California's Swimming Pool Safety Act in Health and Safety Code Section 115920 mandates statewide drowning prevention barriers around residential pools, with cities prohibited from adopting weaker standards.
Health and Safety Code Sections 115920 to 115929 require new and remodeled residential swimming pools and spas to include at least two of seven enumerated drowning prevention safety features, such as an enclosure meeting code, removable mesh fencing with self-closing self-latching gate, an approved safety pool cover, exit alarms on doors providing direct access to the pool, self-closing self-latching devices on those doors, an alarm in the pool, or other approved barrier compliant with ASTM standards. The statute applies uniformly statewide; local jurisdictions may impose stricter rules but may not opt out.
Failing to install required pool barriers can block final building inspection, void homeowner insurance claims after drowning incidents, and create civil negligence liability. Some cities also impose administrative fines for visibly noncompliant residential pools.
Ridgecrest, CA
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Ridgecrest, CA
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Ridgecrest, CA
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