Conditional use · Planning application
Gem County approves open-air long-range shooting course
Bennett Mountain Outfitters LLC received a special use permit for an instructor-led long-range target course, with conditions barring tracer rounds and explosive targets and requiring certified range safety whenever shooting occurs. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved it July 14.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in Gem County's record. See the official record
Bennett Mountain Outfitters, LLC is asking Gem County for a special use permit to run an open-air, instructor-led long-range target training course on Highway 16, in a rural agricultural zone. The surrounding land is mostly range and grazing, and the staff report says the nearest residence is more than a mile from the property entrance. Staff recommends approval with site-specific conditions, but the Planning Commission has not yet made a decision in this document.
A special use permit request by applicant Bennett Mountain Outfitters LLC on property owned by Little Enterprises LTD PRTNSHP for an open-air long range course on Highway 16. T 06N, R01W, sec 32&33 RP06N01W320000, RP06N01W333000
Project name on file: BMO Range
Timeline
Today
Status set to Approved
Reported as “Approved (Gem County Planning and Zoning Commission)”.
July 14, 2025
Approved
Gem County Planning and Zoning Commission: Approved.
July 14, 2025
Public hearing: Gem County Planning and Zoning Commission
Documents
Staff reports
- Download Staff report for long-range target training special use permit
Staff report for a special use permit allowing an open-air, instructor-led long-range rifle course on A-3 rural agriculture land, with zoning and comprehensive plan analysis, for the July 14, 2025 hearing.
July 13, 2025 · 24 pages · 12.3 MB · Staff Report
Notices
- Download Planning and Zoning Commission agenda for July 14 hearing
Agenda for the July 14, 2025 regular meeting, listing public hearing items on a variance, a rezone, and special use permits for a long-range course and mineral extraction.
July 13, 2025 · 1 page · 113 KB · Agenda
- Download Notice of the July 14 Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing
Public hearing notice covering a special use permit for surface mineral extraction and rock sales, a setback variance for an easement, a rezone to R3 rural residential, and a special use permit for a long range course.
July 13, 2025 · 1 page · 30 KB · Notice