Memphis, TN Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Chapter 9-92 regulates public swimming pools, any artificial or semiartificial body of water used for public or semipublic swimming, open to the general public or to members of a club, association or other organization, under the direct supervision of the city and county health department. 00 annual fee due January 1 and payable by January 31. The health officer can revoke a permit for noncompliance or whenever continued operation threatens bathers' health and safety, though a revoked operator can appeal to the city council, and the pool must stay closed pending that appeal.

Section 9-92-12 sets the core safety standard: 'all reasonable precautions' to protect bathers from injury, convenient ingress and egress, clearly marked water depths and bottom irregularities on both sides of the pool, and mandatory safety appliances, life buoys, life hooks, bamboo poles or ropes, and first aid equipment, kept readily accessible. Section 9-92-13 requires a sufficient number of attendants who are capable swimmers trained in lifesaving and artificial resuscitation whenever the pool is in use. Related sections in the same chapter cover water quality (§ 9-92-5), disinfection (§ 9-92-6), dressing rooms and toilets (§§ 9-92-8, 9-92-9), and a ban on admitting swimmers with skin eruptions, infected eyes, or communicable disease (§ 9-92-14). The health department can publish sanitary-condition grades for public pools under § 9-92-18.