Outdoor Antennas Not Allowed In City Of Tampa?

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Has a couple phone calls with a city code officer who said outdoor antennas are illegal on houses in Tampa and that he's had a few cases over the years where he's made homeowners take 'em down. Is this for real??
 

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It might be their local rules but they cannot make you remove a reasonable size TV antenna or a satellite dish antenna up to about 1m in size on your personal property, that is protected by federal laws. Call them back and ask if you can put up a TV antenna or DirecTV dish and see what they say. If its not favorable then I hope they are ready for a lawsuit.

Has a couple phone calls with a city code officer who said outdoor antennas are illegal on houses in Tampa and that he's had a few cases over the years where he's made homeowners take 'em down. Is this for real??
 

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I gave this a quick readthrough and it sounds like the city of Tampa has very reasonable antenna rules and you should be able to put up a TV antenna, a satellite dish and a couple of ham radio type antennas without too much trouble.


Sec. 27-290.2. - Antennas.
 

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I gave this a quick readthrough and it sounds like the city of Tampa has very reasonable antenna rules and you should be able to put up a TV antenna, a satellite dish and a couple of ham radio type antennas without too much trouble.
I did, too. Was better thought out than some I've seen.
 

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(h) looks like it says you can only have 1 antenna. And I'm not sure what "RM-12 residential districts " means.
 

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I'm reasonably confident that you can subtly put more than 1 antenna on a single antenna structure under that code's wording and not have a problem.
 

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It appears as if someone with some smarts, including radio knowledge, put it together.
 

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(h) looks like it says you can only have 1 antenna. And I'm not sure what "RM-12 residential districts " means.


RM-12 residential multiple-family. This district provides primarily for low-medium density residential uses including single-family and two-family developments. Multiple-family development may be permitted through the special use permit procedure.
 

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So if you want 2 separate push-up poles, then it looks like you can't.
 

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if you have your amateur license --> subsection (h)

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I was hoping to do 1 push-up pole with a dual-bander on top for transmitting and a TV antenna just below it on the same pole. Then a 2nd push-up pole with a discone and another TV antenna under it.
 

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I was hoping to do 1 push-up pole with a dual-bander on top for transmitting and a TV antenna just below it on the same pole. Then a 2nd push-up pole with a discone and another TV antenna under it.
why two TV antennas? You can get one of the multi-directional ones and a powered amp/splitter and kill two birds with one stone.

as it was mentioned earlier, it reads as if you can have the TV separate from the amateur(/chicken band) and be just fine.
 

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My hope was to aim directional TV antennas toward Orlando to get more stations, and I believe splitters may reduce the signal. But the more I read this "municode" thing, the more I think that code inspector is wrong. The 2nd phone call I had with him, I mentioned the municode language, but he said he was aware of it and knew what I was looking at. He still asserted it was illegal (and actually used the word illegal).
 

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My hope was to aim directional TV antennas toward Orlando to get more stations, and I believe splitters may reduce the signal.



You can get one of the multi-directional ones and a powered amp/splitter and kill two birds with one stone.

whoops, orig post should have said "distribution amplifier" which is not a simple splitter. my bad.
 
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