§ 405-6. General construction provisions and specifications.

A. 

All swimming pools constructed in the Borough of Bellmawr shall be of permanent waterproof construction. The water surface area shall not occupy more than 12% of the total lot area.

B. 

The edge of any swimming pool shall have a minimum distance from any rear property line of five feet. Such minimum distance shall be the shortest distance measurable from the property line to the nearest inside face of such swimming pool at its water line.

C. 

No swimming pool shall have a bottom slab below groundwater level, unless special provisions are made for hydrostatic uplift.

D. 

The highest point or top of a swimming pool wall or side shall not be more than 2 1/2 feet above the average ground elevation at the location of the pool prior to its construction. In no case shall any drainage from the swimming pool or natural drainage be discharged into neighboring property.

E. 

The wall of any such swimming pool shall be vertical for a minimum of 24 inches below the water level, and at least two ladders shall be installed in the wall of the swimming pool, one of which shall be at the deep end of the pool; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the construction of steps at the shallow end of the swimming pool in place of a ladder.

F. 

Every such swimming pool shall be self-supporting and waterproof, and, in addition, it shall be capable of resisting all external forces from the earth or any superimposed loads on the earth that may exist at the location of such swimming pool, and such swimming pool shall be capable of withstanding the interior force from the pool contents.

G. 

No such swimming pool shall be constructed within 10 feet of the foundation wall of any dwelling, whether such dwelling shall be on the same premises on which the swimming pool is to be constructed or on adjacent premises.