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Planning board approves SCCC soil importation permit and athletic courts; members raise gun range noise concerns
Summary
The Hampton Township Planning Board on Feb. 19, 2026 memorialized two Sussex County Community College resolutions (soil importation permit for a Public Safety Training Academy and approval of athletic courts) and discussed resident and board concerns about noise from a proposed outdoor gun range; Attorney Brady will follow up with a letter and the college plans survey work.
The Hampton Township Planning Board on Feb. 19 approved two Sussex County Community College-related resolutions and discussed noise concerns about a proposed outdoor gun range.
The board memorialized Resolution 25-13PB, granting a soil importation permit for the SCCC Public Safety Training Academy at 114 Morris Turnpike (motion by Mr. Gurick, second by Mr. Gunderman). The board also memorialized Resolution 25-15PB approving athletic courts at SCCC (motion by Mr. Gunderman, second by Mr. Dooley). Roll-call votes were recorded in the minutes for both actions.
Those approvals were procedural memorializations of earlier decisions; the motions passed on the floor with recorded yes votes. For 25-13PB the minutes show affirmative votes from Daniels, Dooley, Gunderman, Gurick, Kominiak, McCarthy and Ambrosi. For 25-15PB the minutes record Daniels, Dooley, Gunderman, Gurick, Kominiak, McCarthy, Sivulich and Ambrosi voting yes.
During discussion, Board member Joseph (Joe) Sivulich raised concerns about reported noise from a proposed outdoor gun range connected with SCCC. The minutes state he noted prior measurements taken at 62 decibels while the township ordinance allows a maximum of 65 decibels and observed that some houses are significantly closer to the range than where the measurement was taken; the minutes also record him saying his own firearm registers between “150 to 160 decibels.” Attorney Brady said he will send a letter to address the concern and review whether state exemptions apply to ranges; the college informed board members it planned to send surveyors to assess reconfiguration options such as raising berms and adjusting the backstop.
Engineer Simmons and other staff will continue to provide technical input if the board asks for conditions related to safety, staging or noise mitigation. The minutes do not record a formal vote specifically to approve or deny the gun range; rather, the board directed follow-up correspondence and technical review.
Attorney Brady will send the promised letter and the college’s survey results or proposed reconfiguration will be reported back at a future meeting. No additional formal action on the gun range was taken at the Feb. 19 meeting.
