Council adopts flagpole setback amendment to zoning code

Barbara Carroll, director of community development (speaker 14), presented an ordinance amending Chapter 27 of the city code to create a specific setback for flagpoles in commercial and industrial zoning districts. She said the change was prompted by a conceptual site plan for Veterans Park and that a 15-foot setback would align flagpoles with other small structures. "Flag poles ... are allowed no closer than 15 feet from any street right of way line," Carroll explained (speaker 14). She told council the Central Business District already has a 10-foot setback and the ordinance would leave that language unchanged.