The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit Thursday to allow Veritas Consulting and Construction Group to operate a mechanical/construction contractor headquarters at 1000 Kennesaw Ridge Road, with a condition that any exterior trailer or equipment storage be screened at the Level 3 standard called for in the UDC.
Staff presented the site as a former bank building with a drive‑through canopy and a parking lot; the property sits just off Rangeline Street near multifamily residential developments. The applicant proposes to enclose the drive‑through canopy to create interior shop/storage and use the building as company headquarters, with some company trailers parked on the lot. Staff recommended approval and noted that the site is not in a floodplain or overlay district and that the proposed use is conditionally permitted in the Mixed Use Corridor (MC) zoning. Staff also said site redevelopment would be subject to neighborhood screening protections in the UDC during building and site plan review.
Applicant representative Wes Bolton (Allstate Consultants) and company representatives said Veritas is a local firm founded in 2018 whose primary work is inspections, claims estimating and insurance appraisals; construction work is a small part of their operation. Bolton told the commission there will be no outdoor material storage, no on‑site fabrication or weld operations in the parking lot, and that trucks will not be stored overnight. He said a limited number of professionally maintained trailers would be parked on site and that the company is willing to meet any screening requirements.
Neighbors from the adjacent Spencer’s Crest condominium association asked for Level 3 buffering because their units face the parking area, and the association president said the condominium owners are primarily owner‑occupied and want a high level of year‑round screening. After discussion, the commission approved the conditional use permit with the explicit condition that outdoor trailer storage shall be screened to Level 3 standards (8‑ to 10‑foot planting/screening bands per the UDC) where trailers are stored; commissioners also noted that any outdoor storage of materials or heavy equipment would trigger strict buffering or would violate the CUP.
The CUP approval will be forwarded to City Council for final action. Site redevelopment, including the enclosed canopy and any building alterations, must still pass site plan and building permit review to ensure compliance with landscaping, buffering, stormwater and parking standards.