In unincorporated Lake County, any pool or hot tub deeper than 42 inches must be enclosed by a fence or wall at least 4 feet high measured from grade at the base of the fence. This barrier requirement mirrors the Indiana Residential Code and is the core drowning-prevention rule.
Lake County UDO 154-9-140.B sets the barrier standard for unincorporated land. The barrier requirement applies to both in-ground and above-ground pools and to hot tubs over 42 inches deep. The Indiana Residential Code (675 IAC 14) similarly requires a barrier at least 48 inches high with self-closing, self-latching gates, no gaps wider than 4 inches, and pool-side release hardware. Cities within Lake County adopt their own equivalent barrier codes.
An unfenced or non-compliant pool barrier is a code violation; the county can order the pool secured or drained and impose fines until the barrier is brought into compliance.
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