Gretna, LA Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Sections 10-302 and 10-303 govern unprotected pools in Chapter 10, Article VI, Division 2. Section 10-302 declares any swimming pool or open excavation on or within 500 feet of residential property to be a public nuisance if it is unprotected, unsupervised, or otherwise dangerous. Section 10-303(a) spells out the defects that make a pool dangerous: it is not enclosed on all sides by a fence or other barrier that prevents access, or its gate does not open outward away from the pool and lacks self-closing and self-latching hardware, or it holds noxious growth or stagnant water, or it sits unmaintained on a vacant or abandoned lot, or it otherwise violates chapter 20 or the Louisiana Uniform Construction Code in a way that makes the pool dangerous to people on the property.

Subsection (b) adds that even a fenced pool can still be deemed dangerous if it endangers the public despite being secured, or if the security measures used do not actually keep out unauthorized access under (a)(1) or (2). Under § 10-304, city personnel can inspect a complaint-driven or officer-reported premises to check for a dangerous pool, and § 10-305 sends a finding of a dangerous pool to a hearing before the presiding officer of the mayor's court, who can order the pool repaired and maintained, or drained and filled, or demolished, within a period the order sets, not to exceed 15 days unless the city decides more time is needed.

00 administrative fee, plus separately calculated demolition or securing costs, if it has to act on an unrepaired dangerous pool, and those costs become a lien on the property bearing ten percent annual interest until paid.