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Planning and Zoning Board backs 5-foot pool setback for single-family lots, 5-0
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board of the City of West Miami recommended narrowing pool setbacks from 10 feet to 5 feet for single-family (R1) lots, keeping existing 10-foot setbacks for multifamily and commercial properties; the board voted 5-0 to forward the recommendation to the City Commission.
The Planning and Zoning Board of the City of West Miami voted 5-0 to recommend amending zoning ordinance 2-82, section 11.3, to allow swimming pools to be set back 5 feet from side and rear property lines on single-family (R1) lots while leaving a 10-foot requirement for multifamily and commercial properties.
The vote followed a staff and attorney briefing noting frequent variances for pool setbacks on the city’s small lots and a proposal that would measure setbacks from the face of the pool and require a minimum 2.5-foot pervious strip (what staff called "grama") between a pool and any…
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