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Commission approves conditional-use permit for proposed car wash, requires screening next to daycare
Summary
The Forney commission approved a conditional-use permit for an automated car wash on a 1.893-acre site east of North FM 548 and west of Whaley Drive, adding a condition requiring screening where the site abuts a daycare.
The Forney City Commission on an announced evening approved a conditional-use permit for an automated car wash to operate on a 1.893-acre tract east of North FM 548 and west of Whaley Drive, with a stipulation that the developer provide screening along the property line adjacent to a daycare.
The permit allows the developer to pursue the car wash as a permitted commercial use subject to the conditional-use finding; the applicant must still submit a full, detailed site plan for staff and commission review before construction. The commission’s approval specified that some form of screening — staff recommended landscape screening — be added between the car-wash property and the daycare.
Staff presented the applicant’s concept plan, which shows three stacking lanes for the main car-wash tunnel, an adjacent retail building, parking sized to meet zoning requirements and 11 spaces designated for vacuum bays (the applicant said that number might increase). Staff told the commission that increases beyond the concept may require an amended conditional-use permit if the change is substantial; otherwise the final site plan should show exact details.
Andrew Yo, the applicant and engineer, said the working bay for the car wash is proposed on the west side of the site and that parking is adjacent to the daycare on the east side, and he offered to include scrub or landscape screening in the landscape plan if necessary.
Staff noted that conditional-use considerations include parking, refuse/service areas, screening and buffering, yards and open space, height and bulk, hours of operation and traffic/access measures. Staff also advised that state law now prohibits consideration of exterior construction materials in deciding conditional uses.
No members of the public spoke during the hearing and staff reported no public notifications had been received from adjacent property owners. The commission voted to approve the conditional-use permit with the screening condition; the applicant must return with a full site plan showing the required screening and any other project-level details before a building permit is issued.
