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20 1 Commissioner Richards asked Commissioner McKee if the time restriction was midnight 2 to 6 a.m. if that would be a problem. 3 Commissioner McKee said he personally does not think that would be a problem, but 4 feels this is an issue that the Board cannot solve, as noise is so subjective. 5 Commissioner Richards asked if the number of complaints received can be identified. 6 Commissioner McKee he thought it was in the dozens. 7 Chair Price said once people talk to each other, they are able to work out issues. 8 Commissioner Greene said the issue has not been worked out in West Carrboro. She 9 said if there were time regulations on new shooting ranges she thinks there would have been 10 fewer issues. 11 Commissioner McKee asked if the location where shooting has occurred near Carrboro 12 would be considered an established shooting range. 13 Commissioner Greene said she is referring to future shooting ranges. 14 Commissioner McKee said "shooting range" means different things to different people. 15 Commissioner Hamilton said she would like to know how many new shooting ranges 16 come before the Board. She said she would like more context about the issue. She asked if 17 the Board was attempting to fix a problem that does not exist. 18 Chair Price said the Board gets periodic complaints about shooting and has not come up 19 with any solutions. 20 Commissioner Greene said she is specifically thinking of a shooting range that had the 21 appropriate berms for the county on private property. She said complaints came from neighbors 22 because they did not know when the shooting was going to happen. She said she wanted to 23 know if it was appropriate to set times for when shooting can happen for future shooting ranges. 24 She asked the Board if there is agreement to discuss this further at a future meeting. 25 Chair Price asked if there was a specific proposal, as this has been discussed for years. 26 Commissioner Greene said she is not prepared to propose times at this work session. 27 Commissioner McKee said he disagrees with Commissioner Greene on the prevalence 28 of this being a big issue in the future. He said he does not think there will ever be a solution to 29 this very subjective issue. He said in the previous task force, they could not figure out a solution 30 to this problem. He said until it becomes a disruptive problem, the BOCC should leave it alone. 31 Chair Price said the reason the maps were created was to show where the complaints 32 were made. She said creating an ordinance for a suburbanizing area would also affect the 33 more rural areas, which is unreasonable. 34 Chair Price asked Brian Carson if anyone has applied to create a new shooting range. 35 Brian Carson said he does not know of any applications, and they would go through 36 Michael Harvey at the Planning Department. 37 Commissioner Fowler said she is interested in setting a time frame for shooting, given 38 that general noise is already regulated. 39 Chair Price asked the Board to make proposals for time frames so staff can put it on a 40 future agenda. 41 Commissioner Hamilton said she would be interested in putting time frames for shooting 42 on a future agenda. 43 Commissioner Bedford asked the County Attorney if there is a reason that firearms are 44 not included in the existing noise ordinance. 45 John Roberts said he does not know why firearms were not included. 46 Commissioner Bedford asked if the current noise ordinance includes loud parties. 47 John Roberts said he does not think loud parties are included. 48 Commissioner McKee said he thought parties had to reach a certain decibel level. 49 Chair Price said in her experience noise ordinances were for certain loud industrial 50 activities.