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Barnstable County (Cape Cod) does not enforce its own pool barrier ordinance; pool fencing across the county's 15 towns (Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet, Yarmouth) is regulated through the Massachusetts State Building Code 780 CMR, which adopts the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) requiring a 48-inch barrier for residential pools, plus MGL c.140 §206 and 105 CMR 435 for public/semipublic pools requiring a 6-foot fence. Construction permits and inspections are issued by each town's building department; public pools are licensed and inspected by the local board of health.
MGL Chapter 140, Section 206
Every public and semipublic outdoor inground swimming pool shall be enclosed by a fence six feet in height and firmly secured at ground level provided that any board or stockade fence or structure shall be at least five feet in height, but if over five feet in height, the fence shall be chain link. Such enclosure, including gates therein, shall not be less than six feet above the ground, and an...
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