Placer County · Sierra foothill
Pool removal in Loomis, CA.
Loomis stands apart from every other Placer County community in our service area on one specific point: it’s one of only two jurisdictions here whose demolition permit process addresses swimming pools by name.
Plate 01—Final Grade
Do you need a permit to remove a pool in Loomis, CA?
Short answer
Pool removal in Loomis goes through the Town of Loomis Building Division — and Loomis is one of only two jurisdictions in this service area that addresses pools directly. Its demolition permit process expressly covers 'Residential Structures; Swimming Pools and Spas,' with published requirements for both pool demolition and pool water discharge that most neighboring jurisdictions don’t have.
The Town of Loomis Building Division’s process expressly covers 'Residential Structures; Swimming Pools and Spas,' and the Town publishes two documents most neighboring cities simply don’t have — 'Pool and Spa Demolition Removal Requirements’ and 'Pool and Spa Water Discharge Requirements.' That second document matters more than it might sound like at first. Before a pool shell can be demolished, whatever is in it has to go somewhere, and Loomis has actual published requirements for that discharge step rather than leaving it as an unwritten assumption. Loomis is also an incorporated Town issuing its own permits directly — unlike Granite Bay, Newcastle, and Penryn just down the road, which are unincorporated and route everything through Placer County instead. That distinction affects who you’re actually working with on a Loomis project.
Jurisdiction
Who issues a pool demolition permit in Loomis, CA?
Loomis is an incorporated town and it issues its own permits. A pool demolition here goes through Town of Loomis Building Division — not Placer County, even though unincorporated county ground starts immediately outside the town line.
That boundary is the thing worth checking first. Two properties a short distance apart can file with two different departments, and the paperwork is not the same.
Publishes pool-specific guidance
Loomis is the other jurisdiction in our service area that addresses pools directly. Its demolition permit process expressly covers 'Residential Structures; Swimming Pools and Spas', and the Town publishes both Pool and Spa Demolition Removal Requirements and Pool and Spa Water Discharge Requirements. The water discharge piece is the one people forget: what is in the pool has to go somewhere before anything gets demolished.
Source: Town of Loomis, Demo Permit (opens in a new tab)Verified August 22, 2026. Permit requirements change — confirm with the department before relying on this for your property.
Loomis is the one town that spells out where the pool water goes before the shell comes apart.
On File
Loomis at a glance
- Permit authority
- Town of Loomis Building Division
- Jurisdiction type
- Incorporated town in Placer County
- County
- Placer County
- Permit counter
- 916-652-1840
- Air district
- Placer County Air Pollution Control District
- Pool-specific guidance
- Yes — published by this jurisdiction
- Ground
- Sierra foothill
Source: Town of Loomis, Demo Permit (opens in a new tab)Placer County Air Pollution Control District, Asbestos in Building Materials (opens in a new tab)Verified August 22, 2026. Permit requirements change — confirm with the department before relying on this for your property.
Local Overlays
What else applies here.
A demolition permit is rarely the only rule touching a backyard project. These are the ones published for Loomis that genuinely affect how a pool removal runs.
Loomis issues its own permits
Loomis is an incorporated town, not unincorporated Placer County, and it runs its own Building Division with digital-only submissions. Surrounding ground — Penryn, Newcastle, Granite Bay — is county. The town line is the permit line.
Source: Town of Loomis, Building Division (opens in a new tab)Verified August 22, 2026. Permit requirements change — confirm with the department before relying on this for your property.
Asbestos worksheets go to the Town and to the federal agencies
Loomis requires an Asbestos Declaration of Notification Compliance worksheet and a Notification of Demolition worksheet, filed with the Town and with US EPA Region 9 and CARB. That is more paperwork than most neighbouring jurisdictions ask for on a residential demolition.
Source: Town of Loomis, Demo Permit (opens in a new tab)Verified August 22, 2026. Permit requirements change — confirm with the department before relying on this for your property.
Site Conditions
The ground, the gate and the truck.
Sierra foothill ground
This is Sierra Nevada foothill ground — shallower soils over weathered granite, and slopes that rarely give you a flat place to stage. Two consequences for a pool removal: rock can change the equipment and the schedule once you are below the shell, and grading has to be designed for a lot that already sheds water somewhere, so the finished surface drains the way the lot always did rather than sending it at a structure. Conditions vary parcel to parcel.
Access and equipment
A flat, open staging area is the exception rather than the rule on a Loomis lot — foothill ground here typically means shallower soils over weathered granite and grades that vary property to property. Equipment access has to be planned around the specific slope and layout of the property, how close a truck can actually get, and what path material has to travel from the pool to the street. That site-specific planning matters even more here because the Town’s published pool demolition and water discharge requirements assume a sequence of steps, and if equipment can’t reach the pool the way the plan assumes, that sequence has to be rethought before work starts, not during it.
Hauling and disposal
Before hauling ever becomes the question, Loomis’s Pool and Spa Water Discharge Requirements govern what happens to the water sitting in the pool — that gets addressed first. Once the shell itself comes out, the debris (gunite, rebar, plaster, tile) follows Placer County Air Pollution Control District rules for disposal, with CALGreen’s 65% statewide diversion baseline applying to concrete and metal recycling. Loomis also requires an Asbestos Declaration of Notification Compliance worksheet and a Notification of Demolition worksheet, both filed with the Town and separately with US EPA Region 9 and CARB.
Next step
Get a site walk booked in Loomis.
Send the address and the basics. We confirm the department that serves the property, walk the site, and put the scope in writing before anything moves.
Two Ways To Do It
Partial fill-in or full removal.
The mechanics are the same everywhere. What changes in Loomis is the department reviewing it and what they want to see — which is why this decision is worth making before anyone files anything.
| Criterion | Partial fill-in | Full removal |
|---|---|---|
| What comes out | The upper portion of the shell — typically the walls and bond beam. | The entire shell, hauled off the property. |
| Drainage | Openings are cut through the remaining base so water passes rather than collecting. | No shell remains, so there is no bowl to drain. |
| Fill | Approved fill placed and compacted in lifts over the remaining base. | The open excavation backfilled and compacted in lifts. |
| Future structures | Generally not intended to carry a structure. Concrete stays in the ground. | Generally the option when a structure may go on the footprint later. |
| Disclosure on sale | Buried concrete is a known condition a seller generally discloses. | Fewer questions, because nothing was left behind. |
| Access and cost pressure | Less material to move, so tight access hurts less. | More material out and more fill in, so access matters more. |
How the project runs
Five stages. One written plan.
- 1
Plan
Walk the site, confirm the removal goal, access and visible constraints.
- 2
Permit
Prepare and coordinate paperwork with the department serving the property.
- 3
Remove
Demolish the shell to the approved scope and haul debris away.
- 4
Backfill & Compact
Place approved fill in lifts according to the project requirements.
- 5
Grade & Document
Finish the surface to the agreed grade and close out available project records.
Asked In Loomis
Pool removal in Loomis — common questions.
Yes — Loomis is one of only two jurisdictions in this service area whose demolition permit process addresses pools directly. The Town of Loomis Building Division’s process expressly covers 'Residential Structures; Swimming Pools and Spas,' and the Town publishes 'Pool and Spa Demolition Removal Requirements’ as a dedicated document, unlike most neighboring cities and the county.
Next Door
Nearby areas we cover.
Jurisdiction lines around Loomis do not follow the way the area actually reads on the ground. If your property sits near one of these, it is worth confirming which department your address falls under before anyone files anything.
- Pool removal in Rocklin
Permits through the City of Rocklin.
- Pool removal in Penryn
Unincorporated — permits through Placer County.
- Pool removal in Newcastle
Unincorporated — permits through Placer County.
- Pool removal in Granite Bay
Unincorporated — permits through Placer County.
- Pool removal in Roseville
Permits through the City of Roseville.
- Pool removal in Lincoln
Permits through the City of Lincoln.
- Pool removal in Auburn
Permits through the City of Auburn.
Next step
Still deciding what to do with the Loomis backyard?
Send the address and the basics. The site walk confirms access, shell type and what the department serving the property needs to see.
Read Next
Before you decide.
What pool removal costs
The conditions that move the number, and why nobody quotes one from a map.
Permits by jurisdiction
How the Town of Loomis compares to the other departments in the region.
Backfill, compaction and grading
The half of the job that decides whether the ground behaves in five years.
Compare partial and full removal
The full side-by-side, including what each does to your options later.
How a removal runs
Site walk, plan, permits, demolition, backfill and grade — in order.
Removing a pool to build
What an ADU or addition over the old footprint actually requires.
Fiberglass
A one-piece shell that comes out differently — and often more cleanly — than concrete.
Get On The Schedule
Start with a site walk in Loomis.
We look at access, utilities, slope, depth and what is actually in the ground, then tell you which option fits what you are planning and put the scope in writing. No number gets quoted from a map.
If your property sits near a jurisdiction line, say so — settling which department covers your address is the first thing worth getting right, and it is free to check.
No obligation, no pressure
Request a site estimate.
Start with the property and what you want the ground to do afterwards. We will follow up to arrange the site walk and confirm the scope.