I live in a community where the city gov't officials are not able to walk
and chew gum at the same time. There are many hams here who have towers etc
who, like me, have never been hassled by anyone from the city. A few months
ago a guy put up a wind generator and all 'hell' broke loose. It reminds me
of a keystone cop movie the way the 'officials' are stumbling over each
other trying to regulate tower structures. They decided on a temporary fix:
If the structure falls it must fall within the owners property and must not
exceed 60 feet tall. (The guy with the wind generator is on 5 acres) They
now have 'study' groups trying to craft regulations and so far everything
they have done has been rejected by lawyers.
The ultimate solution would be that the city officials get bored and just
move on to another subject. I moved here 15 years ago and asked the local
hams what the regulations are and they said none. Some(few) guys got
building permits but most didn't and there were never any hassles either
way.
There are people who want to live in 'sterile' areas and that is just fine.
Hams who want to put up towers should avoid those areas. Likewise those
'sterile folks should leave us alone in our 'non-sterile' areas and allow us
our towers.
Again just my -2cents worth
73
MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.n7mal.com
Everyone in the world is
entitled to be burdened
by my opinion
----- Original Message -----
From: Gregg Seidl
To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 16:39
Subject: [TowerTalk] tower restrictions
The more I read all the interesting stories about what can go wrong with
trying to put up a reasonable tower I think I'll stay here forever.I guess
I'm lucky,I put up an 85 foot tower this year as well as a short 12 footer
and I didn't even get a building permit.I've had other towers up in my yard
now for 19 years and no one has said a word.
It "might" help that I've lived in this township my whole life as did my
parents,grandparents.....
There has just got to be other townships that don't get all bent out of
shape over towers. www.k9kl.com
Gregg K9KL
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