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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM – 1G <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: July 18, 2022 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Jessica Jagoe, City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: City Code Section 910, Swimming Pools Fence Regulations <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> N/A N/A N/A <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br /> <br />Council should consider and provide direction to City Staff regarding the public comment <br />received at the July 11, 2022, Regular City Council Meeting requesting the minimum height <br />requirement for pool safety fencing be reduced to 4 feet. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />At the July 11th City Council Regular Meeting, Katy Muckala at 1147 Karth Lake Drive <br />addressed the Council during public inquiry requesting Council consideration to amend the <br />ordinance on the minimum height requirements for safety fencing around swimming pools. Ms. <br />Muckala is proposing the City Council amend the current ordinance language in City Code <br />Chapter 9, Building Regulations under Section 910, Swimming Pools to reduce the safety <br />fencing requirement from a minimum of five feet tall to four feet tall. The Arden Hills City <br />Code current language is as follows: <br /> <br />Section 910.11, Construction Standards, Subd. 7 Safety Fencing <br /> A. All pools shall be provided with safeguards to prevent children from gaining uncontrolled <br />access. This shall be accomplished with fencing of not less than five feet in height. <br />B. All fence openings or points of entry into the pool area enclosure shall be equipped with <br />gates. <br />C. All gates shall be equipped with self-closing and self-latching devices placed on the top of the <br />gate or otherwise inaccessible to small children.