Yuba City, CA Swimming Pools & Spas: Fencing & Safety Requirements (2026)

03 puts the enclosure duty on every person who owns or possesses a lot with a swimming pool, hot tub, spa, fish pond, wading pool or any other artificially created outside body of water, including portable or temporary structures regardless of material or how long they are in use, once any portion is one foot or more deep. The owner must keep an enclosure completely surrounding the body of water (or the lot or premises) sufficient to make it inaccessible to small children, and the enclosure cannot be built in a way that makes it easily climbable by small children.

01: California Building Code Section 115922 for private swimming pools, and California Building Code Section 3101B for public swimming pools. Because the enclosure duty attaches to possession of the property, not just to the original construction, it applies to inflatable or above-ground pools brought onto a lot as much as to a built-in pool, and it continues for as long as the water feature is on the premises. Enforcement runs through the Development Services Department alongside the pool building permit process under Chapter 11 of Title 7, and disputes over what counts as a sufficient enclosure can be raised with the Building Board of Appeals created under Chapter 12 of Title 7.