(A) Permit requirements.
(1) It shall be unlawful to proceed with the construction, installation, enlargement or alteration of any swimming pool unless permits shall have been obtained from the village.
(2) It shall be unlawful to proceed with the construction, installation, enlargement or alteration of any public swimming pool within the village unless any required permits shall first have been also been obtained from the State of Illinois.
(3) Juvenile pools shall require no permit.
(B) Drawings and plans and permits. Each application for a swimming pool permit shall be accompanied by a permit fee specified in §§ 158.110 through 158.124 and by a set of plans or drawings which shall be drawn to scale. All distances and dimensions shall be accurately figured and drawings shall be explicit and complete showing the lot lines, distance from the residence(s), location of the fence and pool walk. The pool, walk and fence construction, electrical system, and all relevant appurtenances pertaining to the pool, sufficient to show whether the swimming pool will comply with this chapter.
(C) Location restrictions. No portion of a private residential pool shall be located less than four feet from a side or rear lot line. Private residential swimming pools and appurtenant equipment shall not be permitted in any front yard. No portion of a public swimming pool or its appurtenant equipment shall be located less than 15 feet from a side or rear lot line.
(D) Swimming pool fences.
(1) A swimming pool, except juvenile pools, shall be completely enclosed by a fence erected along the periphery of the swimming pool and any immediately adjacent walk, deck or terrace area appurtenant to the swimming pool. The fence shall be at least 36 inches in height and shall be designed and constructed to render the swimming pool inaccessible to children under six years of age. All fence openings shall be equipped with gate., and all gate shall be equipped with self-closing devices and shall have latches.
(2) Swimming pools shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (1) if they are above ground level in whole or in part, and have a walkway or deck area greater than 30 inches in height with integral guards or rails and a means of egress which can be removed and locked while the swimming pool is not in use. Persons with such exempt pools ensure that ladders and other means of ingress or egress are kept removed or locked when the swimming pools are not in use.
(E) Safety precautions. Swimming pools and juvenile pools shall be maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary condition.
(F) Inspection requirements. The Zoning Administrator may, upon completion of construction of a pool or upon receipt of information that a pool is nonconforming, and with prior notice to the owner, inspect a swimming pool to determine whether it is in compliance with provisions of this chapter.
(G) Nonconforming structures. Swimming pools erected prior to the effective date of this chapter which do not meet the fence requirements of this chapter shall be made to conform to such requirements within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter.
(Ord. 96-54, passed 3-26-96)