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City Council Minutes August 6, 2019 Page 2 of 12 ----------------------------- 5. Presentations There were no presentations. 6. Planninq and Zoninq 6.1. Planninq Commission Report The July 29, 2019 Planning Commission Report and July 18, 2019 draft Planning Commission minutes. 6.2. Ordinance Amendment— Flaq Pole Heiqht Dawn Bittner stated the Planning Commission unanimously recommends the City Council amend the City Code to allow flag poles in the Commercial and Light Industrial zoning classifications to be 60 feet in height, and 30 feet in height in all other zones. They prepared the attached Ordinance Amendment for Council consideration with the proposed language to be added. Council Member Pederson asked if the Amendment included the Park and Ms. Bittner stated that the Park is zoned public so it would not be included. He asked if there was a discussion about the Park and Ms. Bittner stated there was and since the building height is currently 25 feet that they are allowing flags to be 30 feet high in all of the other zoning classifications besides Commercial and Light Industrial. Council Member Akerson asked how they came up with the reasoning for the heights. Ms. Bittner stated they looked at the existing flag poles in town and some in surrounding communities. She stated they had a request for an 80 foot flag pole and realized the building height of 25 feet was not reasonable for flags but after much discussion and looking at existing flag poles the Planning Commission determined that 60 feet was a reasonable height for a flag pole in the Commercial and Industrial zones. Discussion ensued about Agricultural areas, flag poles businesses in the area being non-conforming, and why the Park cannot have a 60 foot flag pole. Council Member Akerson asked about the individual that applied for the 80 foot flag pole and why he would not be able to have that height. Ms. Bittner explained the height was at 25 feet in that area and to jump to 80 feet is extreme but now it may be changing to 60 foot and a variance could be applied. Discussion ensued about the individual applying for a variance and flag height for the Flag Display project in the Park with flags being at 20 feet with the U.S. flag at 30 feet.