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Planning commission approves final plat and site plan for Tommy's Express car wash with one dissent
Summary
Blue Springs Planning Commission approved the final plat and planned development site plan for a 4,575 sq. ft. Tommy's Express tunnel car wash at 509 NW 7 Highway; commissioners approved staff conditions, and one commissioner opposed both motions.
The Blue Springs Planning Commission voted March 10 to approve the final plat and the planned development site plan design review for Tommy's Express Car Wash, a 4,575-square-foot tunnel-style facility proposed at 509 Northwest 7 Highway.
Planning staff presented the proposal, saying the 0.72-acre site, already rezoned to plan development commercial, will use two access points on NW 7 Highway: a marked entrance at the north access and a marked exit at the south access. Staff said the Unified Development Code requires six stacking spaces; the applicant provided 22. The site plan includes two bicycle parking spaces and 14 standard parking stalls intended for vacuum stations, five employee stalls and one ADA-compliant stall. Staff recommended approval of the plan development site plan design review subject to three staff conditions and approval of the final plat subject to two staff conditions.
Rob Heisey, who identified himself as an owner and franchisee for Tommy's in Kansas City, said the project team was “very excited about the project” and had no prepared remarks beyond answering questions.
Commissioners moved to approve the final plat (PF01259466) and then the planned development site plan design review (PDFSD0125969463). Both motions passed with one commissioner recorded as opposing and the remainder in favor.
The approved site will include a mix of metal panels and CMU block exterior with a gray, red and white color palette. Staff said the applicant had received prior approvals for buffer modifications and a waiver of the transparency requirement for windows because of the land use type. Staff also noted that internal sidewalks were not provided because the building does not feature a pedestrian-oriented public entrance and therefore would not be required to connect to surrounding infrastructure.
The commission's approvals are conditioned on the items listed in the staff report; those conditions include requirements standard to the city's development review process such as final engineering, screening of equipment and administrative review of signage. The motions did not specify additional implementation assignments to staff beyond the normal permit-review steps.
No formal appeals or subsequent dates were announced at the meeting.
