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Commission holds first reading of zoning changes on flags and signage; planners say most existing installations likely compliant
Summary
The commission held first readings of Ordinance 26-003 (flags and signage) and 26-004 (stormwater utility); staff said the flags draft prohibits attaching flags to trees or utility poles and limits freestanding pole height to the district building height, and that older installations are likely grandfathered.
The commission conducted the first reading of two ordinances: a zoning update addressing flags and signage (Ord. 26-003) and a stormwater utility code addition (Ord. 26-004).
Planner Mike explained the flags language is largely a cleanup: "there is nothing in this proposal that regulates flags with the exception that they are not permitted to be attached to a tree or to a utility pole and that a freestanding flagpole is limited in height to the maximum height of a building in that district," he said. Commissioners asked whether Kiwanis boulevard flags, school flagpoles, and long-standing residential poles would be grandfathered; staff responded that zoning grandfathering applies but that enforcement depends on staffing capacity.
The ordinances were presented as first readings only; commissioners thanked staff for clarifying how the revisions address prior enforcement gaps and asked for the ordinance language to be readily available for the next reading.
