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VA-2003-002 (Sign # 3) Richard Ovenshire & Sarah Dollard
(owners/applicants) T/A Covesville Store. Located on the west side of Rt. 29
South at Covesville, site of the Covesville Post Office and the prior Covesville
Country Store. TM 109 / Parcel 7E, zoned Rural Areas and Entrance Corridor
Overlay. Request in conjunction w/ special permit to reopen Covesville Country
Store, for variance of area regulations to allow new third use on 1.03 acre lot. To
decrease the lot area required on private well and septic from 4.13 acres (60,00
sq ft per use) to 1.03 acres, a variance of 3.1 acres. The Post Office and an
apartment exist.
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DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: SQ12 A'1rc c oI .
JUSTIFICATION SHALL BE BASED ON THESE THREE (3) CRITERIA:
1) That the strict application of this ordinance would produce
undue hardship.
2) That such hardship is not shared generally by other properties
in the same zoning district and the same vicinity.
3) That the authorization of such variance will not be of
substantial detriment to adjacent property and that the
character of the district will not be changed by the granting
of the variance.
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The application may be deferred by the staff or the Board of
Zoning Appeals, if sufficient information necessary to this review '
has not be submitted by the deadline.
I hereby certify that the information provided on this application
and accompanying information is accurate, true and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature Date Receipt# Date
Description of Request:
We respectfully request a variance to regulation 4.1.3. We purchased
the Covesville store on one acre(+) of land in December of 2002 with the
intentions of opening it back up as a country store. Our main emphasis
will be the retailing of antiques, art, silver, gifts & gourmet food items.
We will have a special emphasis on products that are made in Virginia.
The previous owner meticulously restored the building over a four year
period, to historical specifications. She had a series of strokes & passed
away sometime later. She never opened it as an antique store (her
goal). The special use permit has lapsed. The main issue, before we
apply for a special use permit, is that the Covesville Post Office shares
the property with the Covesville Store. For many decades, the Post
Office was located inside the store. Apparently, it moved to its own
building (at that time a trailer) on the otherside of the same property
during the 1970's. It now resides in a respectable looking modular unit
on the same spot. The post office has one employee working at any
given time. It shares the well & the septic systems with the Covesville
Store. These utilities were approved for both structures and are
operating fine. After purchasing the property, we learned that, under
the rules of zoning for Albemarle County, the buildings should not exist
as they do, on only a one acre(+) piece of land. We have about 43,600
square feet of land and zoning calls for 60,000 square feet. Our request
is that the county will allow a variance so that both establishments can
continue to coexist, as they have for many years.
1) The strict application of this ordinance would produce undue
hardship to the Covesville Store, The Post Office, & the town of
Covesville. We have negotiated a contract with the leasing company
that handles the Post Office leases & beginning in November we will
receive $400.00 per month for the ground lease for the Post Office. The
Post Office is the center of the Covesville community. Most people who
live in the village of Covesville actually go to the Post Office to get their
mail & many also go there to see their neighbors. This activity should
add to our customer base, when we open the store, & will further
develop this property as a focal meeting place for the community. So,
for us, the Post Office provides revenue that helps to offset our
mortgage / overhead & it is a non-compete business draw that will be
very helpful when we open the store. It will be important to our success
that they are allowed to stay here. As for the Post Office, they have a
viable operating structure that produces revenue & is profitable. To
relocate the Post Office, would be costly & inconvenient for the Post
Office. For the Town of Covesville, not having the Post Office in the
village would be inconvenient for many who walk to the Post Office
everyday. There is also a nice element of the rural village meeting place
that will become even better when the store opens back up on the
premises.
2) We believe that our hardship is not shared generally by other
properties in the same zoning district & the same vicinity. This
property was carved out of the larger parcel of land from the
storekeeper's residence many decades ago & was meant to house the
Covesville Store with the Post Office inside it. Some time later, the Post
Office became structurally separate from the store with its own parking,
while remaining on the same property. We think that this is probably
an unusual occurrence that is not shared generally by other properties.
3) We believe that the authorization of such a variance will not be of
substantial detriment to the adjacent property & that the character of
the district will not be changed by the granting of the variance. The
Post Office has been in its present spot since the 1970s. All of the
neighbors that we have met to date, have relayed their excitement about
our plans for the store & many of them are /will be involved in the
process, in one way or another. By reopening the Covesville Store, we
plan to bring back much of the character of Covesville. We plan to
have a clean & reputable upscale business that will add to the culture &
community of Covesville & be a positive attraction to Albemarle County
& beyond. It is important to us and to the village of Covesville to allow
the Post Office to coexist on the property with the store.
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