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Flooring showroom rezoning held after unpermitted warehouse and neighbor complaints
Summary
Commissioners held rezoning case Z-15 for one month and directed the applicant to resolve an unpermitted accessory steel building, meet with staff and propose remedies for neighbor concerns about grading, runoff, loss of tree buffer and building scale.
The Planning Commission on July 1 put rezoning case Z-15 on hold for one month after neighbors raised concerns about a recently constructed unpermitted 40-by-50-foot steel accessory building behind a newly opened flooring showroom at 2280 Shallowford Road.
The matter is significant because neighbors said the building was constructed without permits, eliminated a tree buffer, changed grade near their property and sits about eight feet from the shared property line. Code enforcement issued a notice of violation after receiving a complaint in February, and staff told commissioners the property owner has not yet obtained permits for the accessory structure.
Applicant Amber Silva, owner of All Good Floors, said the front house is a showroom and that the accessory structure was intended for extra displays and storage. “We did not just do anything,” Silva said; she also told commissioners the business operates by appointment and that the accessory structure currently has no utilities connected.
Neighbor Justin McLean testified that the owners cleared trees, raised elevation and poured a slab without permits and that the sheet-metal building now sits roughly 15 feet from his house, reducing privacy and increasing noise and runoff risks. McLean asked the commission to deny variances that would legalize the building where placed.
Staff advised that the property is currently zoned Low Rise Office (LRO) with conditions tied to the prior rabbit sanctuary use, and that staff’s recommended zoning (deleting NRC from the request and retaining LRO/LRC as appropriate) would require resolving the accessory structure. Planning staff said parking must be paved to county standards and that the accessory structure will have to be permitted and inspected to meet building code if the commission moves forward with a rezoning that allows it to remain.
Commissioner Danz moved — and the commission approved 5-0 — to hold the case for one month and direct the applicant to meet with staff and address the accessory structure matter before the commission considers a rezoning recommendation.
