[TowerTalk] Limitation on tower width. Was: Revocation of Building Permit?

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Sat Jul 17 10:36:58 EDT 2004


At 09:23 AM 7/17/2004, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
>I assume the city is using this 19" width requirement as a deterrent to 
>putting anything up. They couldn't just come out and ban towers per se but 
>can and apparently do make it difficult to put anything up (self 
>supporting) that will take any appreciable load. The 64' Heights tower I'm 
>planning is 30" per side at the base and tapers to 14" at the top.


On the other hand, couldn't it be that the city is simply ignorant of the 
dimensions of self-supporting towers, and based its spec on Rohn 45?


73, Pete N4ZR
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