Arizona Pool Fence Laws

36 1681 orders that a swimming pool or water feature which is 18 inches deep at any point and wider than 8 ft at any point and is designed for swimming be.

Arizona pool fence laws.

If you have a pool at home with 18 inches or over deep water and over 8 ft. Penalties for breaking the pool fence law. The arizona state legislature recognized this risk to the health and safety of children and promulgated. Too many young children are casualties of drowning or near drowning every year.

If you breach any of the requirements for enclosing a swimming pool as a property owner in arizona you. Above ground and in ground pools must be surrounded by 5 ft. According to the adhs drowning is the leading cause of death in arizona among children 1 4 years of age. 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.

Be entirely enclosed by at least a five foot wall fence or other barrier as measured on the exterior side of the wall fence or barrier. A swimming pool or other contained body of water required to be enclosed by subsection a whether a belowground or aboveground pool shall meet the following requirements. 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. Arizona pool fence laws.

Arizona pool fence requirements. Pool enclosure requirements arizona. The following pool safety requirements are for residences with a swimming pool where one or more children under 6 live. Wide you need to enclose the area with a barrier of fence.

Arizona code for pool fences.