[TowerTalk] Tower Permits

[Charles Mills]

I agree with Steve - my township was perfectly willing to accept said
documentation for my tower.

UNTIL the neighbors complained to high heaven and they realized I was out of
spec on location...only thing that made me have to move it.

Chuck

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:02 AM, <K7LXC at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 3/23/2008 5:01:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
> >  Consider yourself lucky, but not necessarily wise. My tower  cost $3000
> to
> install with crane services, concrete pumping,  hole  digging, and other
> expenses, and I wasn't willing to roll the dice and take a  chance of
> loosing that
> investment. If you try and ignore city codes and they  catch you, they can
> make you remove it which is also costly, and you can bet  it would be more
> difficult to get the permit after trying to avoid the codes  the first
> time.
>
>     My experience has been that you can retro a  permit IF you've
> constructed
> it per the factory/PE specs. Document everything  (pictures of the depth
> of
> the hole, rebar cage, invoices for rebar,  concrete, etc.) and submit it
> with
> your permit application.
>
>    The fine is typically a small percentage  (e.g. 1 or 2%) of the value
> of
> the project so in this case the fine would  be $30 to $60.
>
> >  Your displeased neighbors or another ham that doesn't like  you will
> eventually rat on you. I don't consider this good advice to  follow.
>
>
>
>         This is about the only way  you can get busted - that is if a
> neighbor complains to the building department.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve      K7LXC
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