APPROVAL LETTERHarnett County
Telecommunications Site Review
Equipment Upgrade Application
7050 W. Palmetto Park Road #15-652
Boca Raton, FL 33433-3483
Tel: 877.438.2851 Fax: 877.220.4593
April 25, 2018
Mr. Jay Sikes
Planning, Central Permitting & Inspections
108 East Front Street
Lillington, NC 27546
RE: Harnett County / 18-50043667 / Verizon Wireless / 169274
Dear Mr. Sikes,
At your request, on behalf of the County of Harnett, North Carolina (County), CityScape
Consultants, Inc. (CityScape), as telecommunications consultant for the County, has considered the
application provided by Blue Wave Deployment for Verizon Wireless (Applicant) to replace equipment on
an existing, two hundred eighty-eight (288) foot guyed tower. Another carrier’s mounting corral is located
near the top of the tower and the resulting antennas extend above the top to an overall height of 294 feet.
The structure is owned by American Tower Corporation and is located at 5091 NC 210 South, Bunnlevel,
North Carolina.
Currently, the Applicant has twelve (12) panel antennas and six (6) RRUs at the two hundred forty-
five (245) foot level. It is proposed to remove nine (9) antennas and six (6) RRUs and add six (6) new
antennas, twelve (12) RRUs and three (3) surge suppressors. Six (6) new hybrid feed lines will replace six
(6) coaxial feed lines. The remaining six (6) coaxial feed lines will remain.
The Applicant provided the necessary FCC compliance statements regarding interference to other
radio services and safeguards to human exposure of radio frequency energy in a previous letter submitted
with its 2013 equipment modification application.
The Applicant also provided a structural summary by American Tower Corporation, dated February
23, 2018, based on ANSI/TIA-222-G, Class II and exposure category “C” standards. The report states that
the tower with the existing and proposed equipment will be loaded to 102% while the foundation will be
76%. Both of these values are within the maximum limits of 105% and 110%, respectively.
To qualify for the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 a service provider cannot
increase the height or girth of the support structure more than 10% or 20 feet, whichever is greater, and
under NC Law, the ground compound can be expanded up to 2,500 square feet. Neither is applicable in
this situation. Therefore, the proposed changes qualify for streamlined processing at staff level. CityScape
recommends this application for approval.
I certify that to the best of my knowledge all the information included herein is accurate at the time
of this report. CityScape only consults for public entities and has unbiased opinions. All recommendations
are based on technical merits without prejudice per prevailing laws and codes.
Respectfully submitted,
Jonathan N. Edwards, P.E.
CityScape Consultants, Inc.