Ballston Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXV
Swimming Pools
§ 138-114 Building permit required.
No swimming pool, as defined by the Residential Code of New York State, shall be built, assembled, erected or filled in the Town of Ballston without a building permit issued by the Building Inspector. Each application for a building permit shall include a plot plan of the lot upon which the swimming pool is to be built, and such plan shall include existing structures and lot lines.
§ 138-115 Location.
Private swimming pools may be erected or installed only as an accessory to a dwelling, private club, community building or commercial structure for the use of the owner(s) or occupant(s) and family(ies) guests and/or invitee. Such swimming pool shall not be erected nearer than 12 feet to the rear or 15 feet to the side property lines of the lot and shall not occupy more than 10% of the area of the lot on which same is located and shall in all other respects comply with this chapter.
§ 138-116 Fences.
Fences must comply with the Residential Code of New York State.
§ 138-117 Gates.
Gates must comply with the Residential Code of New York State.
§ 138-118 Plumbing and health regulations.
A.
A filter-recirculating pump and purification system shall be provided so as to maintain the bacterial standard established by the provisions of the New York State Sanitary Code relating to public swimming pools.
B.
If the water for a swimming pool is to be connected to a potable water system, either municipal or private, there shall be no watertight physical connection between the pool inlet and the water system. The pool inlet, in such instance, cannot be under water, but shall be above the overflow level of the pool by an air gap at least six inches.
C.
In determining whether the inlet, filtration, recirculation and drainage requirements set forth herein are met, the Building Inspector shall be guided by the specifications furnished by the pool manufacturer or contractor. If no such specifications are available, the Building Inspector may require a certificate from a civil engineer licensed by the State of New York. Drainage must not be such so as to cause health, nuisance or other problems.
§ 138-119 Light and noise abatement.
A.
No artificial lighting shall be maintained or operated in connection with any swimming pool presently constructed or installed or hereafter constructed or installed in such manner as to unreasonably interfere with the occupants of any neighboring property.
B.
The use of megaphones, loud speakers or public-address systems is prohibited in connection with swimming pools herein regulated, and the use of any sound producing or reproducing devices, including human voices, shall not be such as to be objectionable to the occupants of any neighboring property.