Kendall County, IL Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Kendall County Code § 8-55 requires a temporary fence around every in-ground swimming pool during excavation and construction, and the Code Official must approve the fence design before it goes up. That temporary requirement protects the site while work is underway; it runs alongside, not instead of, the County's adoption of the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code as part of the Building Code under Kendall County Code § 8-19(10), which sets the permanent barrier, gate and enclosure standards a completed pool must meet under the model code's own provisions.

00 zoning certificate under Section 8-46, an approved plat of survey confirming setbacks under Section 8-62, and the sequential site, backfill and final inspections described in Sections 8-33 through 8-45 before the Code Official signs off. Because the temporary fence requirement in Section 8-55 is limited to the construction period, homeowners and contractors need to consult the adopted 2018 ISPSC directly for the specific permanent barrier height, gate self-closing and self-latching, and separation requirements that apply once the pool is finished and in use; those detailed dimensional standards are set by the adopted model code rather than restated in the County's own ordinance text.