5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Nueces County, Texas.
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Nueces County cannot zone or issue pool permits in unincorporated areas. Inside Corpus Christi you need a city building permit; the city enforces the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (local amendments effective August 1, 2023).
Nueces County sets no pool-fence rule, but Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 757 requires pools at multiunit rentals and property-owners-association complexes to be enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high. Corpus Christi's adopted ISPSC imposes a comparable 48-inch barrier on residential pools.
Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 757.003(b), (c)
The height of the pool yard enclosure must be at least 48 inches as measured from the ground on the side away from the pool. ... Openings under the pool yard enclosure may not allow a sphere four inches in diameter to pass under the pool yard enclosure.
Texas Health & Safety Code Section 757.004 requires every gate in a pool-yard enclosure at covered rental and POA complexes to be self-closing and self-latching, with the latch generally at least 60 inches above the ground. Corpus Christi's adopted ISPSC applies equivalent gate rules to residential pools.
Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 757.004
a gate in a fence or wall enclosing a pool yard must: (1) have a self-closing and self-latching device ... a gate latch must be installed so that it is at least 60 inches above the ground.
Nueces County sets no above-ground-pool rule. Corpus Christi's adopted International Swimming Pool and Spa Code treats any pool that can hold water over 24 inches deep the same as an in-ground pool, so an above-ground pool still needs a 48-inch barrier and a permit.
Nueces County has no hot-tub ordinance. Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 757 applies its 48-inch enclosure rule to spas at multiunit rental and POA complexes, while Corpus Christi's adopted ISPSC lets a listed, lockable safety cover substitute for a barrier on private spas.
Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 757.002
This chapter applies only to: (1) a pool owned, controlled, or maintained by the owner of a multiunit rental complex or by a property owners association; and (2) doors and windows of rental dwellings opening into the pool yard of a multiunit rental complex or condominium, cooperative, or town home project.
1 cities in Nueces County have their own swimming pools & spas rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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