Under Pennsylvania's adopted ISPSC, pool barrier openings must not pass a 4-inch sphere, and pedestrian gates must open outward, self-close, and self-latch. There is no county pool-safety office; municipal building officials enforce these.
York County has no county health or pool-safety department, so the statewide ISPSC 2018 (via the Uniform Construction Code) governs barrier safety, enforced by your borough or township building official. Barrier openings may not allow a 4-inch sphere to pass. Access gates must be equipped for a locking device; pedestrian gates must open away from the pool, be self-closing, and have a self-latching device, with latch-release height rules. Where a barrier wall is part of the house, doors and windows leading to the pool need alarms or other approved protection.
Noncompliant gates or openings are corrected through the municipal UCC enforcement process; local ordinances set fines, and unsafe conditions can prevent occupancy or final pool approval.
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