Queen Creek, AZ Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing Requirements (2026)

The Town of Queen Creek requires a pool barrier for all swimming pools, both above-ground and in-ground. According to the Town's Pool Barrier Information, one way to comply is a five-foot-high fence on three sides of the pool combined with either a motorized safety pool cover, or a four-foot barrier between the pool and the living quarters, or a ground-level door that is self-closing and self-latching. Another compliant option is a five-foot-high fence on all sides of the pool. Every opening up to four feet in width in a required barrier must be provided with a minimum five-foot-high self-closing access gate that opens outward away from the pool and has a self-latching device. These standards are adopted in Town Ordinance No. 479-10, effective June 19, 2010, and explained in the Town's Pools, Spas and Hot Tub Commentary. Because Queen Creek has adopted its own barrier ordinance, it enforces those local provisions in addition to the Arizona state pool-enclosure baseline in A.R.S. 36-1681, which itself requires at least a five-foot wall, fence or barrier with no openings a four-inch sphere can pass through. Separately, fence/wall construction in Queen Creek requires a Construction Permit, a site plan showing boundary lines and existing/proposed fencing, and either use of a Town-approved standard fence detail or engineered drawings for masonry/concrete work.