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Sec. 9-61. - License required.#
Consistent with G.L. § 5-2-5, every indoor shooting range facility (i.e. shooting gallery) shall require a license from the town council. No new indoor shooting range facility shall receive a certificate of occupancy nor open for business with first obtaining such license. Any lawfully preexisting shooting range facility shall apply for such license within 90 days of adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived (August 12, 2014), and shall not be allowed to continue operating if such license is not issued within 60 days of such application.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-62. - License application.#
An applicant for a license under this chapter shall submit an application to the town council in a form adopted by the town clerk and provided by the town clerk.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-63. - Fees.#
There shall be an application fee of $50.00, as authorized by G.L. § 5-2-6, and the applicant shall be responsible to reimburse the town for reasonable costs of engineering and other professional services as needed to review the application, and for advertising of the public hearing as set forth herein.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-64. - Required information.#
The applicant shall provide sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with all of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-65. - Site plan.#
A site plan for the entire shooting range facility which shows the following applicable information drawn to an appropriate scale, shall accompany the license application: (1)
Property lines for any parcel upon which the shooting range facility is to be located, north arrow, plan scale, date, and ownership information for the site;
(2)
Complete layout of each shooting range facility, including, shooting stations and firing lines, target areas, shot-fall zones or backstops, berms, and baffles, if any;
(3)
In addition, any new indoor shooting range facility submitting an initial application must also provide in its site plan: Existing structures and occupied dwellings within 400 feet; roads, streets, or other access areas; buffer areas; and parking areas for the shooting range facility.
Any other appropriate information related to the specific type of shooting range facility, whether existing or proposed.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-66. - Background check.#
Upon receipt of an application by an unlicensed shooting range facility, the town's police department shall conduct a criminal records check on the owner and lessee, if any, of the shooting range facility and on the individual designated to operate the shooting range facility, if different from the owner or lessee. In the case of a shooting range facility owned or managed by a non-profit organization or association, the town's police department shall conduct a criminal records check on the officers of that organization or association. Upon completion of the criminal records check, the police department shall forward its findings to the town council.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-67. - Town council hearing.#
The town council shall hold a public hearing to determine whether to issue a license. Upon receipt of an application by an unlicensed shooting range facility, notice of such public hearing shall be advertised at least ten days prior thereto, and mailed by regular mail to the owners of all property within 400 feet of perimeter of the property on which the shooting range facility is located, at least 14 days prior to the hearing. Renewal applications for a licensed shooting range facility shall only require advertising and shall not require notice by regular mail.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-68. - Term of license, renewal, transfer.#
Such license will be valid from December 1 of each year until November 30 of the following year. Partial year licenses shall expire on November 30. Prior to the license's renewal, the shooting range facility shall be re-inspected by the town's police department. License renewals shall require a public hearing. A license issued pursuant to this chapter may not be transferred to another operator and/or owner without the written approval and consent of the town council following a public hearing and notice as if it were a new license.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)