Paramount, CA Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)

Section 15.28.110(D)(1) of the Paramount Municipal Code states that for the construction of a new swimming pool a building permit must be obtained from the City Engineer. The same sentence applies the permit requirement to a fence over six feet in height. The permit comes before any digging or building, since the pool chapter ties use of the pool to compliance.

Section 15.28.110(D)(2) is the use restriction. No owner or occupant of any premises on which is located any swimming pool or other artificially created pool, publicly or privately owned, more than two feet in depth, can permit any person to enter or use the pool unless the premises comply with the requirements and provisions of the chapter in all respects. That ties the permit to the fence rules in the same section, which call for a protective fence not less than five feet 10 inches high with self-closing, self-latching gates.

Location is a separate zoning test. Section 17.44.310 says that in any zone a swimming pool cannot be located in any front yard, nor closer than five feet to any exterior property line or to any building on the same premises.

For private single-family homes, Section 15.04.012(B) amends the swimming pool safety appendix adopted with the California Residential Code. When a building permit is issued for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa, or the remodeling of an existing one, the pool or spa must be equipped with item #1 and at least one additional of seven listed drowning prevention features. Item #1 is an enclosure that isolates the pool from the private single-family home and from public access, and any door opening in a house wall used to complete that isolation must have the door protection described in the amended section.

Permit fees are not printed in these sections. Section 15.04.030 says the Building Code fees are those established by resolution of the Paramount City Council.