Franklin staff proposes temporary‑flag options; board leans toward flexible dates with limits

City planning staff presented draft options to amend Franklin’s zoning ordinance signage chapter to address temporary flags and small stick flags at a June 2025 work session, and aldermen signaled a preference for flexible temporary‑flag dates with limits rather than a strict holiday list.

Joel Aguilera, a planner in the city’s Planning and Sustainability Department, reviewed the options staff had developed after a March joint conceptual workshop. The options were grouped into three categories: duration (how long temporary flags may be displayed), quantity (how many temporary flags in addition to the existing three permanent flags allowed per lot), and treatment of small stick flags (the small garden‑size flags often used for holidays and fundraisers).

Why it matters: the city’s sign regulations currently allow up to three flags to fly year‑round per lot; a recent notice of violation to a homeowner prompted broader discussion over…