Looking at the zoning rules, this virtually assures me that I will need to bracket the tower to the house.
And that's the major problem you will face when dealing with most Building And Planning departments, the misunderstanding of how towers are constructed and what standards are used. They have no clue that a "free standing" crank-up doesn't require being bracketed to the house. Thankfully I didn't have to deal with that issue but I did have other hurdles to overcome myself, like the B & P engineer trying to tell me the tower had to meet 1/2" icing requirements, proving the TX-472 meets the 2009 International Building Code, etc, etc, etc.
John K7KB
