If you have a child children under 6 years of age.
Arizona pool fence laws.
According to the adhs drowning is the leading cause of death in arizona among children 1 4 years of age.
19 of them died in 2004.
36 1681 orders that a swimming pool or water feature which is 18 inches deep at any point and wider than 8 ft at any point and is designed for swimming be.
Wide you need to enclose the area with a barrier of fence.
Arizona pool fence laws.
Arizona law requires that below ground and above ground pools must be completely enclosed by a wall fence or other barrier that is at least five feet high as measured from the exterior side and does not have any openings through which an object four inches or more in diameter could pass.
The arizona state legislature recognized this risk to the health and safety of children and promulgated.
Arizona code for pool fences.
Pool enclosure requirements arizona.
Arizona pool fence requirements.
The statute goes on to clarify that arizona s pool fence law does not apply to public swimming pools livestock ponds irrigation canals or households where all members are at least six or older.
Penalties for breaking the pool fence law.
If you have a pool at home with 18 inches or over deep water and over 8 ft.
A swimming pool or other contained body of water required to be enclosed by subsection a whether a belowground or aboveground pool shall meet the following requirements.
Be entirely enclosed by at least a five foot wall fence or other barrier as measured on the exterior side of the wall fence or barrier.
Arizona pool fence laws.
Above ground and in ground pools must be surrounded by 5 ft.