Gretna, LA Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)

Chapter 10, Article II sets Gretna's trade-specific filing fees for pool construction, run through the electrical and plumbing sections rather than a single combined pool permit. Section 10-41(a), "Electrical/street lighting application filing fees," requires anyone performing new construction, additions, or alterations of an electrical service system to be properly licensed and to first make a written application for inspection with the building official, paying the fees listed in the schedule plus a nonrefundable $15.00 application fee for each filing. Within that schedule, "Swimming pools and fountains" lists a permanently installed swimming pool at $100.00, a wading pool, storage pool, spa, or hot tub at $30.00, and a decorative fountain or reflection pool at $100.00.

A parallel plumbing filing fee applies: § 10-45(a)'s schedule lists "Swimming pool" at $50.00 for the plumbing work tied to the pool. Same-day inspections of the pool's electrical or plumbing work can be requested for a $50.00 special inspection fee under § 10-39(c), and outside-hours inspections run $150.00 to $200.00 depending on the day under § 10-39(b). Because installing a permanently installed pool is new construction under Chapter 10, it also falls under the general building permit fee formula in § 10-37(c): $30.00 for the first $1,000.00 of value plus $5.00 per additional $1,000.00.

As with other trades, work performed before the required filing is accepted draws the § 10-40/10-41(c) violation fee of $300.00, and the building official administers the whole schedule under § 10-1.