Council sends UPS parking proposal back to planning commission

Town Council unanimously agreed Monday to return the re-worked proposal to the planning commission for further scrutiny. Photo and video by Mark Williams.

After several months of negotiations and an initial Front Royal Planning Commission recommendation of denial of a Conditional Use Permit request for an overflow commercial parking lot by UPS, that request is heading back to the Town’s planners.

According to a staff summary presented to council Monday evening, February 25, during discussion at the town council review level “UPS agreed to restrict tractor trailers from the subject property” and “restrict late hour use” there as well. The overflow lot would now be limited to employee parking as a consequence of the change.

Also due to the change, UPS removed a proposed barrier fence from its proposal.

The property in question is situated northwest of the existing UPS Distribution Center, behind the business park at west of the end of Portsmouth Road.

As a result of the major change to the UPS proposal made on February 13, about three weeks after the planning commission’s initial recommendation of denial, council unanimously agreed Monday to return the re-worked proposal to the planning commission for further scrutiny.