Council approves special-exception for car wash in US‑41 overlay after resident objections

Bonita Springs City Council on Wednesday approved a special‑exception allowing a car wash at 22873.1 South Tamiami Trail in the city’s US‑41 overlay district, after staff and the applicant described site controls and engineering and one resident opposed the project. The motion passed on a roll call vote, 5‑2.

The request sought permission under the US‑41 overlay and the city’s land‑development code to locate a fully enclosed, single‑lane tubed car wash with a double‑lane payment queue, nine vacuum stalls and attendant landscaping on a 1.24‑acre parcel, applicant counsel Patty Kulak said. "The site is approximately 1.24 acres in size," Kulak told council during the quasi‑judicial hearing, and said access would be limited to the US‑41 access road.

The nut graf: staff recommended approval with conditions, the zoning board recommended approval 3‑1, and the council voted to approve the special exception subject to the conditions in the staff report. The decision allows the project to proceed to the local development‑order…