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Residents press planning board over noisy vacuums at Squeaky Clean car wash near 6 Mile Creek
Summary
Multiple residents told the Planning and Development Board that the vacuums at Squeaky Clean car wash produce loud, high-pitched noise that they say violates Ithaca's noise code. Board members urged use of code enforcement and asked the applicant to return with an acoustical engineer.
Several residents told the Ithaca City Planning and Development Board on Jan. 28 that loud, high‑pitched vacuum noise from the Squeaky Clean car wash at 6 Mile Creek has eroded their ability to use their yards and sleep in their homes.
Neighbors said the vacuums run at four‑minute intervals from roughly 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., seven days a week, and that the sound is amplified across the creek into housing on Center Street. "The volume, duration, pitch, and piercing tone of the car wash are amplified over the surface of the 6 Mile Creek directly into our residence," resident Meg Pritchard said during public comment. Andrew Lund, who lives at the same address, said the machines began operating in spring 2024 and at times ran 24 hours a day despite permitted…
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