Milton, WI Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)
Swimming pool permit rules in Milton, WI, also covering above-ground pools, in-ground pools, and spa installations, set fencing, barrier, alarm, and inspection requirements.
Key Facts
- Permanent pool permit
- Required before construction
- Temporary pool permit
- Not required
- Setback from lot line
- 10 feet minimum
- Vacant lot pools
- Prohibited
- Fee basis
- City building permit fee
Summary
The City of Milton requires a building permit before constructing, altering or remodeling a permanent swimming pool, applied for in writing to the building inspector with plans and the applicable building permit fee. Temporary pools need no permit.
Permit required. Before work is commenced on the construction or erection of swimming pool or on any alterations, additions, remodeling or other improvements, an application for a swimming pool building permit to construct, erect, alter, remodel or add must be submitted in writing to the building inspector. Plans and specifications and pertinent explanatory data should be submitted to the building inspector at the time of application. No work or any part of the work shall be commenced until a written permit for such work is obtained by the applicant. The required building permit fee pursuant to the city building code shall accompany such application.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 21 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Milton Code of Ordinances Sec. 10-183(a) requires an application for a swimming pool building permit before any work begins on constructing, erecting, altering, remodeling or otherwise improving a swimming pool. The application goes in writing to the building inspector, and plans, specifications and pertinent explanatory data should accompany it. No work may start until the written permit is issued, and the required building permit fee under the city building code must accompany the application. The inspector will not issue the permit unless the pool meets the construction requirements set out in the rest of Sec.
10-183: approved materials matching state and city codes (subsection (b)), plumbing that drains away from the sanitary sewer and neighboring lots (subsection (c)), code-compliant electrical work for lighting and heating (subsection (d)), and the setback rule in subsection (e) barring pools from front or street yards and requiring at least ten feet of clearance from any lot line or building unless the pool is built as an approved addition to a building. A pool also cannot be built on an otherwise vacant lot unless the owner holds the contiguous, occupied lot.
By contrast, Sec. 10-184 exempts temporary swimming pools (those that can be disassembled for storage) from the permit requirement entirely, though they still must meet the same plumbing, electrical, setback and access rules as permanent pools, including the ten-foot lot-line setback and secured entry points such as ladders.
Violations & Fines
Constructing a pool without the Sec. 10-183(a) permit is enforced as unpermitted building work under Sec. 10-31, which doubles the fee that should have been paid. General Code violations otherwise carry the Sec. 1-14 penalty: $50.00 to $500.00 for a first offense, $100.00 to $1,000.00 for a repeat offense, plus prosecution costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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