Stamford, CT Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger depth
- 24 inches of water
- Standard used
- CT State Building Code barrier
- Fine
- $200 per day
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 1099, 3-2-2009
Summary
Any Stamford property with a swimming pool 24 inches or deeper must have an enclosure that makes the pool inaccessible to small children, built to the barrier standard in the Connecticut State Building Code.
Every person owning land on which there is situated a swimming pool which contains twenty-four (24) inches or more of water in depth at any point shall erect and maintain thereon an adequate enclosure surrounding the property or pool area sufficient to make such body of water inaccessible to small children. Such enclosure shall satisfy the barrier requirements of the Connecticut State Building Code, as it may be amended from time to time.B.Every person owning land on which there is situated a swimming pool which contains twenty-four (24) inches or more of water in depth at any point shall install and maintain any and all pool alarms that may be required by the barrier requirements of the Connecticut State Building Code, as it may be amended from time to time. Footnotes: --- (2) --- (Adopted 3-2-2009 by Ord. No. 1099)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 72).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 218-1(A), adopted by the Board of Representatives and amended March 2, 2009 by Ordinance No. 1099, puts the enclosure duty on the landowner: pools 24 inches deep or more require an adequate enclosure sufficient to keep small children out, built to the barrier requirements of the Connecticut State Building Code. The ordinance doesn't set its own fence height or gate spec, it incorporates whatever the state code requires, so specifics like height and self-closing gates come from that state standard, not a separate Stamford figure.
Violations & Fines
Any violation is fined $200, with each day the violation continues counted as a separate offense; the chapter is enforceable through the City's civil citation process under §§ 218-4 and 218-5.
Frequently Asked Questions
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