I had a virtually identical experience with our local board. They wound
up putting me in touch with their consultant, and together we drafted a
quite satisfactory tower section for their new proposed ordinance.
Roger's point is right on - had I not spoken up, who knows?
Shortly thereafter, the entire new zoning ordinance in which it was
incorporated was voted down by the citizenry. As a result, we still
have a1986 ordinance with *no* amateur tower restrictions; in fact, they
are considered "Public Utilities" and are not restricted by zoning at
all! Such is life in West Virginia - sic semper montani!
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/9/2015 3:15 AM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
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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