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Greenville council denies Camping World request to allow 130-foot poles and 3,200-square-foot flags
Summary
By a 6-0 vote, Greenville City Council rejected a text amendment that would have allowed much taller flagpoles and vastly larger noncommercial flags citywide after staff and residents raised safety, visual and process concerns.
Greenville City Council voted 6-0 Thursday to deny a text amendment requested by Camping World that would have raised the allowable flagpole height in nonresidential zoning districts and allowed noncommercial flags up to 3,200 square feet.
City planner Chris Kelly told council the change was not staff-initiated and would apply citywide. She said the request stemmed from a complaint after a locally erected flag later was measured at 40 by 80 feet — 3,200 square feet — and that staff recommended denial. “This proposed text amendment is not staff initiated,” Kelly said during her presentation.
The dispute began after a July building permit described a 70-foot pole and a 12-by-18-foot U.S. flag (216 square feet), which complies with the current ordinance. Planning staff sent a notice of violation on Oct. 31 after a complaint and later…
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