I would have cleared with the misses before city hall:)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Finn <edfinn11@gmail.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, Jun 12, 2015 9:44 am
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Paint
All,
Thanks to all for the comments.
I just spoke with the zoning director
and he backed off with needing paint.
He just told me to submit when I am
ready.
Now to the first approval (from the wife)...
Ed
wa3drc
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed
Sawyer
Sent: Friday,
June 12, 2015 6:09 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk]
Tower Paint
When dealing with zoning and permit officials, you need to
understand what
your application is vs the local and state statutes and also
whether those
statutes are in compliance with PRB-1 reasonable accommodation.
If you have
a very well updated town or city, that has written language into
their
statutes to reasonably accommodate ham radio towers, and you are looking
for
zoning waiver to be approved, then the zoning board has a lot of
subjective
leeway to ask for things - and many do.
However, if you are
dealing with a very common situation where there is no
accommodating language,
then you actually shouldn't even be asking for a
zoning waiver, in my opinion
(which is not a lawyer but with some
experience). You should just apply for a
building permit and get into a
discussion of why they would be rejecting it in
violation of federal law.
That usually gets their attention and dismisses with
the feel good stuff
like "blending with the neighborhood".
Never ever
call it a tower and never ever allow the application of
commercial tower regs
and guideline to be applied to your personal use
accessory structure. They
can't do it - and they know it. They just don't
know if you know it. They can
apply structural concerns relative to wind
and other safety issues but only to
the extent they would challenge a house
or garage for personal use. Not turn
your personal use structure into a
Verizon Cell tower. Its not legally a
commercial tower.
Ed
N1UR
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