Green Olive Tree now open in new location

Thursday, August 1 is the first day of operations for the Green Olive Tree in a new location. The Crozet thrift store has moved across Three Notch’d Road to the same building that holds Music Today and Starr Hill Brewing Company. 

In July, Albemarle County staff approved a zoning clearance for the use of the 2,947 square foot space on land zoned highway commercial. 

“The Green Olive Tree is a Christian thrift store that has been in Crozet for forty-five years,” reads the application submitted on June 14. “The landlord is providing parking on the lot across Three Notched Road for volunteers and customers.”

Albemarle Supervisors marked the 45 year history with a proclamation on May 1 as I reported near the time.

Another pending zoning clearance is for the Carter Machinery Company to operate a rental center from the property it purchased earlier this year at 721 Rio Road West. That’s next to the Northside Library. 

“The equipment to be rented out to customers from the property by Carter will include a variety of hydraulic excavators, backhoes, compact track loaders, telehandlers, skid steer loaders, boom lifts and scissor lifts,” reads a letter sent to the county on July 8. 

The letter explains how returned equipment will be cleaned with any dirt from vehicles kept in storage until a “mitigation company” removes it from the site. This use is by-right in the Highway Commercial zoning. (CLE202400086) (CLE202400090)

Here are some other recent zoning clearance applications in Albemarle County. You will note there is a number after each one. This is the reference number for each application. You can navigate to each of them using the county’s public document archive.

• Bobcat of Charlottesville has received a zoning clearance to operate a service center at 1289 Stony Point Road. That’s where Flow Mazda had been located. (CLE202400092)
• Smooth Sailing Ballroom received approval for a dance studio by appointment only at a storefront in Fashion Square Mall. (CLE202400080)
• Central Virginia Endodontics has been given clearance to expand their clinic at 2701 Hydraulic Road. (CLE202400081)
• The University of Virginia Physicians’ Group has gotten approval to open a men’s health clinic at 183 Spotnap Road in Suite A. This is for the Department of Endocrinology. Nine spaces are required. Ninety-four are provided by the side development plan for the site from the 1990’s. (CLE202400082)
• The Charlottesville Institute for Modern Esthetics has filed for a zoning clearance to operate out of a storefront at the Albemarle Square Shopping Center. The post secondary educational school teaches classes in cosmetic tattooing as regulated by the State Council of Higher Education. (CLE202400084)
• The owners of the Brewery at Tiffin Farm in Free Union have applied for a zoning clearance for events ranging from weddings to holidays parties at their farm brewery. They received a license from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control authority on May 1. A letter to nearby property owners dated last November 13 states that cattle graze on the land and brewery ingredients are grown. (CLE202400088)
• A business called Visiting Angels has filed an application to operate out of a shopping center at 2040 Abbey Road in a site formerly occupied by U.S. Cellular. The company provides living assistance services to seniors. (CLE202400093)
• A Cajun food restaurant has filed for a zoning clearance to operate at 1871 Seminole Trail, a space that has been many restaurants over the years. According to the application, this is a name change to Roux Street Cafe and the previous business on the site was Seminole Nutrition. Guajiro’s Miami Eatery also operated in the location for a time. (CLE202400095)
• An application has been filed to open a small grocery store called Kabul Mart at 1646 Seminole Trail. That’s a small shopping center across from Fashion Square Mall. (CLE202400099)

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