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Wilson County BZA denies special‑use permit for private gun range after months of neighborhood complaints
Summary
After hours of public testimony and staff reports citing land‑disturbance violations, the Wilson County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to deny a special‑use permit for a private gun range and related commercial uses at 4280 South Mount Juliet Road.
The Wilson County Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday denied a special‑use permit that would have allowed a private gun range on an R‑1 residential parcel at 4280 South Mount Juliet Road, concluding that the scale of activity and ongoing violations made approval inappropriate.
Staff had recommended denial and told the board the property had been the subject of enforcement actions, including a stop‑work order related to land disturbance and field reviews that identified unresolved stabilization work. The applicant, Jack Bird, and his representative, Kenny Buckley, withdrew requests for vehicle parking and landscape‑business storage during the hearing and focused the application on the gun‑range use.
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