Warner Robins, GA Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Setback from property line
- 10 feet minimum
- Fence/wall height
- 4 feet minimum
- Approval needed
- Building & transportation dept.
- Pool permit fee
- $60 flat fee
- Applies in
- R-1 and R-2 districts
Summary
Warner Robins' zoning ordinance requires any home swimming pool to sit at least ten feet from every property line and be enclosed by a wall or fence at least four feet high, with sign-off from the building and transportation department before it's used.
Home swimming pools, provided that (1) the location of such is not closer than ten (10) feet to any property line; (2) the pool is enclosed by a wall or fence of at least four (4) feet in height; and (3) approval from the building and transportation department has been obtained.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).
Full Breakdown
2(3) lists home swimming pools as a permitted accessory use in the R-1 Single-Family Residential District, conditioned on the ten-foot setback, the four-foot enclosure, and department approval. The same three conditions repeat for the R-2 Single-Family Residential District, so the ten-foot setback and four-foot barrier apply across the city's single-family zones, not just one district. Separately, Chapter 6's building code sets the fee for installing a pool: Section 6-232 charges a flat $60 permit fee for a swimming pool, a rate in place since a 2011 amendment.
The city's older stand-alone swimming pool code, adopted for enforcement by reference in 1996, was repealed outright by Ordinance No. 31-11 in September 2011, leaving the zoning ordinance's setback-and-fence rule and the Chapter 6 permit fee as the operative local requirements; barrier features like self-closing, self-latching gates are otherwise governed by the state-amended International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2018 edition, which the city lists among its adopted technical codes for buildings and structures generally.
Violations & Fines
Building an unenclosed or under-setback pool without the required approval is enforced the same way as any other zoning violation: the building and transportation department can withhold or revoke its sign-off, and Section 1-7's general penalty applies to Code violations not specifically punished elsewhere, up to a $1,000 fine, up to twelve months, or both, with continuing violations counted day by day.
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