Raymond, MS Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing Requirements (2026)

Raymond regulates swimming pool fencing through its building permit process administered by the City Building Inspector (Jeff Williamson, 110 Courtyard Square, 601-857-8041). The City of Raymond does not maintain a public-facing swimming-pool fencing ordinance on raymondms.com. Mississippi adopted the International Residential Code as its base residential building code through the Mississippi Building Code Council under Miss. Code Ann. §17-2-1 et seq., and IRC Appendix AG105 — where adopted — requires residential pool barriers at least 48 inches high (measured from finished ground), with no openings allowing passage of a 4-inch sphere, gates that open outward away from the pool, and self-closing/self-latching latch hardware located at least 54 inches above the ground. The state-level Mississippi William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act, codified at Miss. Code Ann. §§45-43-1 through 45-43-31, sets enclosure standards (§45-43-7) at minimum 48 inches in height measured from the ground on the side away from the pool, prohibits chain-link in new enclosures built after July 1, 2012, prohibits diagonal fencing members lower than 49 inches, caps decorative openings at 1-3/4 inches, and (§45-43-9) requires self-closing and self-latching gates. Critically, the Montjoy Act applies only to owners of multiunit rental complexes and property owners associations that own, control, or maintain a pool — it does not regulate private single-family residential pools (§45-43-7). For single-family pools, the city's permit review and any IRC-adopted residential standard control. Pull a building permit through the City Building Inspector before installing or replacing pool fencing or a pool, and confirm whether Raymond enforces IRC Appendix AG105.