IMHO if one needs a permit then one should obtain one.
The first thing one needs to do is to ascertain if a
permit is required. If it is, then one should jump
through all the hoops that are required. IMO if you
don't obtain one then "you're not legal" and will not be
in a good negotiable position in the future if needed.
Personally, I recently moved to unincorporated Will
county, Illinois. Discussion with the county folks
yielded answers to my question ranging from "You can't
do that." to "No permit is required." I went to the
county office and spoke at length with the folks,
helping to educate them and we all determined that there
was actually no requirement, that they could find. But,
I was insistent that they had to because, as I
explained, "There's concrete and rebar and that needs to
be inspected. That's what you do!" They agreed and I
went through the process and voila, I obtained my
permits. Now one may ask why did I talk them into it?
Well, acting under advice from my ham legal experts, all
agreed that when I'm eventually annexed into the local
city, who has a 50ft. max tower limit, I'll be in a
better legal situation with buy-in from the county than
if I had not gotten it. (My towers are 56, 72 and 120
ft.) Maybe money down the drain but it was comforting
to see those permit placards in the window during
construction and I've framed the "Certificates of
Occupancy". Good luck, Phil KB9CRY
ps I never put up a tower at the previous qth because
there was a restrictive ordinance (satellite dish
actually but all encompassing)in place and those sons
of -------- in the village would have gone legal, so I
eventually moved.
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