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" J, f November 2], 2003 Centerville Planning and Zooing Commission To Whom It May Concern: My wife and I muld like to request that you seriously consider a cl1ange in the ordinance governing the height ofa fence for a swimm;ngpooJ. Specifically, the six-fuot height requirement seems to be inappropriate. Six teet is fine fur people mw require privacy fur the pool, but I believe building a fence this taIl should be at the owner's option or discretiro. In researching a few of the local city ordinances, I quickly fOlmd a dozen cities in the Metro area that require a minimum 4-fuot fence height I could not find one other city ordinance, besides Centerville, that requires a mm;mnm fence height as high as six teet taIJ. Also, I installed a pool and a fence approximately 4 years ago on my property. At that time, Centaville's ordinance was also a 4-fuot fence height. Now, 4- years later I am in a situation where I have upgraded my pool, and under current code I will need to remove my 4- foot fence and replace it with a 6-foot fence. Expensive, but that's not really the issue. I think the issue is safety, but let me discuss. We have very few children in our neighborhood, and even if we did I feel a 4-foot fence would be sufficient to eliminate any danger to small cllildren. An older cllild would have no problem climbing the 4-foot or the 6-fuot fence. I am unclear of whom I am keeping out with the extra tm feet in height, or how this would help to elim;n~te any danger associated with pools and water. As I said earlier, a6-fuot fence should be installed at the owner's discretion, if they preferred a more private surrounding for their pool area, but I see no safety value in the extra fence height Try to consider this from my point ofview. I have a few hundred acres ofIake less than 100 yards from my house across the street (peltier Lake) and I have a huge pond less than 100 yards to the back of my house. It seems odd to be fencing our little pool ofwater in my hack yard, when the open, unfenced, water is all arOinld us. We are requesting that you return the minimUlIl fence height for swimming pools back down to four teet. Thank yon fur your considering this matter and I look forward to attending a future Planning and Zooing meeting to discuss this issue with you. ~ C . ojiher and Tina Brown 1618 Peltier Lake Drive Centerville, MN 55038 (65])7484367 (Work) (65])653-3702 (Home)