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Planning commission approves permanent car wash and detailing service at 29138 Pacific Coast Highway
Summary
On Sept. 2, 2025, the Malibu Planning Commission approved Conditional Use Permit No. 25-001 to allow a car wash and hand detailing service at 29138 Pacific Coast Highway (Buzzwax). The commission voted unanimously, 5-0. Staff found the project categorically exempt from CEQA and recommended adoption of Planning Commission Resolution No. 25-68.
The Malibu Planning Commission on Sept. 2, 2025, voted unanimously to approve Conditional Use Permit No. 25-001 to authorize a permanent car wash and hand-detailing service at 29138 Pacific Coast Highway.
Planning staff told the commission the project is in the commercial neighborhood zoning district near the Pointe Dume neighborhood and would be operated by appointment only from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The applicant, Andrew Sheldon, said the business (Buzzwax) would employ up to four people, operate two car-wash bays and expect about 10 cars per day. The project requires five on-site parking spaces and proposes two outdoor containment mats and two collection tanks to capture wash water; staff recommended the commission adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 25-68 and determined the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Commissioners asked about water handling and downstream drainage. Planning staff said the commission’s recommended CUP did not include active monitoring conditions. Sheldon said an independent pumping service based in Oxnard (identified in the hearing as "Regelio's sewage popper") picks up stored wash water about twice a week and hauls it off-site. The applicant said most washing equipment would be rolled out and stored daily, while the containment mats and collection tanks would remain outdoors.
The applicant and the property landlord, who identified himself as "Buzz," made a brief disclosure that he owns a gas station and a car wash and said he was the landlord for the subject site but stated he had no financial interest in the proposed operation. No members of the public spoke on the item.
A commissioner made a motion to approve the CUP according to the staff recommendation; the motion passed on roll call with the following votes: Commissioner Mazza, yes; Commissioner Peake, yes; Commissioner Kamens, yes; Vice Chair Riddick, yes; Chair Leonard, yes. The resolution number cited by staff was 25-68. The record does not specify an effective date or additional monitoring requirements beyond those contained in the adopted resolution.
