Collierville, TN Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum pool fence height
- 48 inches from finished grade
- Governing code
- Town's adopted Swimming Pool Code, as amended (§ 150.110)
- Opacity limit
- Pool barrier exempt from the 75% fence opacity limit
- Pool placement
- Behind front facade, at least five feet from structure and lot lines
- Permit plan
- Plot plan must depict required fencing
- Appeals body
- Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals
Summary
In the Town of Collierville, Tennessee, pool fencing must be a minimum of 48 inches in height measured from finished grade, and all other fence provisions of the adopted Swimming Pool Code, as amended, apply. A pool barrier required by that code is also exempt from the 75% front yard opacity limit that binds ordinary fences.
7. A pool barrier as required by the Swimming Pool Code adopted by the Town of Collierville; ... (17) Swimming pools. In accordance with the Swimming Pool Code adopted by the Town of Collierville, as amended, fencing for pools shall be a minimum of 48 inches in height as measured from the finished grade. All other fence provisions in the currently-adopted Swimming Pool Code as amended shall apply.
Full Breakdown
Section 151.006(C)(17) of the Collierville zoning chapter sets the zoning-side rule for pool barriers: in accordance with the Swimming Pool Code adopted by the Town of Collierville, as amended, fencing for pools shall be a minimum of 48 inches in height as measured from the finished grade. It then incorporates the rest of that code: all other fence provisions in the currently-adopted Swimming Pool Code as amended shall apply. Gate, latch and barrier-opening details therefore sit in the adopted pool code, which this record does not quote.
The adopted pool code is the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code with Town modifications under § 150.110. Under that section, the code official is the person appointed or designated by the municipal governing body to administer and enforce the provisions, and appeals of orders, decisions or determinations go to the Town of Collierville Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals.
Two other zoning rules touch pool barriers. Under § 151.006(C)(8)(d), a pool barrier as required by the Swimming Pool Code is exempt from the 75% opacity limit on fences between a street and a principal structure, subject to Design Review Commission review or, in the Historic District, Historic District Commission review. And § 151.025(22) places outdoor pools on residential lots behind the front facade of the dwelling and at least five feet from the principal structure and any lot line, bars pools within easements, and requires the pool permit application plot plan to depict required fencing along with setbacks, easements, utilities and stormwater features.
Violations & Fines
A pool fence below 48 inches, or one that fails the adopted Swimming Pool Code, violates § 151.006(C)(17). The Town can issue a notice of violation under § 31.48 with a correction deadline, backed by prosecution, injunction, abatement, civil penalties or withheld permits. Under § 10.99, each offense is fined not more than $50 or the state maximum, whichever is greater, and each day of violation is a separate offense. Fence work also needs a Development Department permit under § 151.006(C)(2)(b).
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