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Planning board recommends approval, with conditions, for expanded manual car wash canopy after contentious discussion
Summary
The City of Hialeah Planning and Zoning Board on Sept. 24 recommended the City Council approve variances to legalize and reconfigure canopies for a manual car wash at 5350 West Twelfth Avenue, preferring demolition of existing canopies and replacement with a single 560-square-foot canopy under staff conditions.
The City of Hialeah Planning and Zoning Board on Sept. 24 recommended that the City Council approve variances to legalize and improve a manual car wash at 5350 West Twelfth Avenue, with the board expressing concern about the site's history and the operator’s past compliance.
The application seeks multiple variances related to a nonconforming manual car wash within a B-1 (highly restrictive retail) zoning district. Staff said the car wash originally received a special use permit in 1989 under Ordinance 89-81, which allowed a manual car wash as a nonconforming use; one 256-square-foot aluminum canopy was built with permits, and over the years a second 460-square-foot aluminum canopy and other work were added without permits.
Staff recommended…
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