Walnut Creek Shooting Range Proposal Drawing Support, Public Critique
A proposal to convert a former carpet store into an indoor shooting range complete with nine shooting lanes comes before the Walnut Creek Design Review Commission at their regularly scheduled meeting tonight, Wednesday.
No direct action is anticipated, with the commission expected to evaluate plans to convert the former Lewis & Lewis Carpets store into a 4,280 business with room for training, instruction, and firearms sales at the proposed location, 2615 N. Main Street.
Word of the project has – as might be expected – attracted both support and drawn fire from critics worried about noise and traffic generated by the business.
Also up for review are plans for an exterior remodel, landscaping, lighting and security – including a camera system and reinforced interior steel shutter. Commissioners will eventually make a recommendation to the Planning Commission.
ll consider the project’s California Environmental Quality Act determination, Conditional Use Permit, and final Design Review at a later date.
The meeting is scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, 6 p.m., in the Council Chamber, 1666 North Main Street with streaming available.
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A recreation where the Public could dust off their Guns and hone their skills. I visited a Indoor Range in Milpitas. A Basement range with paper targets on a retrieval cable. Serious safety rules and supervision. Local Police even used the Range.
It would be a welcome business for the area.
Chuckle chuckle, never get past our city council.
Firestone 11R
Access to many ranges
Those 2A bots are all over this one!!! No wonder there are power outages in Arizona and Texas!
More guns. Awesome.
This story appears to have triggered (soorrry!!!) a full on posting blitz from the 2nd Amendment Front.
We’ve noticed. Folks in Arizona and Texas apparently have a keen interest in the Walnut Creek planning process.
Hard to believe sustained? gunfire wouldn’t be a noise issue
Indoor ranges generally have very good sound insulation. You might be able to hear it from right outside, but not beyond the parking lot..
It would be a good location for an indoor range based on neighborhood character and access to the freeway — all immediate neighboring properties are commercial / industrial. And it would be much more convenient for local people who would otherwise have to drive to Dublin or Bay Point.
However, Google Maps “Measure Distance” feature shows that the building is only about 60 feet deep from front to back, so the lanes would have to be very short – maybe 10-15 yards maximum.
But at least that would limit its use to handgun only, which would be much quieter than a range where rifles were also used. With proper sound insulation, it shouldn’t be audible any farther than the sidewalk out front.
Carpets. wall to wall. floor to ceiling. 🙂 convenient to freeway. i agree with alex. limit it to handguns. people who have those things need to know how to use those things.
A lot of the online support for this project seems to be coming from out of state accounts. I know some local people who are in favor but I have to wonder if this is being manipulated by outside interests?
I think this is a great idea, usually we have to take our Walnut Creek based Boy Scout Troops to the Concord Police Association (“CPA”) range (south of highway 4) for rifle and shot gun merit badges (and pistol shoots).
The sessions offered through CPA are great but demand is very high and its hard to get scouts into the courses due to limited spots (courses fill up within the first half hour of registration open).
A new range is welcome. On a separate note, we use Fat Shafts (indoor archery range) located in Benicia for archery courses / MB work.