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Planning Commission approves automated car wash on Whittier Boulevard with post‑occupancy noise monitoring
Summary
The Planning Commission approved an automated drive‑through car wash at 15100 Whittier Boulevard, imposing operating hours of 7 a.m.–9 p.m. and a new condition requiring a licensed post‑occupancy noise study 12 months after certificate of occupancy; the director may require mitigation if operations exceed applicable noise limits.
The Whittier Planning Commission approved Development Review Project DRP23‑057 and Conditional Use Permit CUP23‑004 to allow an automated drive‑through car wash at 15100 Whittier Boulevard, with operating hours set at 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and an added post‑occupancy noise‑monitoring condition.
Why it mattered: Neighbors and nearby businesses told the commission the site — proposed for a 5,400‑square‑foot tunnel wash with 19 vacuum stations and an on‑site queuing area — will increase traffic on Cole Road and Jupiter Street and create sustained noise from blowers and vacuums. Dozens of residents signed a petition and multiple speakers said similar car wash operations had created persistent noise and queuing problems elsewhere on Whittier Boulevard.
What the record shows: Staff and the applicant submitted a traffic memorandum and a noise study. The traffic memorandum (Kimley‑Horn)…
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