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Stonecrest zoning board upholds staff limits on equipment storage in floodplain at 2219 Lithonia Industrial Blvd.
Summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals upheld staff conditions requiring the applicant to provide additional post‑condition flood analysis before permitting outdoor rental‑equipment storage in a mapped floodplain at 2219 Lithonia Industrial Boulevard; the city engineer said the submitted NO RISE study did not analyze proposed encroachments and thus was inadequate to allow storage.
The City of Stonecrest Zoning Board of Appeals on Dec. 16 upheld a staff decision requiring additional analysis before allowing an equipment rental business to store machinery in a mapped floodplain at 2219 Lithonia Industrial Boulevard.
Staff presented background on Case B25‑004, saying a land‑disturbing permit for a paved parking area had been approved earlier but staff later found ongoing storage and past violations in the floodplain and recommended conditions on the business license to prevent parking and storage in that area. Staff cited city floodplain provisions and said any encroachment requires careful analysis to avoid increasing flood elevations.
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