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Greenville council denies ordinance change sought after Camping World erected oversized flag
Summary
City Council voted 6-0 to deny a text amendment that would have allowed up to 130-foot flagpoles and noncommercial flags as large as 32,100 square feet citywide, after weeks of public attention and testimony that the company filed a building permit for a smaller pole but later installed a much larger flag without inspection.
Greenville City Council voted 6-0 on Jan. 9 to deny a proposed amendment to the city zoning code that would have allowed nonresidential properties to erect flagpoles as tall as 130 feet and to fly noncommercial flags up to 32,100 square feet.
Council members and dozens of speakers at a packed public hearing said the immediate dispute began after a Camping World store submitted a July building permit specifying a 70-foot pole and a 12-by-18-foot (216-square-foot) flag but later had a much larger flag and pole installed without a record of the required inspection.
The issue surfaced when Planning Division staff received a complaint in October and inspected the site; planning staff told the council the flag measured 40 by 80 feet (32,100 square feet) and the pole was taller than the permit allowed. Chris Kelly, city planner, told the council the applicant then submitted the text-amendment request on Nov. 15 asking to change city standards to accommodate the…
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