Shooting ranges, gun clubs and similar uses, such as large scale game preserves, may be permitted subject to the following.
(A) The minimum site size shall be 80 acres with a minimum width of 1,320 feet.
(B) Off-street parking shall be provided in the ratio of one space for each three users at capacity. All parking areas shall be kept dust-free at all times so as not to become a nuisance to adjoining properties.
(C) All parking areas shall be screened from view of an adjoining residential district or use by either a greenbelt, obscuring fence or a masonry wall, whichever is determined by the Planning Commission to be the most appropriate and effective.
(D) The hours when shooting is permitted shall be limited from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. Sundays. The Planning Commission may apply more restrictive hours where protection for adjoining residents is necessary.
(E) The design of the facility shall clearly show that safety of persons on and off the site is guaranteed. This shall mean that no projectile of any kind may be permitted to leave the site. Unless this safety requirement is clearly indicated by the design plans, a permit shall not be issued. The design of all ranges shall incorporate the recommended safety features.
(F) The firing range shall be fenced on all sides except the firing line, by a fence no less than eight feet in height. Such fence shall be either of a chain-link type or of board construction sufficient to prevent persons from passing over or through the fence.
(G) The firing line or other area from which firearms are discharged shall be located no closer than 150 feet from any property line or road right-of-way, nor closer than 500 feet from any existing residential structure other than those on the premise.
(H) Game and hunting preserves shall be completely fenced to prevent participants from trespassing on adjoining properties. Signs warning participants not to cross the fence shall be placed every 200 feet along its perimeter. Failure to follow this requirement shall be grounds for immediate revocation of the applicant’s special land use permit.
(I) All development features including the principal building shall be designed and arranged to minimize the possibility of any adverse effect upon adjacent property.
(J) No activity shall take place within 30 feet of the perimeter of the recreational area. All such activities shall be screened from abutting residentially-zoned property with a greenbelt, obscuring fence or masonry wall, whichever is determined by the Planning Commission to be the most appropriate and effective.
(Ord. passed 10-11-2000) Penalty, see § 153.999