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. . . ~. , SLPS248.DOC St. Louis Park Sportsmans Club April 1, 1999 Peter Beck Elk River City Attorney Dear Mr. Beck Thank you for an advance copy of the proposed changes in the Dangerous Weapons Ordinance. I have not contacted our President, Vic Archambo or our Vice President, Matt Moberg and I am not representing their views on the proposed Ordinance change. But I think the Club could live with the changes you are proposing but that is up to the President. However, I would like to mention some different wording for your consideration as follows : B. Within five hund.red (500) feet of any building or structure or the boundary of any platted area. This minimum of 500 foot distance may be reduced to two hundred (200) feet for the discharge of dangerous weapons loran organized gun club as defined in Section 404.14 and when the discharge of the dangerous weapwt..ig, from a permanent shooting pad and is directed away from -ill&- -atljoiDing propefty buildings or platted area. / My reasoning for the above wording is as follows: 1. The City may want to direct the 200 foot requirement to an Organized Gun Club to prevent any dispute by a resident of the city claiming the 200 foot minimum requirement when shooting on their own property when they are shooting away from their neighbors house and property line and from a permanent shooting pad. Also our Club House could be considered a building in the way the original Ordinance was worded and the way the proposed change is written. 2. The use of the words "Dangerous Weapon" is defined in Section 404.00 and is used in the beginning of Section 404.12.2. You might want to consider using this same wording to avoid any misunderstanding or confusion in the Dangerous Weapons Ordinance.