[TowerTalk] To Permit or Not to Permit

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/7/03 9:15:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
bcrews56 at sprintmail.com writes:

> I am facing a dilemma in regards to erecting my WT51 in my yard.
>  I have scoured the area and talked to other hams in regards to
>  the permitting process and almost 90% of them didn't bother and
>  never had faced problems from the city or their neighbors.
>  
>  My neighbor hood does not have CC&Rs against antennas.  The city
>  has an ordinance with a height limitation of 35'.  California recently
>  passed its own PRB-1.  If I were to go the permit part and ask for a 
> variance
>  in accordance with the "accommodation" clause of the California PRB-1
>  then I would be the test case and wind up having to educate the
>  city.  Chances of winning, 50/50?

    This is better posted on the ham-law reflector. That's where the experts 
for these discussions hang out. And they've been through it many times before.

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Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH