Jan 14, 2026 Planning Commission

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UNITED STATES AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY REGIME JUSTICE.

SO EARL, CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M GONNA DEVIATE FROM THE MINUTES FOR JUST A MINUTE TO CONGRATULATE EARL ANDERSON ON BEING NAMED DIRECTOR FOR THE PLANNING DIVISION.

SO INTERIM IS GONE.

NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[4. Approve Minutes – December 10, 2025 ]

ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? MR. CHAIRMAN? I MOVE.

WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.

MOTION BEEN MADE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.

CITIZEN COMMENTS AND THIS IS A CHANCE FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

THE MOTION MADE BY MR. KLEINER IS TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2025.

[5. Citizen Comments ]

I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.

ANY, ANYBODY? SEEING NONE.

[Application No. UP-1061-25, Lafayette Gun Club: Authorize a Special Use Permit, pursuant to Section 24.1 306 (Category 9, No. 7) of the York County Zoning Ordinance. Request to establish an indoor firing range on a 26.3-acre parcel (GPIN S06b-4802-3797) located at 331 Dare Road (Route 621). The property is zoned RC (Resource Conservation) and R20 (medium density single-family residential) and is designated Medium-Density Residential in the Comprehensive Plan. Continued from December 10, 2025 Planning Commission meeting. Staff Planner, Jeanne Carner, Senior Planner]

WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UM, I JUST OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? CONTINUE.

HEY, THIS APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH AN INDOOR FIRING RANGE AT 3 31 DARE ROAD.

DURING THE DECEMBER PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE COMMISSION VOTED TO CONTINUE THIS APPLICATION TO TODAY'S MEETING.

SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 26.3 ACRES IN SIZE.

A MAJORITY OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS ZONED RESOURCE CONSERVATION OR RC, UH, WITH A 10TH OF AN ACRE PORTION LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PROPERTY.

ZONED MEDIUM DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OR R 20.

THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS DESIGNATED MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS BOUNDED TO THE EAST BY BRANDYWINE HOUSING SUBDIVISION AND A PORTION OF THE LAKE OWNED BY THE BRANDYWINE LAKE OWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH ARE ZONED.

R 20 TO THE SOUTH IS KOHL'S HORSE AUTISM THERAPY STATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CHATS AND PENINSULA HARDWOOD MULCH.

BOTH ZONED RC TO THE WEST IS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

JACOB SPRINGS HOUSING SUBDIVISION AND LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH ARE ALL ZONED R 20 AND TO THE NORTH ARE THREE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, WHICH ARE ALSO ZONED R 20 ACCORDING TO PROPERTY RECORDS.

EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PARCEL INCLUDES A CLUBHOUSE, AN INDOOR FIRING RANGE, OUTDOOR FIRING RANGES, AND AN, UH, OUTDOOR SHOTGUN RANGE.

THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A NEW APPROXIMATELY 12,600 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR FIRING RANGE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

ACCORDING TO SECTION 24.1 DASH 3 0 6, CATEGORY NINE.

NUMBER SEVEN, INDOOR FIRING RANGES ARE PERMITTED IN THE RC ZONING DISTRICT BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THE NEW INDOOR BUILDING WILL BE LOCATED WHERE THE CURRENT SHOTGUN RANGE IS AND THE SHOTGUN RANGE WILL SHIFT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET SOUTH.

SECTION 24.1 DASH 4 57 ESTABLISHES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR FIRING

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RANGES.

SECTION 24.1 DASH 4 57 A STATES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PAINTBALL RANGES ONLY COMPLETELY ENCLOSED INDOOR FIRING RANGES ARE PERMITTED.

THE APPLICANT PROPOSES ESTABLISHING A NEW COMPLETELY ENCLOSED INDOOR FIRING RANGE, WHICH MEETS THE STANDARD.

THE SUBJECT PARCEL CONTAINS SEVERAL OUTDOOR FIRING RANGES, WHICH WERE BUILT IN 1950.

YOUR COUNTY'S FIRST ZONING ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED IN 1957.

THEREFORE, THE EXISTING OUTDOOR FIRING RANGES ON THE SUBJECT PARCEL ARE CONSIDERED A LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING USE AND ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.

ANY NEW LAND USED ESTABLISHED ON THE SUBJECT PARCEL MUST COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

SECTION 24.1 DASH 4 57 B STATES NO STRUCTURE EXCEPT SCREENING FENCES AND IDENTIFICATION SIGNS USED FOR FIRING RANGES SHALL BE LOCATED CLOSER THAN 100 FEET TO ANY RESIDENTIAL LOT LINE.

THE NEW INDOOR, UH, RANGE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 134 FEET FROM THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE ON PERLEY COURT AND APPROXIMATELY 225 FEET FROM THE HOLDEN LANE AREA.

THE APPLICATION MEETS THIS REQUIREMENT, SO SECTION 24.1 DASH 4 57 C OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE STATES THAT THE PROTECTION OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES SHALL BE ASSURED BY PROPERTY DESIGN, LOCATION, AND ORIENTATION OF STRUCTURES, BACKSTOPS AND FIRING LINES.

WHILE THIS STANDARD CANNOT BE APPLIED TO THE EXISTING LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGES, THE APPLICANT HAS TAKEN STEPS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE OUTDOOR RANGES USING PHYSICAL FEATURES LIKE THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND EXISTING EARTH AND BERMS. AS STATED IN THE APPLICANT'S NARRATIVE, WE PLAN TO, UH, INSTALL ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE BUFFERING ARBOR AND LAG GURA FOR HOLDEN LANE, THE PRIMARY LINE OF SIGHT TO THE NEW INDOOR RANGE BUILDING.

THIS WOULD PROVIDE A VISUAL BLOCK RUNNING LATERALLY FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB'S MAIN GATE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CURRENT INDOOR RANGE.

ALONG PERLEY COURT, UH, LINE OF SIGHT, THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING WILL BE BLOCKED BY THE EXISTING WESTERN BERM AND TREES.

ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE BUFFERING FOR PURLEY COURT WILL EXTEND FROM THE NORTH END OF THE EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVE TOWARDS THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB'S MAIN GATE SECTION 24.1 DASH 4 57 D STATES THAT THE INDOOR RANGE SHALL BE DESIGNED SO THAT NO RANGE NOISE IS AUDIBLE AT THE PROPERTY.

LINE.

DOCUMENTATION CERTIFIED BY AN ARCHITECT AND PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO THIS EFFECT SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE AND BUILDING PLANS.

IF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR THE NEW INDOOR FIRING RANGE DURING THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS.

HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS OUTLINED IN THEIR NARRATIVE SOME OF THE MEASURES THEY'VE TAKEN TO MITIGATE NOISE.

ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT'S NARRATIVE, THE NEW INDOOR FIRING RANGE WILL EMPLOY STATE-OF-THE-ART TWO STANDARD SOUNDPROOFING.

THE APPLICANT GOES ON TO SAY THE FIRING RANGE WILL BE FULLY ENVELOPED WITHIN AN AT LEAST EIGHT TO 10 INCH THICK CEMENT STRUCTURE.

EMPLOY ACOUSTIC PANELS THE ENVELOPED BY A WELL INSULATED BUILDING AND HAVE A MUCH LOWER SOUND SIGNATURE THAN THE CURRENT INDOOR RANGE.

THIS DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE EXISTING LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING INDOOR FIRING RANGE.

NEVERTHELESS, THE APPLICANT HAS TAKEN MEASURES TO REDUCE THE NOISE, UH, IMPACTS PRODUCED BY IT.

THE EXISTING INDOOR RANGE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 83 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO HOLDEN LANE.

AND THE, UH, APPLICANT STATED IN THEIR NARRATIVE THAT WHILE THEY PLAN TO RETAIN THE EXISTING INDOOR RANGE, THEY WOULD MOVE A MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY FROM THE EXISTING INDOOR RANGE TO THE NEW ONE.

ACTIVITY IN THE EXISTING INDOOR RANGE WOULD BE CURTAILED FROM THE MULTI CALIBER FACILITY TO A 22 RIM FIRE ONLY FACILITY.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW INDOOR FIRING RANGE WOULD REDUCE THE IMPACT OF NOISE ON THE CITIZENS OF HOLDEN LANE CLOSEST TO THE EXISTING INDOOR FIRING RANGE.

ACCORDING TO SECTION 24.1 DASH 4 57 E, IT SHALL BE THE PROPERTY OWNER OR LESSEE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE FIRING RANGE IS MANAGED BY AN INDIVIDUAL CURRENTLY CERTIFIED TO PERFORM SUCH SUPERVISION AS A RANGE MASTER OR RANGE SAFETY OFFICER BY A FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, OR OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION.

THIS DOES NOT NEED TO BE SUBMITTED DURING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS, BUT WILL NEED TO BE PRESENTED DURING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS.

THE APPLICANT CONFIRMED VERBALLY THAT THEY CAN MEET THIS REQUIREMENT AND WILL BE AND WILL PRESENT THE DOCUMENTATION UPON REQUEST.

UH, THE LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB IS A PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENT SECURED BY A GATE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PROPERTY.

THE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND REQUESTED THAT THE APPLICANT INSTALL A NOX GATE SWITCH ON THE MAIN GATE TO ALLOW FIRE APPARATUS TO ENTER THE SITE FOR EMERGENCIES.

A CONDITION OF APPROVAL HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT WOULD MAKE THIS A REQUIREMENT.

LETTERS WERE SENT TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICATION WAS POSTED TO THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE AND EMAIL TO THOSE WHO WERE SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS AND A NOTICE SIGN WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY.

SINCE THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, STAFF RECEIVED SEVEN LETTER, I'M SORRY, NINE LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND ONE LETTER EXPRESSING CONCERN THAT THE OFFERS MADE BY THE APPLICANT AREN'T CODIFIED IN THE RESOLUTION AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

I EMAILED THESE LETTERS TO YOU EARLIER, UH, TODAY, AND I ALSO PRINTED AND

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PLACED A COPY OF EACH, UH, FOR EACH OF YOU ON THE DAIS.

THE PROPOSED INDOOR FIRING RANGE MEETS THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OF THE YORK COUNTY CODE AND IS PROPOSED TO MOVE MOST ACTIVITY FROM THE EXISTING INDOOR RANGE TO AN IMPROVED MODERN AND SOUND ATTENUATE FACILITY.

THE NEW INDOOR RANGE WOULD BE AT LEAST, UH, WOULD BE 130 FEET FROM THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE, UH, REDUCE EXISTING NOISE AND PROVIDE A BETTERMENT, UH, TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION SET FORTH AND PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER PC 25 DASH 26.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL START DOWN THIS.

AT THIS TIME I'LL REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, FIRST UP IS ZEV YORK FROM LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB, AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES, BUT YOU DON'T NEED ALL 10 MINUTES.

UH, ZEV YORK THREE 12 RICHTER LANE, YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS TO THE, UH, COMMISSION AND, UH, THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE HELP, UH, PUTTING THE PACKAGES TOGETHER AND GETTING HERE.

AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TALK TO, UH, ABOUT THE COOPERATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS OVER THE PAST MONTH.

UH, JEAN DID A GREAT JOB OUTLINING THE PLAN, UM, AND I ALSO COVERED IT LAST TIME.

SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOMEWORK THAT THE, UH, COMMISSION GAVE US, UH, FOR, FOR THIS MEETING.

JEANNIE, I'M SORRY.

HERE, ROLL IT DOWN.

UM, WE ARE NON-PROFIT, WE'RE NOT DRIVEN BY MEMBERSHIP AND, UH, WE LOWERED IT FROM OVER 4,000 FOLKS TO ABOUT 3000.

UM, I'LL START WITH JUST A FEW UPDATES.

UH, SOME OF THE ACTIONS WE TOOK A COUPLE DEFINITIONS TALKING WITH, UH, NEIGHBORS AND, UH, P INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT.

I JUST WANNA LEVEL THE BUBBLES AND, AND GET SOME COMMON TERMS. UH, QUICK REVIEW OF THE PLAN.

I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SOME OF THE ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN AND SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS.

OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

UM, WE DID ENGAGE WITH THE HOAS, UH, FOR BRANDYWINE, JACOB SPRINGS AND WINDERS POND BEFORE THE LAST MEETING BACK IN NOVEMBER.

UH, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE BLIND SPOTS, THOUGH.

ONE, WE WEREN'T AWARE THAT THERE WAS A BRANDYWINE LAKE OWNERS ASSOCIATION, HOA.

UH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL IF WE'D, UH, LINKED WITH THEM PRIOR.

WE WOULD'VE PICKED UP SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

ALSO, WE DID HAVE, UH, SOME ISSUES, UH, WITH THE, UH, NEIGHBORS ON THE BRANDYWINE SITE EARLIER IN THE SPRING LAST YEAR.

UH, WE THOUGHT THAT, UH, THOSE ISSUES WERE CLOSED.

WE THOUGHT RESOLVED TO SATISFACTION.

WE'D WORKED THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY A LITTLE BIT, AND ALSO MINIMAL COMMUNICATION.

UH, AS WE WENT OUT AND SPOKE WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS, WE REALIZED THAT, UH, WE HAD NOT, UH, CLOSED THAT TO SATISFACTION, AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR FOCUS AREA WAS IN THE PAST MONTH.

SO WE DID MEET WITH, UH, ALL THE MEMBERS, UH, THAT WERE HERE LAST TIME FROM BRANDYWINE, HOLDEN LA, JACOB SPRINGS, WEINERS POND, AND, UH, DR.

UH, MCGOVERN OUT AT CHATS.

UH, WE DID MULTIPLE RANGE TOURS, UM, FOR THOSE PERSONNEL.

OFFSITE MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER RANGE TOUR SCHEDULED FOR A BRANDYWINE RESIDENT THIS COMING SUNDAY.

UM, THE LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB BOARD HAD SEVERAL EXECUTIVE MEETINGS, CAME UP WITH ABOUT 10 ITEMS, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE BOTH PHYSICALLY WITH OUR PLAN AND PROCEDURAL WISE.

I'LL GO OVER THOSE, UM, IN THE ESSENCE OR IN THE EFFORT TO, UH, ALLEVIATE CONCERNS AND JUST MAKE OUR OPERATION BETTER OVERALL.

ONE POINT THAT CAME UP WAS POLICE REPORTS.

UH, WE DO NOT RECEIVE THOSE POLICE REPORTS ANECDOTALLY.

THE, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICER RECEIVES ONE OR TWO, UH, FOUND BULLET PROPERTY TYPE REPORTS A MONTH.

AND, UH, BY DEFAULT, THEY ARE NOT FORWARDED TO US.

UM, THAT'S A, A DIFFERENT ISSUE.

UH, EVERYTHING FROM, UH, PRIVACY ACT, UH, IN FOIA REQUEST.

BUT TALKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, THEY'RE CERTAINLY MORE THAN WELCOME TO FILE POLICE REPORTS, BUT WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT IS TO TALK TO SOMEONE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THAT DIRECT COMMUNICATION AND ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS.

UM, COUPLE CLARIFICATIONS AS WELL.

UH, LAFAYETTE, WE ARE NOT EXPANDING.

UH, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE TALK ABOUT OUR, UH, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EXPANSION WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THEIR CONCERNS.

UH, WE ARE IMPROVING EXISTING RANGES.

WE ARE LIMITED TO THAT RANGE FOOTPRINT, AND THAT'S WHY THAT BUILDING IS ACTUALLY GOING ON THAT RANGE AND THE SHOTGUN RANGE.

AND OUR PREVIOUS, UH, APPLICATION DID NOT OUTLINE THAT ENTIRE AREA.

SO WHILE WE USE THE TERM MOVING THE SHOTGUN RANGE, WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST RELOCATING EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE EXISTING RANGE.

AN IMPORTANT POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT THIS, UH, GROWTH EXPANDING.

UH, WE ACTUALLY REDUCED OUR MEMBERSHIP VOLUNTARILY, UH, ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, SEVEN YEARS AGO.

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AND THEN SHOT RANGE.

WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ALSO WITH THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT CHOKE GAUGE.

UM, ONE THING WE DID, UH, FINAL OR, UM, CLARIFY WAS THAT THE CHOKES CONTROL THE PATTERN AND THE DENSITY AND THE INFECTIVE RANGE.

THE MAIN DRIVER ON DISTANCE TO SHOT TRAVELS IS SHOT SIZE.

SO WE'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON SHOT SIZE AS WELL, BRIEFED BY JEANNIE.

UH, THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS THAT HELP THE CLUB, THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTY, UH, CLUB AND NEWER FACILITY.

MORE EFFICIENT, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

DEFINITELY A QUIETER FOOTPRINT AT RANGES.

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UH, VISUAL BARRIERS.

BRINGING SOME OF THE OUTDOOR SHOOTING INDOORS AND, UH, FOR THE COUNTY.

UM, REDUCING USE IN A NON-CONFORMING FACILITY.

UH, OBVIOUSLY SOME, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND THE PLAN WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS, THE ACTION SHOOTING RANGE IN ENTIRE SITE PLAN THAT'S APPROVED HAS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE, UM, RESOURCE PROTECTION AREA.

WE WOULD SHELF THAT PLAN AND REPLACE IT WITH THIS NEW PLAN.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE CLUB.

UH, THE ADDITIONAL, UM, HIGHLIGHTS IN YELLOW ON THE BERMS J ON THE CENTER THERE INDICATE WHERE WE WILL INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THOSE EARTH AND BERMS. UM, AS A CLARIFICATION ALSO, THAT SHIFT INITIALLY WAS ABOUT 150 FEET SOUTH FOR SOME OF THAT SHOTGUN EQUIPMENT.

WE'LL MINIMIZE THAT AND TRY TO ONLY SHIFT ABOUT 75 FEET SOUTH TO, UH, PROTECT BOUNDARIES.

SO AFTER MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS TALKING ABOUT CONCERN AREAS, UM, WE ALSO AGREED TO ADD A, UH, CATCHMENT A DEBRIS NET ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE LANE OR THE 50 YARD RANGE.

YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW BAR AT ABOUT THE TWO O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE PICTURE LABELED K.

UM, THAT WILL INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THAT BERM APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET.

UM, THAT'S, UH, ALREADY AN EARTH AND BERM WITH A WOODEN WALL.

UH, IF YOU LOOK JUST NORTH OF THE LAKE, UH, THE YELLOW BERM, THAT'S THE BOUNDARY CLOSEST TO BRANDYWINE LANE.

AND THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS.

SO ADDITIONAL ACTIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT 10 THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING EIGHT OR NINE OR 10.

UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE INTERNAL, BUT THOSE TANGIBLE.

UM, THE SHOTGUN, UH, PATTERNING AREA, UH, THE NEIGHBORS ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

IT IS LANE ZERO, WHERE THE LETTER K IS BY THAT YELLOW BARRIER.

THAT WAS WHERE LANE ZERO WAS AND THERE WAS SHOTGUN ACTIVITY AND CONCERN AREAS WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

WE ACTUALLY MOVED THAT NOW TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE, UH, 50 YARD RANGE.

WE INCREASE THAT OFFSET FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY ABOUT 175%.

SO INCREASING THAT DISTANCE, AND AGAIN, AT THAT BERM, THERE'LL BE A, UH, NET ON TOP OF THAT TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THAT, UH, SHOTGUN ON STEEL, WE WILL LIMIT TO SEVEN AND A HALF, EIGHT AND NINE SHOT BEFORE.

UH, WE ARE ALLOWING LARGER SIZE SHOT.

UM, ON THE 50 YARD RANGE, WE'LL LIMIT IT REACTIVE TARGETS TO 22 RIM FIRE ONLY.

AND THEN ON BASE TWO AND THREE, IF YOU SEE THE PICTURE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THAT'S A BLOW UP OF THE 50 YARD RANGE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE BAYS.

UH, FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS.

WE'VE USED THOSE TYPES OF TARGETS THERE, BUT WE'VE USED THEM ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE RANGE.

NOW WE'RE GONNA LIMIT IT TO ONLY AREAS TWO AND THREE, AGAIN, TO FURTHER INCREASE ANY OFFSETS.

UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, SHOTGUN CONSULTANT TEAM COME IN, STILL WORKING ON SCHEDULING PROBABLY FEBRUARY, UH, TO AGAIN REVIEW OUR SHOTGUN, UH, LAYOUT, OUR PROPOSED LAYOUT SHOT FALL AND SAFETY NET, UH, PATTERNS, UH, WE WILL AFTER RECONFIGURATION, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A GAUGE LIMIT ON THE SHOTGUN RANGE.

IT'LL BE LIMITED TO 12 GAUGE ONLY.

AND INSTEAD OF SEVEN AND A HALF, EIGHT AND NINE SHOT, WE'LL LIMIT IT TO THE SMALLER SIZE SHOT EIGHT AND NINE, DECREASING THE RANGE THAT SHOT MIGHT TRAVEL.

UH, WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO'S EVALUATING OUR OPERATIONS OTHER THAN OURSELVES, REASONABLE QUESTIONS.

SO WE'VE COMMITTED TO BRINGING THE NRA RANGE TECHNICAL TEAM IN, UH, EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND THEN USE A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY TO CONVEY THE ESSENCE OF THAT, UH, TEAM'S REPORT TO THE NEIGHBORS.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE KEY TAKEAWAYS I'D LIKE TO GO OVER.

FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EMPHASIZE THAT THE CLUB IS 100% COMMITTED TO ZERO ITEMS, DEPARTING THE CLUB PROPERTY, UH, CONSIDERATIONS FOR SAFETY AND, UM, UH, WORKING WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES IS PARAMOUNT IN OUR DAILY OPERATIONS.

AND, AND ANY PLANNING WE DO, A NEW INDOOR RANGE IS BENEFICIAL TO THE CLUB, THE COMMUNITY

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AND THE COUNTY.

OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

WE'LL COME HERE AND AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, CERTAINLY.

UH, BUT IT'S IMPROVED A LOT IN THE PAST 30 DAYS.

THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE.

WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

I THINK WE'VE MET MOST OF THOSE CONCERNS, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS WE STILL AGREE TO DISAGREE UPON AND, UH, I'LL LET THEM ARTICULATE THOSE.

UH, WE'VE ADDED MULTIPLE PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE RANGE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE NEW BUILDING, UH, BOTH, UH, BERMS AND BARRIERS AND, UH, CAPTURE NETTING.

WE'VE ADDED MULTIPLE POLICY AND OPERATIONAL CHANGES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE NEW BUILDING AND AN EFFORT TO, UH, AGAIN, UM, ADDRESS ANY CONCERN AREAS.

AND WE'VE ADDED A RECURRING INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT WITH IMPORTANTLY A FEEDBACK CHANNEL TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORS ON HOW THAT ASSESSMENT.

AND WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE? ALRIGHT.

UM, NEXT IS GREG PETERSON.

AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

AND YOU'LL HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES.

GREG PETERSON.

I LIVE AT 1 38 BRANDY WINE DRIVE.

SO AS I DISCUSSED LAST TIME, I LIVED DIRECTLY, UH, ADJACENT TO THE LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB.

AND I WANNA START BY SAYING, UH, I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR WHAT THE CLUB'S BEEN MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TAKING AN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY.

I REALLY VALUE THAT COLLABORATION.

MY THOUGHT, MY COMMENTS TONIGHT ARE GONNA FOCUS ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU GUYS AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE DETERMINING WHETHER THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS CURRENTLY PROFFERED, UH, ACTUALLY PROTECTS ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND PUBLIC WELFARE.

UH, THE PERMIT IS FOR RECREATION AND RECREATION SHOULD NEVER PUT SURROUNDING HOMES AND FAMILIES AT RISK.

UH, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, MULTIPLE POLICE REPORTS HAVE DOCUMENTED ESCAPES LANDING ON MY PROPERTIES AND MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.

THIS IS A RANGE EXPANSION AND IT WILL EXASPERATE THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS.

THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CLUB.

WE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THE TWO MAIN CAUSES WAS LANE ZERO, THAT WAS THE CLOSEST TO BRANDYWINE AND ALSO THE USE OF THOSE METAL TARGETS.

THE CLUB HAS BEEN, UH, HAS TAKEN POSITIVE STEPS BY MOVING LANE ZERO AND STOPPING THE USE OF METAL TARGETS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT THESE ACTIONS ARE NOT PROFFERED, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE NOT ENFORCEABLE.

VERBAL STATEMENTS AND INTENTIONS CAN CHANGE AT ANY TIME AND THE COUNTY CANNOT RELY ON THOSE AS CONDITIONS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

WHILE MOST OF THOSE CLUB MEMBERS USE THE RANGE FOR A FEW HOURS A WEEK, OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPOSED TO IT 24 HOURS A DAY AT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

WE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE BULLETS IN OUR YARDS AND THE SHRAPNEL ON OUR DECKS.

THIS RISK IS NOT THEORETICAL.

IT IS A LIVED EXPERIENCE.

NOW THAT THE COUNTY IS FULLY AWARE OF THOSE DOCUMENTED ESCAPES, THEN THE RISK TO LIFE AND PROPERTY AND THE POTENTIAL LEGAL LIABILITY, I BELIEVE THE FOCUS MUST SHIFT FROM RECREATION TO SAFETY.

THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROVIDES ADJACENT PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WELFARE.

THE STANDARD MUST BE MET BEFORE THE RECREATIONAL EXPANSION IS APPROVED.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB IS LONG PROMOTED, SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIPS, WHICH BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THESE INSTANCES ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THOSE VALUES AND UNFORTUNATELY GIVE AMMUNITION TO OPPONENTS OF RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP.

ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS, MEASURES THAT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT ALSO PRESERVE THE CLUB'S MISSION.

YOUR ROLE IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE PROFFERS THE ENFORCEABLE CONDITIONS, ADDRESS THE DOCUMENTED SAFETY ISSUES.

BECAUSE THE TWO KNOWN CAUSES OF ESCAPES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROFFERS, THE APPLICANT DOES NOT YET MEET THE ZONING REQUIREMENT TO PROTECT ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

I BELIEVE WE CAN GET THERE IF THE APPLICANT PROFFERS THE SAFETY MEASURES THEY'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED, WHICH IS RELOCATING THE ZINE ZERO AND DISCONTINUE IN THE METAL TARGETS.

AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT MOVING FORWARD.

I SIMPLY ASK THAT THE APPROVAL BE BASED ON THE ENFORCEABLE CONDITIONS THAT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE PAST INCIDENTS AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

TWO OR THREE INCIDENTS WITH THEM.

UH, NEXT IS AL VEZ.

AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? CLOSE ENOUGH.

OKAY, , AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME'S AL CULVER, 1 36 BRANDYWINE DRIVE.

MY HOME IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE, UH, GUN CLUB.

I'M ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT FILED TWO OF THE POLICE REPORTS FOR THE BULLETS IN MY YARD.

UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO I HAD AN INCIDENT WHEN THEY PUT IN THE HEAT RANGE WHERE I WAS GETTING SHOT, RAINING DOWN ON MY SHED AND IN MY BACKYARD I CONTACTED THEM DIRECTLY.

UM, AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS, THEY TOOK SOME ACTION TO SHUT THAT DOWN.

ONCE I FOUND THE BULLETS.

THIS TIME I CONTACTED THE POLICE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE GUN CLUB.

THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH US OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HEARING OUR CONCERNS.

UM, I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH THE METAL TARGETS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM.

I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

I'VE ONLY HAD THESE

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UM, THE METAL TARGETS ARE FAIRLY NEW.

THEY JUST STARTED USING 'EM, I BELIEVE, JUST A YEAR OR SO AGO.

AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED SEEING THE SHRAPNEL.

I REPORTED TO THE POLICE, THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA GO TALK TO 'EM, TAKE CARE OF IT.

THE METAL TARGETS STOPPED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS OR SO, AND THEN THEY STARTED AGAIN.

AND I HAD ADDITIONAL TRAP METAL IN MY BACKYARD.

AND AS GREG SAID, I SURVIVED DESERT STORM DESERT SHIELD.

I DON'T NEED TO TAKE A BULLET IN MY BACKYARD.

AND I'M COUNTING ON YOU GUYS TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE OR HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN THAT UNDERSTANDS A THIRD PARTY TO DO AN INSPECTION ON AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND THAT THEY'RE NOT, UM, EVALUATING THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, SELF EVALUATING, SELF WATCH.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU GUYS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE.

ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO THIS WAY.

AGAIN.

COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, I YOU'VE CHECKED OFF, UH, ALL OF THE, THE, THE CONCERNS THAT I THINK A LOT OF US EXPRESSED, UH, THAT WHEN THIS FIRST CAME ON ON BOARD, I'M VERY SATISFIED WITH THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

UH, I APPLAUD THAT, THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS I KNOW THAT WE EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERN ON, UH, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THE SPEAKER.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE AS A PLANNING COMMISSION TO ENSURE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN, IN FRONT OF US WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE PERMIT IS ASKING FOR, UH, WHAT, WHAT OUR USE PERMIT IS FOR.

WE'RE NOT HERE FOR COMPLIANCE.

UH, THAT IS THE NEXT STEP, IF YOU WILL, ONCE THE DECISION IS MADE, IF IT, IF IT IS MADE TO GO FORWARD.

BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS FULLY, UH, CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT THE ENDORSED OR THE ENFORCING SIDE OF THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, BASED UPON WHAT I'VE SEEN AND, AND THE COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE APPLICANT, UH, I'M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH THE, UH, STAFF AND, UH, WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

I TOO AM IMPRESSED THAT, UH, Y'ALL ALL GOT TOGETHER AND TRY TO HASH SOME OF THESE ISSUES OUT.

UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES ALWAYS NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS A PRIVATE CLUB, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU WORK TOGETHER, YOU END UP COMING WITH A, A GOOD, GOOD SOLUTION.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE PERFECT.

UH, AS FAR AS ENFORCING, I, I AGREE.

I I DON'T, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COMES DOWN THE ROAD.

UH, I I I SUPPORT THAT.

I TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT AND I HOPE THAT ISN'T IN COMPLIANT.

BUT I AM JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU MET SOME OF THESE RESOLUTIONS AND YOU WORK TOGETHER.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

NEXT ONE THAT THEY SUBMITTED, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS AND IT WOULD BE CHECKED UP ON ANNUALLY BY OUR ZONING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF.

DOWN THE LEFT SIDE, MR. GRAHAM.

ALRIGHT, TOO.

I'M HAPPY WITH THE ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO LISTENING TO THE CONCERN.

AND, UM, THE, UH, LAFAYETTE GUNN CALLED, PRESENTED A A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

HOW MUCH OF THAT LIST OF THINGS CAN WE PUT IN THIS? SO THE, THE RESOLUTION IDENTIFIES THEIR NARRATIVE THAT THEY SUBMITTED FOR DECEMBER 23RD.

SO EVERYTHING IN THAT NARRATIVE IS ALSO IN THERE.

IN ADDITION TO THE, THE, THE SKETCH PLAN THAT THEY GAVE US, I NOTICED A NEW SKETCH PLAN AND IT INDICATES THAT THE LETTERS AND THINGS THEY'RE GONNA DO, RIGHT.

THE, UM, BUT THERE'S NO INDICATION, UM, OF A PATH OR A METHOD TO REPORT BACK TO THE NEIGHBORS, ALTHOUGH THEY TALKED ABOUT ONE AND HAVING IT EXAMINED EVERY YEAR.

UM, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

AND I DON'T WANNA SAY THEIR FEET COULD BE HELD TO THE FIRE, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

YOU ALL COULD ALWAYS ADD A CONDITION OF APPROVAL INTO THE RESOLUTION IF YOU FELT LIKE IT WAS NECESSARY.

THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.

YOU CAN ADD ANY CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL YOU'D LIKE AS LONG AS THERE'S A NEXUS BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE ADDING AND, AND THE ACTUAL USE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS THE MM-HMM .

NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS.

YEP.

AND THAT, THAT SEEMED TO BE THE, THE ONLY, UM, PATH TO A VOICE TO GIVE THE, YOU KNOW, A VOICE FOR THEM TO REPORT BACK OR SOME SORT OF OPEN CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO ANY WAY THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES IN FACT HAPPEN.

MM-HMM .

JEAN, GO AHEAD.

WE COULD, UM, AMEND THE RESOLUTION JUST TO ADD THE, THE SECOND NARRATIVE DATE ON HERE.

I WOULD SAY IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE NARRATIVE, THE NARRATIVES DATED DECEMBER 23RD, 2025, AND THE

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I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT THAT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

I, I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER.

I THINK LAFAYETTE GUN CLUB IS COMMITTED TO EVERYTHING WE HEARD TONIGHT.

CORRECT? UH, I, I CONGRATULATE YOU.

WE LEFT HERE LAST MONTH.

WE HAD CITIZENS WHO WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT A LOT OF ISSUES.

YOU DID EXACTLY WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO.

MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, UH, SURROUNDING YOUR PROPERTY COLLABORATIVELY, WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS ON HOW YOU CAN GET ALONG AS NEIGHBORS.

I ALWAYS RE KEEP THINKING IN MY MIND OF PAST, UH, CASES WE'VE HAD WHERE, UM, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION AND WE END UP WITH THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE STARTED NO IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, IN MY MIND, FOR THE CITIZENS AND THE GUN CLUB TO MAKE THE, THE BOTH, UM, THE GUN RANGE AND THE HOMEOWNERS OPERATE IN A BETTER ENVIRONMENT.

AND I THINK YOU'VE COME VERY CLOSE TO DOING THAT.

I THINK YOU'VE DONE ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT OUR LAST MEETING.

AND I CONGRAT CONGRATULATE THAT TO YOU.

UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE, OUR CITIZENS AND OUR NEIGHBORS, I SUPPORT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER.

I THINK THAT IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO DO EVERYTHING YOU JUST HEARD 'EM SAY TONIGHT, I THINK YOUR SITUATION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S GONNA BE A LOT BETTER.

AND IF THEY'RE GONNA DO AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT THAT'S GONNA LOOP YOU AROUND, I SAW THAT YOU WERE CONNECTED IN THAT AND THEY'RE GONNA INCLUDE YOU IN THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK THE COMMISSION, I CONGRATULATE ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS.

I THINK WE ALL MADE, UH, UH, A USE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AREA A LOT BETTER, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH WAITING AND, AND COLLABORATING.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST.

I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS.

, YOU GONNA THINK ABOUT THAT? NO.

MAYBE I, ALRIGHT.

UM, I, I ALSO, I WENT OUT AND TOURED THE CLUB, UM, BEFORE THE LAST MEETING.

UM, I HAD A, HAD A GREAT TOUR OF THE CLUB.

UM, AND I, I DO SUPPORT THIS.

I I DO WANNA STATE THOUGH ALSO THAT WHAT'S BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS AN INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE.

UM, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT THE REST OF THE, OF, OF THE, THE, UH, GUN CLUB OPERATIONS.

IT'S AN INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON PC 25, 26 R, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE THAT, UH, PC 26 0 5 R WITH THE, UH, I'M SORRY.

IS IT 5 25 DASH 26? UH, R WITH THE REVISIONS INCLUDED, A SPOKEN, UH, BE MOVED FORWARD TO THE, UH, TO THE COPY.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE REVISIONS THAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU WOULD ADD THE DATE OF THE NEW NARRATIVE WITH WHAT'S THE DATE? JEANIE 20.

I HAVE IT.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL JUST, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS IN THERE ONCE WE HAVE THAT.

THE AGENDA IS, UM, APPLICATION CP 11 DASH 26.

THE MOTION BY MR. SMITH IS TO JOB RESOLUTION NUMBER PC 25 DASH 26 R TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN INDOOR FIRING RANGE AT 3 3 1 DARE ROAD.

[Application No. CP-11-26 & Application No. ZM-218-26]

THIS ONE, YOURS AS WELL.

AND CONFUSION IN REGARDS TO THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER TWO APPLICATIONS.

APPLICATION NUMBER ZM TWO 18 DASH 26 IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE YORK COUNTY ZONING MAP BY RECLASSIFYING VARIOUS PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN YORK COUNTY AND THE CITY OF POCOS.

APPLICATION NUMBER CP 11 DASH 26 IS A REQUEST TO AMEND CHARTING THE COURSE.

2024 YORK COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY ADDING PARCELS RECENTLY ADDED TO THE YORK COUNTY TO YORK COUNTY THROUGH A BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN YORK COUNTY AND THE CITY OF POCOS TO THE LAND.

USE 2040 MAP IN CHAPTER 11.

AND BY ASSIGNING THEM A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2023, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO ADJUST AND RELOCATE THE COMMON BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TWO JURISDICTIONS.

THIS WAS DONE TO ELIMINATE UNCERTAINTY

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FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION, NEW LAND WAS ADDED TO THE COUNTY.

THE FIRST STEP AFTER ADDING NEW LAND TO THE COUNTY IS TO ADJUST THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CHARTING THE COURSE 2040 BY GIVING A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION TO ALL AFFECTED PARCELS.

THIS 2040 UH, USE DESIGN, LAND USE DESIGNATION MAP SHOWS THE NEWLY ADDED LAND THAT DOESN'T HAVE A COLOR TO INDICATE ITS FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.

THE CODE STATES THAT ANY LAND AREA ANNEXED OR ADJUSTED INTO THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF YORK COUNTY SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE CLASSIFIED RC FOR RESOURCE CONSERVATION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THAT CLASSIFICATION MAY BE CHANGED THROUGH A SPECIFIC REZONING ACTION APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

ACCORDINGLY, THE COUNTY IS PROPOSING TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP BY RECLASSIFYING THESE PROPERTIES TO MATCH THE ADJACENT ZONING.

THIS APPLICATION ENCOMPASSES 27 PARCELS OF LAND WITH 18 PROPERTY OWNERS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED DUE TO THE LAND'S PROXIMITY TO ADJOINING LOCALITIES.

NOTICES WERE ALSO SENT TO THE CITIES OF POCOS AND HAMPTON.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD AMEND THE LAND USE 2040 AND LAND USE 2040, UH, TAB SUBAR MAPS TO INCLUDE THE NEWLY ACQUIRED LAND AND ASSIGN IT A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.

FURTHERMORE, A NEW PARAGRAPH OUTLINING THE REASONING FOR THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE TAB EAST SECTION.

SO PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF THE BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT IN DECEMBER, 2023, THE MAJORITY OF THE AFFECTED PARCELS EXTENDED ACROSS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN YORK COUNTY IN THE CITY OF POCOS.

AS A RESULT AND PURSUANT TO THE CODE, WHICH REQUIRES NEWLY INCORPORATED LAND TO BE AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFIED AS RESOURCE CONSERVATION, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE IN GREEN, MOST OF THE EFFECTIVE PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY SPLIT ZONED.

UM, THE PROPOSED REZONINGS WOULD REMOVE THE EXISTING SPLIT ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR ALL OF THESE PARCELS.

27, UH, PARCELS IN PART OR WHOLE.

AND A COMBINED AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 27 ACRES ARE PROPOSED TO BE REZONED PARCELS PREVIOUSLY DIVIDED BY THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN YORK COUNTY AND THE CITY OF THE COSAN WILL BE ASSIGNED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION MATCHING THE PORTION OF THE PARCEL ALREADY LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY PARCELS ENTIRELY OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY WILL BE ASSIGNED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION MATCHING THE SURROUNDING PARCELS.

FOUR OF THE 27 PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY SPLIT ZONED AS RURAL RESIDENTIAL OR RR AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION OR RC AND ARE PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO RR.

THREE OF THOSE FOUR PARCELS ARE PROPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THE FOURTH HAS PROPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

THE PROPERTY AT 100 KRINER LANE IS, UH, IS THE ONLY PARCEL THAT IS NOT PROPOSED TO BE REZONED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THE PROPERTY OWNER'S REQUEST.

STAFF PROPOSES TO REZONE THE PARCEL FROM RRR AND RC TO RR 18 PARCELS ARE SPLIT ZONED R 20 AND RC.

THEY'RE ALL PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO R 20 AND DESIGNATED MEDIUM DENSITY.

IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE REMAINING FIVE PARCELS ARE ZONED TO RC AS THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY OUTSIDE THE COUNTY'S JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.

ALL FIVE PARCELS ARE PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO R 20 AND DESIGNATED MEDIUM DENSITY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN CONFORMITY WITH THE SURROUNDING PARCELS.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION, UH, NUMBERS P PC 26 DASH OH FOUR AND PC 26 DASH OH FIVE PROPOSED TO GIVE THE NEWLY ACQUIRED LAND A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION, ELIMINATE SPLIT ZONING AND ALIGN ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THERE'S NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE ZONING MAP TO BE IN STRICT CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

HOWEVER, IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE PRACTICE IN YORK COUNTY TO ZONE MOST PROPERTY FOR ITS INTENDED USE AS SET FORTH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE EFFORT AND EXPENSE OF APPLYING FOR A REZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THEIR LAND IN ACCORDANCE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THEREFORE, BASED ON THE CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS, AS NOTED, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBERS PC 26 DASH OH FOUR AND PC 26 DASH OH FIVE.

QUESTIONS.

WE'LL START DOWN WITH MR. KRINER.

VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT AND HAVE NO CONCERNS.

AND I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM THE VOTE FOR I'M ONE OF THE 18, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WAS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT REVIEWED THIS, UH, A WHILE A MONTH AGO.

WAS IT? MM-HMM .

AND, UH, EVERYTHING LOOKS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WAS.

SO I'LL BE IN VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS.

REVERSING AN RC DESIGNATION, IS THERE NO REQUIREMENT TO, IS THERE A VALIDATION? IS THERE AN APPROVAL THAT'S DONE THROUGH WHATEVER? IS THERE A CONSERVATION REQUIREMENT FOR THAT TO BE SURVEYED, VALIDATED? THERE'S NO SURVEY REQUIRED FOR THAT.

LOOKING FOR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

I THOUGHT WE WERE OVER WITH THAT, BUT NO, I'M GONNA, I HAVEN'T OPENED THE POLL HEARING YET.

SO THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WITH REGARD TO WHEN YOU'RE BASICALLY

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THE APPROVAL WOULD COME FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RC TO, YOU KNOW, R 20 OR, UM, RR.

WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE NOBODY SIGNED UP.

ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS? SEEING NONE.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? ? I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT.

I ALSO, I JUST DID, I ALREADY SAID WHAT I HAD BY PIECE.

ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT.

UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WE HAVE TO DO FOUR AND THEN FIVE HAVE TO DO BOTH.

BOTH SEPARATELY.

SO PC 26 DASH OH FOUR.

I'LL MOVE MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL RECOMMEND IF WE FORWARD PC 20, UH, SIX DASH OH FOUR TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

THE MOTION BY MR. KING INSTRUCT OUT RESOLUTION NUMBER PC 26 0 4 TO AMEND THE YORK COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY ADDING PARTS, WILLS RECENTLY ADDED TO YORK COUNTY.

MR. KING, HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU VOTE IS OH FOUR THE CORRECT NUMBER FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, I SAID OH FOUR.

DID I? YEAH.

YES.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS THE CORRECT ONE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SURE.

YES.

UH, THE ANSWER WAS YES.

OH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I RECOMMEND YOU 26 5 TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR APPROVAL.

HOWEVER, THAT'S VETERAN'S DAY.

MOTION BY MR. TITUS IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION PC 26 0 5 TO RECLASSIFY PROPERTIES RECENTLY ADDED TO THE YORK COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, WE HAVE NO OLD

[7. Old Business]

BUSINESS,

[8. New Business ]

NEW BUSINESS, UH,

[9. Staff Reports/Recent Actions by the Board of Supervisors]

STAFF REPORTS.

YES.

ALRIGHT, SO YOU HAVE THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT AND ALSO YOU HAVE THE CALENDAR.

I'LL START WITH THE CALENDAR.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, I THINK, UM, YOU HAD GOTTEN THESE LAST MONTH AND, UM, WE HAD NOTICED, UH, IN REVIEWING THESE DATES, ACTUALLY I'LL GIVE CREDIT TO DESI.

SHE JUST HAPPENED TO NOTICE THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD NOVEMBER 11TH, WHICH IS THE WEDNESDAY FOR NOVEMBER 2ND.

WEDNESDAY OF NOVEMBER.

SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, WORKED WITH THE MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND THAT DATE IS GONNA CHANGE TO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH.

SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU NOTE THAT IN YOUR CALENDARS IN THE FUTURE.

UM, AND OF COURSE WE WILL, UM, GIVE YOU THE, UM, WE'LL GIVE YOU A HEADS UP WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THAT.

UM, EXCEPT FOR MR. KING AND MR. KRINER WHO WON'T BE ON THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME.

BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU A HEADS UP WHEN WE GET CLOSER, UM, UNLESS THEY DECIDE TO RE-UP.

UM, BUT NOVEMBER 12TH IS THE THURSDAY, SO WE JUST MOVED THAT TO THE THURSDAY ON THERE.

UM, AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT, UM, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE BOARD HAD APPROVED THE, UH, GROUP HOME OUT AT YULE, UH, NEAR YULE INDUSTRIAL PARK.

UM, AND THAT, UH, THEY, THE BOARD WILL BE REVIEWING NEXT WEEK THE SHEETS APPLICATION AND THE THEFT DETERRENT WIRE.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT, UH, KIND OF WHERE THE PUBLIX IS IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

SO THEY ARE UNDER SITE PLAN REVIEW CURRENTLY.

UM, THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL, BUT THEY'RE CLOSE.

THEY'RE CLOSE.

SO IT SHOULD BE COMING SOON, UH, THAT THEY WOULD GET APPROVAL.

UM, AND THEN, UH, OTHER THINGS OF NOTE, UM, ON PAGE TWO, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE CHIPOLTE, UM, WAS APPROVED.

THE SITE PLAN FOR THAT WAS APPROVED.

THAT'S GOING BETWEEN WHERE THE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION GRAFT AND CHICK-FIL-A IS AND WHERE THE DAIRY QUEEN CURRENTLY IS.

SO THAT OPEN LOT, THAT'S WHERE CHIPOLTE WILL BE GOING.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ELSE.

A A MAJOR NOTE IN THERE THAT I WAS GONNA POINT OUT TO YOU, BUT THAT WAS IT.