Swimming Pools & Spas in Wisconsin (2026)

Appleton requires a building permit before installing, altering or adding a residential swimming pool, backed by a plot…

Before building an in-ground or aboveground pool in Ashwaubenon, the owner must take out a building permit with a plot…

Anyone installing, altering or enlarging a residential swimming pool in the City of Beloit needs a permit from the…

Burlington requires a permit before installing any aboveground or in-ground swimming pool, with the only exemption…

Dane County zoning treats above-ground pools the same as in-ground ones: both are classified as 'buildings,' so…

De Pere requires a building permit before any swimming pool, hot tub, spa or backyard pond is built or installed. Sec…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bars anyone from building, installing, enlarging or altering a swimming pool without a permit from…

Green Bay requires a zoning permit before installing any permanent aboveground or in-ground pool, pond, or spa, plus a…

Every swimming pool, hot tub and spa in Kenosha needs a Building Code permit under Section 9.18, an applicant holding a…

Section 12.20.030 makes it unlawful to build, install, enlarge or alter a private residential swimming pool in…

Before pouring, erecting or remodeling a private swimming pool, Little Chute owners must file a written application and…

Any Marathon County pool holding more than 1.5 feet of water counts as a structure needing a zoning permit, and it must…

Middleton requires a building permit before constructing, altering, or improving a private swimming pool, with site…

The City of Milton requires a building permit before constructing, altering or remodeling a permanent swimming pool…

Milwaukee requires a pool construction permit from the health commissioner before building any outdoor private pool at…

Anyone building, altering or remodeling a private swimming pool in Mosinee must first get a swimming pool building…

Above-ground pools in Neenah skip the 44-inch fence if their walls or railings reach 44 inches high, but access ladders…

Before installing an in-ground pool in New Berlin, the property owner must get a building, plumbing, and electrical…

Racine County requires a zoning permit for any permanent residential swimming pool; only temporary above-ground pools…

Rothschild's Zoning Code lists pools among the structures needing a village permit before construction begins, and its…

Sun Prairie requires a building permit before installing any in-ground, on-ground or built-in swimming pool, at a flat…

Building a private swimming pool in Waukesha requires a building permit before construction starts. The zoning code…

Above-ground pools are permitted in most Waukesha County zoning districts. No separate fence is needed if the pool…

Wausau requires a building permit from the Building Inspector before anyone builds, alters, or adds to a private…

Wauwatosa requires a building permit before excavating for, constructing, installing or enlarging any pool, pond or…

West Allis requires a Building Inspector permit before anyone builds a pool larger than 75 square feet, plus submitted…

An above-ground pool 15 feet or wider, or one left up year-round, is a regulated swimming pool under Chapter 23 and…

Madison's Building Code lets homeowners skip the 48-inch fence otherwise required around a private swimming pool when…

Milwaukee County sets no pool fence rule. Private residential pool barriers are governed by each municipality's…

Dane County requires every public swimming pool to hold a valid permit from the county health officer before opening…

Every private residential pool in Appleton, in-ground or aboveground, must be enclosed by a secure 48-inch fence that…

Ashwaubenon requires every swimming pool or hot tub to be isolated from neighboring property by a barrier at least 50…

Every outdoor swimming pool in the City of Beloit needs a fence at least 4 feet 6 inches high under § 9.26(5) of the…

Brown County requires a Health Officer license for public swimming pools and applies the state pool sanitation code…

Burlington requires a fence or solid enclosure at least four feet tall around any permitted pool, with gaps no larger…

De Pere requires a fence at least four feet high, measured from grade, to completely enclose every swimming pool, hot…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin's Chapter 35 building code requires every inground pool not enclosed in a permanent building to be…

Any Green Bay pool, pond, or spa that needs a permit must be fenced 48 to 96 inches high, able to resist 200 pounds of…

Kenosha requires a 48-inch to 6-foot self-closing, self-latching fence around any pool, hot tub or spa two feet deep or…

In unincorporated Kenosha County, no swimming pool may be filled with water until a code-compliant safety barrier is in…

Every swimming pool in Little Chute needs a secure fence at least 48 inches tall with no gap wide enough for a six-inch…

Madison requires every public swimming pool to hold a Public Swimming Pool license before opening, issued jointly by…

Middleton requires any residential pool not enclosed in a permanent building to be surrounded by a 4-to-6-foot fence…

The City of Milton requires in-ground pools to have a four-foot fence with self-closing, self-latching gates, and…

Milwaukee requires private swimming pools and spas that reach a 36-inch depth or 3,965-gallon capacity to be enclosed…

Every residential swimming pool in Mosinee not enclosed inside a building needs a fence or wall at least six feet tall…

Neenah requires every private residential pool, in-ground or above-ground, to be enclosed by a fence at least 44 inches…

Every private in-ground pool in New Berlin must be enclosed by a fence or wall between four and six feet high with no…

No county-wide residential pool fence rule exists; barriers are set by your town, city, or village. Wisconsin's…

Every outdoor private swimming pool in Rothschild needs a fence or wall at least four feet high with no gaps larger…

Sun Prairie requires every outdoor swimming pool to be enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high with a…

Every private swimming pool in Waukesha must be enclosed by a detached wall or fence at least four feet high, set no…

Waukesha County requires a wall or fence at least four feet high around an in-ground pool, but an above-ground pool is…

Wausau requires any outdoor pool not enclosed by a building to be surrounded by a fence between six and eight feet…

Wauwatosa requires a fence or solid barrier at least three and a half feet tall around any pool or body of water two…

West Allis requires every outdoor swimming or wading pool to be surrounded by a fence at least 4 feet tall with no gaps…

Winnebago County requires backyard pools to meet current National Spa and Pool Institute and ANSI standards for…