In brief ...

• The Highland County Planning Commission last Thursday reviewed a conditional use permit application from Brenda Pullin to conduct firearms sales at her home on U.S. 220 north of Monterey, on 1.47 acres zoned agricultural (A-2). Robert Warner also applied for a conditional use permit to sell firearms at his home on .443 acres zoned residential (R-1) in New Hampden. Pullin and Warner have had Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms licenses to sell firearms for years but don’t sell them fullor part-time, said zoning official Jim Whitelaw. A representative from ATF recently told Whitelaw that people who have ATF licenses to sell firearms must comply with local zoning and business licensing requirements or lose their licenses. Planners set a public hearing for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26 at the Highland modular conference center. • Planners reviewed four existing conditional use permits. Douglas Herold has had a permit to operate a tourist lodge in an A-2 district since 2005. The tourist lodge is not open and planners decided not to renew the permit. Paul Kelley was issued a permit in 2005 to build a recreational cabin in a conservation (C-1) district. He didn’t build the cabin; the permit was not renewed. Stephen Good has a 2003 permit to operate a welding and farm equipment repair shop in an A-2 district; which planners continued. Henry McBride, Highland New Wind Development, has a 2005 permit to operate a commercial wind turbine utility in an A-2 district. The facility has not been constructed. Planners passed the permit review to the board of supervisors for action, agreeing they didn’t have enough information to make a decision about it.