Troy planning panel grants preliminary approval for Uncoiled indoor firearms range with tree, screening conditions

The City of Troy Planning Commission on Jan. 27 approved preliminary site-plan approval for Uncoiled Firearms and Training Academy, a proposed 15,000-square-foot indoor shooting range on the south side of Ring Drive, subject to conditions requiring compliance with parking-lot tree standards and confirmation of rooftop mechanical screening.

Planning staff presented the application as an indoor commercial recreation use permitted in the IB zoning district and noted the site has been graded for prior development, that the Barnard Drain runs along the southern edge of the property and that final engineering would confirm no impacts to the drain. The applicant is proposing a single-story building of roughly 15,000 square feet, a 70-space parking lot and on-site stormwater management including pipe storage and flow restrictors.

Stuart Mullen, representing Range Development Services and the applicant Uncoiled, described the facility’s design and…