Stanislaus County, CA Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

25, then rewrote several sections to fit county practice. 2, titled 'Enclosures,' is one of them: rather than spelling out its own fence-height or gate-latch numbers, the county deleted the ICC's stock enclosure language and replaced it with a straight cross-reference to the California Building Code's pool-safety chapter, Part 2, Volume 2, Section 3109. That means any private swimming pool, hot tub, or spa built or maintained on unincorporated land, outside Modesto, Turlock, Ceres, Riverbank, Oakdale, Patterson, Newman, Waterford, or Hughson, which enforce their own municipal codes, must meet the state's drowning-prevention barrier standard rather than a county-specific fence spec.

020 for the whole housing code chapter. If the code official finds a substandard condition tied to a missing or noncompliant enclosure, the property owner receives a written notice describing the defect and the corrective deadline; anyone with a recorded interest in the property may appeal that notice and order to the county's Building Code Board of Appeals, but the appeal must be filed in writing within 30 days of service or the right to a hearing is waived. 3) and governs light, ventilation, and plumbing fixtures, so a pool-enclosure complaint often arrives alongside other property-maintenance findings during a single inspection.