Stonecrest, GA Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Section 4.2.50 is the zoning code's dedicated pool fencing and setback standard, and it covers community swimming pools and their customary accessory buildings and structures, the shared amenity pools typically found at HOA clubhouses, apartment complexes and similar developments rather than a single-family backyard pool. The rule sets two requirements together: a minimum 15-foot setback from all side and rear lot lines, and a perimeter wall or fence that must be at least four feet and no more than six feet high. The setback is measured from the pool decking, the paved or hard surface immediately surrounding the pool, except where the code establishes a different setback point for that district elsewhere.

Because the section sits within Article 4, Use Regulations, of the zoning ordinance, compliance is checked at the building permit and site plan review stage administered by the Planning and Zoning/Community Development Department, alongside any applicable landscaping, buffer or lighting standards found in Article 5 of the same chapter for the surrounding development. The four-foot minimum height keeps the barrier tall enough to deter casual access while the six-foot cap prevents an oversized wall from becoming a screening or privacy structure that could violate other height limits nearby.