Subject:
Title
Intent to Adopt Amendments to Section. 18-407. - Swimming Pools and Outdoor Hot Tubs
Body
DATE(S) OF PRIOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THIS ISSUE:
Oct. 7, 2024 - Referral of more than 50 proposed code amendments to Planning Commission for review, including proposed amendments to Sec. 18-407
Jan. 27, 2025 - Public Hearing and Discussion
March 10, 2025 - Work Session on Sec. 18-407 (swimming pools and outdoor hot tubs)
March 24, 2025 - Approve Changes and Direct Town Clerk to Advertise Intent to Adopt amendments to Sec. 18-407
EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
On March 24, 2025, the Town Council approved the final language of the proposed amendments to Town Code Section 18-407, which, if adopted, would provide more flexibility in the placement of swimming pools and outdoor hot tubs to owners of certain lots zoned for single-unit detached residential homes. The proposed amendments are shown in Attachment 1, both clean (as they will appear in the code) and with redlines showing the changes and the existing language that is being replaced.
On March 24, the Town Council also directed the Town Clerk to advertise the Notice of Intent to Adopt the code amendments on April 7, 2025, which has been done.
The entire process for the code amendments to Section 18-407 started as part of a much larger packet of more than 50 code amendments. It involved the following steps, including both the Planning Commission and Town Council processes:
- March-May 2024: Town Council Work Sessions as follow-up to Code Create.
- October 7, 2024: Referral of a series of proposed code amendments to the Planning Commission.
- December 11, 2024: Planning Commission public hearing on all the proposed code amendments, and recommendation to the Town Council.
- January 27, 2025: Town Council public hearing on all the proposed amendments, and direction to Town Clerk to advertise the Notice of Intent to Adopt for the other items. Request by the Town Council to hold a work session on the...
Click here for full text