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Moscow council approves one-location exception to city code to allow indoor airsoft at 105 Louder Avenue

Moscow City Council · November 4, 2025
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Summary

On Nov. 3, 2025 the Moscow City Council approved, 4-2, a staff-drafted resolution granting a site-specific exception to Moscow City Code to permit an indoor airsoft facility at 105 Louder Avenue. Councilors discussed zoning, proximity to a local alternative high school and the codehistory; the permit remains subject to revocation by the council.

The Moscow City Council voted 4-2 on Nov. 3 to approve a resolution granting a one-location exception to Moscow City Code section 10-3-3 so an indoor airsoft facility may operate at 105 Louder Avenue.

City staff told the council the code section dates to an 1888 ordinance that prohibited discharge of fireworks or firearms within town limits and was broadened by a 1984 amendment to include "handguns, rifles, pellet guns, air rifles, b b guns, slingshots, flippers, bows and arrows, and other projectiles." Bill Beltknap,…

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