Stonecrest planning staff hear request for home-office permit from IT firm owner

City of Stonecrest planning staff held a special administrative permit hearing May 20 on a request by Jimmy Keyes, owner of East Atlanta Technologies Incorporated, for a Type 1 home-occupation permit to operate an administrative office at 2892 Palace Valasai Path.

Ramona Eversley, senior planner for the City of Stonecrest, explained that Type 1 home occupations permit an administrative office where “no customer contact occurs” and listed the supplemental regulations in section 4.2 0.31, including that the home occupation must produce no exterior evidence, not exceed 25 percent of the dwelling or 500 square feet (whichever is less), and be limited to one business vehicle, per the slide presentation shown at the hearing.

Keyes told the planning staff that his operation will not have employees or customers at the home. “All my work and meetings will be on the client site,” he said, adding he will work “from a laptop and remotely supporting my business and my clients.” Eversley asked whether Keyes agreed to the rules; Keyes replied, “Yes. I do.”

No members of the public spoke in support of or opposition to Keyes’s petition during the hearing. Planning staff said applicants will receive a written decision within 24 to 48 hours after the hearing.

The request was presented as case SA-25-018 and staff showed the parcel’s future land-use designation as suburban neighborhood and its zoning as R-85 (residential medium lot). The hearing record includes the submitted floor plan and an aerial map of the parcel. The presentation noted that business vehicles used for home occupations must also comply with section 6.1 0.3.