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Rayburn Electric proposes private indoor gun range on corporate campus; site variance requests tied to campus design
Summary
Rayburn Electric Cooperative presented plans for a 3,200-square-foot private indoor shooting range as an amenity for employees and guests on the company’s campus; the building would not be open to the public and applicants said ammunition would not be stored when the range is not in use.
Rayburn Electric Cooperative presented a site plan to the Planning & Zoning Commission for a private indoor gun range to be located on its corporate campus; the commission discussed architectural variances and landscape screening but took no vote.
Frank Palmer of Delta Engineers described a 3,200-square-foot range building with four shooting lanes, restrooms and a common area on a 1.47-acre portion of the cooperative’s larger 48.667-acre tract. Palmer said the range would be an amenity for Rayburn staff and guests only, not open to the public, and that ammunition would not be stored on-site when the range is not in use.
City staff (Henry) said the proposed development is part of a planned development amendment that includes a larger campus; the planned development allows variances so long as new buildings match existing campus architecture and materials. The applicant’s elevations rely on split-face CMU as the primary exterior material with limited stone and stucco; staff noted the PD and ARB (architecture review body) reviewed the elevations and that the ARB recommended approval that evening. Commissioners and staff discussed landscape berming limits along Mims Road and additional tree plantings to screen the building since parking sits below the road profile.
No formal action was taken; staff and the applicant will refine landscaping and material choices as part of the site-plan revision process.
Votes at a glance: No vote; ARB recommended approval of the elevations but the Planning & Zoning Commission reserved final action pending revised landscape and materials details.
