UntitledTOWN BOARD: TOWN OF WAPPINGER
DUTCHESS COUNTY: NEW YORK
IN THE MATTER OF
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE FENCING
OF SWIMMING POOLS IN THE TOWN OF
WAPPINGER
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
ss:
COUNTY OF DUTCHESS )
AFFIDAVIT OF
POSTING
ELAINE H. SNOWDEN, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly elected, qualified and acting
Town Clerk of the Town of Wappinger, County of Dutchess
and State of New York.
That on Aug. 14, 1969, your deponent posted a copy of
the attached notice of Public Hearing on the Ordinance
Regulating the Fencing of Swimming Pools in the Town
of Wappinger, on the signboard maintained by your
deponent in her office in the Town Hall of the Town of
Wappinger, Mill Street, in the Village of Wappingers
Falls, Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York.
Elaine H. Snowden
Town Clerk
Sworn to before me this -: �%r '' day
of ub. 1969.
Notary Public /y
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AX7-3724
20 EAST MAIN STREET - WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town eW of the Town of
Wap r will conduct a public hearing at the OV h Hall, Mill Street,
1A1 Falls, New York, on August 25, 1969 at 6:30 P.M. EDT
to all p:o'slift'concerning an Ordinance Reydliiiting the Fencing
of 9wi+nt:alt 'l pwf s jn,th4llTown of Wappinger.,
ORDINANCE
Bance Regulating the Fenc"
of Swimming Pools in the
Town of Wappinger
Introduced by Councilman Clausen
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger,
Dutchess County, New York, as follows:
SECTION I "Swimming pool," term defined.
The term "swimming pool" as used in this ordinance shall mean
and include any body of water or receptacle of water having a depth
at any point greater than two and one-half feet and constructed,
installed or maintained for swimming purposes in or above the
ground. This definition shall not include natural bodies of water.
SECTION 11 Fence or similar barrier surrounding swimming pool
required.
Every person in possession of land within the Town of Wappinger,
exclusive of the incorporated Village of Wappingers Falls, either an
owner, purchaser under contract, leasee, tenant or licensee, upon
which there is situated a swimming pool, shall at all times maintain on
the lot or premises upon which said swimming pool is located, and
completely surrounding such swimming pool lot or premises, a fence
or other solid structure designed to prevent small children from
wandering into such swimming pool.
SECTION III Height of, openings in fence or barrier.
The fence or other structure required asprovided in Section l l shall
be not less than four (4) feet in height with no openings, other than
doors or gates, except as follows:
(a) For a fence or other solid structure whose chief covering
members are constructed in a vertical direction, there shall be no
opening in a horizontal direction of more than six (6) inches.
(b) For a fence ther structure whoMW i bers are
constructed in a direction, t11a1 ening in a
vertical direction 1)hn six (6) inch m al" type with
(c) A wire fen the' armor
openings in the
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six
(d) There sh m V than six ;ec from the bottom of
the fence to th t is ",
SECTION IV di40ra►ound fen ter.
Each fence or nd a awf pool shall be equipped
with gates or do' J (ng through such enclosure which shall
contain a latching ded"c which can be secured by a locking devise.
SECTION V A violation of this ordinance shall be deemed to be a
violation pursuant to the terms of the Penal Law of the State of New
York and such violation shall be punishable as provided in the Penal
Law of the State of New York and the Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION VI This ordinance shall take effect on May 15, 1970.
Seconded by Councilman Mills
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
State of New York,
County of Dutchess,
Town of Wappinger.
•.•.•. Beatrice Osten.... ,••....•,•,•„ofthe
Town. of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New Yak,
being duly sworn, says that ate is, and i t the several
times hereinafter was, theJ�o .FAiioi :Qub45bP-r ..... of
W. & S.D. NEWS. a newspaper printed and published
every Thursday in the year in the Town of Wappinger.
Dutchess County, New York, and that the annexed
NOTICE was duly published in the said newspaper for
,, one •,... week successively.... once ,in each week.
commencing on the... 14th... day of.. August....... .
1969, and on the following dates thereafter, namely on
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and ending on the..11th .... day of.. - 4911§ .. • . • • •
11ia , both days inclusive.
SubscrTd and sworn to befo me
this. .day:a..t9..
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Notary Public
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