Planning commission unanimously approves variance to allow car-wash drive lane to encroach into setback at 1726 Glendale Avenue

The Hanford City Planning Commission on June 10 voted 5-0 to approve a variance allowing a drive-through lane for a proposed automatic car wash at 1726 Glendale Avenue to intrude 4 feet 10 inches into the required street-side setback and landscaping area.

The variance was requested so the developer could maintain required vehicle circulation and provide 26 feet of backup space for vacuum stations adjacent to the car wash. City planning staff told commissioners the site is an infill parcel constrained by a 10-foot landscape easement along the northern property line, the Caltrans right of way that runs along the corner of Twelfth and Glendale, adjacent curved streets, and a railroad that together prevent expanding the lot footprint.

“This variance will facilitate development of the site without compromising the vacuum positions for the proposed car wash or encroaching into the landscape easement,” the city…