Which is why the big tower companies are trying to push for legislation at the state and federal level to standardize such things.
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 1:12 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > In my completely unqualified opinion, they make these rules so they can > hammer fees out of somebody. > > If you go with your hat in your hand and explain politely what you're > doing then maybe they'll help you through the process. They might not bend > any rules for you, but they might refrain from making it harder. > > I can think of two towns which adopted the same set of standardized rules > on building towers. One town told aWISP, "These rules aren't really > intended for you, they're really for cell phone towers, just apply for a > building permit and we'll ignore the rest of it." A different town stuck > to the letter of everything and hit the same WISP with $7000 in engineering > fees, and there were very strong reasons for the WISP to believe that no > actual engineering was performed. I won't name the two towns or the WISP, > but this is a true story. > > -Adam > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "TJ Trout" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: 12/7/2017 1:39:47 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Conditional-use permit for tower > > So i inquired about installing a "ham" tower, which is limited to 60ft in > the county I reside, damn. They still want their use permit & fee's, it's a > several month process with a open hearing and approval from the board of > supervisors. Also an environmental study??!? > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Philip Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Chuck, bureaucrats are not pricks!!!! That's the best part of a >> man!!!!!!! They are the excrement that secreats from bureaucrat's >> ASSHOLES!!! >> >> Phil >> >> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> One thing about bureaucrats, they love to have all the boxes checked and >>> all the pages filled out. So rather than kick against the pricks, I have >>> learned to try to give them more than they ask for if there is no way >>> around it. >>> >>> *From:* TJ Trout >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 5, 2017 11:35 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Conditional-use permit for tower >>> >>> I just purchased a 7ac price of land for my primary residence and the >>> site is a great location for a tower site, but the local government is >>> asking for a 30 page conditional use permit app with an environmental study >>> and a public comment period plus approval by the board of supervisors... >>> >>> After that I have to obtain a building permit obviously. >>> >>> Any tips on filling out this application so I can receive an approval? >>> >>> Three of my competitors have a tower within 1 mile of this site and none >>> of them have gone through the planning or conditional use permit nor have >>> they received a building permit as far as I know. So I don't think they >>> will be asking me to co locate. >>> >>> Any advice or tips? I guess this process can take as long as a year to >>> be completed and I'm not sure what the cost will be but I'm sure an >>> environmental impact study isn't cheap. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> TJ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Philip J. Rankin >> Wireless Telecommunications Services >> PO Box 24 >> Pittsburg, KS 66762 >> > >
