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Contractor asks Clarkdale to reduce pool setback from 10 feet to 5 feet to enable typical backyard pools

5079265 · June 25, 2025
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Summary

A local pool contractor urged the Town Council to amend Clarkdale’s code so pools may be set 5 feet from property lines instead of the current 10-foot setback, saying the change would allow more practical pool sizes for homes with limited yard area.

Jim Midkiff, owner of Jim Midkiff Pools and a Cottonwood resident, used the Town Council’s public-comment time on June 24 to ask the council to change Clarkdale’s swimming-pool side-yard setback from 10 feet to 5 feet.

Midkiff said several nearby jurisdictions — Yavapai County, the City of Cottonwood…

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