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As required in Section 404.14 of the City Code, the St. Louis Park
Sportsman's Club has requested an organized gun club permit from the
City of Elk River. -
The St. Louie Park Sportsman's Club operates a gun club facility
north of County Road 32 and west of County Road l in the.City of Elk
River. The St. Louis Park Sportsman's Club offers a wide variety of
shooting ranges in their facility.
In the last week, Police Chief Tom Zerwas accompanied the Chairman
of the St. Louis Park Sportsman's Club, Mr. Joe Rauscb, on a tour of
the facility to determine whether or not the range was being operated
safely, and if any changes needed to be made in the facility. Attached
please find a letter from Chief Zerwas regarding the findings of his
inspection. As his letter indicates, the St. Louie Park Sportsman's
Club is well operated and he recommends no changes in their operation
to make the facility any safer for the general citizenry of the City
of Elk River.
Section 404.14 of the City Code specifies that the City Council may
issue a special permit for an organized gun club. No fee for such
permit is specified and because of the service rendered by the St.
Louis Park Sportsman's Club to the Police Department and the general
community, it is recommended that no fee be charged in this specific
instance. In the event other gun clubs request a permit from the City
Council, the council may wish to consider a fee for said permits in
the event these organizations do not provide a comparable service to
that provided by the St. Louis Park Sportsman's Club.
Section 404.14 of the City Code regarding gun club permits also does
not specify a specific term for a gun club permit. As such, the City
Council is at liberty to establish any term desired for the St. Louis
Park Sportsman's Club organized gun club permit. Because there is no
fee recommended for the organized gun club permit in this instance,
it is recommended that the City Council consider two options for the.
duration of said gun club permits 1. Issue the gun club permit on
an annual basis with the annual renewal based upon an inspection per-
formed by the Chief of Police to determine that the gun club has con-
tinued to operate in a manner which does not endanger the public
health, safety or welfare. 2. Issue the gun club permit for an
indefinite period of time with a specific condition on the permit that
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that the facility does not endanger the public health safety and welfare
and with the specific understanding that should a conAition arise
affecting the public health, safety and welfare that the permit would
be subject to immediate review and sujct to the discovered establishment of
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reasons cited above. It is further recommended that the City Council
choose one of the two options for the duration of the permit indicated
above.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert C. Middaugh
City Administrator
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/ From: Thomas D. Zerwas, ChIaZ of Police
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on June 2, 1982 I made an inspection of the St. Louis Park Sportsman's Club
facility along with Joseph Rauch, President of the club. It is my opinion that
all of the ranges are designed to prevent any stray rounds from leaving the club
grounds.
I would also add that I was very impreseed with the extent of safety features
implemented at the facility for all concerned.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.