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Council to amend zoning language after front-yard pool exposes ordinance gap on building line
Summary
A permit for a pool that extends about 8½ feet past a property's building line exposed inconsistent ordinance language. Staff will draft a zoning text amendment and take it through planning commission and council this fall.
Lake Jackson — Councilors discussed revising the city's zoning language after a permitted pool and screened enclosure at 420 Forest Drive highlighted a gap between the defined front-yard setback and the building line.
City planner David told council staff discovered, during a recent permit appeal, that the city code prohibits a fence in front of the building line but does not explicitly bar other detached accessory structures — such as pools, sheds, garages or fenced courtyards — from extending past that building line. Because of that…
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