Poor Willy Nilly, we all mourn his passing. Seriously, though, you make a good point.

well...I am not necessarily "in favor" of guns (see other posts for my views on guns), but IN MY OPINION, if there is one thing that will help women become familiar with guns and assist with familiarizing themselves with the gun that they decided to purchase to have in order to protect themselves in the case of an intruder, I would think it would be training and practice, both of which I assume are available at the rifle club...as opposed to having gun owners without ample space to practice safely/legally and shooting willy nilly (for lack of a better term) because of inexperience.

I would think that the club would already be grandfathered in since it was given permission back in 1968.

According to a friend of mine who is a club member, there are no close neighbors (within a 1,000 feet) of the property line, other than the gravel pit and the owner is also a riffle club memeber, so I don't see what problem there is to just let them have the C.U.P.

It's not like they are trying to add on to the club right next to homes for heavens sake.

This seems to be all about the fact that someone on the town board is against guns, and would like to be able to restrict the riffle clubs activities, or so I am told.

I guess they can always open a strip club.

I think they should tow his vehicle.

I think you will find if what they want to do is a permitted use under the current zoning then the Town will have to give them a C.U.P. They can control how it is used hours, lighting, parking, number of events per year or setbacks from lot lines. But they must be reasonable and in line with any other like business.

SOUNDS LIKE A JOB FOR CHARLTON HESTON. WOOPS!!
I FORGOT

Spending too much time talking to lawyers. I'm going to watch some cartoons now.

Thank you Mr. Know-it-all...yet again...bhah

If the zoning requires a conditional use permit, the landowner must apply for one if he wants to use the land for the stated purpose. Application does not guarantee the granting of a permit. I assume that the board has legitimate concerns about the plans when it turned down the permit. It is within the landowner's rights to appeal the decision and have a judge rule on the merits of the decision, but it would be my hope that he or she would consider the rights of neighboring landowners and the wishes of the community at large.