SPRING VALLEY — It’s now in the hands of the Spring Valley City Council to approve the recommendations of the planning commission, regarding a downtown shooting range. The commission met Wednesday to discuss their recommendations for a gun range ordinance that could go before the council as soon as Monday.

“This has been more of an academic exercise for me,” planning commission member George Forsa said.

Like many of the commission members, he has little knowledge of guns and gun ranges, but he visited several and looked at more than 15 different city ordinances pertaining to them. They recommended there be no food, drink or alcohol in the range area at any time.