private swimming pool,
wading pool or portable pool and appurtenances thereto for the purpose of
inspection to ascertain compliance with this chapter and all other pertinent
Township ordinances.
