W7CE wrote:
>> When they wrote the tower regs for our township we had two hams on the
>> planning committee.
>> The population density is pretty heavy out here so the only concerns were
>> safety and they made a specific distinction between ham and comercial
>> towers. Our only limitations are "stet back limits" meaning if it goes
>> over
>> it has to land on your property, unless you can get a wavier from that
>> neighbor. The other was anything over 80' needs to be engineered and they
>> are quite willing to accept the ROHN catalog specs.
>>
>
> I've been wondering about the property line setback requirements for towers
> recently. Why do most areas have set back requirements for towers based on
> height but nothing similar for buildings? Is there an automatic assumption
> that standard engineering practice is questionable with tower designs and
> that they are likely to fall down? Nobody makes that assumption with 100'
> plus high commercial buildings.
Buildings aren't tall and skinny.
100 ft high commercial buildings are supported by pallet loads of
engineering analysis
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
|