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Lafayette Gun Club’s plan for new indoor range raises neighbor safety objections; hearing continued to Jan. 14
Summary
Lafayette Gun Club seeks a 12,600 sq ft indoor firing range on a 26.3-acre York County parcel; staff recommended approval but neighbors reported multiple incidents of bullets and shrapnel on adjacent properties. The planning commission reopened public comment and voted to continue the public hearing to Jan. 14 to allow the club and residents to meet.
The York County Planning Commission reopened a public hearing on a special-use permit request from Lafayette Gun Club to build a roughly 12,600-square-foot indoor firing range at 331 Dare Road, then continued the hearing to Jan. 14 to give the club time to meet neighbors and address safety concerns.
Staff planner Jeanne told the commission the 26.3-acre property is mostly zoned resource conservation with a small R20 edge, that the parcel contains legally nonconforming outdoor ranges built in 1950, and that the proposed new indoor range would sit about 134 feet from the nearest residential lot line. Staff recommended approval of Resolution PC 25-26 subject to conditions including a Knox gate switch for emergency fire access and later site plan submissions documenting noise attenuation…
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