Artful Lodger seeking rezoning for new location in Fluvanna County

The Fluvanna County Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. for a work session followed by a regular meeting at 7 p.m. (agenda packet)

The work session will be on regulations for utility-scale solar projects. These conversations are being held across the Fifth District. On Monday, Mecklenburg County’s Board of Supervisors will consider a cap on the acreage allowed in that locality, as I reported on Fifth District Community Engagement. There does not appear to be any material available in advance. 

There will be a public hearing for the amendment of a previous rezoning for 2428 Richmond Road to amend the conditions that previously prohibited retail on the site. The current owners of the Artful Lodger in Charlottesville want to open a furniture store there with warehouse space. 

“The applicants are requesting to amend the approved case proffers so that they can relocate their existing business from the City of Charlottesville as their current retail store location is slated for redevelopment,” reads the staff report. “This profitable, established retail business approached Fluvanna County staff to relocate up onto Route 250 and to continue their retail store use in the existing marketplace.” 

The existing location at 218 West Market will be demolished to make way for a nine-story apartment building. In June, the Charlottesville Planning Commission recommended approval of an amendment to a special use permit to alter the stepbacks. I wrote about that, too. 

After that, County Attorney Dan Whitten will give a presentation on the 2023 General Assembly. 

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