Kootenai County has no separate pool-fence ordinance; barrier rules come from the International Residential Code adopted in Title 7. That standard requires a barrier at least 48 inches high with self-closing, self-latching gates around residential pools.
Because Kootenai County adopts the International Residential Code through Title 7, the private-pool barrier requirements of that code apply to pools in the unincorporated county. The county's Title 7 adoption expressly includes IRC Appendix G, the residential swimming-pool section, which sets barrier height, gate, and latch standards. Under that IRC appendix a barrier surrounding a private pool must be at least 48 inches high, with gates that are self-closing and self-latching and openings that a small sphere cannot pass through. The county Building Department verifies the barrier at inspection. Cities (Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden) enforce their own adopted building codes inside city limits.
A pool that fails barrier inspection cannot receive final approval; the Building Department requires correction to the adopted IRC standard before the pool is approved for use.
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