[TowerTalk] tower legislation

[JimW9WU@aol.com]

Wally:

I represented  the Northbrook hams in passing the village tower ordinance.
You don't need to show your neighbor anything, but there have been a number of
studies showing that cellular towers have no real effect on property values.
The only ham study I know is quite old from Colorado.  

My wife is a realtor, and has sold the house next door to ours twice, each
time for ever greater prices.  (I blame her for our increasing property
taxes).  The house directly across the street from my 80' TriEx with stacked
beams was listed and sold by the XYL for the highest price ever in our
village.

To my knowledge, there are NO documents available to any Appraiser
or Realtor that demonstrate any impact on property value for any ham tower.

73, Jim O'Connell, W9WU  ARRL Volunteer Counsel

In a message dated 8/26/1998 5:10:18 PM Central Daylight Time,
wklinn@hotmail.com writes:

> 
>  Good Afternoon,
>  I saw a few weeks ago that somewhere in the southern states there was an 
>  administrative law ruling regarding placement of towers versus adjacent 
>  property values. It went something like: "The property adjacent to a 
>  cellular radio tower did NOT lose any value even though there is a 
>  cellular tower next door". I have a neighbor who is objecting to my new 
>  PERMITTED and LEGAL tower, and he is concerned that his property will 
>  lose value (which of course is BS). 
>  
>  I thought I saw this thread on the reflector, and was wondering if 
>  anyone has the file (or brief) in question that I can show to my 
>  neighbor. 
>  
>  I appreciate the help, as usual!!
>  
>  73's
>  Wally W9BEA
>  

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