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DATE: November 27, 2013
TO: Seth Adams, Assistant Planner
FROM: Obaid Khan, Senior Civil Engineer (Traffic/Transportatio , Gi
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Parking Assessment for Guns, Fishing,and Other Stuff, Inc.
SUBJECT: Minor Use Permit PLPA-2013-00063
The Applicant is proposing an approximately 5,300 square foot indoor firearms shooting range. The
range will be constructed within an existing building that measures a total of approximately 28,400
square feet. The shooting range comprises 12 individual firing "lanes" that customers will pay to use
for target practice. The remaining 23,100 square feet of the building will be used as a retail store
selling firearms and fishing equipment. The retail store and shooting range will be under the same
ownership and management and will be open concurrently from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a
week.
Retail uses are permitted by-right within the Downtown Dublin Zoning District, but the shooting range
is classified as an Indoor Recreational Facility use type which is subject to a Zoning Clearance Permit if
the use can meet the regulations and development standards specified in the City of Dublin Zoning
Ordinance, or a Minor Use Permit if it cannot meet the regulations and development standards for
approval through a Zoning Clearance. One of the development standards for approval of an Indoor
Recreational Facility Zoning 'Clearance is that the use meets the required parking without any
adjustments, reductions, or variances. The City of Dublin Zoning Ordinance does not provide a parking
standard for an indoor shooting range, and as such one needs to be determined. The process by which
this is accomplished is through a Minor Use Permit.
In terms of published data on parking for indoor shooting ranges there is relatively little to be found.
However, the National Rifle Association of.America's (NRA) Range Source Book contains all of the
guidelines the NRA recommends for constructing and operating shooting ranges. The Range Source
Book recommends that parking lots•for shooting ranges contain 1.5 spaces per firing point. The
proposed indoor range will have 12 firing points/lanes and would therefore require 18 parking spaces
using the NRA's recommendation. In addition to the customers that are using the shooting range there
will be two employees dedicated to operating the range at all times, and as such it makes sense to
require an additional two parking spaces for said employees. To acquire further input from other
professionals, staff reached out to the Institute of Transportation Engineers online members' forum
and found similar parking ratio recommendations.
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In conclusion, it is recommended that the parking requirement for the proposed indoor shooting range
be 20 parking spaces. If you have any questions please let me know.
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