Fwd: Re[2]: [TowerTalk] Anyone have experience challenging restrictive CC&R's ?

[R. Otto]

Hello John,

Another approach to use when you're thinking of buying property in an
area with C&R's is to put in your purchase contract a clause stating
your intent to erect a HAM radio tower and antennas, with a height of
XX.  I bought property in a very exclusive area of Cincinnati, and
expected quit a fight were I to try to erect the tower after buying
the property.  Rather than buy and build at risk, I put my intent as a
requirement of the purchase contract.  They had several meetings to
discuss it, and in the beginning we were told the "never would grant
such a wish".  In the end.....the cash on the table worked I guess
<G>.   They came as a group and looked at the tower at my current
residence..........and approved the sale.  Now there can be no
discussion........it's in the sale agreement.

73's from.......

R. Otto
N8NGA@one.net
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Saturday, September 02, 2000, 6:53:39 AM, you wrote:


JL> FCC has ruled against enforcing restrictions against: satellite receiving
JL> dishes less than 1 meter in diameter, broadcast TV antennas in areas where
JL> antennas mounted inside the attic would not provide a useable signal, and
JL> "MMDS" or "microwave cable" antennas mounted less than 12' above the
JL> roofline. These are the only specific antenna related things I know of.
JL> Most Homeowner's Associations still either don't know or refuse to
JL> acknowledge this.  They will say something like "restrictive covenants are
JL> contracts between individuals that the government cannot interfere with".

J

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