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Commission conditions approval for pool variance in known low‑area; requires dry well and rule to extinguish variance if pool removed
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval (5–0) of a lot‑coverage variance to allow an in‑ground pool at 232 E. Des Moines, but conditioned the recommendation on installation of a dry‑well (per engineer recommendations) to mitigate runoff and ordered that the variance be extinguished if the pool is later filled or removed.
Homeowner Justin Kron asked the commission for a variance to exceed the R‑3 lot‑coverage limit in order to install a 555 sq ft in‑ground pool with a 3‑foot concrete apron (the applicant’s materials show the pool + apron would raise total lot coverage to about 39–39.8 percent, above the 35 percent zoning maximum but under the 40 percent administrative threshold). Staff told the commission the property lies in a designated drainage sub‑basin where administrative approval is not available and a…
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