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Code Review <br />April 19, 2006 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Swimming Pool Fences. <br />The exception to staff’s reluctance toward fence setbacks would be for swimming pool <br />fences. When a fence serves a purpose other than simply demarcating a property line or <br />providing a barrier between two properties, perhaps a setback would not be unreasonable. <br />According to the Code, the purpose of a fence surrounding a pool area is to “prevent the <br />unauthorized entrance into the swimming pool by any person when said fence or barrier is <br />locked.” As the Amundsens have pointed out, adjacent property owners may utilize and <br />improve their own property in such a way that could result in a diminished fence height as <br />measured from the adjoining property. If such fences were set back a minimal distance (two <br />to five feet?), the integrity of the fence from a security standpoint could not be as easily <br />diminished by the actions of a neighbor. While such an amendment would make most <br />existing pool fences non-conforming, pool owners could be provided a certain period of time <br />(one to five years?) in which to bring the fence into compliance. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />