You guys are obviously living in the wrong places. My town is just
going through rewrite of zoning bylaws... right up front in the section
on 'wireless communicating facilities' it completely exempts amateur
radio. Its best to train them right from the start.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard (Rick) Karlquist (N6RK)
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 17:18
> To: Pete Smith; R. Kevin Stover; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Limitation on tower width. Was: Revocation
> ofBuildingPermit?
>
> Cupertino has a 12 inch width limitation, which
> is just enough for Rohn 25. Basically, that limits
> you to guyed towers or self supporting pipe towers.
> A 55 foot Sky Needle would be perfectly legal.
> In many cases, a Sky Needle is an excellent solution
> for city lots, but it seems to be an overlooked option,
> judging by the amount of discussion about zoning issues.
>
>
> Rick N6RK
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Pete Smith
> > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 7:37 AM
> > To: R. Kevin Stover; towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Limitation on tower width. Was: Revocation
> > ofBuilding Permit?
> >
> >
> > At 09:23 AM 7/17/2004, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
> > >I assume the city is using this 19" width requirement as a
deterrent to
> > >putting anything up. They couldn't just come out and ban towers
> > per se but
> > >can and apparently do make it difficult to put anything up (self
> > >supporting) that will take any appreciable load. The 64' Heights
> > tower I'm
> > >planning is 30" per side at the base and tapers to 14" at the top.
> >
> >
> > On the other hand, couldn't it be that the city is simply ignorant
of
> the
> > dimensions of self-supporting towers, and based its spec on Rohn 45?
> >
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> > The World HF Contest Station Database
> > was updated on June 5, 2004
> > 2728 contest stations at
> > www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
> >
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