A Florida woman found herself in front of Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal panel recently. The reason? The Hillsborough County Code Enforcement Board told Maureen C. Donnelly that her backyard pool was in violation of the Hillsborough County Property Maintenance Code, issuing her a citation.
According to the legal documents posted to FindLaw, Donnelly was issued a citation over the state of the pool, since an inspector said that the pool water didn’t meet clarity requirements and the fencing wasn’t up to code.
The problem with the citation is that Donnelly denies that she has a pool. Instead, she says that the body of water is actually a koi pond, which she created after converting her existing in-ground swimming pool…