Salt Lake County, UT Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing rule
- Health Regulation No. 2
- Adopting authority
- County board of health
- Statutory authority
- Utah Code §26-24-20
- Penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, each day a separate offense
- Copies on file
- County clerk and health department
- Applies to
- Public pools, unincorporated county
Summary
Public swimming pools in unincorporated Salt Lake County are governed by Health Regulation No. 2, a county board of health regulation on pool design, construction and operation that County Code §9.36.010 adopts by reference in its entirety. Violating the regulation is a Class B misdemeanor, and each day a problem continues counts as a separate offense.
The provisions of the health department, Health Regulation No. 2, entitled "Design, Construction, and Operation of Public Swimming Pools," as currently adopted by the board of health under authority of Section 26-24-20, Utah Code Annotated (1953), as amended, are hereby incorporated in their entirety by reference. Three copies of the current regulations shall be filed with and retained by the county clerk and with the health department for examination by any person.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 49).
Full Breakdown
Salt Lake County Code §9.36.010 does not spell out pool standards itself. Instead it incorporates, in their entirety, the provisions of Health Regulation No. 2, titled Design, Construction, and Operation of Public Swimming Pools, as currently adopted by the county board of health under authority of Utah Code §26-24-20. Because the code adopts the regulation as currently adopted and as amended, changes the board of health makes flow into enforceable county law without the code chapter itself being rewritten. The practical effect for a pool operator is that the binding technical requirements, covering how a public pool is designed, how it is constructed, and how it is operated, live in the health regulation rather than in the ordinance book, and the health department enforces them.
The code requires three copies of the current regulation to be filed with and retained by the county clerk and with the health department, expressly for examination by any person. An operator, designer or resident who wants the exact standards can therefore read them at either office rather than searching Chapter 9.36 for details that are not printed there. The chapter applies to public pools in the unincorporated county.
Violations & Fines
Violating any provision of Health Regulation No. 2's pool design, construction or operation standards is a Class B misdemeanor under §9.36.020, and each day a violation continues is counted as a separate offense. That daily accrual means an uncorrected deficiency generates a new count for every day it stands, not a single charge.
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