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Albemarle planning commission recommends approval for Funk Brothers Furniture special-use permit

Albemarle County Planning Commission · November 26, 2025
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Summary

The commission voted to recommend approval of SP2024-17, a special-use permit to relocate Funk Brothers Furniture into a former Moose Lodge on Route 250; staff recommended approval with five conditions and the applicants pledged screening, voluntary setbacks and property restoration.

The Albemarle County Planning Commission on Nov. 25 recommended approval of a special-use permit to let Funk Brothers Furniture relocate a craft, gift and antique shop into a vacant Moose Lodge building on Route 250.

Senior planner Jared Tate told commissioners staff found the roughly 3-acre parcel and proposed reuse consistent with the rural-area policies in the comprehensive plan and recommended approval of SP2024-17 with five conditions while noting the existing building is nonconforming to rural setbacks.

The permit would allow reuse of the existing structure rather than new…

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