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Agenda Number D1 <br />CITY OF HUGO COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT <br />Memorandum <br />TO: Hugo Planning Commission <br />FROM: Rachel Leitz, Community Development Assistant <br />SUBJECT: Swimming Pool Ordinance <br />DATE: May 17, 2017 for the Planning Commission meeting of May 25, 2017 <br />1. BACKGROUND: <br />City staff has been receiving many inquiries regarding Hugo's swimming pool requirements. <br />The City does not have an official ordinance related to these requirements and has been <br />following building code requirements and setbacks related to accessory structures when <br />swimming pools are submitted for review. In discussions with residents and swimming pool <br />installers/professionals, the City's setback requirements didn't accommodate for a reasonably <br />sized pool or created an unusual site plan, which didn't allow residents to fully utilize their back <br />yards. Because of these difficulties, staff was approached by many residents who wanted to <br />discuss the variance process to accommodate their swimming pools. <br />On February 9, 2017 City staff approached the Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) to discuss <br />swimming pool requirements in Hugo, specifically related to setbacks, impervious surface, and <br />location of noise making units. The ORC agreed that staff should begin drafting a swimming <br />pool ordinance to address the number of variance requests the City was receiving. On March 6, <br />2017 City Council approved staff to begin preparing a swimming pool ordinance. <br />Staff has now finished drafting the swimming pool ordinance with direction from the ORC and is <br />ready to present it to the Planning Commission and public. <br />2. SWIMMING POOL ORDINANCE <br />Many of the requirements within the swimming pool ordinance are guided by the building code, <br />like permit requirements, fencing requirements, and setbacks from frost footings, septic systems, <br />etc. The City's swimming pool ordinance provides all requirements in one location, while <br />having special provisions for property line setbacks, noise making mechanical equipment, and <br />building permit submittal requirements. <br />