[TowerTalk] Community Ordinances

[K8RI on Tower talk]

> We who live in TX are fortunate to have had this battle already fought on 
> our behalf.

Yup! You are getting BPL instead.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com

>
> When I lived in PA, my twp had a 35' height restriction.  I summarized a 
> number of cases, especially the recent one from TX fought by Orin Snook, 
> where the federal court basically told the twp that they had to shove 
> their restrictions.
>
> The attorney for the twp. in PA told me that this case was not 'binding' 
> but was 'persuasive'.
>
> In TX, however, it IS binding since it was decided by the Federal Circuit 
> court that covers TX.
>
> So check do a search on Orin's case. You might be able to find it on the 
> ARRL website. It leaves local govt's in TX little maneuver room to 
> restrict antenna heights.
>
> Regards
> Bob/WF3H/5
> Dallas
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "AD5VJ Bob" <rtnmi at sbcglobal.net>
>
>> Well, I just wrote into the group not long ago and since
>> then things have changed for me (us).
>>
>> My landlord sold the property I am on and I have 60 days
>> to find another place to live.
>>
>> We have a possibility in mind as of today, but don't know
>> NOW if towers and such will even be allowed, I wont write
>> what I am thinking right now, wouldn't be appropriate for
>> this or any other list server.
>>
>> So, does anyone know how I find out what the restrictions
>> are in the area I am going to or if there even are any?
>>
>> The new area looks a little more like a community, not so
>> much country as where I am now, so I tried doing a search
>> for the community name to try to find a document of some
>> kind on line and came up with nothing.
>>
>> Does the state "Texas", the county "Tarrant" or does the
>> subdivision "Hills Of Briar Oaks" have this information
>> and if not then where do I find it without letting it out
>> why I am asking and possibly muddying my own waters before
>> I get started on my search.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73 fer nw,
>> Bob AD5VJ
>>
>> 10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
>> http://www.n5iet.com/
>> Code may be taking a back seat for now,
>> but the pioneering spirit that put the code
>> there in the first place is out front of it all.
>>
>>
>>
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