Swimming Pools & Spas in Illinois (2026)

In unincorporated DuPage County, residential swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs require a Building Permit under DuPage…

Building an in-ground pool in Arlington Heights requires plans built to the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa…

Aurora requires a building permit for in-ground and deep above-ground residential pools under its adopted 2024…

Building, installing, altering or enlarging any private swimming pool or hot tub in Bolingbrook requires a building…

In unincorporated Champaign County a permanent residential swimming pool is regulated under the Illinois Counties Code…

Chicago exempts small accessory swimming pools from a building permit only if the water is 48 inches deep or less and…

Cicero homeowners must obtain a building permit before installing a swimming pool, whether or not they do the work…

Cook County requires permits for above-ground pools exceeding 24 inches deep or 250 square feet. All electrical work…

Des Plaines requires a building permit for swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs; the Title 10, Chapter 13 construction…

Elgin requires a building permit before installing, enlarging, or altering any permanent residential swimming pool. The…

Evanston requires a building permit before any in-ground or substantial above-ground residential pool goes in, issued…

Joliet requires a building permit from the city building inspector before anyone erects or constructs a family swimming…

Kane County requires a building permit before constructing a residential pool, spa, or hot tub in the unincorporated…

In unincorporated Kankakee County, a residential building permit covers "swimming pools (24 inches or deeper)" under…

Building an in-ground or permanent swimming pool in unincorporated Kendall County requires a building permit. The fee…

Unincorporated Lake County requires a building permit for above-ground and in-ground pools alike, and any pool deeper…

Macon County's Electrical Code splits residential pools into two classes for wiring purposes: permanently installed…

McHenry County requires a building permit before anyone builds, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves or demolishes a…

Naperville adopts the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code for every aquatic vessel, and a pool permit…

Above-ground and below-ground pools alike need an electrical permit and a no-fee swimming pool inspection permit from…

The Village of Oak Park requires a building permit before installing a residential swimming pool unless it falls into a…

Peoria County requires a building permit for above-ground and in-ground residential pools, and no pool permit issues…

Rock Island County's 2012 building code amendments, adopted at § 150.16(W), pull in Appendix G, Swimming Pools, Spas…

Rockford enforces the ICC International Swimming Pool Code by reference, so anyone building, altering, or repairing a…

Sangamon County charges a flat $100 building permit fee for above-ground pools in the unincorporated county, on top of…

A Schaumburg homeowner cannot build a pool without first getting a permit from the community development department…

Before building a swimming pool or altering an existing one, Village of Skokie Code Sec. 22-212 requires a permit…

A building permit and site plan are required for every Springfield swimming pool and its fence, and a setback…

Unincorporated St. Clair County requires a permit before building, altering or moving any swimming pool or spa under…

Tazewell County requires every swimming pool in the unincorporated area to meet its accessory-structure zoning setback…

Tinley Park requires a building permit before installing a residential swimming pool, charging a flat $100 fee for an…

A building permit is required for any Swimming Pool or Hot Tub in Waukegan's residential districts, and Section…

Unincorporated Will County requires a $175 building permit for any above-ground pool, hot tub or spa capable of holding…

Winnebago County requires every swimming pool to meet Building Code permit standards, with in-ground pools enclosed by…

Illinois requires public and semi-public pools to be enclosed by barriers at least 4 feet high under the state Swimming…

Illinois law lets Champaign, Urbana, and the county require a barrier around a residential pool. Champaign and Urbana…

Illinois law lets Peoria County and the City of Peoria require a barrier around a residential pool, and the county will…

Every Springfield swimming pool capable of holding water deeper than 24 inches must be surrounded by a minimum…

Aurora's Property Maintenance Code bars draining pools, spas, or hot tubs onto a neighbor's yard, and its Building Code…

Champaign requires any private swimming pool, hot tub or spa holding more than 24 inches of water to be fully enclosed…

Chicago requires a building permit before installing a hot tub or spa deep enough to count as a swimming pool, plus a…

Hot tubs and spas 24 inches or more in depth require a building permit and Cook County Health Department approval in…

Illinois law (65 ILCS 5/11-30-9) empowers the Des Plaines City Council to require fences around, or protective covers…

Joliet requires a fence or wall at least four feet tall around any family or portable swimming pool, or around the…

Unincorporated Kane County requires every one- and two-family home to meet the barrier standard in Section 305 of the…

Unincorporated Kendall County requires a temporary fence around every in-ground swimming pool while it is being…

Unincorporated Lake County adopts the 2024 ICC International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, so hot tubs and spas need a…

In unincorporated Madison County, any swimming pool deeper than two feet must have a barrier at least four feet high…

Every outdoor residential pool, spa and hot tub in unincorporated McHenry County needs a barrier at least 48 inches…

Naperville requires physical barriers around every swimming pool, spa, and hot tub to block unsupervised access and…

Oak Lawn requires every swimming pool to be enclosed by fencing as a safety measure, six feet high with a self-closing…

Any swimming pool built in a licensed Rock Island County mobile home park must sit behind a fence or wall five to seven…

Rockford adopts the ICC International Swimming Pool Code by ordinance, so every swimming pool built or altered in the…

County code requires any residential pool barrier to stand at least 48 inches tall and its gates to close and latch…

Schaumburg requires any fence built around a swimming pool to meet the village's building and zoning code standards…

Village of Skokie Code Sec. 22-219(e) requires every private residential swimming pool, belowground, aboveground…

St. Clair County adopts the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2012, for residential pools. That code requires…

Tinley Park requires every outdoor swimming pool, spa or hot tub, whether in-ground, above-ground or on-ground, to be…

Unincorporated Will County requires every accessory swimming pool to have a perimeter barrier at least five feet high…

Winnebago County requires a fence or wall at least four feet high around every in-ground swimming pool in…