Excellent - I'll read those and proceed accordingly - many thanks!!!!!
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: Mickey Baker
To: xnewyorka@hotmail.com
Cc: trogo@telegraphy.com ; TowerTalk
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Zoning question - Putnam County Florida
You can fnd the applicable Putnam County code here.
http://www.municode.com/library/clientCodePage.aspx?clientID=11475
There's also the Palatka city code on the municode site.
http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientID=10225&stateID=9&statename=Florida
A quick looks shows no regulation for antenna height at the County level, but
some at the city level - check it out, it appears to exclude amateur radio
towers.
If you live in the unincorporated county, you will likely have no problems
erecting a safely engineer (to Florida Building Code, which includes wind
survivability to EIA RS 222 specific to your area!!)
You'll have no problem in Palatka in a residential zoned area for < 50'.
Florida statute guides the cities and counties. Here's a search result that
contain the state statutes:
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?StatuteYear=2011&AppMode=Display_Results&Mode=Search%2520Statutes&Submenu=2&Tab=statutes&Search_String=amateur+radio
I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, just amateur radio advice!
73,
Mickey N4MB
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:07 AM, John W <xnewyorka@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Tony,
Zoning regulations are created by the town, not by the county.
Secondly, anything anyone tells you, through list or otherwise, is not
valid.
Even what the town zoning officer tells you might not necessarily be valid.
The only valid source for this information is the town zoning regulations
themselves.
You should try and find the complete set of regulations online, or go to
the town hall and buy a copy.
You will then need to either spend a significant amount of time reading
them, or else find an attorney experienced in these matters to help you.
Also, I believe there is an reflector similar to this one specifically for
zoning issues, but I can't remember the name off the top of my head.
If you haven't decided on a specific town yet, then when you have narrowed
down your preferences to a few towns, you should check the regulations in each
town and choose the one that is the most conformant to PRB-1.
After reading the regulations, if you can't find anything restricting the
height of non-commercial antenna support structures, then either you missed
seeing the restriction because it was buried somewhere you didn't look, or else
you have been lucky enough to find a town that has no restriction. (There are
still a few such towns left in the USA, although their number is dwindling. If
you find one, buy a house there and put up some antennas!)
Also, you should probably buy the book "Antenna Zoning for the Radio
Amateur" by Fred Hopengarten.
http://www.antennazoning.com/main/page_amateur_radio_antenna_zoning_book.html
It will help you with your permit application if you need to file one, and
chances are that you will need to file one.
73 & GL,
John
W2ID
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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 13:18:51 -0500
From: "Telegraphy.com" <trogo@telegraphy.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Zoning question - Putnam County Florida
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I'm thinking of buying a home in Putnam County Florida - is anyone familiar
with the tower
zoning regulations down there?
73
Tony
Tony Rogozinski
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