Hello everybody! Welcome to my first rant!
Today, we are talking about public/backyard ponds and pools. I have neither a pool or pond myself, but I still believe that this is a topic worth ranting about.
City by laws state that pools must be fenced, and the present concern is that ponds may need to be fenced as well. My question is has any one considered our main safety hazard present in every new subdivision? I'm talking about storm reservoirs. Earlier this year, the city was taking aerial views of backyards to ascertain pool owners were complying with the fencing by laws. There was even talk of fining people who didn't comply. Why aren't these same rules applied to man-made ponds and reservoirs?
On Thursday October 3, London community news ran an article titled "No backyard ponds rules, but safety questions remain." In the article, comments were made re "fatalities can happen in ponds", "children can actually drown in one inch of water". Do you not think that storm collection ponds post more of a safety hazard than fenced pool backyards, regardless of height of fence, or backyards with ponds? How is the city getting away with leaving these installations un fenced? Why do not the same fencing by laws apply?
Has anybody not thought of this before? What do others think of this?
