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South Side residents press council over 24-hour car-wash vacuums, say permit ignored neighborhood plan
Summary
Residents from the Greater South Side neighborhood told the Common Council the new car wash near Route 13 violates the city's neighborhood plan and noise rules and asked for relief; councilors said staff would follow up but no formal action was taken.
Neighbors from Ithaca's South Side urged the Common Council on March 5 to address noise, zoning and safety concerns tied to a recently permitted car wash at the Route 13 / South Titus area.
Speakers described repeated and ongoing noise from external vacuums at the facility — including a stretch where vacuums ran 24 hours a day for six weeks — and said the operation conflicts with the Greater South Side Neighborhood Plan adopted as part of the city's comprehensive planning process. "There is not a single sound barrier between the car wash and our sleeping quarters," testified Meg Pritchard, who pointed council to the city noise ordinance codified in…
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