Unincorporated Washington County enforces no residential building code, so it mandates no pool barrier. But Fayetteville and Springdale enforce the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, which requires a 48-inch barrier with a self-closing, self-latching gate.
The Arkansas Department of Health does not regulate single-family residential pools, and unincorporated Washington County enforces no building code, so no county officer inspects a backyard pool barrier. Safety rests on the owner. Inside Fayetteville and Springdale the picture is different, because both cities enforce the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, the IRC-based code that requires a barrier at least 48 inches high, a self-closing and self-latching gate, and openings that reject a four-inch sphere. Even where no code applies, a compliant barrier is the practical standard, since Arkansas premises liability and the attractive-nuisance doctrine hold pool owners responsible for child access.
Inside a city, a barrier under 48 inches or a gate that fails to self-latch fails inspection. Anywhere, an unfenced pool invites attractive-nuisance liability for a child's injury.
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