Mississippi adopted the International Residential Code statewide under Miss. Code Ann. Β§ 17-25-21 (Mississippi Building Code Council). Residential swimming pools in Gautier must comply with IRC Appendix AG (Section AG105 Barrier Requirements): a barrier at least 48 inches high on the outside, openings that do not allow a 4-inch sphere to pass, and self-closing, self-latching gates opening outward from the pool. The William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act (Miss. Code Ann. Ch. 45-43) applies to public, semi-public, hotel, motel, apartment, and HOA pools, not single-family residential pools.
Mississippi authorizes statewide adoption of the International Building and Residential Codes through Miss. Code Ann. Β§ 17-25-21, which establishes the Mississippi Building Code Council. Mississippi adopted the 2018 IBC/IRC family. For one- and two-family residential swimming pools, IRC Appendix AG, Section AG105 (Barrier Requirements) governs: barriers must be at least 48 inches high measured on the outside; the maximum vertical clearance at grade is 2 inches; openings must not allow passage of a 4-inch sphere; for fences with horizontal members spaced less than 45 inches apart, vertical spacing cannot exceed 1.75 inches. Gates must open outward away from the pool, be self-closing and self-latching, and where the release is less than 54 inches above the bottom of the gate, the release must be on the pool side at least 3 inches below the top of the gate. The William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act (Miss. Code Ann. Β§Β§ 45-43-1 to 45-43-31) imposes more detailed enclosure, gate, and inspection requirements but, by its terms, applies to property owners or owners' associations that own, control, or maintain a public, semi-public, hotel, motel, apartment, or HOA pool β not a private single-family residential pool. Section 45-43-9 requires gate latches at least 60 inches above the ground (with limited lower-installation exceptions), and the Act prohibits chain-link fencing for new pool yard enclosures constructed after July 1, 2012. Gautier's Planning and Building Department (228-497-8000) issues pool building permits and conducts barrier inspections at final. The City has not published a separate municipal pool barrier ordinance more stringent than the IRC.
Construction of a residential swimming pool without a building permit or without a code-compliant barrier is a violation enforceable by Gautier Planning and Building under the City's adopted Mississippi Building Code provisions. Typical remedies include stop-work orders, denial of final inspection, and code citations until a compliant barrier is installed. For pools subject to the William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act (apartments, hotels, HOA pools, condominiums), violations of Miss. Code Ann. Β§Β§ 45-43-7 (enclosure), 45-43-9 (gates and latches), and the Act's chain-link prohibition for new enclosures after July 1, 2012 carry separate state-law penalties.
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