Scott, Bill's right. Get it up as fast as you can; don't cause any TVI
for about 3 months; and the neighbors will "get use to it." Once up, I
doubt the city council or zoning board will make you take it down. Even
if they pass a law in the future, you should be "grandfathered."
Good luck,
Joe, K0JN
>----------
>From: Bill Cotter[SMTP:bcotter@pop.uky.edu]
>Sent: Monday, October 13, 1997 1:56 PM
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Heading off an antenna restriction?
>
>Scott,
>
>IMHO: Get your butt outside and get it up asap! Tonight, if you have
>to. The sooner the better. Try your best to outrun any beauracratic
>action and ask for forgiveness rather than permission. Your wisdom in
>securing a permit for the foundation can be played for all that it's
>worth in a council meeting. You and the building inspector are going to
>team up so he will NOT look foolish and embarrassed for issuing the
>permit. He probably will have enough pull with the council to affect
>the outcome. His permission and the PRB-1 should go a long way as a
>"good faith effort to do the right thing". If you have the tower up and
>have met all the engineering spec's, the likelyhood of anyone forcing
>you to tear it down is less than the ease of stopping you from putting
>it up beforehand.
>
>I am fortunate that Nicholasville, Kentucky is a small community
>outside of the Lexington metro area. Here we seldom ever make someone
>tear down a building, shed or other unmovable object once it is built.
>Instead the humble homeowner requests forgiveness in the form of a
>variance ;^) I spoke with one of the council members about installing a
>85ft #25 and a 120ft #45 on a one acre lot, did I need to obtain some
>kind of permit? "Of course not. We don't have time for small stuff like
>that. Just don't put it on the easement or within the 15ft zone around
>your perimeter lot-line"
>
>Good luck tonight,
>
>73 es gl bill n4alg
>
>
>
>At 11:21 PM 10/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>SITUATION:
>>
>>I live in the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin. I plan in installing a 72
>foot
>>self supporting tower on a corner city lot, roughly 165'x 75', with no
>CC&R
>>or deed restrictions. (see plot of land and tower placement at
>>http://www.QTH.com/ka9fox/plot.gif) The tower is fairly large, the
>base is
>>4 feet wide and the tip will be about 2 feet wide. Tower is rated for 22
>>sq feet of wind load at 85 mph. Proposed antenna is 30 foot boom yagi
>>(Force 12 C4XL) plus 6m and 2m beams (and wire dipoles).
>>
>>City building inspector is familiar with amateur radio and somewhat
>>familiar with PRB-1 and advises me that there are no zoning
>regulations for
>>amateur radio tower installations, but asked me to voluntarily get a
>permit
>>for the tower base, which I did. The tower base has been inspected and
>>approved by the building inspector.
>>
>>Concrete was poured today and the first section of tower is in the air (8
>>feet). Neighbor across the street is extremely upset about the
>installation
>>for aesthetic and property value reasons. This neighbor is canvassing
>the
>>neighborhood, probably to gain support for some sort of action against my
>>installation.
>>
>>QUESTION:
>>
>>What is my best plan of action? I don't know this for a fact, but I am
>>assuming that the only thing the neighbor can do is to go to the City
>>Council and ask them create a restriction for my type of installation. I
>>was thinking of getting some information on PRB-1 from the ARRL and get
>>that information to all city council members ASAP. Am I over reacting?
>>
>>Any ideas, thoughts, supporting documents, etc., would be greatly
>appreciated.
>>
>>73 - Scott KA9FOX
>>
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