Titusville, FL Swimming Pools & Spas: Pool Permits (2026)
Swimming pool permit rules in Titusville, FL, also covering above-ground pools, in-ground pools, and spa installations, set fencing, barrier, alarm, and inspection requirements.
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- Titusville Code §§ 6-56, 6-57, 6-58, 6-61
- Permit required for
- Any pool construction, alteration or demolition
- Owner-builder exemption
- Allowed for a pool not built for sale/lease
- Form-board survey
- Required after forming, before pouring concrete
- General penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 60 days jail (§1-15)
Summary
Titusville Code Sec. 6-56 makes it unlawful to build, alter or demolish a swimming pool, or any building or structure, without a formal permit from the building official, and bars using it until an inspector approves it. Homeowners may act as their own contractor on a residential pool under a strict owner-builder exemption in Sec. 6-58.
Sec. 6-56. - Construction permit required; inspection, approval prior to use or occupancy. (a)It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, alter, repair, remove or demolish or to commence the construction, alteration, repair, removal or demolition of a building, swimming pool or structure in the city without first obtaining a formal permit from the building official.(b)It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy or use any addition, alteration, building or structure for which a building permit was issued until it has been inspected and approved by the building official. ... Sec. ... 6-58. - Qualification for obtaining permits. Applications for permits shall be accepted only from contractors holding a current certificate of competency and license when required, in their respective fields and against whom no revocation or suspension is pending, except as follows: (1)Owners of property when acting as their own contractor and providing all material supervision themselves, when building or improving farm outbuildings or one-family or two-family residences or swimming pools, on such property for the occupancy or use of such owners and not offered for sale or lease.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 54 Update 1 | Land Development Regulations: Supplement 19 Update 1 | Technical Manuals: Supplement 10 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Titusville Code of Ordinances Sec. 6-56(a) expressly lists a 'swimming pool' alongside buildings and structures as something that cannot be constructed, altered, repaired, removed or demolished, or even have that work commenced, without first obtaining a formal permit from the building official. Sec. 6-56(b) separately bars occupying or using any pool, addition or structure built under a permit until the building official has inspected and approved it. Applications go through Sec. 6-57: they must be filed in writing, in the form the building official prescribes, by the owner, lessee or their architect, engineer or builder, with an owner's affidavit if someone else applies on their behalf.
Sec. 6-58(1) lets a property owner act as their own contractor and supply their own material supervision when building or improving a swimming pool for their own occupancy, so long as it is not offered for sale or lease; selling or leasing more than one owner-built structure within a year of completion is treated as prima facie evidence the pool was built for sale or lease, voiding the exemption. 082. Sec. 6-61 layers on site-plan and survey requirements before a certificate of occupancy issues for the finished pool: a professional survey and site/plot plan at application, a form-board survey with embossed surveyor's seal after the pool shell is formed but before concrete is placed, and a final as-built survey covering setbacks and floodplain details recorded with the clerk of the circuit court.
Violations & Fines
Building, altering or demolishing a pool without the Sec. 6-56 permit, or using it before the building official's inspection and approval, is unlawful and enforceable under the Code's general penalty in Sec. 1-15: a fine up to $500, imprisonment up to 60 days, or both, with each day of continued noncompliance a separate offense. Skipping a required form-board or as-built survey under Sec. 6-61 blocks issuance of the certificate of occupancy.
Frequently Asked Questions
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