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

Yuba County's Swimming Pool Safety Act (Chapter 10.40) lets a pool owner satisfy the drowning-prevention requirement with an enclosure that isolates the pool from the home and adjoining property (§10.40.035(a)(1)). When that option is used, §10.40.040 sets detailed standards: the enclosure must have a minimum height of 60 inches; access gates must open away from the pool and be self-closing with a self-latching device placed no lower than 60 inches above the ground; maximum vertical clearance from the ground to the bottom of the enclosure is two inches; and gaps must not allow passage of a 4-inch sphere. The outside surface must be free of handholds or footholds that would let a child under five climb over. For fences with horizontal members less than 45 inches apart, the horizontals go on the pool side and vertical spacing cannot exceed 1¾ inches; where horizontals are 45 inches or more apart, vertical spacing cannot exceed 4 inches. Chain-link mesh is limited to a 1¼-inch square (9-gauge wire minimum) unless slatted down to 1¾ inches. Diagonal/lattice openings cannot exceed 1¾ inches. The County notes the state Act (H&S Code §115920 et seq.) protects only the lot where the pool is built, so Yuba County added these neighbor-protection rules (§10.40.020).