Illinois law (65 ILCS 5/11-30-9) empowers the Des Plaines City Council to require fences around, or protective covers over, private residential swimming pools, and the City enforces residential pool barrier requirements through the International Residential Code adopted in Title 10 of the City Code.
Des Plaines does not maintain a standalone residential pool-fence ordinance; instead its authority flows from the Illinois Municipal Code. Section 11-30-9 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-30-9, 'Artificial basins of water') authorizes the corporate authorities of the City to prescribe rules for the construction of privately owned swimming or wading basins on private residential property and, by ordinance, to require fences around or protective covers over in-ground basins. Des Plaines exercises this authority by adopting the International Residential Code in Title 10, Chapter 2 of the City Code, which carries Appendix G (Swimming Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs) requiring a barrier around residential pools more than 24 inches deep. Statewide, the proposed Private Swimming Pool Enclosure Act ('Zoe's Law,' HB2495) would set a uniform 42-inch minimum barrier height once enacted, but as of mid-2026 it remains a pending bill in the 104th General Assembly and is not yet binding law.
Building-code violations of the adopted IRC barrier provisions are enforced by the Des Plaines Community and Economic Development Department through stop-work orders, permit denial, and ordinance fines until the required barrier is installed.
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