5734 TV & Radio Tower RegulationsORDINANCE NUMBER. 5731
FE ,-:<, (Published in the Salina Journal
b 1952)
AN ORDINANCE regulating the construction and erection of television and radio towers
and antennas, providing for permits for construction and fees for permits and
inspection, and providing penalties for the violation thereofe
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. PERMITS FOR ERECTION OF RADIO AND TELEVISIOIJTOVifEERS AND ANTENNAS:
i 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 televisi!ion tower or
antenna, without first, before proceeding with the erection of any radio or tele-
vision tower which would extend more than ten (10) feet above the roof of the build-
ing upon which it is located or twenty-five (25) feet above ground level where it is
i
to be supported on the earth, obtaining a permit for such construction or erection
I
from the Building Inspectors All such antennas, towers or antenna supports here-
after erected shall comply with and be erected in a ccordna.ce with the provisions of
II i
i
this ordinances
Section 2. APPLICATION FOR Pr;MIT AND PERMIT FEES Before a permit is issued
i
by the Building Inspector, the applicant therefore shall sign an application in
I
writing which shall show the proposed location, size, nature and detail of construction
of such antenna and tower, and any other information which the Building Inspector
may require in connection therewith. If the antenna and tower to be erected as
shown by such application, conforms with the provisions of this article, the Building
Inspector shall, upon the payment of the fee of Three (3) Dollars therefor, issue
such permit. All such fees collected by the Building Inspector shall be by him paid
into the City Treasure or to the City Clerk between the first and tenth of the month
j following their collection, together with a report to the City Clerk showing from
whom and for what purpose such fees were collected.
Section 3. CONSTRUCTION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO TOWERS AND ANTENNAS: All tele-
vision and radio towers hereafter erected on the roof of a building within the City
limits of Salina, Kansas, shall not exceed a heighth of seventy (70) feet from earth
ground level to the highest point of the antenna erected thereon, except, on a build-
ing having four (4) or more stories in heighth, the highest point of the antenna shall
not be greater than twenty-five (25) feet above the roof which, supports such tower
and antenna. All roof towers shall be guyed in complianee with the provisions for
guying television and radio towers in this p
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 (3) cable guys for each thirty-five (35) feet or fraction thereof of
the heighth 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 No. 8 copper wire having a ground resistant at all times not
1
1
1
greater than twenty-five (25) ohms* and the lead-in to the receiver, if not bonded
to the metal tower, shall provide lightning arrestors approved for such usage* out-
side of the building near the entrance to the wall, through a conductor as here.n
I I
provided for the tower, having a ground resistance of not more than twenty-five (25)
ohms.
Section 4. CODE. The installation of all television and radio lmttta wiring
or conductors shall be made in accordance with the current issue of the National
Electrical Code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
Section 5, RADIO AND TELEVISION TOWERS, INSPECTION AND AfEPROVAL: The install-
ation of such facilities shall be completed within 60 days following, the issuance
of a permit therefor. Upon completion of the installation the permit holder shall
immediately report the fact to the Building Inspector. Thereupon, the installation
shall be finally inspected by the Building Inspector.
Section 6. ALL RA.DIOY OR TELEVISION TO47ERS SUBJECT TO INSPECTION, UNSAFE
TOWERS REP,DVED: All radio or television towers now or hereafter erected shall be,
at all times, subject to the inspection of the Building Inspector or whenever any
complaint has been made to him, or whenever he deems such inspection necessary. If
the inspector at any time, finds such tower insecurely anchored or in any manner
unsafe or in such conditition that it m any support or part thereof is liable to
fall or break, he shall have authority to either order the same to be repaired or
entirely removed, whichever in his opinion is necessary to make the tower safe and
secure from falling. Any person whether the owner of the tower or premised on which
it is erected, or in charge of such premises as the occupant thereof, or agent,
representative, officer or member of any firm or corporation owning such tower or
i
owning or occupying such premises, or in charge thereof, who refuses to comply with
such order shall be deemedguilty of a violation of this ordinance.
I
Section 7. If the installation complies with the provisions of this ordinance
then the Building Inspector shall issue a certificate of approval. If the install-
ation does not comply with the requisites of the application for a permit and -h is
i
ordinance, then the deficiency shall be corrected forthwith or the installation xKk
shall be wholly removed.
Section 8. PENALTY. Any person who violates or refuses to comply with or who
resists or opposes the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
I
be deemed guilty of a public offense and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than ten (10) dollars nor more than two hundred (200) dollars for each
offense. 'Whenever in this ordinance the word "person" is used, the same shall be
deemed to apply to any agent, representative, member or z29J3scKt officer of any firm
or corporation owning or in charge of any such radio or television tower or on '
res
p s�. b 1 e
for the erection or maintenance of any such radio or television tower. Each days
continuance of any offense shall be a separate offense.
M.Fcl- I L C-1, I
Section 9. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be in J-.'ull force and effect
from and after its adoption and publication once in the official city paper.
Introduced: October 20, 1952
Passed: November 17, 1952
Attestr
City Clerk
ra-yof