Tarrant County has no residential pool barrier ordinance for unincorporated areas. Texas counties cannot adopt residential building codes (Local Gov Code Ch. 233). State law applies: Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 757 mandates 48-inch enclosures for multiunit rental complex pools and HOA-controlled pools, but does NOT require fences for single-family private pools at the state level.
Tarrant County does not regulate single-family residential pool fencing in unincorporated areas. Counties in Texas lack authority to adopt building codes for one- or two-family residential construction except in narrow circumstances. The Tarrant County Public Health Pool Program enforces 25 TAC Ch. 265 Subchapters L and M for public pools, spas, and Public Interactive Water Features in 34 cities, DFW Airport, and unincorporated Tarrant County, but this state regulation covers public/commercial pools, not private backyard pools. For multiunit rental complexes and property owners associations, Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 757 requires a complete pool yard enclosure at least 48 inches in height, with no opening permitting passage of a 4-inch sphere (or 1-3/4 inch sphere where horizontal/vertical members are spaced under 45 inches), and chain link is prohibited for enclosures built after January 1, 1994. Single-family homeowners in unincorporated Tarrant County have no state-mandated fence requirement, though common-law negligence and HOA deed restrictions may apply.
Public/commercial pool violations under 25 TAC Ch. 265 enforced by Tarrant County Public Health. Chapter 757 violations against multiunit complex owners and HOAs are actionable; chapter does not specify county criminal penalty. Negligent failure to fence a private pool may create civil liability under common-law attractive nuisance doctrine.
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