Bought a 27" ag round tonight

[Aranon]

Just a thought on getting a permit for your pool. I thought I would do everything right and check and see if I needed a permit for an above ground pool. I was told yes.

I applied for a permit and was turned down and told to resubmit my drawings. The city said the city had an easement 35 from the street. My fence is 10 feet from the street and is on my properly line. I wanted to put the pool 10 feet from my side of the fence in the back yard , which would make it 20 feet from the street. They said No, just in case they wanted to widen the street someday. I live in an old neighborhood and they will never widen the street. I told them if they ever wanted to widen the street I would take down my pool because it was an above ground pool and would not be that hard.

I was told no permit, plus I had to put it 12 feet from by back fence because they had an easement back there too. They said that you cant put any pool or storage building or any thing on the easement. I told them almost everyone in my neighborhood seemed to have a small storage building or storage shed in their back yard next to the fence. They said, well, they didn't apply for a permit.

I said, "You mean if I didn't come down here and tried to follow the law and be a good citizen and ask for a permit, I could put my above ground pool up and no one would care and I could be like almost everyone else in my neighbor hood and have a pool or small storage building near my own fence and every thing would be hunky dory. The inspector said, "Well I'm not suggesting that, but yes, I guess it would be."

What I got from the conversation was go ahead and put up you above ground pool where you want in your own back yard and don't worry about it. The city has to follow the exact letter of the ordnances and can't give you a permit if encroach on the city's easements. Not that the city will ever use their easement, but they can't give you a piece of paper signed by them thats says its OK to put something on the easement. Even though they will never plan on using the easement and its on your property behind your fence on the other side of a that huge tree that would have to removed before you pool ever would.

Bottom Line.... I'm putting up my pool in my yard where I want it, without a permit. But you should do what you think is best. Just my thoughts.

Aranon

[pkzmf]

Thank you for all of your insight...I guess I am reading some more....and the permit, since I am having the pool installed I do need that permit or they will NOT install. My backyard is 120 x 220 and I just had a tree removed out of the only two (2) that I had since both were 40 ft from the house. Now all that is my way is the one (1) tree and the shed in my back yard. The install contract said that within one (1) year they will re-install the pool if it is more than 1" out of level.

[CarlD]

What you have to do is apply for a "Variance". Every town is different but ask how you can do that. No building inspector will EVER volunteer that you can go that route, but the clerk at town hall or the building office may be able to help you.

We can't run pools lengthwise in our town, only cross-wise, but the people behind me are doing it--they got the variance. (they just can't get the contractor to plaster the darn thing!)

With an AG pool it shouldn't be a problem. The reason you WANT to get it approved is that in the event something bad happens, your home-ownders insurance company can stiff you and refuse to pay saying "it wasn't an approved structure".