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Planning & Zoning Board August 8, 2001 Page 5 • was to send this forward to the City Council. He indicated he wanted the pool to be moved farther than just the minimum distance in order to be in compliance with the City Ordinances. • • Chair Schaps invited applicant to make comment. Gerald Ramsay, 1168 Ruffed Grouse Court, stated the pool was erected in a location that was approved by the City and they had followed all of the City's Ordinances as it had been told to them. Mr. Schaps asked if they had investigated the Ordinances regarding the location of the pool and fence. Mr. Ramsay replied they had not investigated this and they had assumed a six -foot fence was okay. Mr. Ramsay stated the estimates he had received were verbal estimates, but if necessary, he would get formal, written estimates. Chair Schaps asked who had informed him that his lifetime warranty would be voided if the pool was moved. Mr. Ramsay replied he believed the lifetime warranty would be voided, but he had not actually received verification from the dealer regarding this. However, as he understood it, the pool liner would have to be replaced. Mr. Ramsay replied the reason they wanted a six -foot fence was for additional safety around the pool. He stated most residents of the Quail Ridge development did not have a problem with a six -foot fence. He indicated he did not care where the pool was located as long as it did not cost him more money to move it, when this had originally been approved by the City in the first place. He indicated if he had been informed by the City of the Ordinance, they pool would not have been located where it was. Mr. Zych asked why they had originally located the pool where it presently was. Mr. Ramsay stated this was a relatively level area of the lot, and they had always intended on putting a six - foot fence around the pool. Mr. Zych asked if he had thought about his neighbor having to look out of his front window and seeing his pool. Mr. Ramsay stated there was a crab apple tree that blocked the neighbor's view. Mr. Zych asked if it was appropriate for his neighbors to have to look at a six -foot fence in their front yard. Mr. Ramsay stated the six -foot fence would be in his back yard and he had received all of the appropriate approval to put the pool at the location where it was from the City. He stated he believed he had been following all of the rules of the City by obtaining the appropriate permit and permission. He indicated it was not up to him to decide if the location of the pool was an appropriate location because the City would not let him put the pool where he had originally wanted to put it Mr. Lyden stated the City had made a mistake and the answer was to move the pool. The cost of moving the pool was a secondary issue with the main issue being to do the right thing, and the right thing was to move the pool. He stated he had a concern regarding the pool and its impact on the neighborhood. He indicated the most important thing about the neighborhood was the neighbors. He asked that applicant allow the City to rectify the issue. He apologized for all of the problems the City had caused.