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9 <br /> <br /> <br />An amendment fact sheet (Attachment 6) has been prepared providing answers to basic <br />question(s) associated with this proposal. <br /> <br />If the amendment is adopted, Planning staff will be required to physically document all flags and <br />flagpoles on property within the County’s planning jurisdiction. This is to establish a baseline for <br />what is existing within the County and identify potential violation(s) of size and height <br />regulation(s). <br /> <br />Please note staff will not have the authority to go onto private property to document the <br />presence of a flag or flagpole. Pictures will be taken from public/private rights-of-way. Further <br />this is the first step in the documentation process. Staff will have the burden of proving a <br />flagpole exceeds established height restrictions or a flag exceeds allowable area in order to <br />initiate enforcement action at the appropriate time. <br /> <br />Planning Director’s Recommendation: The Planning Director recommends approval of the <br />proposed text amendments, including the: <br />i. Statement of Consistency contained in Attachment 3, which indicates the proposed <br />text amendments are consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Plan, are <br />reasonable, and are in the public interest, and <br />ii. The text amendment as contained in Attachment 4. <br /> <br />Planning Board Recommendation: At its April 4, 2018 meeting, the Board voted unanimously to <br />recommend approval of the Statement of Consistency and the UDO amendment package. <br />Draft minutes and the signed Statement of Consistency from this meeting are included in <br />Attachment 2. <br /> <br />Pursuant to a request by the Chair, the County Attorney and Planning staff prepared an <br />additional document, Attachment 7, with recommendations from the County Attorney to reduce <br />the required setback to 20 feet and to designate a maximum allowable height rather than <br />having an allowable height either a set number of feet or the height of a building on the lot. <br />Reducing the setback would allow the County’s smallest allowable lots of 50 feet to erect <br />flagpoles. Allowing for a single height limit for flagpoles in the residential and commercial <br />zoning districts will provide a measure of uniformity for flagpole height throughout the County. <br /> <br />Page 11- amortization policy- flagpoles would have to comply within one year of this ordinance <br />being adopted. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey said the Planning Board is aware that many entities have multiple <br />flagpoles, such as fire departments and schools. He said the County Attorney’s (CA) office has <br />provided some additional amendment options on page 30 of the packet. <br />Commissioner McKee asked if the flagpoles will be out of the compliance after a year. <br />Michael Harvey said yes. <br />Commissioner McKee asked if the number of government entities with flagpoles over <br />this height is known. <br />Michael Harvey said no. <br />Commissioner Price asked how staff determined that there could be only three flags per <br />pole. <br />Michael Harvey said given the timeframe placed on staff by the BOCC, this is what staff <br />was able to come up with, and staff based this ordinance on similar regulatory standards from