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Springdale planners clear 5-foot pool setback, ask staff to draft excavation rules separately
Summary
At a March 5 meeting, the Springdale Planning Commission moved toward adopting a 5-foot minimum setback for swimming pools and related features and asked staff to draft separate grading rules to address deep excavations.
The Springdale Planning Commission on March 5 reviewed draft ordinance language that would set a 5-foot minimum setback for swimming pools, spas and hot tubs and add several safety and lighting clarifications.
The change responds to ambiguity in current code about how setbacks apply to pools and related features and aims to address nuisance and safety concerns while leaving construction-safety rules about deep excavations to the town's grading code. Commission members directed staff to adopt the five-foot setback in the pool ordinance and to prepare separate grading/engineering language to handle excavation-related risks.
Nyla, community development staff, summarized the draft and the options before the commission, saying, “no swimming pool, hot tub or spa, may be located…
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