Ridgewood, NJ Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Village of Ridgewood Code § 190-124F states that enclosures for swimming pools and hot tubs must comply with the Uniform Construction Code of the State of New Jersey in addition to the Village's own fence and wall regulations, and that where the two conflict, the more restrictive requirement governs. The Village's standard fence height cap for residential properties is four feet under § 190-124F(3)(a), but that same subsection carves out an exception up to six feet where the fence is located in the side and/or rear yard and serves as a required enclosure for a regulated pool.

That taller pool fence is conditional on the pool remaining in place: if the pool is removed or no longer required to be enclosed, the fence must be removed, reduced in height, or otherwise brought back into compliance with the four-foot standard under Chapter 190. Ridgewood's former freestanding pool ordinance, old Chapter 251, Swimming Pools, was repealed by Ord. No. 3591 on April 12, 2017, and that chapter number was later reassigned to Telecommunications Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way; pool barrier and enclosure standards for the Village now run through this zoning section together with the state's Uniform Construction Code rather than a standalone Village pool ordinance.