6253 Tower PermitsORDINANCE NO. 623
An Ordinance amending Sections 1 and 3 of Ordinance No. 5734,
regulating the construction and erection of television and radio
towers and antennas, and repealing said original sections.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Salina, Kansas.
Section 1 That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 5734 be and the
same is eb7 amended to read as follows:
PERMITS FOR ERECTION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION TOWERS
AND ANTENNAS. No person, corporation or company shall erect or cause
to be erected or re -erected within the limits of the City of Salina,
Kansas, any radio or television tower or antenna without first, be-
fore proceeding with the erection of any radio or television tower,
except two-way (sending and receiving) radio towers and antennas,
which would be extended more than ten feet above the roof of the
building upon which it is located or twenty-five (25) feet above
ground level where it is supposed to be supported on the earth,
obtaining a permit for such construction or erection from the
Building Inspector. All such antennas, towers or antenna supports
hereafter erected shall comply with and be erected in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 2 That Section 3 of Ordinance No. 5734 be and the same
is here- yamended to read as follows:
CONSTRUCTION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO TOWERS AND
ANTENNAS. All Television and radio towers, excepting two-way
(sending and receiving) radio towers and antennas, hereafter
erected on the roof of a building within the City limits of Salina,
Kansas, shall not exceed a height of seventy (70) feet from earth
ground level to the highest point of the antenna erected thereon,
except on a building having four (4) or more stories in height, the
highest point of the antenna shall not be greater than twenty-five
(25) feet above the roof which supports such tower and antenna. A.1.1
roof towers shall be guyed in compliance with the provisions for
guying television and radio towers in this ordinance, and shall be
supported on the roof by suitable frame work to distribute the tower
load structurally safe for the roof. No such tower shall be erected
on a roof except where the roof be designed or reinforced to safely
support the imposed load of the tower and the thrust of the guy wires.
Except self-supporting towers, all such towers shall be guyed with
not less than three cable guys for each thirty-five feet or fraction
thereof of the height from its support and all such towers shall be
designed to safely resist a wind velocity of one hundred (100) miles
per hour. All television and radio towers shall be grounded to the
earth through a conductor having a current carrying capacity equal
or greater than Number 8 copper wire having a ground resistant at
all times not greater than twenty-five ohms, and the leadin to the
receiver, if not bonded to the metal tower, shall provide lightning
arrestors approved for such usage, outside of the building near the
entrance to the wall, through a conductor as herein provided for the
tower, having a ground resistance of not more than twenty-five ohms.
Section 3 That the original Sections i and 3 of Ordinance
No. 5734 be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 4 This ordinance shall be in force and take effect upon
its adoption and publication in the official city paper.
Introduced July 8. 1958
Passed July 15, 1958
(SEAL)
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Attest:
City Clerk