[Towertalk] Temporary Use Permits

[Chuck Counselman]

Nathaniel Gates N8RIT wrote:
>In the city where I live, I was made aware that to
>erect a tower I would have to apply for a temporary
>use permit and appear before the city in their monthly
>meeting where my neighbors would have the opportunity
>to comment on my request.  I am to notify my neighbors
>that are within 300/500 feet of where the tower is to
>be erected.  My question is, what information should
>or should not be included in the letter to the
>neighbors?

There's a _lot_ of good advice about not only how to approach your 
neighbors but also what to say in front of your city board, in Fred 
Hopengarten's (K1VR) book _Antenna_Zoning_, published by the ARRL and 
worth every penny.

-Chuck, W1HIS