[TowerTalk] site plan ??

[Robert Chudek]

Bill,

I'm sending this at the risk of being repetitive and redundant to what Jim has already posted, earlier. :-)

Your county will want to see an approximate scaled drawing of "things" like your house, your garage, any overhead utility lines, any buried gas, water, electric, telephone, and sewer lines. If you're in the countryside, you would include the location of your septic and drain field and the water well too. And as Jim said, you want to show where the tower base and anchor points will be located in relation to all these obstructions. The site plan is an overhead view of your "site".

This drawing helps you and them determine whether all safety issues have been reviewed. There may be setback requirements from some obstacles (buried electric service). There may be safety issues if you (or a contractor) will be digging with power equipment (severing gas, water, or sewer lines). In that case, manual digging may be necessary for safety.

Regarding buried utilities, your state or county will have a toll-free telephone number to call. A firm will come to your property and locate all underground services. They will mark them, usually with colored flags and/or painted stripes on the lawn. This service is free to the homeowner and helps prevent accidental "engagement" with utility services.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN



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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:52:23 -0700
From: Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] site plan ??
To: "bill rubin" <brubin2010 at gmail.com>, towertalk at contesting.com
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At 01:39 PM 8/27/2007, bill rubin wrote:
>Seems my county now whats a "site plan" for my tower project.  I already
>send them a Stamp PE for my state from Rohn. But that was not enough.
>Anyone have a template or a old site plan i can use as a guide ?

A site plan is peculiar to YOUR property. It shows where the tower 
and the guy anchors (if any) will sit relative to all the other 
things around it.  The stamped drawings only say "the tower assembly 
will meet the requirements", but nothing about where it's 
installed.   The site plan shows where you're going to put it, and 
any other things needed.


>All the best,
>
>Bill N1HWC