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Bel Air to consider ordinance to allow indoor shooting ranges in commercial core with safety conditions
Summary
A proposed ordinance would permit indoor shooting ranges in B‑3 and B‑3A zones as a special exception, add performance standards for containment and staffing, and require compliance with federal background checks. The Planning Commission will review ordinance text before a formal vote.
Bel Air commissioners reviewed draft language for an ordinance to permit indoor shooting ranges in the town’s commercial core and discuss safety and regulatory safeguards.
Commissioner Taylor, who drafted the language, said the proposal would permit indoor shooting ranges as a special exception in the B‑3 and B‑3A districts and allow the Planning Commission to impose performance standards, including structural containment to prevent escaped projectiles, prohibitions on alcohol and controlled…
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