§ 185-15
Swimming pool requirements
Private residential swimming pools are permitted in all Residence Districts, subject to the following:
- A. All residential swimming pools must be located so as to meet the setback requirements set forth for accessory structures for each Residence District in Article VI. Said setback requirements apply not only to the swimming pool itself, but also to any pumps, filters, water disinfection equipment and structures appurtenant thereto.
- B. No swimming pools or appurtenances thereto shall be constructed, installed, enlarged or altered until a building permit has been obtained from the Building Official. The approval of all Town and state authorities having jurisdiction over swimming pools shall be obtained before applying to the Building Official for such permit. Certified copies of these approvals shall be filed as part of the supporting data for the application for such building permit. Plans will be submitted to the Building Official showing accurately the dimensions and construction of the pool and appurtenances; properly established distances to lot lines, buildings, walks and fences; and details of the water supply system, drainage and water disposal system and appurtenances pertaining to the swimming pool. Detailed plans of structures, vertical elevations and sections through the pool showing depth shall be included.
- C. No overhead electrical conductor shall be installed directly over the area consisting of the pool and its apron and fence or enclosure. All metal fences, enclosures or railings near or adjacent to swimming pools to which bathers have access, which may become electrically alive as a result of contact with broken or overhead conductors or from any other cause, shall be effectively grounded.
- D. Every person owning land on which there is situated a swimming pool, whether or not containing any water, shall erect and maintain thereon an adequate enclosure or fence surrounding the property or pool area, and sufficient to make such body of water or unfilled in-ground swimming pool inaccessible to small children. Such enclosure, including gates thereto, must be no less than five feet in height above the underlying ground. All gates must be self-latching with latches placed at least four feet above the underlying ground or otherwise made inaccessible from the outside to small children, and must be lockable. An apron between this enclosure or fence and the pool edge of not less than four feet in width must exist.
- E. Every private swimming pool shall be equipped with rescue equipment, including at least one twelve-foot pole with shepherd's crook securely fastened at one end and at least one fifteen-inch life ring with a fifty-foot rope.