South Carolina Man Told To Take Down His American Flag This Weekend Because It Violates... According to reports, a Lexington, SC business owner claims he is being told to remove the 10 American flags he put up outside of his business to celebrate the upcoming Fourth of July holiday. Michaelis of Michaelis Mattress Company says he was asked to remove his display because it violates a 1999 town ordinance, which states only three flags that are not duplicates can be displayed only in restricted and intense development districts. The Lexington Police Department let Michaelis know the display violated the ordinance and told him to remove the flags. I put them up yesterday and the city and the town of Lexington says they got to come down because theres an ordinance in place, Michaelis commented. In a statement, Michaelis made it clear that he does not plan to take the flags down. Lexington Mayor Steve MacDougall released the statement below regarding the flag display on his Facebook page: In response to the Article that has so many upset, let me be perfectly clear The Chief of Police, the most respected law enforcement officer in the community, was asked to go by and speak with the store owner about the display and to inform him of the ordinance, we never forced or asked him to take down the flags. We were not given a chance by WIS to respond to this claim until 1:45 when they called while I was meeting with Britt Poole. The ordinance has been on the books since 1999 when Council at the time acted on a negative situation involving the Confederate Flag that required them to create todays guidelines for all flags. 