[TowerTalk] Heading off an antenna restriction?

[Scott Neader KA9FOX]

SITUATION:

I live in the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin.  I plan in installing a 72 foot
self supporting tower on a corner city lot, roughly 165'x 75', with no CC&R
or deed restrictions.  (see plot of land and tower placement at
http://www.QTH.com/ka9fox/plot.gif)  The tower is fairly large, the base is
4 feet wide and the tip will be about 2 feet wide.  Tower is rated for 22
sq feet of wind load at 85 mph.  Proposed antenna is 30 foot boom yagi
(Force 12 C4XL) plus 6m and 2m beams (and wire dipoles).

City building inspector is familiar with amateur radio and somewhat
familiar with PRB-1 and advises me that there are no zoning regulations for
amateur radio tower installations, but asked me to voluntarily get a permit
for the tower base, which I did.  The tower base has been inspected and
approved by the building inspector.

Concrete was poured today and the first section of tower is in the air (8
feet). Neighbor across the street is extremely upset about the installation
for aesthetic and property value reasons.  This neighbor is canvassing the
neighborhood, probably to gain support for some sort of action against my
installation.

QUESTION:

What is my best plan of action?  I don't know this for a fact, but I am
assuming that the only thing the neighbor can do is to go to the City
Council and ask them create a restriction for my type of installation.  I
was thinking of getting some information on PRB-1 from the ARRL and get
that information to all city council members ASAP.  Am I over reacting?

Any ideas, thoughts, supporting documents, etc., would be greatly appreciated.

73 - Scott KA9FOX

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