[MLB-WIRELESS] Doh!!

[Steven Haigh]

I seem to remember that there was a loophole in this for hobby radio activities... Maybe someone from the HAM community could spread some light on this?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alex F 
  To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:18 PM
  Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Doh!!



  Hi everybody,

  Just a few days after I get my mast erected up to 9m, a bureaurat from Monarse^H^H^Hsh council rocks up and tells me that I need a permit for the mast.
  Anything over 3m on a roof, and anything over 8m on the ground needs a permit, and you can't get a retrospective permit.
  So, in the next few days I will be issued with a 30 day notice to either take down the mast or bring it under 3m.  I'll wait right up until the end of the 30 days to bring the mast down to 3m, which involves about 5 minutes worth of effort to undo 2 locking bolts and gently lower the top 2 sections.
  After that I need to apply for a permit, submit engineering drawings and have a structural engineer certify that the mast is safe (won't fall over and kill the neighbour's dog).
  Anyone know any structural engineers who can certify the mast on the cheap?  (ie, for free??)
  I should be able to provide most of the specifications, documents and relevant standards.  Measuring out the roof for engineering drawings will be a bit of a pain.  Bloody nosy neighbours just can't ignore the blue and red strobe lights, and mind their own business.

  Here's the Vic legislation regarding the mast height...

  http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/legis/vic/consol%5freg/br1994200/s4.31.html?query=%22antenna%22+and+%22mast%22



  BUILDING REGULATIONS 1994 - SECT 4.31 
Masts,
poles etc.

4.31
Masts,
poles etc.

The consent and report of the relevant council must be obtained to an
application for a building permit to construct a
mast, pole, aerial,
antenna,
chimney, flue, pipe or other service pipe which-

   (a)  when attached to a building, exceeds a
height
of 3m above the highest
        point of the roof of the building; or

   (b)  when not attached to a building, exceeds 8m above ground level.



Anyone know of any superior or overriding legislation to easily fix this situation? Somone has informed me that this was discussed here about 6 months ago, and that you can put up a mast up to 14m with no hassles.  Anyone have any links or references?

  Thanks in advance.

  Alex F  (node HZN, Oakleigh) 



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