Sherman, TX Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Sherman adopts the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code as item (10) of § 3.02.001(a) and then changes it in § 3.03.010, which has three local amendments. Pool drainage must discharge into the sewer system through an air gap, with a code-approved P-trap on the sewer side. A reduced pressure principal backflow prevention assembly must be installed on all water fill lines to a swimming pool or spa. The barrier rule is the third amendment: barriers on public swimming pools shall be six feet in height.

Section 3.03.010 prints that height for public pools only and prints no separate height for a private pool. Article 6.04, the public pools article, supplies the surrounding rules. Section 6.04.002 defines a private pool as a pool on private, residential property under the control of the homeowner or tenant and limited to family or invited guests, and it defines a public pool by reference to the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code adopted by the city. Under § 6.04.007, no person may construct, modify or repair a public pool in the City of Sherman without approval from the health department, and the applicant must already hold a construction permit from the city before submitting plans.

Section 6.04.008 requires an operational permit that expires on March thirty-first of each year, and the operator must designate a manager of operations employed on the premises. The health department enforces the article under § 6.04.004 and has right of entry at any reasonable hour under § 6.04.009.