Eagle Mountain, UT Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)

EMMC 17.75.112 closes with two construction-stage requirements alongside the setback and fencing standards in the same section. Subsection D addresses properties served by an on-site septic system: if a permanent swimming pool is going in on the same lot as a septic tank or sewage disposal drain field, the location must first be approved by the Utah County health department, since the county administers septic permitting in Eagle Mountain.

The section's closing paragraph then applies citywide: swimming pool construction has to conform to all requirements of the city's adopted building codes, expressly including the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code. In practice that routes every residential pool project through the city building department's standard permitting process, the same office that reviews plans, issues the building permit and performs inspections for pools, hot tubs and spas, applying the setback and barrier standards of EMMC 17.75.112(A) and (B) as part of plan review alongside the structural and equipment requirements of the adopted pool and spa code. A pool built on septic-served land without county health department approval, or built without conforming to the adopted building codes, has not completed the permit process and is not eligible for final inspection sign-off.