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"That’s not hard and fast" countered commission chairman A.Y. Stokes, adding that some tractor trailers pass “and you can hardly hear them.” “Sound is very abstract,” Luke replied. “I don’t think the experts will be able to give you a hard and fast example of 80 decibels.” He explained that sound level depends on keeness of hearing, wind, humidity in the air, terrain and other factors. Luke volunteered, however, to provide the commissioners with information on what other localities have done regarding limits on sound levels.
He noted that skeet and trap shooting have been deleted from the proposed range amendment. His clients aren’t interested in providing that type of shooting at their range, Luke said. "And you need too much land to ensure that the shot fall won’t bother anyone.”
He gave the commissioners copies of range ordinances from other nearby jurisdictions. Fairfax’s and Prince William’s regulations are on one page with few specifics, Luke pointed out. “You just come in and apply for a special use permit..Culpeper just grants a special use permit too. There’s nothing in the zoning ordinance about it.”
Referring to the criteria for controlling shooting ranges included in the Bowers’ amendment, Luke told the planning commissioners that they’d "probably be hard pressed to find a county that has anything as sophisticated or detailed as what is proposed here.”
“We’ve received this thing. I think we have to give them a public hearing," said Miller, as the commissioners voted to advertise the hearing for October 20th.
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