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makes special mention that a firing range may lie built in an agricultural district with a special use permit. The amendment allowing ranges by special permit was initially proposed by Mowers.
Robertson declined to order the property restored to its original condition, saying “curiously little evidence or argument" was presented to convince him to order restoration. However, he went along with a request from Commonwealth’s Attorney Douglas Baumgardner that the association be ordered to remove its shooting stands.
At Issue
The hearing had started with Robertson’s statement that the “threshold issue" was whether the county zon ing ordinance was ambiguous about w hat constitutes a firing range.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Douglas Baumgardner quoted the amendment which sets forth standards for obtaining a special use permit for a firing range. No distinction was made between private and commercial ones.
Leland Mahon, lawyer for neighbor Patricia Ann Dixon, contended that the principles of the zoning ordinance were at stake, that its purpose is to protect citizens by giving them places to live in privacy while also devoting places exclusively for commercial and industrial ,*• purposes. The zoning administrator felt the ordinance was violated by the spoilsmen’s association, Mahan contended, because they had failed to seek a special use permit.
Under questions from Robertson designed to define a shooting range Mahon said a target range would be
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