Hi Jim,
I live in Placer County, about 40 miles east of Sacramento, in the foothills of
the Sierras. Just recently obtained a building permit for a 55' crank-up tower
from the county. Discovered that a tower less than 45' tall does not require a
permit. Towers > 45' require wet-stamped engineering drawings calced for a 70
mph wind-speed, using UBC97 specs and Exposure B criteria. There are no zoning
requirements in the county regulating height for an "amateur radio" tower. I
had to bring e-mail proof with me from the head of the Planning Dept to
convince the gentleman at the counter of this fact. The building permit cost
$115. Having said all that - most newer housing developments in the county have
CC&Rs regulating antennas. I live in an older neighborhood with no restrictions
of any kind (grin).
Good luck with your move,
Jim -WX6V-
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Lux<mailto:jimlux@earthlink.net>
To: jimjarvis@ieee.org<mailto:jimjarvis@ieee.org> ;
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Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sacramento CA ?
At 11:10 PM 7/22/2004 +0000, Jim Jarvis wrote:
>OK, gang....
>
>I just booked a new gig, requiring that we move to
>Sacramento County CA. Anyone onboard who can comment
>on the antenna/zoning issues in the 5 municipalities in
>the county?
>
>How are things further toward Tahoe? Other direction...
>nearer SF?
>
>Just about to begin a regional housing search, and would like
>to get my yagi up. Last I heard, there were no trees in the
>desert....so wires won't work.
>
>N2EA
>
>jimjarvis@ieee.org
How far up towards Tahoe? My in-laws live in Nevada County, which is by
and large quite rural and things are moderately unrestricted, but changing
rapidly, as people move to the foothills from the Bay Area.
From a CC&R standpoint, the newer areas on the outskirts of Sacramento
might be worse than actually in the city, because the development activity
is newer and more regulated.
Rick Karlquist has a very nice 7 element phased array on some acreage in
Galt, roughly half way between Sacramento and Stockton (which are 45 miles
apart).
Sacramento is, as you are no doubt aware, on a huge flat floodplain
(flatter than Kansas) with a fairly high water table (and topsoil that
extends dozens of feet down). You have to go 10-20 miles east to start
hitting the foothills, and probably 50 miles west to get into the coast
ranges. You can go 100 miles north or south without changing elevation
more than 10-20 feet.
If you are really unconstrained in your location, and you want to choose
for optimum radio, you might consider the San Joaquin delta area... pretty
darn close to the "antenna over a salt water marsh" kind of situation...
However, I suspect that your choice of living areas may be more determined
by driving and commuting time. Check into this very carefully. The area
has expanded (population wise) a lot in the last 10 years, and the road
capacity has not kept up.
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