Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Article II of Chapter 367 of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Code sets the barrier standard for private pools, and the barrier definition in § 367-12 does the measuring. A fence must be at least four feet in height, made of sound material erected in accordance with good trade practice, with a gate and no space between adjacent fence components of more than four inches. The code names chain link, wood picket, stockade, woven wire, woven wood and snow fence as acceptable types, and the fence must completely surround the pool.

A wall of brick, stone or masonry material, dry or masoned, must also be at least four feet high, including its gate, and completely surround the pool. A side of a building can be part of a barrier. Section 367-13 sorts pools into six classes, and § 367-14(A) applies the barrier rule to Class I sunken, Class II partly sunken, Class III aboveground permanent and Class IV aboveground nonpermanent pools. The exception is a Class II, III or IV pool whose sides are four feet or more above adjacent ground level and are of nonclimbable material.

Under § 367-14(B), Class II, III and IV pool ladders must be removed or made inaccessible when the pool is not in operation, and no filter, piping or other climbable object can sit nearer than three feet to the pool. Under § 367-14(C), wherever a barrier is required, gates must be closed and secured by a self-engaging latch when the pool is not in use, and under § 367-14(D) a property or lien fence that meets the barrier requirements counts as the barrier. Section 367-15 exempts any pool more than 250 feet from any public road or 300 feet from any dwelling other than the pool owner dwelling, and all Class V wading or other small pools and Class VI natural pools.

Under § 367-16, on an owner application the Township Council can modify or eliminate the barrier on a showing of good cause if protection to the public is not substantially reduced.