What are the pool fence and setback rules in Hidden Hills?

Hidden Hills's code: No more than 2 inches between the ground and the bottom of the barrier. (Measured on the side facing away from the pool.) (§ 5-5B-5); No more than 4 inches between the pool top and the barrier bottom. (Applies when the pool top is above grade and the barrier is on the pool structure.) (§ 5-5B-5).

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Pool barrier	No more than 2 inches between the ground and the bottom of the barrier. Applies: Measured on the side facing away from the pool. § 5-5B-5 · code text The maximum vertical clearance between grade and the bottom of the barrier must be two inches measured on the side of the barrier that faces away from the swimming pool. No more than 4 inches between the pool top and the barrier bottom. Applies: Applies when the pool top is above grade and the barrier is on the pool structure. § 5-5B-5 · code text Where the top of the pool structure is above grade, the barrier is authorized to be at ground level or mounted on top of the pool structure, and the maximum vertical clearance between the top of the pool structure and the bottom of the barrier must be four inches. Openings must not let a 4-inch-diameter sphere pass through. § 5-5B-5 · code text Openings in the barrier must not allow passage of a 4-inch-diameter sphere. Gaps between vertical members may be no more than 1¾ inches. Applies: Applies when the tops of horizontal members are less than 45 inches apart. § 5-5B-5 · code text Spacing between vertical members shall not be greater than 1¾ inches in width. Decorative cutouts in vertical members may be no more than 1¾ inches wide. Applies: Applies when the tops of horizontal members are less than 45 inches apart. § 5-5B-5 · code text Where there are decorative cutouts within vertical members, spacing with the cutouts shall not be greater than 1¾ inches in width. Gaps between vertical members may be no more than 4 inches. Applies: Applies when the tops of horizontal members are 45 inches or more apart. § 5-5B-5 · code text Where the barrier is composed of horizontal members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is 45 inches or more, spacing between vertical members must not be greater than 4 inches. Decorative cutouts in vertical members may be no more than 1¾ inches wide. Applies: Applies when the tops of horizontal members are 45 inches or more apart. § 5-5B-5 · code text Where there are decorative cutouts within vertical members, spacing must not be greater than 1¾ inches in width. Chain-link mesh may be no more than 1¾ inches wide. Applies: Applies to chain-link fences, unless slats reduce openings to no more than 1¾ inches. § 5-5B-5 · code text Mesh size for chain link fences must not be greater than 1¾ inches in width, unless the fence is provided with slats fastened at the top or bottom that reduce the openings to not more than 1¾ in width. The barrier must not have climbable indentations or protrusions. Applies: Applies to solid barrier surfaces without openings. § 5-5B-5 · code text Solid barrier surfaces which do not have openings shall not contain indentations or protrusions except for normal construction tolerances and tooled masonry joints. Horizontal members must be on the pool side of the fence. Applies: Applies to barriers with horizontal and vertical members whose horizontal tops are less than 45 inches apart. § 5-5B-5 · code text Where the barrier is composed of horizontal and vertical members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is less than 45 inches, the horizontal members shall be located on the swimming pool side of the fence. A clear zone of at least 36 inches. Applies: Between the enclosure and climbable structures or equipment, such as pumps, filters and heaters. § 5-5B-5 · code text There shall be a clear zone of not less than 36" between the exterior of the enclosure and any permanent structures or equipment such as pumps, filters and heaters that can be used to climb the enclosure.
Barrier height	At least 60 inches high. Applies: Applies to residential pools, measured on the side away from the pool. § 5-5B-5 · code text The top of the barrier must be at least 60 inches above grade measured on the side of the barrier that faces away from the swimming pool.
Gates	Gates take a lock; pedestrian gates open outward, self-close and self-latch; other gates self-latch, lock, and stay locked. § 5-5B-5 · code text Pedestrian access gates must open outward away from the pool and must be self-closing and have a self-latching device. Latch release on pool side, at least 3 inches below the top; no opening over 1/2 inch within 18 inches. Applies: Applies when the latch release is less than 60 inches above grade. § 5-5B-5 · code text Where release mechanisms of the self-latching device are located less than 60 inches above grade measured on the side of the barrier that faces away from the swimming pool, the release mechanism must be located on the pool side of the gate at least three inches below the top of the gate and the gate barrier may have no opening greater than one-half inch within 18 inches of the release mechanism.

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