Public and semi-public pools in Mobile County must sit behind a barrier at least four feet high under MCHD Rules §9.2. A private backyard pool has no county fence ordinance and no zoning setback.
MCHD Rules §9.2 require every outdoor public or semi-public pool, the community, apartment, and hotel pools the Health Department regulates, to be enclosed by a fence, wall, or building at least four feet high, with any gap under the barrier no more than two inches. Mobile County has no zoning, so a private backyard pool faces no county fence law; it is built under the adopted 2012 IRC and the county building permit, and a fence seven feet or less needs no permit of its own.
A public pool enclosed by a barrier under four feet, or with a gap over two inches beneath it, fails Health Department inspection and cannot keep its operational permit.
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