Pool ordinance a no go in Rehoboth Beach

The votes are in and the Rehoboth Beach Commissioners have shut the door on the possibilities of Mayor Cooper’s proposed pool ordinance.

Whether you were for or against Mayor Coopers pool ordinance there was something for you Friday night at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.

For those in favor of the ordinance, tighter pool regulations were approved by the commissioners.

A new chapter in the city code will enforce things such as lighting and drainage for pool owners and will also address noise complaints.

Commissioners say the consequences in violating the regulations will result in a citation.

Three citations would then result in a revocation of a pool license.

There are still some questions surrounding the regulations, and members on the board have said that additional work needs to be done.

As for the widely debated pool ordinance, it was denied by the board. Pleasing a large majority of folks in attendance this evening.

“There is a problem that they can work with. People that are violating noise residences and codes or whatever, but you don’t have a police state, you don’t come in and then make everybody guilty, every landowner guilty.” Said Tony Coehlo, the author of the Americans With Disabilities Act, who is a resident at Rehoboth Beach.

Another resident, Nancy Mondero added, “It was a bad idea to begin with. If you have a pool and you have a rental house, you’re going to say ok you have to buy a cover to cover the pool up, I mean who’s going ton want to rent a house that has a covered pool.”

Mondero also expressed her pleasure with the board’s vote, saying, “I’m very happy, I feel validated that like our rights aren’t being trampled on.”

While voting on the ordinance, members on the board expressed the need for something like the ordinance to help eliminate noise complaints.

With that being the case, resident shouldn’t be surprised if discussions along the lines of another similar ordinance present themselves in the future.