Towers and regs

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In a message dated 96-02-07 12:02:56 EST, you write:
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>Steve,
>I was wondering if other County/City permit-granting agencies required
>this engineering stamp.  I submitted an application for a 35' guyed towe=
r
>to Boulder County Land Use Dep't. and received a phone call from a
>planner stating that I needed to have the ROHN engineering specs.
>approved by a licensed PE or have him generate specs of his own.  This
>requirement from what I can tell is new and obviously intended to
>discourage hams from installing unsightly towers in beautiful Boulder,
>CO. Due to recent litigation that made it's way to Federal District
>Court over a proposed variance (special use review process) here seems t=
o
>have really made it difficult to install any tower period.
>I need to ask anyone out there who had to meet this requirement to let m=
e
>know of any lower-cost solutions that have been acceptable to County or
>City Land use agencies.  Please reply directly.
>
>'73 Dan KJ1N/0
>Boulder, CO
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Dan --
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  First of all, this is the Pandora's box of amateur radio and you've ope=
ned
it up.
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   Secondly, building permits were not perpetrated to prevent hams from
putting up towers.  Local building departments have adopted building code=
s
with one of the most widely invoked being the Uniform Building Code (UBC.=
)
Those codes are written for  structures and since towers are considered
structures, they are subject to the UBC.  Also, in order to build anythin=
g
that falls under the UBC (no pun intended), building departments are aski=
ng
for stamped engineering drawings FOR YOUR STATE.  Therefore, you either h=
ave
to get a local Professional Engineer (PE) to do it or have Rohn do it.  R=
ohn
has engineers that have licenses for most states and for a fee, they'll
provide you with the drawings you need.
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   These comments are only addressed to the permit process and have nothi=
ng
to do with zoning.  Even if you're zoned for a tower, it's not a slam dun=
k.
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   Some building departments are also asking for soil tests as part of th=
e
permit documentation ... and you don't even want to know about that!
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73,  Steve   K7LXC
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       "Up The Tower"   now appears in CQ Contest magazine
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