Front Royal
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Front Royal Economic Development Authority
The Front Royal Economic Development Authority will meet to approve June minutes, receive a Retail Strategies update, and discuss ongoing business in workforce, infrastructure, and asset development. The agenda includes only standard items; no major decisions are listed.
- Retail Strategies quarterly update on franchisee recruitment and data reports
- Shenandoah Rail Trail: $164M estimated cost, $35M state appropriation for acquisition
- South Street Project: VDOT finalizing engineering, bidding next year
- Regional Job Fair attendance and employer diversity
- Downtown Parking Study contract presented to Town Council
Town Council Meeting Agendas
The Council will consider a 90-day moratorium on all data center land use applications while zoning updates are drafted. They will also discuss closing a portion of Church Street to motor vehicles to create a permanent pedestrian walkway.
- 90-day moratorium on data center rezonings, special uses, and site plans
- Discontinuation of motor vehicle use on Church Street between E. Main St and E. Jackson St
- Special Use Permit 2600139 for 508 Kendrick Lane
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Planning Commission
The Planning Commission will hold a work session to discuss a draft ordinance prohibiting data centers, review zoning ordinance Articles 8 and 10 (covering elderly care, day care, bed and breakfasts, cemeteries, and temporary structures), consider an amendment to permit outdoor dining in commercial districts, and hear a special use permit for a mural at 37 Water Street.
- Special use permit for mural >60 sq ft at 37 Water Street (Rotary Club)
- Review of zoning Articles 8 and 10 (use regulations)
- Draft ordinance to prohibit data centers
- Ordinance amendment to define and permit outdoor dining in C-1 and C-2 districts
Town Council Meeting Agendas
The council will hold public hearings on selling two portions of Lowe Lane to abutting owners for a total of about $8,771, repealing the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, and amending zoning to define and permit data centers in industrial districts. Consent items include a wood grinding service contract, a downtown parking study, and easement deeds.
- Sale of 6,211 sq ft of Lowe Lane to Theodore Kane ($3,375.85) and Paul Rush ($5,395.42)
- Repeal of Town Code Chapter 148 (Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance)
- Zoning text amendments to define 'Data Centers' and allow them by special use permit in I-2 district
- Hourly wood grinding service contract (Consent Agenda Item A)
- Downtown parking study (Consent Agenda Item B)
Planning Commission
The Commission will hold a public hearing regarding a proposed automobile graveyard at 508 Kendrick Lane. They will also review a special use permit for an artistic mural at 37 Water Street.
- Special Use Permit: Automobile Graveyard at 508 Kendrick Lane
- Special Use Permit: Artistic Mural at 37 Water Street
- Proposed Ordinance update to the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance
Board of Zoning Appeals
The Board will consider a request to reduce the required front yard setback from 30 feet to 25 feet. The applicant cites topographic hardships caused by steep slopes and elevation changes on the vacant lots.
- Variance application for 344 West Main Street (Tax Map 20A6)
- Front yard setback reduction from 30' to 25'
Town Council Meeting Agendas
Council voted unanimously (6-0) to convene a closed meeting to discuss acquisition of 15 North Royal Avenue, the appointment of the Clerk of Council, and legal matters regarding a settlement agreement and a tourism MOU. No substantive decisions were finalized; several items were placed on the June 22nd consent agenda for future action.
- Approved closed meeting motion (6-0) for real property, personnel, and legal discussions
- Agreed to add FOIA policy amendment to June 22 consent agenda
- Agreed to add Lake easement relocation to June 22 consent agenda
- Agreed to add Baugh Dr. LLC waterline easement to June 22 consent agenda
- Supported VDOT STARS study participation (no formal vote)