[TowerTalk] The Ham-Law Mailing List

[Jim Lux]

HamLaw certainly is active... I get several posts a week, although not much
in the last few weeks (maybe everyone's on vacation resting up for the first
Monday in October?)

Do the zoning laws in question specifically call out amateur radio antennas,
or are they applying to ANY communications tower? In the latter case, it's
most likely a anti-cellular measure.  Not sure, but a $5K fee doesn't sound
like "reasonable accommodation" to me, and I suspect there is case law to
that effect.  Heck, a measly $5 fee has been held to be excessive for the
OTARD rule.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Crespo" <f5vhj at qsl.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:28 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] The Ham-Law Mailing List


> The Ham-Law Mailing list is not active.
> I happened to come across the zoning regulations for a place called
> Greenburgh, NY. It has 80,000 people, including four licensed hams.
> It's zoning laws lump require any amateur radio antenna to secure a
> special permit which requires a $5,000 escrow account to be set up along
> with the application. It gets worst.
> In my opinion discussions about towers should include the issue
> of how to get them up legally with being an outlaw.
> 73,Al
>
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