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(a) No person, for any reason, shall construct or maintain an outdoor swimming pool without first making application to the Division of Building Inspection and obtaining a permit therefor.
(b) Such permit shall include all barriers required.
(c) All permits shall contain the condition that the permit is construed to be a continuing permit for operation of a pool.
(d) There shall be filed with the Division of Building Inspection a plot plan of the property showing the location of such swimming pool thereon and a detailed plan and specification for such swimming pool, which shall contain full information as to the type, height and location of the barriers surrounding such swimming pool and the number of gates therein.
(e) Before any permit is issued, such plans and specifications shall be approved by the Division.
(f) All applications for a permit shall be accompanied by the proper fee.
(Ord. 22-73. Passed 6-13-73; Ord. 81-08. Passed 6-23-08.)
Excluding commercial pools, the location of which shall be approved by the Building Inspector, out-of-door swimming pools shall be erected in side or rear yards only. Every pool hereafter built shall be located upon the lot or parcel to allow a distance between the pool and the property lines so that any person may be readily observed when approaching or in the vicinity of the pool. A distance of ten feet from each property side line and rear line and fifteen feet from the main building to which such pool is accessory shall be presumed to be a minimum distance for this purpose. Exception: hot tubs are not subject to the fifteen foot distance requirement from the main building.
(Ord. 22-73. Passed 6-13-73; Ord. 81-08. Passed 6-23-08; Ord. 107-10. Passed 12-20-10.)
The following regulations shall apply to the construction of swimming pools:
(a) The swimming pool construction shall conform to the plumbing provisions of this Building and Housing Code and the National Electrical Code, adopted in Chapter 1424, as well as the NSPI standards for residential swimming pools.
(b) All appurtenant structures, installations and equipment, such as showers, dressing rooms, equipment houses or other buildings and structures, including plumbing, heating and air conditioning, among others appurtenant to a swimming pool, shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Zoning Code and this Building and Housing Code.
(c) Illuminating lights may be erected with an intensity of not more than two footcandles, installed and shielded so as to eliminate rays and minimize reflected rays upon adjoining premises.
(Ord. 22-73. Passed 6-13-73; Ord. 81-08. Passed 6-23-08.)
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