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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />SEPTEMBER 6, 2005 <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - APPEAL NO. 2005-03 <br />(VARIANCE NO. 2005-09) TO PERMIT <br />THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 50-FOOT TALL <br />FLAGPOLE AT 617 EAST SEVENTEENTH <br />STREET - ST KRIEGER APPLICANT <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />t <br />CITY(MANAGER <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />1. Deny Appeal No. 2005-03. <br /> <br />2. Adopt a resolution denying Variance No. 2005-09. <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> <br />On June 13, 2005, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution denying <br />Variance No. 2005-09 by a vote of 6:0 (Leo absent) to allow a 50-foot <br />tall flagpole in the Arterial Commercial (C5) zoning district at 617 East <br />Seventeenth Street (Exhibit A) . <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Planning Commission held a public hearing to review a proposed 50- <br />foot tall flagpole at an existing service station at 617 East Seventeenth <br />Street. This request required approval of a variance for exceeding the <br />35-foot height limit in the Arterial Commercial (C5) zoning district. The <br />Commission noted that the 35-foot height limit would adequately allow the <br />prominent display of a flag and denied the variance request based on the <br />determination that no overriding circumstances existed that warranted <br />exceeding the height limit and concerns about the flagpole being utilized <br />as an additional marketing tool for the service station. <br /> <br />The applicant is appealing the Planning Commission's decision to deny <br />Variance No. 2005-09 (Exhibit B). The applicant contends that because of <br />the site's physical constraints, it requires a 50-foot flagpole to be <br />able to properly display and view a flag from the surrounding areas. <br />Additionally, the applicant feels that the proposed flagpole would not <br />set a precedent for future requests of 50-foot tall flagpoles or have a <br />negative aesthetic impact either to the immediate residential vicinity or <br />the City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br />75A-1 <br />