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Southfield updates zoning to clarify flagpole height exceptions and fall-zone engineering option
5444098 · July 22, 2025
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Summary
City Council amended the zoning ordinance to clarify height exceptions for flagpoles and to allow structural-engineering reports to reduce required fall zones.
The Southfield City Council on July 21 approved a text amendment to Title 5 (Zoning and Planning) that clarifies height exceptions for accessory structures specifically addressing flagpoles.
Staff said the change was prompted by a developer request to install a 200-foot flagpole and by an ambiguity in the current code that treated tall flagpoles the same as monopoles for fall-zone calculations. Under the…
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