Comment from Cindy Smith

I am against the proposed rule to impose restrictions on private owners who rent their propeties out for season, by the week, month, year, etc... The responsibility lies with the parent or guardian of the child to oversee and protect their welfare, and should NOT lie with a landlord, out of sight and in no direct control of that child. Even if protections were implemented, it is no guarantee of safety...if a parent is not properly monitoring and caring for the child, anything can happen, the child can wander off and be hit by a car, bit by a dog, or worse, kidnapped... By passing these rules, you are going to limit the landlord's ability to rent to people with children, or even people with grandchildren, because of the liability involved and the costs involved to implement these additional safety requirements. Most counties already have in place rules relating to the construction of pools, so why the additional rules? Also, if you try implement these rules regarding a pool, what about properties on the water? Are you going to require fences and barriers to obstruct views, and access to these types of propertie because they are potentially dangerous to children? You can take this even further by even suggesting that properties with stairs be required to have barriers so children will not fall down these stairs...in other words, leave us alone, and let the parents parent, the government is restrictive enough.