Things to consider when building a pool in Nevada:
From water conservation to energy concerns surrounded by a dry desert climate swimming pools in Nevada can come with a lot of restrictions. In areas throughout Nevada like Douglas County, Washoe County, or Storey County, or Carson City a swimming pool permit is required. A pool building permit in NV is generally mandated at the local municipal or county level and may include HOA and deed restricted guidelines in addition to the city and county.
Swimming pools in Nevada must be designed by a professional and include all applicable national, state and local code compliance. At minimum, a detailed site plan showing the pool, spa, and other proposed improvements is required and should also include property line distances, pool equipment location, and safety fences/gates. Other plan sheets may also be required with detail showing pool & spa features, dimensions, electrical, plumbing, cross sections, methods of construction, and materials.
What is special about Nevada pool plans?
Pool plans in Nevada, like Arizona pool plans, are notorious for being very picky about their plumbing and electrical requirements. Nevada requires more detail than you might expect when it comes to pool plan sheets. Nevada wants to see a pool electrical plan showing the associated components, wiring, loads, connections, and max ratings. NV also requires a bit more detail associated with the pool plumbing plan in comparison to even Florida plan requirements. Nevada pool plan review typically also wants to see a pool cross section drawing showing the entire lot in most cases. If that wasn’t enough, we are finding more and more that Nevada wants to have a detailed pool site drainage plan too. So you can anticipate having to spend a little more money on having those specific plan sheets added to your pool plan set.
General guidelines for Nevada swimming pool permits
The state of Nevada will has set forth state-wide pool building codes for general health and safety usually adopted from the International Swimming Pool Code (ISPSC). Requirements and guidelines for swimming pools, including locally adopted codes, are mandated at the local municipal city or county level. This means that the specific swimming pool code adoptions for any city or county varies throughout the state but is always based on the foundation of the ISPSC.
Pool permit plans in Nevada, requiring a permit, must be professionally drawn to scale and are typically presented on 36″ x 24″ size sheets and must include detail specific to the approval authority which may include, but not limited to, the following standard plan sheets:
- Site plan
Showing the required detail, setbacks, and more. - Layout plan
Showing all specifically required details about the pool project.
Do I need engineered pool plans in Nevada?
Yes, you need pool plans to be certified and sealed by an engineer in Nevada. When and where engineered pool plans are required, a few additional sheets may be added to the plan depending on the scope of requirements of the approval authority, such as:
- Pool cross section drawing(s)
- Pool electrical layout plan
- Pool plumbing layout plan
- Pool drainage layout plan
- Structural plan prepared by a Nevada registered professional civil or structural engineer, which includes sealing all other plan sheets.
(All sets must be stamped and signed by the Nevada registered engineer.)
Those special plan sheets must be drawn to scale and include all required specific detail the approving authority wants to see.
Nevada pool permitting links:
- Clark County, NV pool permit resource guide
- Nevada public health dept commercial pool permit resource page
- Nevada pool contractor licensing board homepage
What if I don’t need a pool permit in Nevada?
Not needing a pool permit in Nevada is highly unlikely, but if that is the case we recommend that you still get a professionally designed pool project and at least the standard set of pool construction plans so that you can budget cost and build with confidence.
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Pool design and permit plan set example in Nevada
This Nevada pool design features a modern geometric style to compliment the surrounding architecture including a sunken fire pit area and outdoor kitchen design. The kitchen area is covered with a custom metal framed pergola with a solid cover that holds a rain descent water feature spilling into the pool providing a nice waterfall sound and water curtain for the those sitting at the wet bar.
Pool Design Details
Pool Type: Gunite
Pool Style: Geometric design
Spa: Yes, inside pool at the same level
Spa Height: Flush
Spa Spillway: Dam wall on 2 sides
Pool Length: 44′
Pool Width: 34′
Pool Wall: Yes, raised section of rear pool wall
Depth Profile: Slope to middle, sport bottom depth
Min Pool Depth: 3.5′
Max Pool Depth: 5′
Perimeter: 156′
Surface area: 716 sqft
Capacity: 14,734 gallons
Decking max sqft: 1,734 sqft
How many lights: 12 lights in pool including LED strip lighting
Sun ledge: Yes, bathing ledge in 7″ of water with cascade bubblers
Other Water features: Swim-up wet-bar, raised pool wall with water descents
Brand of equipment: Pentair
Type of sanitation: Chlorine, Salt System
Include heater: Yes
Design Materials
Waterline tiles: 6×6 Ceramic pool tile
Interior surface: Regular pebble light color plaster
Coping material: 2CM Natural Flagstone
Decking material: Concrete capped with non-slip tile pattern
Vertical Faces materials: Stucco to match the house with mosaic tile accent
