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Planning staff backs allowing indoor shooting ranges in Tift County industrial zones
Summary
County planning staff told the Tift County Board of Commissioners a zoning text amendment would add indoor shooting ranges as a permitted use with supplemental standards in WLI and HI districts; the Planning Commission recommends approval and no formal board vote was taken at the work session.
Chad Branch, Community Development Services director, told the Tift County Board of Commissioners at a Feb. 3 work session that a proposed amendment to the county's Unified Development Code would add “indoor shooting range” as a permissible use with supplemental standards in the WLI (Wholesale/Light Industrial) and HI (Heavy Industrial) zoning districts.
Branch said the Planning Commission has reviewed the application and recommends approval. He described the amendment as adding indoor shooting ranges as a listed use subject to supplemental performance standards intended to confine such uses to industrial areas.
No formal vote by the board was recorded during the work session. The item was presented as a public‑hearing matter for the board's review; staff framed it as a regulatory text change rather than a site‑specific permit. The transcript records no additional public testimony or board direction on the substance of the supplemental standards.
If the county follows the typical process, the Planning Commission's recommendation will be forwarded to the board for consideration at a future meeting where the board may hold a public hearing or take action. At the Feb. 3 work session, no adoption or binding decision was made.
