Palm Beach Gardens, FL Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)
Swimming pool permit rules in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, also covering above-ground pools, in-ground pools, and spa installations, set fencing, barrier, alarm, and inspection requirements.
Key Facts
- Permit required
- Building permit under Sec. 105.1 before construction
- Plan submittal
- Must show barrier requirements (Sec. 107.3.5.4)
- Inspection stages
- Six stages, excavation through final barrier (Sec. 110.3(A)(7))
- Before filling with water
- Final electric and final barrier inspections required
- Safety standard
- Must meet Section 424.2.17 pool safety features
Summary
Building a residential swimming pool in Palm Beach Gardens requires a Section 105.1 building permit, and Section 107.3.5.4 requires the submitted plans to show barrier requirements along with any spa or wading pool features. Section 110.3(A)(7) then walks the pool through six inspection stages, from excavation and reinforcing steel through a final permanent barrier check before the pool can be filled with water.
105.1 Required. Any contractor, owner, or agent authorized in accordance with Chapter 489, Florida Statutes who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure ... shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit. ... 107.3.5.4 Swimming Pools:1.Barrier requirements.2.Spas.3.Wading pools. ... 7.Swimming pool inspection.• First inspection to be made after excavation and installation of reinforcing steel, bonding and main drain, and prior to placing of concrete shell.• Underground electric inspection.• Underground piping inspection including a pressure test.• Deck inspection: to be made prior to installation of the deck material with forms, deck drains, and any reinforcement in placed.• Final electric inspection to be made prior to filling the swimming pool with water.• Final permanent barrier inspection is to be made prior to filling the swimming pool with water.• In order to pass final inspection and receive a certificate of completion, a residential swimming pool must meet the requirements relating to pool safety features as described in Section 424.2.17.
Full Breakdown
Section 105.1 of the Florida Building Code, locally adopted at Palm Beach Gardens Code Section 86-27, requires any contractor, owner or authorized agent who intends to construct a swimming pool to first apply to the building official and obtain a permit before work begins. Section 107.3.5.4 requires the plans submitted with that application to address barrier requirements along with any spas and wading pools that are part of the project, on top of the general structural, electrical, plumbing and design-flood-elevation submittal items required for the pool structure itself.
Once permitted, Section 110.3(A)(7) sets six required inspection stages for a swimming pool: a first inspection after excavation and installation of reinforcing steel, bonding and the main drain and before the concrete shell is placed; an underground electric inspection; an underground piping inspection that includes a pressure test; a deck inspection made before the deck material is installed, with forms, deck drains and any reinforcement already in place; a final electric inspection made before the pool is filled with water; and a final permanent barrier inspection, also made before the pool is filled with water.
To pass that final inspection and receive a certificate of completion, Section 110.3(A)(7) requires a residential swimming pool to meet the pool safety features described in Section 424.2.17, and a separate final inspection confirms the pool is complete with all required enclosure requirements in place before anyone may legally fill or use it.
Violations & Fines
Filling or using a residential pool before its final electric and final permanent barrier inspections pass under Section 110.3(A)(7) is enforced the same as any other unpermitted or uninspected Florida Building Code work: a misdemeanor under Section 114, with each day of the violation a separate offense, and the building official can issue a Section 115 stop-work order until the required barrier and electrical inspections are completed and approved.
Frequently Asked Questions
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