Staff recommends approval for the proposal as shown in the attached plans, consisting of two pages, prepared by Premier Pool and Spa, signed and sealed on July 18, 2017 by Wayne Marham Bennet, PE, and stamped received on July 21st, 2017.

The Applicant is proposing to build a 268-square foot swimming pool in the rear yard of an existing single-family home located on Lake Patricia. The overall size of the pool is typical for a residential property developed with single family home. The home itself is sited seven (7) feet from the top of the slope (the “Tie Line”) that leads to lake. The Land Development Code does not permit pools and decks waterward of the Tie Line. The effect is the inability to construct a pool on the property without the benefit of a variance. The applicant has considered alternative locations and orientations for the pool, but all the options necessitated a variance of some sort. The proposal presented, requesting the 10-foot variance beyond the top of slope, represents the minimum necessary for any pool to be built on this property. An encroachment of 10 feet beyond the Tie Line of the property in question leaves 41.9 feet of unencumbered slope area.