A pool barrier is one way to satisfy Florida's pool safety law, and when used it must stand at least 4 feet high on the outside with no gaps a child can crawl under, squeeze through, or climb over, under Fla. Stat. §515.29.
Fla. Stat. §515.29 sets the barrier specifications for a residential pool in St. Johns County. The barrier must be at least 4 feet high measured on the outside and cannot have gaps, openings, indentations, protrusions, or structural components that let a young child crawl under, squeeze through, or climb over it. Gates must open outward away from the pool and self-close and self-latch, with the latch release on the pool side out of a child's reach. A barrier is not strictly mandatory — §515.27 accepts an approved safety cover or alarms instead — but a fence is the most common choice in St. Johns communities.
A barrier under 4 feet, or one with footholds or wide gaps, fails the §515.29 specification, and the pool cannot pass final inspection until it is corrected.
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