HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018 07 06 Possible StandardsPossible Standards for Commercial Shooting Facility Ordinance:
(1) The NRA Range Source Book published by the National Rifle Association (2012 is the most
recent version and the County has a hard copy);
(2) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in its 2009 publication
entitled NIOSH Alert – Preventing Exposures to Lead and Noise at Indoor Firing Ranges;
(3) USEPA Region 2 in its 2005 publication entitled Best Management Practices for Outdoor
Shooting Ranges;
(4) WAC 296-62-075221 (limiting occupational exposures to lead);
(5) Chapter 173-60 WAC (maximum environmental noise levels);
(6) Chapter 8.70 JCC (noise).
Definitions or Standards from the Jefferson County Code:
(1) “Buffer zone” has the same meaning as in JCC 18.10.10B, as it exists now or is hereafter
amended, and includes but is not limited to buffer zones required by Chapter 18.22 JCC
(the critical areas ordinance) or Chapter 18.25 JCC (the shoreline master program
ordinance), federal or state law.
(2) “Critical areas” mean critical areas described in Chapter 18.22 JCC.
(3) Firearm” means a weapon or device from which a projectile or projectiles may be fired
by an explosive such as gunpowder. The definition of “firearm” includes the terms pistol,
rifle, short-barreled rifle, shotgun, short-barreled shotgun, machine gun, and antique
firearm as those terms are defined in RCW 9.41.010.
(4) “Law enforcement officer” means “law enforcement” officer as defined in RCW 9.41.010
(12) and “qualified law enforcement officer” as defined in 18 U.S.C. Section 928B(c) as they
now exists or are hereafter amended.
(5) “Person” means person as that term is defined in RCW 1.16.080 as it now exists or
hereafter is amended.
(6) Legal nonconforming use status and rights of existing ranges: Title 18 JCC.
(7) Expansion of shooting range uses which otherwise require approval pursuant to a
conditional use permit or other land use permits: Title 18 JCC.
(8) Approval criteria for conditional use permits: JCC 18.40.530.
Limitations in Current Section 8.xx.060:
Ordinance shall not be construed as:
(1) Authorizing an application or a permit for a commercial shooting facility to be located in whole
or in part in an area designated as an area where the discharge of firearms is prohibited under
Chapter 8.50 JCC. Shooting ranges in such areas are expressly prohibited.
(2) Permitting the discharge of firearms, the ownership or possession of which is otherwise
prohibited by law.
(3) Permitting the use or possession of a firearm by an individual who is otherwise prohibited by
law from owning or possessing that firearm.
(4) Allowing or authorizing the discharge of firearms otherwise prohibited by state or federal law.
(5) Allowing the discharge of tracer or incendiary ammunition at any commercial shooting facility.
(6) Allowing or authorizing the discharge of a destructive device as that term is defined in 25
U.S.C. Section 5845(f) as it now exists or hereafter may be amended or any explosive as that
term is defined in RCW 70.74.010(5) as it now exists or hereafter may be amended.
(7) Allowing or authorizing the discharge of a machine gun as that term is defined in 25 U.S.C.
Section 5845(b) or RCW 9.41.010(17), as they now exists or hereafter may be amended, unless
specifically authorized under RCW 9.41.190(3).
(8) Allowing or authorizing the discharge of a short-barreled rifle or a short-barreled shotgun as
those terms are defined in RCW 9.41.010, as they now exists or hereafter may be amended,
unless specifically authorized under RCW 9.41.190(3).
(9) Permitting commercial shooting facility to maintain or create a public nuisance as defined in
Chapter 7.48 RCW, JCC 5.10.050, JCC 8.20.140, JCC 8.30.020, JCC 8.55.070, Chapter 8.70
JCC, JCC 15.05.100, or Chapter 18.10 JCC, as they now exist or hereafter may be amended.
(10) Abridging or altering the rights of action by the state, by the county or by persons, which exist
in equity, common law, or other statutes to abate pollution or to abate a nuisance.
(11) Limiting a court of competent jurisdiction from ruling that a commercial shooting facility has
been found to create a public nuisance, requiring additional noise, environmental or safety
controls as a condition of continuing an operation of a commercial shooting facility.
(12) Nullifying or rendering void the terms of any existing or future injunctive order issued by a
court of competent jurisdiction pertaining to operations or activities at a shooting range or
commercial shooting facility.