[W1SMH] Antenna Zoning meeting

[Ken Reynolds]

Job well done Ray.

Ken



On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:07 PM,  <raycord at aol.com> wrote:
> Hello All
> As some of you may have heard by now,
> things went well at the Attleboro City Council Hearing.
> I had submitted a letter to the council the week before
> on SMHARC Club letterhead outlinning the fact that
> while we did not object to the ordinance proposed,
> we did have some concerns about the broad definition
> of antenna and Wireless Telecommunications tower.
> I suggested that in order for the proposed ordinace to be in
> compliance with Mass State General Law Chapter 40A and
> Federal FCC statute PRB-1 ther should be an exclusion paragraph
> exempting Towers and Antennas owned and operated by Federally
> licensed operators  in the Amateur Radio Service of the FCC.
>
> At the hearing they acknowleged reciept of my letter and when comments
> were asked for I spoke in favor of the proposal with seveal caveats and
> clarifications. I restated our concern that the broad definitions could be
> construed to include Ham Radio towers and antennas.  After several
> questions from the councilors, They all seemed to agree tha some
> clarification
> was in order. Council President Cook wanted to take the exception right from
> Ch 40A but I felt it would be better if we wrote a shorter more concise
> exclusion.
> Councilor Bowles suggested that I write a paragraph of exclusion and submit
> it
> to the Planning Board for inclusion in the final proposed ordinance.
> I plan to submit
> "Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to apply to, or include
> Antenna towers
> or other antenna structures owned and operated by, or proposed to be erected
> by,
> the holder of an Federal Communications Commission license in the Amateur
> Radio Service."
> If anyone has anything to add I will be willing to consider it as I am not a
> Lawyer.
> By the way I was the only Ham that spoke and no one spoke against the
> ordinace.
>
> 73
> Ray K2TGX
> SMHARC Secretary



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