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Commission recommends limited firearms transfers at 8089 Hines Road with sign and frequency limits
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to forward special exception SE-25-002 to the Board of Supervisors with conditions limiting firearms transfers to indoor appointments, a maximum of 10 transfers per week, hours of operation and a small driveway sign for wayfinding.
The Prince George Planning Commission on June 26 voted unanimously to forward special exception SE-25-002 — a request to permit retail sale/transfer of firearms at 8089 Hines Road — to the Board of Supervisors with recommended conditions.
Staff described the property as a roughly 2.1-acre parcel in the A-1 General Agricultural district and recommended approval after finding the request consistent with the comprehensive plan and surrounding zoning. VDOT raised no objection. The building official advised that a change-of-occupancy building permit will be required for any portion of the garage used commercially.
Recommended conditions that the commission approved include: all transfers to occur indoors in the attached garage; no more than 10 transfers per week; no more than one person conducting transfers at a time; no nonresident employees on-site; adequate on-site parking in the existing driveway; and hours limited to customer visits Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 4:30–7:30 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Staff’s initial recommendation had called for no signage; the commission modified that condition to allow a small wayfinding sign at the driveway, limited to 1 square foot (the commission verbally discussed up to 2 square feet and settled on a 1–2-square-foot maximum in the motion record).
Applicant Daniel Mills told commissioners he planned to operate as a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) to conduct transfers by appointment and said he preferred not to have an open, public-facing sign: "I don't want it inside my house... I don't want this open to the public." Mills said he would be willing to place a small sign at the front of a private driveway to aid wayfinding if the commission required it.
No members of the public spoke on the application during the hearing. The commission’s recommendation is advisory; the Board of Supervisors will hold its own public hearing before final action.
