Aurora, CO Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- ISPSC 2021 Edition
- Local amendment
- backwash to sanitary drain, air gap
- Enforced by
- Chief Building Official
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. No. 2021-65, 12-6-2021
Summary
Aurora requires all swimming pools and spas to meet the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, adopted citywide by City Code § 22-349, with a local rule sending backwash and draining water to the sanitary sewer.
The International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2021 Edition, first printing October 2020, published by the International Code Council, and referenced standards attached thereto, referred to in this article as the "ISPSC," is adopted with the amendments and resources as set forth in this article. Copies of the ISPSC are available for inspection at the offices of the city clerk, the city attorney, and the chief building official.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-30, passed June 22, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Aurora doesn't write its own pool-safety technical standards from scratch. City Code § 22-349 adopts the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC), 2021 Edition, as "the Swimming Pool and Spa Code of the City of Aurora," so anti-entrapment drain covers, barrier/fence rules, and alarm requirements come from that adopted model code, enforced by the Chief Building Official through the standard building-permit process. Aurora amended just one provision locally: § 22-350 deletes ISPSC § 320.1 and requires backwash and draining water to discharge to the sanitary drain through an air gap, with no direct connection to the disposal system. Utilities Code § 138-1112 separately bars connecting non-backwash pool drains to the sanitary sewer.
Violations & Fines
Pools and spas built or altered without ISPSC-compliant permits are building-code violations handled by the Chief Building Official; unauthorized backwash or drain connections violate § 22-350 and the utilities cross-connection rule at § 138-1112.
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