OT - Ham Radio Towers

[Lyle Tuttle]

You know better than I who should be aware of this.....this just came in:
======================

FYI:

At the request of the Mayor, the City Manager 
investigated the need for regulating Ham Radio 
and reported that there was no need and that the 
existing regulations were sufficient 
<http://www.glendaleaz.com/clerk/agendasandminutes/Workshops/Agendas/060110-W01.pdf>http://www.glendaleaz.com/clerk/agendasandminutes/Workshops/Agendas/060110-W01.pdf 
. At the City Council meeting there was no 
support for this but for some unknown reason it 
is (reportedly) being pushed by Mayor Scruggs and Vice Mayor Steve Frate.


  Glendale is proposing some new zoning ordinance 
wording. This wording is not Amateur friendly. 
Part of it states: zta09-01 Section 7.301.A.6. 
Maximum height of an amateur radio tower is seventy-five (75) feet.


          All antennas must be retractable when 
not in use. Maximum height, when retracted is limited to the following:


          a. Twenty (20) feet in the A-1, RR-90, 
RR-45, SR-35, SR-17, and SR-12 zoning districts.

          b. Fifteen (15) feet in all other zoning districts.

          c. One antenna is permitted for each 
license issued by the FCC to the property.


          The verbiage can be read at 
<http://www.glendaleaz.com/planning/documents/ZTA09-01ForWebDraftText042011.pdf>http://www.glendaleaz.com/planning/documents/ZTA09-01ForWebDraftText042011.pdf


  We can find no manufacturer who can supply a 
retractable tower meeting the requirements listed 
above and the retractable towers that are 
available are extremely expensive. And the "one 
antenna" provision requires an antenna the is theoretically impossible.

This is part of the Zoning Ordinance Update that 
is scheduled for a Planning Commission meeting on June 2nd."



At 04:13 PM 5/25/2011, Eric Cope wrote:
>I've heard they are organizing with the ARRL. If 
>interested in getting involved, I can forward 
>your contact info to the MCECG (Maricopa County 
>Emergency Communications Group) who is plugged into the effort...
>
>Eric
>
><flame_war>Who is surprised that Glendale of all 
>local municipalities is starting this?</flame_war>
>
>On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Lyle Tuttle 
><<mailto:l.tuttle at cox.net>l.tuttle at cox.net> wrote:
>If I recall correctly, several of the members on 
>this board a ham radio operators.
>
>If so, you might be interested in this info passed to me by a friend:
>===================================
>I'm working with some ham radio operators who 
>are very upset with proposed changes supported 
>by The Glendale mayor and another Glendale 
>official that will tie the hands of ham radio 
>operators within the city of Glendale. The April 
>2010 staff report says these new regs aren't necessary.
>
>However, someone has gotten new regs onto the 
>June 2 city council agenda that Glendale ham 
>operators must have specified retractable 
>antennas that the guys can't even find on the marketplace.
>
>I fully understand why people don't want an ugly 
>75' or more tower in their neighbors backyard 
>even tho my neighbors had them in N. Phx and 
>never offended me. I was always glad they were there. Â
>
>People needs to realize that when disaster 
>strikes and communications systems ( phones, 
>computers, electric, etc) go down, it is the ham 
>operators that provide the emergency 
>communications. I’ve also been with Kent on 
>several cross country trips when those guys are 
>communicating emergency messages, i.e. tornado & 
>flood alerts, highway accidents etc to 
>authorities where cell phones or CB’s don't work.
>
>If this Glendale idea spreads across Maricopa 
>County, we are in deep CENSORED if terrorists 
>knock out our normal communications systems. 
>Take a look at the Midwest the past 2 days when 
>communications systems were temporarily down 
>after those tornadoes whipped out communities. 
>It was the ham radio operators that filled that 
>gap, but few people even know it.
>
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