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Powhatan residents urge ordinance after repeated near-home gunfire in Glenbrook subdivision
Summary
Multiple Glenbrook residents told the board they have heard gunfire within feet of homes, cited repeated incidents and safety risks for children, and urged the Powhatan Board to consider an ordinance restricting firearm and pneumatic-gun discharge in R-2 residential zones; the board said it would continue consideration.
Residents of the Glenbrook subdivision and nearby streets told the Powhatan County Board on March 23 that frequent discharges of firearms and explosive targets are making yards unsafe and asked the board to consider an ordinance restricting shooting in R-2 residential zones.
"Between March 8 and March 17 alone, there were 8 separate days of gunfire," Virginia Morgan told the board, saying shots and pneumatic-gun blasts have occurred roughly 100…
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