Re: [TowerTalk] Moving to AZ

[Alan Zack <k7acz@cox.net>]

In my neighborhood Horse Country very few people actually have horses. 
 It more how many houses per acre per zoning.  The city did build a 
large equestrian park and riding path along the edge of my 
subdivision, giving us some open space and a nice view of the L.V. 
strip.  And yes, some very nice, tall towers.

Jim Lux wrote:

> At 03:34 PM 2/2/2005, bob wrote:
>
> > Will soon be moving to Chandler/Phoenix area. Any info on tower 
> > restrictions? Most properties seem to be either small urban lots, or 
> > 'horse properties' (whatever they are).
>
>
>
> "Horse properties" are places where you can have a horse in your back 
> yard.  Typically a combination of zoning and adequate space. You'll see 
> numbers like 2 horses per 1/2 acre or some such.  In general, horse 
> people tend to be pretty tolerant of "odd things" in the neighbor's yard 
> (you don't complain about my manure pile, and I don't complain about 
> your tower).  There are some new, very up-scale horsey tracts being 
> built with bridle paths among the manicured common areas, where this 
> probably doesn't apply.  (I'll bet that after a few years, either the 
> tract turns into a normal horsey area, or the non-horse-owning 
> homeowners in the tract, who thought it looked "cool", go on the warpath 
> to ban the horses...)
>
> When contemplating the desirability of a backyard horse consider this:  
> 1 horse = 8 tons of manure/yr.   That's about 45 pounds a day which 
> someone will need to move from one place to another. Each and every day. 
> (Unless you have >5 acres, in which case pasture is a possibility, along 
> with a tractor).
>
>
> > Info? Thanks all
> >
> > Bob/WF3H
>
>
>
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