Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/09/2014

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Total Defense 14063 St Francis Blvd Ramsey, MN 55303 Re: Zoning Amendment and Conditional Use Permit Request In response to the questions listed in the letter from December 17th, 2013; A. Gunsmithing operations will include basic cleaning and repair of firearms, scope mounting, bore -sighting, sight installation, etc. Cleaning supplies used and kept on -site will be normal, off the shelf products available at many other retail stores such as Rem -Oil, Gunscrubber, CLP, etc. There will be no toxic or hazardous chemicals utilized in the gunsmithing operations, or stored on -site. Furthermore, no gunpowder to be kept on -site. B. Total Defense will not purchase/sell or stock any black powder on the premises. Furthermore, there will be no firing of ANY black powder guns on -site. C. We will not purchase, stock or sell any type of reloading supplies on -site. D. FPS/velocity limiting factors are determined by the type/construction of the range installed. We are concerned with maintaining the integrity of our range and will be researching excluded calibers such as .50 BMG, and many of the hyper -velocity calibers from .284 caliber and larger. E. Regarding the exterior of the building, the first line of defense will be exterior lighting, steel doors throughout except the main entry which will have ram -proof concrete barriers installed. The only windows in the building will be barred and reinforced. All firearms will be maintained in locked cases or trigger -locked when on the floor. Interior security measure will be further enhanced via motion / thermal / impact sensors notifying a monitoring service if breached. A CCTV system will also capture any activity occurring on the property at all times. The shooting range will be constructed with an industry standard dual -door, air -lock entrance that maintains sound and air quality in the retail environment, while containing the aforementioned to the shooting range space.