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COMPOSITE REPORT-Page 2 Application No.6655/CUP 1348 STAFF COMMENTS BACKGROUND A. This is an existing shooting range in the Town of Vienna covering 24.14 acres, surrounded by agricultural lands. The only houses in the area are to the northwest and sourthwest across Ripp Road, and four houses to the southeast along Cuba Valley Road. B. The owner is requesting a rezone from A-lex to RE-1 and CUP for recreational facilities lighted at night, sale of alcoholic beverages, and skeet, trap and sporting clays range. C. If this rezoning is approved, the applicant will have to receive a conditional use permit for the use. II. ANALYSIS A. Environmental Health staff have no objections. B. The County Highway Department does not find problems to the rezoning. C. The present use is not allowed in A-lex. The sport club has been in use before the Town of Vienna plan was adopted. D. The proposed use is consistent with RE-1 and with the conditional uses permitted in the RE-1 (b, d, e and f). The applicant is not intending to use the site for rifle shooting. E. By rezoning to RE-1, land is converted from A-lex but not taken from agricultural use. Noise and safety may be significant issues due to the high elevation of the site and increased exposure to winds. 40% of the land is woodland and may act as a buffer. F. RPC staff recommends to set conditions similar to those imposed on other ranges, in terms of times for shooting, fencing, warning signs, site plans, limits on types of weapons and safety devices. G. The Town Board on July 10th approved the rezoning trying to keep the same volume of usage that it presently has such as a maximum of 75 persons allowed in the property at one time, hours of operation from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., no rifles allowed. Additional measures where to add a gate and signs. A fence did not seem to be necessary. (see attachment)