Taylorsville, UT Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

Section 13.11.090(A), Swimming Pool Regulations, governs private pools citywide: any private swimming pool that is not completely enclosed within a building having solid walls must be set back at least five feet from the property line, and the pool itself must be completely surrounded by a fence or wall at least six feet high. Every opening in that perimeter fence, meaning every gate, has to be equipped with self-closing and self-latching devices so the barrier cannot be left open after someone passes through. The rule sits in the same Land Development Code chapter as the City's other residential accessory-use standards, chapter 13.11, and applies regardless of the residential zoning district the pool sits in.

A related but separate standard, subsection B, sets barrier and setback rules for semiprivate pools and recreational facilities serving a subdivision or neighborhood association, requiring a solid wall or substantial six-foot fence around the entire recreational area, a 75 percent resident-membership threshold, and Director-level plan approval, but that track is a conditional, association-run facility rather than a private backyard pool and carries its own set of approval and Health Department review steps under subsection B. For an ordinary backyard pool, the five-foot setback plus six-foot self-closing, self-latching fence in subsection A is the entire compliance standard, with no permit exception for above-ground versus in-ground construction stated in the text.