Acworth, GA Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

' That five-foot minimum sits above the four-foot cap the same section places on fences within a residential front setback, meaning a pool enclosure in a front yard area is treated as an exception to the shorter front-yard limit because the safety barrier takes priority. The gate mechanism is not optional: it must both close and latch itself, so a homeowner cannot satisfy the rule with a gate that has to be manually secured every time. The pool fence also has to meet the general fence maintenance standard in the same section, which requires all fences to be kept free of damage, missing sections, or other defects the city can treat as a nuisance, and the finished, more attractive side of the fence has to face outward toward neighboring property rather than the pool.

Because this sits inside the zoning ordinance's site development standards, a pool permit application is reviewed against this fencing requirement as a condition of approval, not as a separate afterthought once the pool is built.