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ZBA votes to clarify accessory-structure rules and exempt swimming pools from 200-sq-ft limit
Summary
The Zoning Board approved a text amendment that clarifies accessory-structure rules and removes a 200-square-foot size cap for swimming pools, allowing both in-ground and above-ground pools to be treated as accessory structures without the 200-sq-ft limit.
The Roscoe Zoning Board of Appeals voted to forward a text amendment clarifying that swimming pools — both in-ground and above-ground — are accessory structures and to exempt pools from an existing 200-square-foot size limit that applies to other accessory structures.
Planning staff said the change is a cleanup item identified while reviewing pool permits: the current code limits accessory structures to 200 square feet, which staff said was never intended to apply to swimming pools. The proposed amendment explicitly treats pools as accessory structures and removes them from the 200-sq-ft cap.
Staff recommended approval and provided draft findings of fact. The ZBA voted to include staff recommendations and advance the amendment to the village board for public hearing and final action.
Board members had no further substantive questions; staff encouraged members to provide any suggested word-smithing before the item goes to the village board.
