Stonecrest, GA Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

Stonecrest folds historic-district review directly into its permit process rather than running it as a side track. Sec. 7.7.4 covers 'Applications for permits and certificates of occupancy': subsection A sends every development permit application to the director of planning, subsection B does the same for building permits and certificates of occupancy, and subsection D adds the historic-preservation layer, requiring a certificate of appropriateness 'from the Historic Preservation Commission if the project is located in an historic district or on an historic property.' That certificate requirement recurs throughout the zoning chapter for specific project types: Sec.

5.7.2(A) exempts individually designated historic structures and buildings within a historic district from the chapter's building-form and configuration standards precisely because they are reviewed separately by the commission, and other sections layer the same certificate requirement onto detention facilities, open-space design, outdoor lighting plans, and accessory dwelling unit placement when those projects sit on a historic property. In practice, an applicant on historic-designated land cannot get a development permit, building permit, or certificate of occupancy from the director of planning without first clearing the commission's certificate of appropriateness, making the commission a mandatory gatekeeper rather than an advisory body for those parcels.