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• <br />• <br />Allen Matthews of C. E. Block, the project architect, 2044 14`t` Avenue, had been <br />sworn. The construction of the range is based on guidelines for other facilities of the same <br />type. <br />Commissioner Stanbridge then questioned the ventilation system, and Mr. Matthews <br />responded that a supply air fan will be included behind the shooters, while at the trap end <br />there will be an exhaust fan. <br />Commissioner Ginn asked Deputy County Attorney Will Collins for the underlying <br />reasoning behind zoning. <br />Attorney Collins stated that the underlying reason for zoning is for the protection of <br />the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the County. This is provided by putting <br />applicable zoning uses in appropriate locations. This site plan meets the applicable criteria; <br />it is the use that is being objected to and that use is not classified in our Code. The Board <br />may decide that use would be more appropriate as a special exception. He believed the <br />Board had some discretion in determining what criteria should be allowed. <br />Chairman Macht closed the meeting to public comments. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner <br />Stanbridge, SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, to <br />find that the Planning and Zoning Commission's <br />action to conditionally approve the R & R <br />Investment site plan application did fail the areas <br />outlined in LDR Section 902.7(4) by not taking into <br />consideration the health, safety and welfare of the <br />general public; to grant the appeal and not to <br />approve the R & R Investment site plan application. <br />Under discussion, Commissioner Stanbridge felt that the 50 X 90 site plan was not <br />adequate to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and that the Community <br />Development Director was not correct in determining that the gun range was a permitted use. <br />She believed that use should be a special exception in every zoning district. <br />Commissioner Adams personally would rather see firearms sold on the comer than <br />a liquor store but believed the support of the neighborhood is important. <br />FEBRUARY 16, 1999 <br />-49- BOOK 1087 PAGE383 <br />