Bob - Good luck with the move!!
Hopefully Tennessee is accommodating as North Carolina is for “Antenna Support
Structures” - notice I did not use the word “Tower”, the word tower apparently
has a different meaning to the AHJs.
The building inspector’s office was great to deal with once they figured out it
was not for commercial use, and issued a building permit for a structure – even
though it was a HDX-555 tower. I had 3 inspections done footing (hole), final
mechanical after it was completed and final electrical (grounding / bonding
system). The only requirements that I can remember were the same as for a
normal structure - 35 feet setback from the rear property line (since the
structure was over “3” stories tall) and a 10 foot setback from the side
property line.
Andy / NC4AB
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob K6ZZ
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 7:37 PM
To: Jack Brindle <jackbrindle@me.com>
Cc: TowerTalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Amateur Radio Tower Ordinances
Hi Jack,
I’m in the process of moving from CA to KY. I’m aware of PRB-1 and will
certainly bring it up if needed.
I’ve got a meeting with the county building department director on Tuesday
afternoon. My hope is that he’ll agree that their PCS tower ordinance does not
apply to Amateur Radio. If so I should be good to go. If he insists that it
applies to Ham Radio towers I’ll have some work to do.
As I said earlier, I’m not going to do a thing if they tell me I’m good to go.
Wouldn’t make sense.
Thanks for the replies.
Bob
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 22, 2023, at 6:53 PM, Jack Brindle < <mailto:jackbrindle@me.com>
> jackbrindle@me.com> wrote:
> You are in California. There is a state law that requires local governments
> to treat you quite reasonably. They cannot apply the PCS and commercial
> ordinances to ham radio antenna systems.
> It is easy to look up the CA law on the internet. You might want to bring a
> copy with you to meet with the planning people.
>
> By the way, the City of Campbell, in the Bay area, has no ordinance covering
> ham towers. They are quite happy not to have one, in fact. We tend to be
> excellent citizens.
>
> 73,
> Jack, W6FB
> Now in Louisiana, which also has a state version of the FCC PRB1 regulation.
>
>
>> On Nov 22, 2023, at 5:38 PM, Bob K6ZZ < <mailto:bob.selbrede@gmail.com>
>> bob.selbrede@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I would only suggest a more reasonable ordinance if they insisted on
>> applying the PCS ordinance to Ham Radio. If they tell me there are no
>> applicable ordinances and give me a green light, I’m certainly not going to
>> argue with that logic!
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Nov 22, 2023, at 6:32 PM, Martin A. Flynn <
>>> <mailto:maflynn@theflynn.org> maflynn@theflynn.org> wrote:
>>> Actually it does - Do you want your 30 foot Rohn 25 tower bracketed to
>>> your house classified by the same rules as a cell / pcs or Commercial
>>> two-way tower?
>>>> On 11/22/2023 6:22 PM, Ron WV4P wrote:
>>>> There are no rules for ham so you want them to create some ?
>>>> That makes zero sense.
>>>> Ron, WV4P
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 5:00 PM Bob K6ZZ <
>>>>> <mailto:bob.selbrede@gmail.com> bob.selbrede@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Are there any good examples out there that a municipality could
>>>>> adopt/copy to create a reasonable ordnance for Ham Radio towers?
>>>>> My new QTH doesn’t have anything specific for Ham Radio but they
>>>>> do for commercial towers and Public Communications Services (PCS)
>>>>> towers. PCS is something specific in FCC parlance and shouldn’t be
>>>>> applied to Amateur Radio IMHO. I’m hoping to talk them into
>>>>> creating a simple reasonable ordinance based on successful application
>>>>> elsewhere.
>>>>> Thanks, Bob K6ZZ
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> TowerTalk mailing list
>>>>> <mailto:TowerTalk@contesting.com> TowerTalk@contesting.com
>>>>> <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk>
>>>>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> TowerTalk mailing list
>>>> <mailto:TowerTalk@contesting.com> TowerTalk@contesting.com
>>>> <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk>
>>>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> TowerTalk mailing list
>>> <mailto:TowerTalk@contesting.com> TowerTalk@contesting.com
>>> <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk>
>>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> TowerTalk mailing list
>> <mailto:TowerTalk@contesting.com> TowerTalk@contesting.com
>> <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk>
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
<mailto:TowerTalk@contesting.com> TowerTalk@contesting.com
<http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk>
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
|