APPROVAL LETTER FROM CITYSCAPEHarnett County, North Carolina
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
May 14, 2018
Mr. Jay Sikes
Planning, Central Permitting & Inspections
108 East Front Street
Lillington, NC 27546
RE: Harnett County / #18-50043860
Verizon Wireless / Lillington
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, on behalf of Verizon Wireless (Applicant) to upgrade
equipment on an existing, four hundred (400) foot guyed tower (425 feet to highest antenna). The structure
is owned by American Tower Corporation and is located at 2315 US 421 North, Lillington, North Carolina.
It is registered with the FCC (ASRN:1004806) for a height of 415 feet; the FAA approval shows 420 feet.
Currently, the Applicant has twelve (12) panel antennas, six (6) RRUs and two (2) surge
suppressors at the three hundred forty-eight (348) foot level. It is proposed to add three (3) supports to each
mount, remove three (3) antennas, replace six (6) antennas and add three (3) surge suppressors. Six (6)
new hybrid feed lines will be added to the existing tow (2) hybrid and six (6) coaxial lines.
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 dated, filed
in an earlier application.
The Applicant provided a new structural analysis, prepared by American Tower Corporation, dated
February 9, 2018 that states the tower capacity is adequate for the proposed changes. The previous analysis
listed the tower loaded to 52%. It is not believed that the proposed changes will exceed the tower loading
limits. However, any future changes should be studied with a full report to document the new values.
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.