HomeMy WebLinkAbout059 BraddockJefferson County Planning Committee November 16th 2018
Regarding the new Gun Range Ordinance for Jefferson County:
We moved to Port Townsend 2 years ago to have a peaceful place to
retire. Unfortunately, when we bought our house it was not disclosed to us
that we were approx. 1/3 mile away from Jefferson County Sportsman gun
range. The first year we were here the gun noise was significant but we at
least did not hear it in the house. This last year we now hear it, in our well
insulated home, often. I am a Jefferson County Master Gardener and love
to work out in my garden and orchard but have been forced to listen, with
headphones, to books on tape or music in order to drown out the gun
range noise.
It has made me very unhappy that we are forced to listen to this gun range
noise even on Thanksgiving, Easter, Christmas, Sundays and other
holidays. We like to entertain on our back patio in the summer months but
have been driven indoors due to the gun range noise. Our guests are
often horrified that there is such loud noise from the Jefferson County
Sportsman gun range.
have nothing against the constitutional right to bear arms but what about
my right to have a peaceful and healthy home. There must be a way to
control the gun range noise. I would also ask you to limit the hours of the
gun range to a sane, fair and reasonable amount of hours.
If you look at the area around approximately 1 mile of the gun range you
will see the house and land is not selling in the timely manner that it is
compared to areas away from the gun range noise. The house and lot
behind us has been up for sale for a year and has had to drop their price
by $125,000 but has still not sold. The lot next to us has been for sale
since 2005. We have been told that as soon as any buyers heard the gun
range noise they have chosen to pass buying the lot.
Nancee Braddock
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NOV 1 6 2018 D