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Parents, daycare director urge city to block gun shop next to IXL; planning staff to draft zoning changes
Summary
Dozens of parents and IXL staff urged the Planning Commission to prevent Red Zone Firearms from opening next to a state-funded daycare at 15600 W. 12 Mile; Planning Director said the location is currently allowed in B3 retail but promised to draft amendments (special land-use requirement and separation buffers) and schedule a public hearing for Oct. 8.
A sustained public outcry at the Sept. 24 Planning Commission meeting urged the city to stop a firearms retailer, Red Zone Firearms, from opening at 15660 West 12 Mile Road, adjacent to IXL Learning Center (15600 West 12 Mile), which parents and staff said houses state-funded preschool classrooms and playgrounds.
Multiple speakers — parents, neighbors and the director of IXL Learning Center — described alarm at discovering a gun shop would share a driveway and be fewer than 100 feet from daycare spaces and about 200 feet from the playground. Commenters asked the commission to use zoning tools to prevent the store opening…
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