Showing ordinances that apply to Cantua Creek, CA
Cantua Creek is an unincorporated community (population 500) in Fresno County, California. Because Cantua Creek is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Fresno County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The pool barriers rules below are the ones that govern your area.
California Health & Safety Code §115920-115929 (Swimming Pool Safety Act) requires a 60-inch barrier with self-closing/self-latching gate AND at least one additional safety feature (cover, alarm, or ASTM door alarms).
§115922 requires any new or remodeled residential pool (>18 inches deep) to have at least TWO of seven approved drowning-prevention safety features. The primary feature is an enclosure at least 60 inches high with maximum 4-inch gaps, 2-inch bottom clearance on chain-link, no climbable crossbars, self-closing/self-latching gates opening outward, with latch 60 inches above grade. Additional features include ASTM F1346 safety pool cover, exit alarms on doors leading to pool, self-closing/self-latching devices on doors, pool alarms, or removable mesh barrier with ASTM F2286 compliance. Fresno County Building Services inspects per §115925.
Non-compliant barrier: failed final inspection, no Certificate of Occupancy; retrofits required before pool operation.
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