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City staff proposes relaxed placement rules for residential generators; council flags flood‑elevation and view concerns
Summary
Planning staff recommended removing a five‑foot maximum distance requirement that forces generators and pool equipment to sit next to the house, allowing equipment elsewhere in rear yards (outside easements). Council members stressed that FEMA BFE elevation and protections for neighbors’ views must still apply and asked staff to craft screening language.
Planning staff told council on April 8 that code changes could allow homeowners greater flexibility in placing residential generators and pool equipment in rear yards. The recommendation would remove a Land Development Code table requirement that restricted such equipment to within five feet of the building envelope.
"We are recommending revising that table to remove the restriction requiring generators to be located no farther than five feet from the building envelope," said…
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