MARION - A gun and ammunition shop will be forced to close its doors or move after worried neighbors registered a complaint Monday with the Marion City Council.

More than 20 neighbors of Jv's Guns & Ammo signed a petition asking the council to take action against the shop, which is in a residential neighborhood on the city's west side.

The neighborhood is zoned R-1 and is for single-family residences only; however, neighbors said, the shop has been operating in its current location at 101 N. Plains Ave. for about a year.

Increased traffic, especially in a neighborhood with young children, was cited as a primary concern by those in attendance at the meeting.

After a brief discussion, the council advised the city's attorney to send the shop, operated by John Tucker, a letter ordering it to either close or move.

"He's going to have to move or shut it down," Marion Mayor Bob Butler said. "He doesn't even live there; he just operates his gun shop there. That's absolutely not allowed in an R-1 neighborhood."

Tucker said he wasn't aware of the neighborhood uproar caused by his business.