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Council directs staff to write ordinance distinguishing decorative residential flagpoles from regulated structures, votes 5‑0
Summary
After a staff presentation on building‑code requirements for flagpoles, the Lompoc City Council directed staff to draft code and zoning definitions to exempt small decorative residential flagpoles from full structural permitting and to consider fee adjustments and retroactive relief; the motion passed 5‑0.
The Lompoc City Council on Monday directed staff to draft ordinances that would create a clear local definition separating minor decorative residential flagpoles from larger flagpole structures subject to full structural review.
Building and Safety Services Manager Michael Lowe told the council that current municipal practice treats a flagpole and its foundation as a single structure subject to the state building code’s design wind‑speed standard (92 mph). That means a typical consumer flagpole and its foundation may trigger engineering and foundation requirements that are mismatched with…
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