Dunedin enforces the Florida Building Code-Residential pool barrier rules, requiring a 4-foot minimum barrier surrounding residential pools with self-closing, self-latching gates that open outward and have releases on the pool side.
Dunedin amended its fence code so that fences serving as pool barriers must comply with the current Florida Building Code-Residential and Chapter 515, Florida Statutes. The barrier must be at least 48 inches high on the outside, free of gaps, indentations, or climbable features that could allow a young child to crawl under, squeeze through, or climb over. Gates must open outward away from the pool, be self-closing, and equipped with a self-latching device with the release mechanism located on the pool side at least 54 inches above the ground. A dwelling wall may serve as part of the barrier only if it has no door or window that provides access to the pool unless those openings are alarmed.
Non-compliant pool barriers result in code citations, failed final inspections, daily fines, and inability to fill or use the pool until corrected.
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