Conditions requiredConditional Use

Private Outdoor Shooting Range (261005SU)

Description

A private members-only range in a former borrow pit near the state forest, recommended for approval with ten conditions on roads, lead management, and groundwater monitoring.

Impact summary

Shooting would run 8 a.m. to dusk plus one pre-notified night shoot a month; the nearest home is several hundred yards west, away from the firing lanes.

Applicant

Name: Douglas Ray Marcum and Colbert Scholding, LLC
Address: 3805 NE 77th Street, Ocala, FL 34479See this on the map

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 2
Total mentions: 1

Last vote

Recommended approval5–0, unanimous

A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 26, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Oct 26, 2026

Planning & Zoning Commission — October 26, 2026

A private members-only shooting range in an old borrow pit, approved with tough conditions on lead containment, groundwater monitoring, and fixing 2,000 feet of bad dirt roads.

Related issues (1)

Private shooting range near Indian Lake State Forest

A members-only outdoor shooting range is planned in an unreclaimed borrow pit off NE 77th Street, with all firing lanes pointed at the state forest. Conditions require lead catchment, monitoring wells, and 2,000 feet of road upgrades — but critics say the dirt roads can't handle it and nearby ranges already exist with full containment.

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