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Council tables Clean Express conditional‑use permit for proposed car wash at former Boston Market site
Summary
Mentor City Council on May 20 postponed a final decision on a conditional‑use permit for a Clean Express car wash at the Boston Market site on Mentor Avenue, citing traffic, easement and site‑plan questions. Council directed staff to return with easement documents and asked that the revised site plan be reviewed by the Planning Commission.
Mentor City Council on May 20 voted to table consideration of a conditional‑use permit (CUP) for a Clean Express car wash proposed for the former Boston Market site on Mentor Avenue, saying the council needed more traffic, easement and site‑plan information before issuing a final ruling.
The CUP had been called up from the Planning Commission after that body approved the conditional use and tabled the site plan. Council members and city staff repeatedly raised concerns about queuing and how the proposed operation would interact with existing private easements shared with nearby retailers, and about whether the revised site plan — submitted days before the meeting — had been…
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