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Peachtree Corners council tables revocation hearing for RS Auto, demands compliance plan
Summary
The council tabled a motion to revoke RS Auto’s special-use permit for 4285 S. Old Peachtree Road, giving the owner 30 days and requiring a staff-reviewed compliance plan within weeks; staff cited long-running violations including parking in a front yard and removal of protected trees.
Peachtree Corners — The City Council on Tuesday voted to table a revocation hearing for RS Auto’s special-use permit at 4285 South Old Peachtree Road, giving the owner a 30-day window to submit and begin executing a staff-approved compliance plan.
City planning staff told the council they had opened enforcement in June 2025 after finding the property in repeated violation of the SUP conditions — including vehicle storage in the front yard, vehicles parked on unpaved surfaces, limits on vehicles per parking space, and removal of magnolia trees without required permits. Community development director Sean Adams told council members the property had not come into compliance despite multiple meetings and extensions and that staff had documented an increase in vehicles on site after the initial notice. "You cannot park the cars on the front corner, period," Adams said.
Attorney Luke Miller, representing owner Rafael Soto, urged the council to give the family-run business one last chance, saying the owner had removed vehicles and invested in cleanup. Miller told the council the owner had removed roughly 150 cars in recent months and that full remediation — including pavement and land-development permits — could cost in excess of $666,000. "We're here tonight begging for your trust to have the opportunity to maintain this family business," Miller said.
Council members pressed the applicant on whether the business could survive with reduced vehicle capacity and whether the owner had been responsive to prior notices. Several council members said they were reluctant to set a precedent of delayed enforcement but were also mindful of employees who rely on the business. The city manager and legal counsel outlined three options: find the violations established and revoke, find they were not violated, or table the hearing to allow a compliance plan and later re-open the record.
The council adopted a motion to table the revocation for 30 days and asked staff to receive a date-certain compliance plan within roughly two weeks so it could be included in the packet for the next meeting. Staff warned that existing code-enforcement citations remain separate from the SUP process and that daily fines for SUP violations (up to $1,000 per violation per day) could apply if the owner remains out of compliance. The council said it would consider revocation if benchmarks were not met at the next hearing.
The council’s action preserves the owner’s opportunity to keep operating while obliging him to demonstrate prompt, measurable progress under staff oversight.
