You know better than I who should be aware of this.....this just came in:
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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@cox.net>l.tuttle@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. Iâve 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 CBâs 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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