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Old 12-21-2009, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by otherbruddaDarrell View Post
As for me..................I really do not want to see those crappy looking, lightning attracting, hurricane hurling antennas here..... imho.

I think nobody "REALLY" wants to see them. But the issue is a good one. The Villages cannot outlaw something that the Federal Government says cannot be outlawed.

There is a screwy exception to the antenna rule. The case of Ham Radio operators (who are part of a worldwide emergency radio communications network) cannot put up their antennas if local covenants forbid it. Towns, cities and villages cannot forbid them, but Community Development Districts can. I know those antennas can be unsightly, but in case of a disaster, many times they are the only link to the outside world.