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Sec. 9-81. - Abandonment and discontinuance.#
The non-use of a shooting range facility for a period in excess of one year shall create the presumption that said shooting range facility is abandoned, and any current, valid licenses issued shall terminate. Any previously-licensed shooting range facility that has not held a valid license within one year shall require a license as a new shooting range facility for the purposes of this chapter.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-82. - Changes or expansions.#
If any shooting range facility is intended to be substantially changed or expanded to include types of shooting ranges, operations, or activities not covered by an existing license, a new license for the entire facility shall be secured in accordance with all of the provisions of this chapter. Further, any license issued hereunder does not relieve the licensee of compliance with all other applicable town ordinances.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-83. - Enforcement.#
The town's police department shall be responsible for the enforcement of this chapter and is authorized to inspect any licensed or unlicensed shooting range facility. The town's police department shall inspect any shooting range facility prior to the grant of a license, during the course of license in response to complaints, and from time to time. Any violation of this chapter or of any condition or requirement adopted pursuant to these provisions may be restrained, corrected, or abated, as the case may be, by injunction or by other appropriate proceedings as allowed by state law.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)
Sec. 9-84. - Penalty for a shooting range facility in violation of this chapter.#
(a)
Violators of any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished according to the provisions of section 9-8.
(b)
Suit may be instituted in the superior court in the name of the town to restrain any violation of, or compel compliance with, this chapter.
(c)
The chief of police may suspend any license for reasons of immediate public safety, with the duration of such suspension being not longer than the time until the next regularly-scheduled town council meeting. The town council may, on its own, suspend any license for reasons of immediate public safety, with the duration of such suspension until the next regularly-scheduled town council meeting at which an adequately-noticed show cause hearing can be held.
(d)
The town council shall have the authority, following adequate notice to the license holder and a show cause hearing, to suspend or revoke any license obtained under provisions of this article for violations of any provisions of this article.
(Ord. of 8-12-14)