Florida Statute 515.27 (the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act) lets Spring Hill pool owners satisfy pool safety through any ONE of five options: (1) a barrier meeting FS 515.29; (2) an approved ASTM F1346 safety pool cover; (3) exit alarms on every door and window opening from the home to the pool (minimum 85 dBA at 10 feet); (4) self-closing, self-latching devices on those doors with the release at least 54 inches above the floor; or (5) a swimming pool alarm meeting ASTM F2208. NEC Article 680 bonding/GFCI and ANSI/APSP-16 anti-entrapment drain covers (Virginia Graeme Baker Act) are also required. Failure is a second-degree misdemeanor.
Florida Statute 515.27(1) requires every new residential pool in Spring Hill to be equipped with at least one of five enumerated safety features and to be inspected for that feature by the Hernando County Building Division before the certificate of completion is issued: (a) a barrier complying with FS 515.29 (48-inch / less-than-4-inch sphere); (b) an approved safety pool cover meeting ASTM F1346 (manually or power operated); (c) all doors and windows providing direct access from the home to the pool equipped with an exit alarm with a minimum sound pressure rating of 85 dBA at 10 feet; (d) all such doors equipped with a self-closing, self-latching device with the release no lower than 54 inches above the floor; or (e) a swimming pool alarm that meets and is independently certified to ASTM F2208 (surface motion, pressure, sonar, laser, or infrared). Hernando County enforces these requirements through the 8th Edition (2023) FBC Residential R4501.17 and Building 454.2.17. Entrapment protection for suction outlets per ANSI/APSP 7 / ANSI/APSP-16 (mandated under the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act of 2008) is required. Electrical bonding and GFCI protection follow 2020 NEC Article 680 (adopted with the 8th Edition FBC): GFCI on the pool circuit, equipotential bonding of the pool shell and metal components, GFCI receptacle at least 10 feet from the inside wall of the pool, and no extension cords. The pool final inspection must pass before the pool is filled. The penalty for failing to equip a pool with one of the five FS 515.27 safety features is a second-degree misdemeanor under FS 515.27(2), waivable if the owner remedies the deficiency and completes a state-approved drowning-prevention education program within 45 days. Public pools (HOA community pools, condo pools, lap pools open to membership) are separately regulated by the Florida Department of Health in Hernando County under FAC Chapter 64E-9, with annual operating permits valid July 1 through June 30.
Filling or operating a pool without one of the five FS 515.27 safety features, disabling exit alarms or self-latching devices, using extension cords for pool equipment, or removing ANSI/APSP-16-compliant drain covers is a violation. Operating without a compliant safety feature is a second-degree misdemeanor under FS 515.27(2). Public pool operation without a DOH annual operating permit is enforced by Florida DOH in Hernando County.
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