Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 757 sets statewide pool yard enclosure, drain cover, and entrapment prevention standards for residential, multi-unit, and public swimming pools. The rules apply uniformly across every Texas city and county.
HSC Chapter 757 was enacted to prevent drowning and suction entrapment. It requires anti-entrapment drain covers compliant with the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act on all public pools, secondary backup systems where required, and proper pool yard enclosures around residential, apartment, and multi-unit pools. Apartment owners must inspect enclosure gates and self-closing/self-latching hardware, post emergency phone numbers, and ensure the pool yard cannot be accessed through an unattached structure. The Texas Department of State Health Services enforces standards on public pools through 25 TAC Chapter 265. Local jurisdictions may adopt stricter rules but cannot weaken Chapter 757.
Missing or noncompliant drain covers, broken self-latching gates, climbable enclosures, and lack of required signage can lead to state and local citations, civil liability under negligence per se, and pool closure.
Mission, TX
Mission Code Chapter 42, Article VI governs noise. Quiet hours generally enforced in the evenings and early mornings. Violations are Class C misdemeanors wit...
Mission, TX
Aircraft noise is federally regulated. Mission is in the Rio Grande Valley near McAllen-Miller International Airport. Local ordinances cannot override FAA au...
Mission, TX
Persistent barking is a nuisance violation under Mission's noise and animal ordinances. Officers may issue warnings before citations.
Mission, TX
Construction noise in Mission is governed by Chapter 42, Article VI. Standard South Texas practice allows construction during daytime hours. Verify current h...
Mission, TX
RV and boat storage is regulated under Mission's zoning code. Street parking of oversized vehicles may be time-limited. Verify with Mission Planning & Zoning.
Mission, TX
Abandoned and junked vehicles are regulated under TX Transportation Code §683 and Mission's nuisance ordinances. Inoperable vehicles on public streets are su...
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