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Home My WebLink AboutSP199900058 Approval - Agencies 2021-03-01Johnathan Newberry From: Johnathan Newberry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:02 AM To: 'Mary Ann Burk' Subject: RE: Ag. Product Signs Mary -Ann, Please see the response from VDOT below. It states that your entrance is regularly maintained and currently in good shape per their standards. It also states that "other records for permits were purged for this time [period]." Therefore, I would strongly suggest that you hold onto this email for the future, as it may be the only record available that shows VDOT's review. 1 will add it to our records here and I will copy you on the entail to Sherri that confirms your zoning approval to participate on the Monticello Artisan Trail. I also discussed a variety of ways to get off -site signage for the Bamswallow that included agricultural exemptions, but it turns out that only our normal special use permit application process would be correct under the County Code. In this case, each sign would cost about S 1,000 to go before the Board of Zoning Appeals (application fee, legal advertisements, and abutting owner notice are necessary). I think you mentioned this would be cost -prohibitive, but please let me know if you're still interested. Thanks for your patience over the past couple weeks and please let me know if you have any questions. J.T. Newberry 434 296-5832, ext. 3270 Good Afternoon J.T., I took a look at the Barn Swallow Entrance on Friday and it appears to have been built when the construction project re- aligned the road and the new bridge was built across the rail road tracks and has been the same ever since. The entrance is about 34' wide and has a crushed stone entrance that is maintained and in good shape. This is the only thing that I could find in the route file records about work on this road. All the other records for permits were purged for this time and we did not have a computer program in place until late 2000 that kept permanent records. I am not sure how much traffic they generate and if it would be worth while making them pave the entrance which is all that I can see would need to be completed if they were having a problem with the entrance. Let me know if I can help further. Thanks, Dennis Seale Permit and Subdivision Specialist Sr. VDOT-Zion Crossroads Land Development South P.O. Box 1017 Troy, Virginia 22974 434-589-1053 434-531-2877 Mobile From: Mary Ann Burk[mailto:barnswallowlCalcomcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 6:18 PM To: Johnathan Newberry Subject: Re: Ag. Product Signs Hello JT, Thank you for the information and yes some of the flowers do come from our site. Let us know what VDOT says.... Thanks so much JT, Mary Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnathan Newberry To: barnswallowlCa)comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 5:29 PM Subject: Ag. Product Signs Hi Mary -Ann, I will call VDOT tomorrow to follow-up with my earlier requests for their info. In the mean time, here's some info to consider: Chapter 18-4.15.2(1.1): Agricultural product sign: The term "agricultural product sign" means a sign or signs identifying the produce, crops, animals or poultry raised or quartered on the property, or identifying farm sales, a farm stand, a farmers' market or a farm winery. (Added 3-16-05; Amended 5-5-10) Is there any chance the flowers come from on -site? Alternatively, your store could qualify as a "farm stand" (and therefore be eligible for the sign exemption) if either of you would consider yourselves to be engaged in "production agriculture" in Albemarle County. The term "production agriculture" is not defined in the ordinance, so please let me know if you do any kind of agricultural activity locally that results in you selling something and I'll see if we can make it fit! Thanks, J.T. Newberry Code Enforcement Officer Department of Community Development Albemarle County (434) 296-5832, ext. 1-3270 (office) (434) 566-2556 (cell)