Residential pool fencing in Nashua follows the 2021 ISPSC adopted under NRO Sec. 105-25 (per RSA 155-A as updated by HB 1681, effective December 31, 2024). ISPSC Section 305.2.1 requires the barrier to be 'not less than 48 inches above grade' on the side facing away from the pool. Section 305.3 prohibits openings allowing passage of a 4-inch sphere. Section 305.5 requires self-closing, self-latching gates that open outward, with the release on the pool side at least 3 inches below the top when the release is below 54 inches. Section 305.6 governs dwelling walls used as part of the barrier.
NRO Sec. 105-25 adopts the ISPSC as 'the Residential Swimming Pool and Spa Code of the City of Nashua, in the State of New Hampshire, for the control of residential swimming pools and spas and systems.' ISPSC 2021 Section 305.2.1: 'The top of the barrier shall be not less than 48 inches above grade where measured on the side of the barrier that faces away from the pool or spa, with such height existing around the entire perimeter of the barrier and for a distance of 3 feet measured horizontally from the outside of the required barrier.' Section 305.2.4 caps the maximum vertical clearance from grade to the bottom of the barrier at 2 inches. Section 305.3 (Openings): 'Openings in the barrier shall not allow passage of a 4-inch-diameter sphere.' Section 305.4 limits solid barriers (no indentations or protrusions, except normal construction tolerances). Section 305.5 (Gates): 'Pedestrian access gates shall open outward away from the pool or spa, shall be self-closing and shall have a self-latching device. Where the release mechanism of the self-latching device is located less than 54 inches from grade, the release mechanism shall be located on the pool or spa side of the gate not less than 3 inches below the top of the gate, and the gate and barrier shall have no opening greater than 1/2 inch within 18 inches of the release mechanism.' Nashua applies these provisions as written under RSA 155-A; Department of Building Safety performs barrier inspections.
A pool barrier less than 48 inches above grade violates ISPSC Sec. 305.2.1. A grade-to-bottom clearance greater than 2 inches violates Sec. 305.2.4. Openings allowing a 4-inch-diameter sphere to pass violate Sec. 305.3. Pool gates that swing inward, are not self-closing, lack self-latching hardware, or have a latch release below 54 inches not on the pool side, violate Sec. 305.5. Failed barrier inspection prevents the Department of Building Safety from finalizing the pool permit.
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