Springfield, MO Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Springfield's child day care regulations set a specific fencing standard: swimming and wading pools at day care facilities must be fenced to keep children out, with a fence at least four feet high and a locked gate, and the pool water must be treated and maintained under health-department rules. This barrier rule is written into the day care article of the Land Development Code rather than as a citywide residential pool ordinance, general home pools instead fall under the city's adopted 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (§ 36-1801), whose barrier chapter is incorporated by reference rather than reprinted in the local code text.