Swimming Pools & Spas in North Dakota (2026)
7 rules on the books across North Dakota, 3 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Pool Permits
Building and electrical permits required before installing a pool, including the depth and size thresholds that trigger them, and where above-ground and inflatable pools fall in or out of the rules.
North Dakota: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsNorth Dakota adopts the International Building Code and International Residential Code statewide under NDCC Chapter…
Read full rule →Cass County
Some RestrictionsCass County requires health department approval of construction plans before building, altering or remodeling any pool…
Read full rule →Fargo
Some RestrictionsFargo's amended Residential Code exempts swimming pools under 24 inches deep from a building permit: anything deeper…
Read full rule →Grand Forks
Some RestrictionsGrand Forks City Code Article 8 of Chapter XIII requires a separate building permit before anyone erects, constructs…
Read full rule →Fencing & Safety Requirements
Mandatory barriers around pools, spas, and hot tubs, minimum heights, self-latching gate specs, and the alarm, cover, and anti-entrapment rules that ride along with them.
Fargo
Significant RestrictionsCommercial and public pools in Fargo must comply with the 2016 CDC Model Aquatic Health Code, hold a health department…
Read full rule →Cass County
Some RestrictionsCass County's health department licenses and inspects public and semi-public pools, and bars anyone with a communicable…
Read full rule →Grand Forks
Some RestrictionsGrand Forks City Code section 13-0811 requires every outdoor private swimming pool to be enclosed with a fence at least…
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