Boone County, KY Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)

Section 150.31(B) requires anyone beginning construction on a residential building or structure, expressly including in-ground swimming pools, to first obtain a building permit from the County Building Inspector's Office. Section 150.30's definitions treat above-ground pools as their own permit category: it defines BUILDING INSPECTOR as the official who issues, among other permits, above ground swimming pool permits and collects the fee for them. The fee schedule in § 150.34(C) prices an in-ground pool at a flat $100 and an above-ground pool at a flat $20, separate from the valuation-based schedule used for houses and additions in § 150.34(B).

Section 150.34(D) allows the Building Inspector to base the fee on submitted documents if construction cost is calculated differently. Building without first obtaining the permit doubles every applicable fee under § 150.35, on top of any citation under § 150.99. Inspections themselves are performed only by persons certified by the Kentucky Department of Housing, Building and Construction, per § 150.16, and the Building Inspector may issue a stop-work order against anyone who has not complied. These requirements apply only in unincorporated Boone County; Florence, Union and Walton administer their own pool-permit rules under their own codes.