[TowerTalk] Good news about AZ tower restrictions in Pinal County

[wf3h@comcast.net]

This is good advice...my experience has been that if 2 local officials are involved, they will disagree with each other over everything.  The XYL is an attorney, so may have her do the paperwork...

Bob/WF3H

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> At 10:46 AM 3/17/2005, wf3h at comcast.net wrote: 
> >Just got a phone call from the zoning inspector in Queen Creek, AZ. Ham 
> >towers are exempt from any regulations at all. None. Zip. Not even a 
> >building permit required. This is HEAVEN! My last place in PA required me 
> >to force them to change their building code to conform to PRB 1. 
> > 
> >Love it! 
> > 
> >Bob/WF3H 
> 
> Get that statement on a piece of paper with the official's signature. Maybe 
> something like an informal drawing submitted for a plan check. I've had 
> more than one experience where the contractor was told, over the counter, 
> that something was perfectly ok, and then, when the inspector (or the 
> neighbors) saw it, things changed. A friend wound up having to install an 
> huge unplanned water tank for fire sprinklers after having been assured 
> that the barn was close enough to the hydrant to not require it. He could 
> have easily shifted the barn's foundation 3 feet on the graded pad (to make 
> it close enough) had the first guy actually made the call. The problem was 
> that the original opinion wasn't on paper, so it wound up taking many 
> months (years?) before it was all thrashed out. 
> 
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