[TowerTalk] Franklin County tower ordinance

[David Branson KC0LL]

Pima County AZ ( Tucson ) tried the 35 foot and only one tower thing, a lot of us spent some money and got a lawyer. Many hams took off work (got off their butt) and went to the hearing. We had representatives from Red Cross, salvation Search and Rescue and others stand up and talk. 50 or so hams showed up, and only 1 or 2 homeowners showed up against us. The county board voted not to do it (right then). I then got busy and put up a 100 foot to grandfather in!
ARRL help some also. Look it up.
You got to get organized and go to City Hall.



David F. Branson

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Blake Bowers 
  To: StLASE at yahoogroups.com 
  Cc: TOWERTALK at contesting.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:01 AM
  Subject: [TowerTalk] Franklin County tower ordinance


  Franklin County MO has a zoning ordinance on the table right now.

  For HAM towers, it permits up to 35 feet - with Conditional Use
  Permits required in residental zoned areas.

  For OVER 35 feet, in RD and RD-2 areas, it simply does not
  allow the tower, in other areas it requires a CUP or admin permit.

  PRB-1 says the county has to make reasonable accomodations,
  is 35 feet reasonable?  Most areas have 70 feet or so.

  The proposed ordinance also has lots of set back requirements,
  fall zone requirements, and landscaping requirements.  I don't at
  first blush see any exemptions for HAMS on these requirements.

  In fact, I don't see any exemption from the loading requirements for
  HAMS.

  CUP is 500 bucks, admin permit 200.

  100.00 fee every two years for renewal.

  This is a bad ordinance.

  Add to the burden for commercial towers, they want to require
  us to provide free space for any public service group or agency.

  I suppose the gas stations in town are providing free gas for the 
  patrol cars....





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