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Springdale council approves ordinance clarifying minimum setbacks for swimming pools
Summary
Council held a public hearing and approved Ordinance 2025‑O5 to add a swimming‑pool setback rule to chapter 10‑20 of the town code, setting a five‑foot minimum from property lines and minimum distances from adjacent dwellings.
The Springdale Town Council on May 14 approved Ordinance 2025‑O5, which adds a new section to the town land‑use code to clarify how minimum setbacks for swimming pools are measured. At the staff introduction, Tom Danzy said the town’s definition of setback refers to areas “unobstructed from the ground upwards” and that pools, being at or below ground, were not explicitly called out. The planning commission recommended a minimum five‑foot setback from a property line to the water’s edge and a separate standard requiring at least 15 feet from a pool’s water edge to an adjacent residential dwelling’s eave.
Danzy said the planning commission balanced preventing nuisances on neighboring properties with property owners’ ability to use their lots: the five‑foot figure “allows flexibility for a property owner and then combined it with this other standard that says, nevertheless, you have to be at least 15 feet from a residence on adjacent property to help mitigate some of the potential for nuisance on adjacent properties.”
No members of the public spoke during the hearing. Councilmembers described the ordinance as a cleanup of an existing gap in the code and supported the planning commission’s recommendation. Councilmember Pat Campbell moved to adopt Ordinance 2025‑O5; the motion passed unanimously with the council recording four ayes and one excused member.
The staff indicated a formatting error in the packet version that will be corrected in the final published ordinance. The ordinance authorizes the mayor to sign the code change.
