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Town of Miami Lakes
Memorandum

To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the Town Council
From:Edward Pidermann, Town Manager
Subject:COND2019-0148 Andy's Shooting Range Conditional Use Amendment
Date:7/16/2019

Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of the modifications to the conditions of the Conditional Use for the establishment of an indoor shooting range in an industrial district.

CONDITIONS

1. This approval modifies only conditions one (1) regarding the final as-built layout, three (3) regarding the allowable noise levels, eight (8) regarding the use of the range by the public, and nine (9) regarding the hours of operation of Resolution 15-1319.
2. All other conditions enumerated in Resolution 15-1319 remain binding and unchanged.

Background:

On July 21, 2015 the Town Council approved a conditional use to permit an indoor shooting range at bays 23 and 24 of 14000 NW 82nd Ave via Resolution 15-1319, with nine (9) conditions. The shooting range has since been built out and has begun operations. At this time, the Applicant is requesting approval from the Council to amend conditions 1, 3, 8 and 9 of their conditional use as follows:

1. The approvals granted are based on the preliminary plans submitted, specifically sheets A-0, A-1 and A-2 A-3 and A-4, prepared by Diez, Inc., and all dated 01-30-15 October 2, 2017. Operation of the indoor shooting range shall be in substantial compliance with these plans, except as modifications may be required pursuant to these conditions, or changes required to comply with the Building Code that do not materially impact this approval.

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3. Any and all noise associated with the shooting range shall be contained within the warehouse units subject to this application. within the noise range established by OSHA for industrial uses and districts. No shooting range noise (including firing guns) shall be detectable rise above said limits as measured outside of the warehouse units subject to this application, including areas outside the building and specifically including the adjacent warehouse unit. Where any such noise is found to be detectable above said limits as measured outside the warehouse units subject to this application, all shooting range use of the property shall immediately cease unless and until physical or operational changes are made to bring the operation into compliance with this condition. Repeated violation of this condition shall result in revocation, by the Administrative Official, of this conditional use approval and any certificate of use (CU) that has been issued.

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8. The indoor shooting range shall be used only as a training facility for police academy cadets open to the general public. There will be at least two (2) licensed instructors present at all times while the cadets are during any training.

9. The hours of operation for the indoor shooting range shall be Monday through Friday Sunday from 4:00 p.m 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The applicant has submitted a sound report prepared by Acoustic Sonic, Inc, hereby incorporated as Exhibit B describing and relating the results of sound monitoring performed at the site.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution
Exhibit B -Plans
Exhibit C -Sound Engineer Report
Staff Report
Attachment A - OSHA regulations
Attachment B - Letter of Intent
RES 15-1319