All pools shall be located only in rear yard areas, and no pool or wading pool shall be constructed or installed on any lot unless a residence building is located on the lot or unless the lot is part of a residence curtilage.

Pools shall occupy no more than 25% of the rear yard area or a maximum of 800 square feet as measured along the surface of the water, whichever is smaller.

No edge of any pool shall be closer to any building or any lot line than seven feet.

In the case of a corner lot, a private permanent swimming pool shall not be constructed, erected, installed or maintained closer to the side street line than the prevailing setback line on that street.

Suitable and appropriate trees, shrubbery, planting or fencing shall be provided and maintained so that neither the pool itself nor the bathers using it are visible at any time to a person standing on the ground on any joining street or on any contingent property, except that this provision does not apply to diving boards or platforms or to bathers while they are on such diving boards or platforms.

The pool may be lighted by underwater or exterior lights, or both, provided that all exterior lights are located so that the light is neither directed nor reflected upon adjacent properties in such a manner as to be a nuisance or an annoyance to neighboring properties. All freestanding standards used for exterior lighting shall not exceed 12 feet in height and shall be no closer than nine feet to the edge of the pool. Underwater lighting shall be in compliance with the applicable National Electrical Code. Accompanying the application for a building permit shall be a certificate of approval from the National Board of Fire Underwriters that the underwater lighting facilities meet their specifications.

The pool shall be completely surrounded by such fencing as will effectively exclude children or trespassers, except that gates shall be provided which shall be kept locked when the pool is not in use.

Sound-absorbing and sound-deflecting structures and planting shrubbery and trees shall be provided in such manner and number as to effectively reduce the sounds from the pool as heard on contiguous property or streets to the end that there shall be no unreasonably loud noise or sound which is abnormal to the surrounding neighborhood.

All areas surrounding the pool shall be made and kept neat and attractive so as to be in conformity with surrounding property, and no rubbish, debris or litter shall be permitted to remain or accumulate in or about the pool.

All material used in the construction of swimming pools shall be waterproof and easily cleaned. The bottom and sides of the pool shall be either white or a light color, except that aluminum paint shall not be used as a finish. Sand or earth bottom shall not be used.

There shall be no physical connection between a potable public or private water supply system and such pools at a point below the maximum flow line of the pool or to a recirculating or heating system of a pool unless such physical connection is so installed and operated that no pool water can be discharged or siphoned into a potable water supply system.

All swimming pools hereafter constructed shall be provided with not over one two-inch-diameter galvanized iron pipe or approved equal drain extending from the pool to a brook, adequate dry well, curb gutter opening or storm sewer where capacity is adequate as determined by the Township Engineer. No pool drain shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system. Pool drainage systems must be approved by the Plumbing Inspector prior to the issuance of a permit by the Construction Official.

All swimming pools shall be so constructed, installed and maintained as to provide necessary equipment for the chlorination and other disinfection and filtering to comply with such approved bacteriological standards as may be promulgated by regulations issued by the Board of Health of the Township.

See also the Township regulations concerning the Board of Health ordinances.[1]