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Oh no...yep make a stink and write the mayor/constable and go to city council meeting as they normally allow the public to speak on any subject for about 3 min.
 
Why not move the overhead lines to house? Power company will usually do it for a few hundred. I'm in NJ and had to do on father's house down the shore for a new deck was 700ish thru power company. If it's still a pool and ur paying taxes on it they have no say technically u should need nothing from them or be involved w the town at this point. I'm guessing u went to them asking what to do and they looked at ur survey and said power lines are too close overhead?
 
It’s not the power lines that come to the house. I moved those last year to prepare for this possible adventure. It’s the electric companies lines that run in the back yard of all the houses.
Tried doing the right thing and I guess I got screwed
 
Ask for forgiveness not permission. Lesson learned. Go to the council!


I would say no good deed goes unpunished but this thread is full of good deeds and therefore doesn’t apply to this group of good people!
 
They can't have it both ways. If it is no longer a pool in their eyes, and they have been charging you extra tax because of it was a pool at one time they owe you a refund from the point where you bought the property. If your property description from when you bought the house lists it as having a pool, then you have a pool. Its just a little dirty! Seriously you may want to consult with a lawyer to see what your next step should be.
 

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I wouldn't give up on it either, especially since it seems to be in good shape. Before hiring a lawyer and spending a lot of money, I suggest you investigate the political process in your town. Where I live, the city council can grant a variance on pretty much any subject and overrule anything any city department or commission does. THey don't want to hear from every guy who just thinks the rules shouldn't apply to them, but if you have a good story, and I think you do, you would get a sympathetic hearing here. The argument that it is still a pool because you have been paying taxes on it might or might not hold water (sorry) legally, but it would make the city council favorably inclined to listen.
 
DO you have a copy of your plot survey plan(If not the city should)? I would think in order for the power company lines to be in your back yard they would have at one point asked and issued an easement. Knowing where the easements on your property could get you started in the right direction.
 
Ok the power company can give a letter of permission that the town will accept. They are coming out to verify and may grandfather it in as an existing structure. Guy said I have more pull seeing it’s concrete and the foundation is still there
 
I don’t get it. If you still have a pool in the eyes of the town, why do you even need to involve the town to renovate your pool?

It just hasn’t been vacuumed out in a few years??? Seriously - what do they need to approve about new pumps and such?
 

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