Pottstown, PA Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)

Borough Zoning Ordinance § 507, Subsection 7(F), requires occupants to obtain a permit from Licensing and Inspections for all new or replacement pools before construction or installation begins. The subsection carves out one exception: a new permit is not required for the annual setup of a storable pool of the same dimensions submitted under the original application, as long as it is erected in the same location each year, which spares homeowners from repermitting a seasonal above-ground pool that goes up and comes down in the identical spot.

That seasonal exception is tied directly to the removal deadline in Subsection D, which requires storable pools to be drained and removed before October 1 each year; a pool left up past that date is treated under the setback rules for nonstorable pools, and re-erecting it out of season or in a different footprint would take it outside the no-new-permit exception and require a fresh application. The permit requirement sits within the same accessory-use section that sets Pottstown's pool fencing, front-yard prohibition, and lot-line setbacks, so a permit application is reviewed against all of those standards together, not against building-code requirements alone.