A while back I found that our township was rewriting their zoning. I
found that they planned on addressing towers as a group and that they
were addressing tower heights along the approach paths to the local
airport (KIKW) which has at present "I believe" 5 or 6 instrument
approaches.
I called the head of the zoning board and mentioned that the FAA already
had addressed the approach and structure heights. There was also the
approach to towers, grouping amateur with commercial towers. That ours
is a volunteer service that during emergencies works with the EOC.
The next day, the person in charge of that part of the rewrite called
me. We had a nice talk for a good half hour or so. In the end amateur
installations were removed from the zoning regulations entirely as were
the references to the airport.
My point is that I was the only person who called with information
pertaining to amateur radio. Had I (one person) not called, there would
have been some heavy restrictions on ham towers.
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73
Roger (K8RI)
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