Citizen complaint of the day: New Fort Point restaurant's flag is Big & Annoying

there's rush hour on sidewalks too. it's taking up half the sidewalk, which would make people walking closest to the building have to veer out into the path of people walking in the opposite direction closest to the street. They won't move or will end up in the street - not safe at all at those times. Sounds minor until it happens over and over again every morning and evening as people go to and from work (Menton & Sweetgreens on Congress were both bad offenders of this with the sandwich board). Sidewalks are narrow enough without blocking them unnecessarily. This flag would be ok a few feet higher. Other businesses manage to advertise themselves without blocking the sidewalk. Annoying if you're not pushing/pulling something let alone having to move around pedestrians with a burden (baby carriage, etc), or with snow on the ground or in a wheelchair. This is something very much avoidable. Reason why signage requires a permit (I can't see this meeting current standards).