Outdoor swimming pools in Scranton must be enclosed by a barrier at least 4 feet high with openings no wider than 2 inches and self-latching gates. The Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (34 Pa. Code 401-405), which adopts IRC Appendix G and the 2018 ISPSC, layers on top of the city standard.
Scranton pool-barrier rules combine the city Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 445, Article V Supplementary Regulations) and the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code adopted in Chapter 201. The city standard requires that the top of the pool fence or wall be at least 4 feet above the ground, with no opening larger than 2 inches in width, and that all gates close with self-catching latches. The PA UCC (34 Pa. Code 401-405) adopts the 2018 IRC, IBC, and ISPSC, which require a 48-inch barrier with self-closing, self-latching gates opening outward, latch release at least 54 inches above grade, and the 4-inch-sphere rule. Where the more protective UCC standard exceeds the city minimum, the UCC controls. A dwelling wall used as part of the barrier needs UL 2017 door alarms or an ASTM F1346 cover.
An unenclosed pool, a barrier under 4 feet, openings wider than 2 inches, or a gate without a self-catching latch is a city code violation enforced by the Bureau of Code Enforcement. UCC failures trigger building-code enforcement, drain orders, daily fines, and attractive-nuisance civil liability.
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