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
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Philip J. Rankin
Wireless Telecommunications Services
PO Box 24
Pittsburg, KS 66762
