Every new residential pool in Florida must have at least one approved safety feature: a compliant barrier, an approved safety cover, exit alarms on pool-access doors, self-closing doors, or a pool alarm, per FS 515.27.
The Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (FS 515.27) requires that a residential pool completed after October 1, 2000 meet at least one safety feature before it is finaled. The options are: isolation by a barrier meeting FS 515.29; an approved safety pool cover; exit alarms rated at least 85 dB at 10 feet on all doors and windows with direct pool access; self-closing, self-latching devices on those doors with the release at least 54 inches high; or an ASTM-compliant pool alarm. Sarasota County's Building Division verifies compliance at inspection. These are minimum state standards; homeowners are encouraged to layer multiple protections.
Failure to install a required safety feature is a second-degree misdemeanor under FS 515.27(3); the pool also cannot pass its final building inspection until compliant.
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