The bylaw is now officially Article 16. Show up and vote NO on 5/6 at Town Meeting!
Where would gun shops be allowed?
Zoning district ID-4 is located on the south side of Route 20 and runs from the east side of of The Coolidge at Sudbury to the Wayland town line. The district contains five parcels on your left as you enter Sudbury from Wayland. The Mass Central Rail Trail runs along the south side of the district and the bylaw permits the gun store parcel to be within 250’ of that rail trail. This 250’ requirement is called a “setback” requirement and is intended to keep the gun shop a “safe” distance from surrounding “protected” land uses such as residences, schools, places of worship, child care facilities, playgrounds and parks. Across or diagonally across Route 20 from the district are Longfellow Tennis & Health, Holistic Health, Youth Sports, and Children’s Center; New England Ballet; Dancers Workshop; Town Line Hardware; Papa Gino’s; Point Grill; and more businesses. A very short distance away are Sudbury residences, both on Route 20 and just off Route 20.
