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Re: [TowerTalk] permit in hand

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] permit in hand
From: Michael Keane K1MK <k1mk@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:05:26 -0400
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At 06:49 PM 8/31/2007, you wrote:
>thats wrong, why should the HAM comunity accept unreasonable government?
>Whats reason for FCC PRB-1 ?  We have rights and we need to stand up for
>them !!

Bill,

Rights? Rights! We got no stinkin' rights!

Seriously, if PRB-1 did actually confer "rights," then it would be a 
much better situation for us hams. Because then, someone might be 
successful in recovering their attorney's fees in situations where it 
was necessary to sue a recalcitrant town in order to obtain the 
"reasonable accommodation" that PRB-1 requires be provided.

But every state and Federal court that has ruled on this question of 
rights (save one early-on decision) has said that neither PRB-1 nor 
our licenses confers any rights upon us.

You have to ask: did the town make you do anything they would 
normally do for any other 90-foot high, non-residential structure? 
Sealed drawings (yes, every page sealed) and a survey/site plan are 
pretty standard fare for non-residential construction. It's how the 
construction business is typically done.

Homeowners with DIY jobs typically catch a break in the rules and 
from the building inspector.

There's nothing in PRB-1 about having to treat to towers just like 
putting up a garden shed or adding a room to your house, even though 
a tower is an accessory structure and an accessory use to a 
residence. Tower construction typically falls under a different 
section of the building code and the zoning rules than most things 
homeowners dp. You can't cry foul if town hall treats it like any 
other instance of non-residential construction.

Sorry, but there are lots of real horror stories out there. In this 
case it sounds like the town went by the book and you got a good deal 
from a PE and a surveyor.

73,
Mike K1MK

Michael Keane K1MK
k1mk@alum.mit.edu

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