[TowerTalk] Town Code Definition Conundrum

[Alan C. Zack]

Jeff:
I am curious as to when this occurred as I am told most bldg dept went away from UBC-97 and started using IBC-2000 in the last year or so.  I tried to get (beg is more like it) my bldg dept
to accept stress analysis drawings and wind calcs under UBC-97 which is all US Towers has available but was told almost all bldg depts have gone to IBC-2000 certs.

Jeff Chambers wrote:

> 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
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