Centennial, CO Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2021 ISPSC, by reference
- Governing section
- § 18-9-10(b)
- Local amendments
- Title substitution only
- Violation penalty
- Civil infraction, § 18-9-40
Summary
Centennial adopts the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code by reference as its own Swimming Pool and Spa Code, so the model code's drain-cover, entrapment-protection, and alarm standards apply directly to every pool and spa built or used in the city.
The International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2021 Edition as published by the International Code Council, 4051 Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478, Chapters 1 through 67 inclusive, ("ISPSC"), is hereby adopted by reference as the City of Centennial Swimming Pool and Spa Code as if fully set out in this Article with the additions, deletions, insertions and changes as set forth in this Article.(b)No pool or spa shall be designed, constructed, installed, quality of materials, located and maintained or used in the City unless the same shall, as to design, construction, quality of materials and workmanship, conform with the ISPSC, as adopted and as amended. (Ord. 2015-O-15 §2; Ord. No. 2023-O-06, §17)
Full Breakdown
Rather than writing separate pool-safety rules, Centennial's Building Regulations chapter adopts the ISPSC wholesale. Section 18-9-10(b) states that no pool or spa shall be designed, constructed, installed, or used in the City unless it conforms to the ISPSC as adopted and amended: pulling in the model code's suction-entrapment, drain-cover, and barrier/alarm provisions as binding city law. The City's local amendments are limited to a title substitution at § 18-9-30(1); the substantive safety standards are the ISPSC's own. Violating the adopted code is a civil infraction under § 18-9-40, punishable up to the maximum civil penalty set in § 1-4-10(b).
Violations & Fines
Building, altering, or operating a pool or spa that doesn't conform to the adopted ISPSC, including its drain-cover and entrapment-protection standards, is a civil infraction under § 18-9-40, with a penalty up to the cap in § 1-4-10(b).
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