What is the required pool barrier height in the Town of Marana?
Verified against the primary source on .
60 inches. Marana amended the ISPSC by striking 48 inches and inserting 60 inches (1524 mm). This is where the phrase ‘4 foot plus 1 foot’ comes from: the 4-foot code base raised by one foot.
Marana Town Code 7-1-2 adopts the 2024 ISPSC with local amendments, by Ordinance 2025.013, amendments at Exhibit J to Resolution 2025-067. Adopted June 17, 2025, effective July 18, 2025. All new applications received after July 18, 2025 must comply.
The amendment to 305.2.1 item 1 is a strike and replace: 48 inches struck, 60 inches inserted. The remainder of item 1 is unchanged, so the height must be maintained around the entire perimeter and for 3 feet measured horizontally from the outside of the required barrier.
Marana pool setbacks are a separate zoning matter and are not part of this barrier requirement.
How the height is measured. The dimension is taken on the side of the barrier facing AWAY from the pool, not the pool side, and it must be maintained around the entire perimeter and for 3 feet measured horizontally out from the outside face. A barrier that meets the height at the gate and loses it where grade falls away does not comply. Grade changes on a sloped Southern Arizona lot are the usual reason a wall that measured correctly at layout fails at inspection.
Crossing a jurisdiction line changes this number. Town of Marana requires 60 inches. Also at 60 inches: Town of Oro Valley, Town of Sahuarita. Different in the same metro area: unincorporated Pima County at 48 inches; City of Tucson at 48 inches. A builder working across Southern Arizona cannot carry one standard barrier detail, and a barrier specified for one town will fail inspection in another.
Verified against the jurisdiction’s own adopted text on 2026-09-10: in Town of Marana, the gate latch release sits not less than 54 inches above grade; the barrier stands at least 20 inches back from the water’s edge; horizontal members on the outside face are spaced not less than 45 inches apart vertically; no opening passes a 4 inch sphere; chain link mesh is limited to 1.75 inches.
Important. Marana’s effective date is earlier than Tucson’s and Pima County’s. A permit pulled in Marana after 2025-07-18 is on the 2024 code.
Authority: Marana Town Code 7-1-2; Ord. 2025.013, adopted 2025-06-17, eff. 2025-07-18; amendments are Exhibit J to Resolution 2025-067. Ordinance: Ord. 2025.013 / Res. 2025-067 Exh. J. Effective: 2025-07-18. Verified 2026-09-10. Primary source. Evidence grade: VERIFIED. Read from the adopting ordinance or the published code section.