No swimming pool or pool for cleansing purposes shall be used or maintained unless all of the requirements of this chapter are complied with. No swimming pool shall be constructed within ten feet of any property line or in front of a building line, or within thirty feet of the adjacent property owner's dwelling if located in a side yard area. Only family swimming pools or private swimming pools shall be constructed in a single-family or two-family use district and the water area of such pool shall not occupy an area greater than twenty-five percent of the rear lot area remaining after the area of the garage structure has been subtracted from the area of the rear lot. “Rear lot area” means that area between the back building line of the principal building and the rear lot line.
No pool shall be constructed having a height above grade greater than four feet, except that a handrail no higher than seven feet above grade shall be permitted, at the discretion of the Building Commissioner, who shall use as his or her standards the considerations of safety and esthetics contained in this chapter. There shall be steps or a ladder allowing ingress and egress for every forty feet of perimeter of the pool, provided that one ladder or set of steps shall be provided for all pools contemplated by this chapter.
(Ord. 154-1965. Passed 7-7-65.)