Long Branch, NJ Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Section 345-44 of the Long Branch Zoning Code, "Swimming pools," as amended by Ordinance No. 19-93 on June 22, 1993, sets the city's placement and fencing standards for residential pools. The section requires that all swimming pools be constructed and erected in accordance with the local Health Department regulations and existing ordinances, cross-referencing Chapter 303, Swimming Pools, Article II, Public Recreational Bathing Places, for the health-code side of pool operation. On placement, the zoning section bars pools from any front yard area and requires a minimum 10-foot setback from any side or rear lot line, keeping pools out of view from the street and away from neighboring property lines.

The core safety requirement is the fence: every swimming pool must be enclosed by a fence or wall at least four feet high, a barrier meant to keep unsupervised children and passersby from entering the pool area. The section classifies a swimming pool as a permitted accessory use, but only when it sits on a site that already contains a permitted residential use, so a pool cannot be installed as a stand-alone use on a vacant residential lot. Because § 345-44 sits inside Chapter 345, Zoning, violations of its terms, including the front-yard prohibition, the 10-foot setback and the four-foot fence height, are enforced the same way as other zoning violations in the city, through the Zoning Officer and the other officials named in § 345-79, with each day of a fencing violation treated as its own offense.