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Originally Posted by rbinck
It says that no local restrictions can prevent you from putting up an antenna or dish to receive TV or internet signals.
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Not exactly. Renters or condo owners can put dishes or antennas in areas where they have exclusive use, for example patios and decks, but not on common property such as common grounds and roof areas external to their units.
Homeowners can install terrestruial TV antennas or satellite dishes less than 1 meter diameter up to 12' above the highest point on their house without impediment by zoning ordinances or land use covenants (even if the antenna is in common view.)
http://www.keohi.com/keohihdtv/hdrec.../fccrules.html
I went through a 'discussion' with the local zoning board over a mast and rotor which mounted an antenna 11' 8" above the peak of my house roof (with a chimney that was another 2' higher than the roof.) A local zoning board memeber and neighbor visited me to tell me to take the antenna down, I gave him a copy of FCC 47 C.F.R. Section 1.4000 and suggested that he talk to the town counsel. A few days later I recieved a call from the town attorney.
We met and he had a copy of the FCC regulations and we proceeded to have an intelligent chat. I explained I understood the law and was not interested in pushing limits. He agreed with me and recognized that if the local zoning board decided to push things I would resort to legal action. A week or so later I received a letter from the zoning board informing me that thier finding was the antenna was legal and the matter was closed.
I did share information with many of my neighbors about the legality of the antenna. A few informed me they had been told by the individual in question that visible antennas and satellite dishes were not legal. That local zoning board member is now surrounded with many houses with perfectly legal satellite dishes, most in plain view.
