Hazleton, PA to demand permit fee for...

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Satellite antenna installs...
courtesy of MediaBiz
Satellite Industry Files FCC Petition

The SBCA has filed a Joint Petition for Declaratory Ruling with the FCC against a Satellite Dish Ordnance created earlier this year by the City of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. The petition was filed jointly with Antenna Star Satellites Inc. and Johnson TV & Satellite. The petition seeks a declaratory ruling from the FCC that pursuant to their Over-the-Air-Reception Device Rule. Hazleton currently has an ordinance requiring satellite dish owners to obtain and pay $10.00 for a permit for inspection and installation of a satellite dish. •
Here is the text of the ordnace from the City of Hazleton website ....
link.....Satellite Dish Ordinance - Official Web Site of the City of Hazleton, Pennsylvania

This may last a shorter period of time than Custer's last stand.

 

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In general, permit fees are just a rip-off and a way for a local government to make money. When I bought our house and put up a chain link fence, the city charged $35 for a permit. They said it was for an inspection. It's fifteen years later and there has yet to be an inspection.

Our county now charges $60 for a permit to install a hot water heater. Doesn't matter if you do it yourself or have a licensed plumber do it, it's still $60. I can understand that there's a need for installations to be done properly, especially with gas heaters, but if they charge a fee then they should send out an inspector and they don't. In fact, the county just passed a new budget and guess who's being laid off? Yup. Half of the inspectors.