Millcreek, PA Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Section 145-36 of the Millcreek Township Code applies to private swimming pools, aboveground and in-ground, wherever the zoning district permits them. Subsection D is the barrier rule: the pool area or the entire property on which the pool is located shall meet the barrier requirements as established in the Pennsylvania Construction Code. The Township's own section does not restate barrier height, gate or latch dimensions. Those come from the Construction Code the section points to, which the editor's note identifies as 35 P.S. § 7210.101 et seq., so a builder reads both documents.

The section adds zoning conditions of its own. Under subsection A the pool must be intended and used solely for the enjoyment of the occupants of the property. Subsection B restricts it to the Rear Yard or Side Yard. Under subsection C, the pool, including aboveground decking or any appurtenance, cannot be closer than seven feet from any side or rear Property Line. On a Corner Lot, subsection E bars the pool from extending beyond the Front Yard Setback line.

A fence used as the barrier is also a fence under § 145-31. That section caps a Solid Fence at six feet outside Commercial, Mixed Use and Industrial districts, limits anything in front of the Building front plane along a Front Yard Street line to four feet, and requires the finished side of a Solid Fence in a Residential Zoning District to face the Street. Walls and fences built to § 145-31 are exempt from front, side and Rear Yard regulations.