[TowerTalk] Town Code Definition Conundrum

[Jeff Chambers]

Hi Mark,

My town has the code written almost exactly as you have written. They do 
not consider an amateur radio station a 'Telecommunications Facility'. 
They did require me to buy a $22 building permit, as they believed the 
tower was a structure that was not exempted by the UBC (more than one 
story tall is one that I remember), and required only one inspection, 
which was looking at the hole.

When I first spoke to P&Z, I was pleased to hear that they believed that 
they were prohibited from regulating amateur radio antennas (you just 
gotta love rural America!)

My tower is a TriEx W-51 (circa 1982), and I did have to get new 
drawings & calcs, but only for 70 MPH (got them from Kevin Tashjian, who 
fortunately has an Idaho stamp). I was expecting quite a hassle, but it 
was a breeze. I felt so lucky, I bought a lotto ticket, but apparently 
the tower project used all my good luck...

73 and best of luck,

Jeff KK7MQ
Twin Falls, ID
-- 



_________________________________________________
Build a mile of road, you can travel a mile......
Build a mile of runway, you can travel the world!