Plan Commission approves Tommy’s Express car wash at 1700 South Keeler Street; vote 7‑1 after corridor concerns

The Oshkosh City Plan Commission approved, by a 7‑1 vote, a specific implementation plan (SIP) for a proposed Tommy’s Express drive‑through car wash at 1700 South Keeler Street. The project would reuse the former Applebee’s site and convert it into a 5,270‑square‑foot high‑speed car wash with 20 vacuum stations and up to 50 parking spaces (30 marked parking spaces plus 20 vacuum stalls).

Planning staff told the commission the common council already approved a general development plan in April and that the SIP proposes to keep an eastern row of existing parking (which results in 50 parking stalls where the SMU district’s typical maximum is 25). The applicant requested a BSM for increased parking and for placing required street‑frontage plantings slightly farther than 10 feet from the right‑of‑way due to Public Works’ request to…