Every residential pool in Wright County needs a barrier at least 48 inches high with self-closing, self-latching gates. Minnesota dropped the pool chapter from its residential code, so this ISPSC-based 48-inch standard is enforced through the local building permit.
Because Minnesota deleted the swimming pool section from its State Residential Code, the residential barrier rule reaches you through the adopted International Swimming Pool and Spa Code and each jurisdiction's permit review, not a single state mandate. Wright County and the city building departments enforce a minimum 48-inch (four-foot) barrier around in-ground and above-ground residential pools, with no climbable footholds and gaps that block a four-inch sphere. Gates must be self-closing and self-latching, the latch mounted high or on the pool side. A house wall can form part of the barrier when the doors carry alarms. Winter covers must still keep children out.
A pool filled without a compliant 48-inch barrier fails inspection and draws a correction order and penalties until the enclosure is built. A gate that will not self-latch is a cited defect.
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