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Attachment 4 23 <br /> Approved 11/4/15 <br /> Excerpt of Approved October 7, <br /> 1 2015 Planning Board Minutes <br /> 2 PLANNING BOARD <br /> 3 OCTOBER 7,2015 <br /> 4 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 5 <br /> 6 MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Lydia Wegman-At-Large Chapel <br /> 7 Hill Township (Vice Chair); Tony Blake, Bingham Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill <br /> 8 Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; <br /> 9 Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell,At-Large Bingham Township; Herman Staats, <br /> 10 At-Large, Cedar Grove Township; James Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative;Andrea Rohrbacher,At-Large <br /> 11 Chapel Hill Township; <br /> 12 <br /> 13 MEMBERS ABSENT: None <br /> 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, <br /> 16 Planning Systems Coordinator;Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; Patrick Mallett, Planner II; <br /> 17 <br /> 18 OTHERS PRESENT:Phil Koch, PE Earth Centric Engineering, Inc.; Tom Heffner, Developer Heffner Properties, Inc.; <br /> 19 <br /> 20 AGENDA ITEM 10: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE(UDO)TEXT AMENDMENT-To make a recommendation <br /> 21 on government-initiated amendments to the text of the UDO regarding recreational land <br /> 22 uses, including shooting ranges. This item was heard at the September 8, 2015 quarterly <br /> 23 public hearing. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Presenter: Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Michael Harvey reviewed the abstract. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Michael Harvey:We have a standard in here that stipulates a discharged shell be directed into a backstop which <br /> 30 would consist of concrete, steel,wood, or combination. The concern is can any consideration be given to a property <br /> 31 owner who locates a shooting area in low lying area and takes advantage of topography to reduce to scope of <br /> 32 backstop. Since topography can be altered I am worried about relying on that as a means of guaranteeing a <br /> 33 reasonable backstop. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Herman Staats: I have a shooting range on my property with an earth backstop.The shooting range I have built on <br /> 36 my property does not meet the definition of suitable. I believe it is safe and I think some consideration should be <br /> 37 given to these other factors despite my own personal range.The other issue I have is that concrete and steel are not <br /> 38 ideal for a backstop if you have ricochet issues and there needs to be some consideration for that as well. Lastly, this <br /> 39 broadly specifies shooting activities and does not address shooting clay pigeons in the air. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Tony Blake: I agree. Steel is very dangerous. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Michael Harvey:What I am hearing from comments is if we could reconfigure the back stop standards and provide <br /> 44 distinction for skeet shooting? <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Buddy Hartley: I think the earth backstop is obviously your best option. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Tony Blake:The Sherriffs letter seems to indicate that he has standards for backstops and for safe shooting and I <br /> 49 was wondering if it would be a good idea to coordinate with the Sheriffs Department. <br /> 50 <br /> 51 Michael Harvey:The Sheriff does not have ordinance for stablishing regulations for a backstop.What they do is go <br /> 52 out and make a determination if the activity is safe, but they do not have specific standards.The Sherriff has <br /> 1 <br />