Plan Review and Inspections
of Public Swimming Pools
Pool Plan Review Application (PDF: 24KB/2 pages)
The Minnesota Department of Health provides plan review and construction inspection for all public pools within the state. No public pool shall be constructed, installed, or materially altered until two sets of complete plans and specifications are submitted and approved by the commissioner. Once a plan is approved, no modifications affecting the safety and sanitation features of the public pool shall be made without prior approval.
The term "Public pool" is defined as any pool, other than a private residential pool, intended to be used collectively by numbers of persons, and operated by any person whether the person be an owner, lessee, operator, or concessionaire, and regardless of whether a fee for use is charged. A public pool includes, but is not limited to, pools operated by a person in a park, school, licensed child care facility, group home, motel, camp, resort, apartment building, club, condominium, hotel, manufactured home park, or political subdivision.
Revised Fees for Swimming Pool Plan Review
The Minnesota Department of Health increased fees for plan review and inspection of public swimming pool projects effective on July 1, 2009.
The Minnesota Department of Health has updated the fee charged for Swimming Pool Plan Review. These laws may be found by clicking here.
New Fee Schedule for Swimming Pool Plan Review
New Fees
| Disinfection System Change | $100 |
| Slides, as part of a small project, or a later addition | $600 |
| Variance Request | $500 |
Revised Fees (Small Projects, less than $250,000 in total project cost)
| Spa Pool, each | $800 |
| All Other Pools, each (includes: swimming, lap, diving, zero-depth, wading, therapy, special purpose, plunge, rivers, spray/wet deck, interactive fountains or water features) | $1,500 |
| Alterations, to an existing pool, new filters, new spa shell or more | $600 |
Large Project Fee (Over $250,000 in total project cost)
The project engineer or architect must sign and submit an Estimated Value List (EVL) for the project. The EVL must include the value of all items commonly reviewed by this department, including all slides and towers, all pump, filters, chemical treatment systems, piping, decking, diving boards, ladders, railings, play structures, theme-work within 5 feet of water, fencing and the pool structure itself. The EVL need not include items that are commonly reviewed by another inspector, program or department, such as: electrical, the roof and walls, domestic drinking water and sewer system, HVAC, site prep, landscaping and lighting.
The fee of 0.5% will be assessed to the EVL total, to a maximum of $15,000 per pool project.
Please call Steve Klemm, at 651-201-4503, with any questions.
Pool Inspections
The
owner of the pool or the owner's agent must notify the commissioner and
any local jurisdiction which regulates pool use at the time the pool is
complete to permit inspection of the pool and related facilities. The
pool must not be placed into public use until the commissioner's inspection
shows compliance with Minnesota Rules, parts 4717.0150
to 4717.3975.
Inspections for new pool construction can be scheduled by calling 651-201-4503.