Swimming pool permit rules in Davie, FL — also covering above-ground pools, in-ground pools, and spa installations — set fencing, barrier, alarm, and inspection requirements.
The Town of Davie Building Division requires a building permit before constructing or installing any residential swimming pool, spa, or hot tub. Davie has adopted the Florida Building Code (Code Sec. 5-1), as amended by the Broward County Administrative Chapter, so pool construction, barriers, and inspections follow state-set FBC standards rather than a separate Davie pool code.
Town of Davie Code Sec. 5-1 adopts the Florida Building Code 'as amended and adopted by the Broward County Florida Board of County Commissioners,' so a residential pool, spa, or hot tub is permitted and inspected under the FBC, not a stand-alone municipal pool ordinance. The Davie Building Division (8800 SW 36th Street, Building A; 954-797-1111) reviews and issues building permits through its Online Application Submittal (OAS) system, requiring the owner or contractor to upload plans and the documents listed on the permit checklist. Because Davie enforces the statewide code, the substantive pool requirements come from the Florida Building Code, Residential, Chapter 45 (private swimming pools) and the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act, Fla. Stat. Ch. 515, which the Town references on its Water Safety Initiatives page (citing Florida Building Code 454.1.3.1.9 and Fla. Stat. 515.27). Inspections are scheduled through the Building Division's automated system. Day-to-day public-pool sanitation is regulated by the Florida Department of Health under separate state law; Davie's own pool-specific ordinance addresses abandoned or stagnant pools (Code Sec. 5-66) rather than re-writing the construction code.
Constructing a pool, spa, or hot tub without the required building permit, or without passing FBC inspections (including the safety-barrier inspection), violates the Florida Building Code as adopted by Town Code Sec. 5-1 and is enforceable by the Davie Building Division and Code Compliance. A pool left with stagnant water is separately 'deemed unsafe' under Davie Code Sec. 5-66 and may be abated as an unsafe structure.
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