Texas Residential Pool Laws

Added by acts 1993 73rd leg ch.

Texas residential pool laws.

Chapter 265 subchapter l standards for public pools and spas html. Chapter 757 pool yard enclosures. Pool must be enclosed by a barrier. Must be at least four feet high.

Section 341 0645 pool safety. Swimming pools hot tubs spas etc. Pool gates must self close and self latch and be capable of being locked by a padlock a combination lock a built in keypad or a key card. All swimming pools hot tubs and spas must comply with the international residential code 2009 edition and pflugerville ordinance 295 39 01 10.

Section 341 064 swimming pools and bathhouses. Texas law requires homeowners who have swimming pools to construct barriers around their pools to help prevent accidental drowning deaths. Under the law swimming pool barriers. Rules and regulations texas administrative code title 25.

Must be enclosed by a fence or other barrier by a minimum of four 4 feet. Section 341 0695 interactive water features and fountains. Each door sliding glass door window and window screen of each dwelling unit in a residential building located in the enclosed pool yard must comply with sections 757 006and 757 007. Texas laws health and safety code.

The state of texas has pool fence regulations contained in chapter 757 of the state health and safety code. Texas homeowners who have private residential swimming pools must construct a minimum 4 foot high barrier around the pool.