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Resident accuses city of failing to enforce stormwater ordinance after unpermitted grading
Summary
A resident told the council that unpermitted grading destroyed a detention pond near her Johns Creek property and alleged the city has declined to enforce Section 1.12 of the stormwater ordinance; she named a former council member as involved and requested the city abate the nuisance.
A Johns Creek resident who identified herself when the clerk called her name raised a detailed enforcement complaint on Nov. 17, saying unpermitted grading on homeowners association property eliminated a detention pond and shifted stormwater onto her yard.
"Why does the city of Johns Creek refuse to enforce its own law?" the resident asked, citing Section 1.12 of the Johns Creek stormwater utility ordinance and asserting the city has the authority to inspect private stormwater facilities, abate nuisances and recover costs. She said aerial photos, as-built plans and a licensed civil engineer's report document the violations and alleged the work was done in part by a then-city council member. The speaker told council she had previously met with Director Ben Song in April 2024 and said the city's prior explanation that it "didn't know what was built there" was false and amounted to an excuse for non-enforcement.
Council limited the speaker's time per procedure; the complaint requests city enforcement action or at least an explanation of why the ordinance has not been applied in this case. The transcript records the resident's citations to specific ordinance language and feature ID (JC11817S) for the detention pond; there is no recorded staff response in the public comment segment beyond the resident's statement.
