§ 410-58
Swimming pool requirements
[Amended 7-9-2015 by Ch. No. 3072]
Private residential swimming pools are permitted in all residential districts, subject to the following:
- A. All residential swimming pools must be set back at least six feet from side and rear lot lines. Said setback requirements apply not only to the swimming pool itself, but also to any pumps, filters, water disinfection equipment and structures appurtenant thereto. Swimming pools are not allowed in front yards.
- B. Subject to the requirements set forth in this section, the following size swimming pools may be installed as of right without the need for dimensional relief from the Zoning Board of Review.
- (1) A residential swimming pool that is 15 feet in diameter (round) or 12 feet by 24 feet (oval) may be located on any lot that is less than 4,450 square feet.
- (2) A residential swimming pool that is 18 feet in diameter (round) or 15 feet by 24 feet (oval) may be located on any lot between 4,450 square feet and 4,800 square feet.
- (3) A residential swimming pool that is 21 feet in diameter (round) or 15 feet by 30 feet (oval) may be located on any lot between 4,800 square feet and 5,000 square feet.
- (4) Any size residential swimming pool maybe located on any lot that is 5,000 square feet or greater.
- C. No swimming pools or appurtenances thereto shall be constructed, installed, enlarged or altered until a building permit has been obtained from the Director. The approval of all City and state authorities having jurisdiction over swimming pools shall be obtained before applying to the Director 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 Director showing accurately the dimensions and construction of the pool and appurtenances.
- D. 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 from any other cause, shall be effectively grounded.
- E. Every person owning land on which there is located a swimming pool, whether or not containing any water, shall erect and maintain 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 four nor more than six feet in height above the underlying ground. In the case of aboveground pools, a protective railing around the perimeter of the pool structure shall not substitute for the requirement of a fence or other adequate enclosure. 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. All pools of elevated construction shall be equipped with a removable ladder, and such ladder shall be removed or raised when not in use.
- F. In-ground pools shall also have an inner protective fence with a minimum height of three feet enclosing the pool. All in-ground swimming pools shall be equipped with rescue equipment, including at least one twelve-foot pole with a shepherd's crook securely fastened at one end and at least one fifteen-inch life ring with a fifty-foot rope.