[BC] Zoning issues

[Bailey, Scott]

Barry,
   If they are, I'm not aware of it. I'm a NAB member, and I don't think
the NAB, nor our State TAB, have any clout in getting into local issues
like that. It will take a federal agency and an act of congress to stop
local governments from telling a federally licensed facility that they
can not put up a tower, especially in areas where they are needed. Jim
Zobota (our local zoning guy here knows who the NAB and the TAB are, and
his office will ignore all calls from them because they have no clout in
the city and county government, according to him.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Barry Mishkind
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:04 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: [BC] Zoning issues

Isn't this something the NAB is working on, to help broadcasters?

At 10:25 AM 9/20/2006, Bailey, Scott wrote
>    My station in Gallatin, TN, when we got ready to replace my old
195'
>wind charger tower, codes came to me and want me to go down to 100'. At
>the time, my knowledge of unipoles, was not good, and I was still
>learning about what top loading was.


>    This was 1999. Today, Sumner County Codes are trying to stop any
>tower building at all, including for 2 way emergency use in the UHF
>band, with is really stupid. WQKR (1270), Portland, TN, was forced off
>their licensed tower site by property owner Larry Collins. I think he
>wanted the towers gone to use the land to expand a factory building
>nearby.
>    WQKR former owners went in front of City Codes for a new site
found,
>and were turned down. They then found a possible site location outside
>the City of Portland, in the county. Sumner County said...hell no, and
>asking why do you need 2 towers anyway?





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