BOTHELL, Wash. (AP) — Snohomish County code enforcement officers have a problem with a 90-foot flagpole at a Bothell church.
The county is threatening the Park Ridge Community Church with a $1,500 fine if it doesn’t get a permit.
The 90-foot tall wooden pole was erected about 10 years ago as a temporary cell phone tower. The pastor, Brad Sebranke, says when the phone company no longer needed the pole the church asked that it be left as a flag pole. The church put a cross on top and has a lighted star on top in the Christmas season.
The Daily Herald of Everett reports the church is appealing the fine. A county hearing examiner is scheduled to consider the case Jan. 4.
