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CONSENT ITEM—6B <br /> ,-AI�EN HILLS <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: August 22, 2022 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Community Development Director <br /> SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendment— Section 910, Swimming Pools Safety Fencing <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> N/A N/A N/A <br /> Council Should Consider <br /> Motions to approve, table, or deny the following: <br /> • Adoption of Ordinance 2022-005 for an amendment to the language in Section 910, <br /> Subsection 910.11, Subd. TA— Swimming Pool, Safety Fencing of the Arden Hills City <br /> Code to reduce the minimum height requirement for pool safety fencing to four(4) feet. <br /> All items need a simple majority for action unless otherwise noted. <br /> Background/Discussion <br /> At the July 1 lth 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 proposed the City Council amend the current ordinance language in City Code Chapter <br /> 9, Building Regulations under Section 910, Swimming Pools to reduce the safety fencing <br /> requirement from a minimum of five feet tall to four feet tall. The Arden Hills City Code current <br /> language is as follows: <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 /> Page 1 of 2 <br />