Showing ordinances that apply to New Hackensack, NY
New Hackensack is an unincorporated community (population 1,497) in Dutchess County, New York. Because New Hackensack is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Dutchess County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The safety rules rules below are the ones that govern your area.
NY Public Health Law and Ted Ross Law require anti-entrapment drain covers on all pools. Door alarms required where house serves as barrier. Pool alarms required on new residential pools under 2006 NY law.
NY General Business Law 225-b (Ted Ross Law) requires pool alarms capable of detecting entry. VGB Act federal standard requires compliant drain covers. Multi-family and semi-public pools must comply with 10 NYCRR Subpart 6-1 including lifeguards where required. Contact Dutchess County at (845) 486-2000 for enforcement.
Missing pool alarm: NY state violation, up to 1,000 dollars per day and liability in drowning cases.
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