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Pool proposal near golf‑course water hazard draws mitigation, buffer and drainage questions
Summary
Applicants requested a waiver for mitigation to install a backyard pool near a man‑made golf‑course water hazard. Commissioners asked them to move the pool out of the 75‑ft buffer if possible, provide groundwater/dewatering plans, erosion‑control details, and a clarified mitigation plan; the hearing was continued to August 20.
Tom Bunker (DSS/BSS Design) presented a proposal for a residential pool, hot tub and a screened porch near a golf course water hazard and requested a waiver from full mitigation requirements because the waterbody is man‑made. JT Newton (landscape designer) clarified that the pool shell and mechanicals are sited so the pool water body itself will be outside the 75‑ft buffer, but portions of the pool apron and patio edge fall within the buffer.
Commissioners asked the applicant to provide precise groundwater elevations, dewatering plans, erosion‑control details (straw wattles/silt fence), a consistent narrative that includes the screen porch and fire pit, and to reconcile altered‑area figures that affect mitigation calculations. The commission recommended more mitigation within the 150‑ft buffer where feasible and required that pool blowdown be handled by pump‑out rather than direct discharge to a leach field. Applicant requested a continuance to August 20 to provide the requested clarifications.
