Arizona Pool Fence Regulations

Phoenix and neighboring cities such as scottsdale peoria gilbert chandler glendale and mesa have all adopted pool barrier laws that require home owners with swimming pools to install a protective barrier aka a pool fence to prevent children from accessing the pool area when not under adult supervision.

Arizona pool fence regulations.

B open outward from the pool. Penalties for breaking the pool. The statute goes on to clarify that arizona s pool fence law does not apply to public swimming pools livestock ponds irrigation canals or households where all members are at least six or older. We have done over 15 000 installations since 2001.

If you have a child children under 6 years of age. Pool enclosure requirements arizona. Above ground and in ground pools must be surrounded by 5 ft. Arizona law requires that below ground and above ground pools must be completely enclosed by a wall fence or other barrier that is at least five feet high as measured from the exterior side and does not have any openings through which an object four inches or more in diameter could pass.

We install the highest quality pool covers fences and safety gates backed by a lifetime manufacturer s warranty throughout arizona. Experience matters when it comes to pool safety. A county can be designated a no fence open range district which places liability for property damage by stray livestock on the livestock owner. Fencing in much of rural arizona is governed by a series of statutes pertaining to keeping livestock.

If your swimming pool is part of a larger living area you must install either a locking access door to the pool four foot high exterior sides on the pool a motorized safety pool cover or a four foot high wall or fence separating the pool from the living space. Living in a no fence district. The wall fence or barrier shall not contain openings handholds or footholds accessible from the exterior side of the enclosure that can be used to climb the wall fence or barrier. Arizona pool fence requirements.

Living in a no fence district does not mean you cannot have a fence. If you have a pool at home with 18 inches or over deep water and over 8 ft. The wall fence or barrier shall be at least twenty inches from the water s edge. As a result arizona has one of the largest collections of residential swimming pools among all the states.

Arizona code for pool fences.