55-2602. SPORT SHOOTING RANGE — NUISANCE ACTION — LIMITATIONS. (1) Except as provided in this section, a person may not maintain a nuisance action for noise against a shooting range located in the vicinity of that person’s property if the shooting range was established as of the date the person acquired the property. If there is a substantial change in use of the range after the person acquires the property, the person may maintain a nuisance action if the action is brought within three (3) years from the beginning of the substantial change.
(2) A person who owns property in the vicinity of a shooting range that was established after the person acquired the property may maintain a nuisance action for noise against that shooting range only if the action is brought within five (5) years after establishment of the range or three (3) years after a substantial change in use of the range.
(3) If there has been no shooting activity at a range for a period of three (3) years, resumption of shooting is considered establishment of a new shooting range for purposes of this section.
History:
[55-2602, added 1996, ch. 339, sec. 1, p. 1140.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 55 - PROPERTY IN GENERAL
Chapter 26 - SPORT SHOOTING RANGES
Section 55-2601 - SPORT SHOOTING RANGE — LIABILITY FOR NOISE POLLUTION.
Section 55-2602 - SPORT SHOOTING RANGE — NUISANCE ACTION — LIMITATIONS.
Section 55-2603 - LOCAL REGULATION OF SPORT SHOOTING RANGE.
Section 55-2604 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 55-2605 - PREEMPTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY — NOISE STANDARDS — ZONING.