5 rules for unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida.
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A residential pool in St. Johns County needs a building permit through the county Building Services Division, and it cannot pass final inspection until it carries at least one safety feature required by Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act, Fla. Stat. §515.27.
Fla. Stat. §515.27(1)(a)
The pool must be isolated from access to a home by an enclosure that meets the pool barrier requirements of s. 515.29.
A pool barrier is one way to satisfy Florida's pool safety law, and when used it must stand at least 4 feet high on the outside with no gaps a child can crawl under, squeeze through, or climb over, under Fla. Stat. §515.29.
Fla. Stat. §515.29(1)
The barrier must be at least 4 feet high on the outside.
Under the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act, a pool in St. Johns County must carry at least one safety feature: a 4-foot barrier, an approved safety cover, door and window exit alarms, or self-closing, self-latching doors — Fla. Stat. §515.27.
Fla. Stat. §515.27(1)
In order to pass final inspection and receive a certificate of completion, a residential swimming pool must meet at least one of the following requirements relating to pool safety features:
An above-ground pool in St. Johns County falls under the same Pool Safety Act. Its own wall can serve as the required barrier when it is at least 4 feet high and its ladder is removable or lockable, per Fla. Stat. §515.29.
Fla. Stat. §515.29(1)
The barrier must be at least 4 feet high on the outside.
A hot tub or nonportable spa is a swimming pool under Florida's Pool Safety Act. It complies when fitted with an approved safety pool cover meeting ASTM F1346, or by using a 4-foot barrier or exit alarms, under Fla. Stat. §515.27.
Fla. Stat. §515.25(1)
“Approved safety pool cover” means a manually or power-operated safety pool cover that meets all of the performance standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) in compliance with standard F1346-91.
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