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Committee backs locational limits, stacking changes for new car washes in draft zoning text amendment
Summary
Planning staff recommended requiring new car washes to be at least 100 feet from residential zones or properties, and to measure stacking from the pay station; the committee approved sending the study and text amendments to the full council.
Planning staff told the Zoning and Planning Committee on March 19 that city review of recent car-wash development recommends added locational criteria and a small change to stacking calculations for automatic washes.
Alex Shilts, the staff author of the study, summarized the findings and said city departments reviewed noise and water-quality concerns. He told the committee that car washes can reduce water pollution compared with home car washing because…
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