Letter to Philip Morley

Security Services NW
P.O. Box 660
Port Townsend WA 98368
1-800-859-3463

February 19, 2010

Mr. Philip Morley, Administrator
Jefferson County
1820 Jefferson Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368

Re: Gun Range Licenses

Dear Mr. Morley,

During the past few weeks there has been discussion regarding the Jefferson County Sportsmen Club in Port Townsend. Much has been said regarding possible noise issues and how they are currently operating with a "Special License" granted by the Jefferson County Commissioners. I have spent plenty of time reviewing the UDC and other county materials over the past five years, regarding our own shooting range, and I have yet to see any special license provisions to operate a shooting facility.

SSNW would like to know how and where to apply for such a license. Please also advise me of any fees which might be associated with such a license. I would also like to know the hours of operation and zoning requirement for such a license and who oversees such activities for compliance matters and how these issues are measured.

SSNW resides in a less densely populated area and we are also a legal non-conforming shooting range like the Sportsmen Club, although we are entirely different geographically. For example, a one mile circle around SSNW gun ranges includes no structures other than our facility and immediate property owners. SSNW has analyzed the Jefferson County Sportsmen club and found 261 structures within one circular mile of their shooting range facility.

If anyone should be allowed to operate under a "Special License" it should be SSNW. Again, please let me know how to apply for this license.

Respectfully,

Joseph N. D'Amico, President

Security Services NW