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OCONEE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE Swimming Pool Regulations Oconee County Unified Code: Section 344(i). Home Swimming Pools i. Home swimming pools. Home swimming pools may be installed in the A-1, AR-5, AR-4, AR-3, AR-2, AR-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, and M-H Residential Districts. No swimming pool shall be installed or maintained unless: Private residential pools as accessory uses on individual residential lots are de-fined as follows: Private residential swimming pools include all constructed pools which are used or intended to be used as a swimming pool in connection with one single-family residence and available only to the residents of the single-family home and private guests. There shall be erected and maintained a good quality fence not less than 4 feet in height, enclosing the entire portion of the premises upon which such pool shall be installed and entirely surrounding the area in which such pool is located. Every gate or other opening in the fence enclosing such pool, except an opening through the dwelling or other main building of the premises, shall be kept secure-ly closed and locked at all times when the owner or occupant of the premises is not present at such pool. Gates or other openings except through the dwelling shall be self closing and self latching. Such pool shall not be erected closer than 10 feet from the rear and side property lines of the premises, or within the minimum front setback for a principal building along an abutting street. If the water for such pool is supplied from a private well, there shall be no cross-connection with a public water supply system. If the water for such pool is supplied from a public water supply system, the inlet shall be above the overflow level of the pool. No permit shall be issued for the installation of any swimming pool, unless the drainage of such pool is adequate and will not interfere with any public water supply system, with existing sanitary facilities or with the public highways. A pool bathhouse or cabana not more than 12 feet high and not more than 400 square feet in area may be built next to the swimming pool provided that it be connected to the required fence or enclosed by said fence and provided that it be at least 100 feet from any street right-of-way. A pool house may contain bathroom facilities including a shower, a kitchenette, but no sleeping arrangements. Oconee County Unified Code: Section 348(b). Public Swimming Pools b. Public swimming pools. Before any public, semi-public, community, or neighborhood swimming pool is opened for use it shall be required to meet the state regulations for public swimming pools.