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Residents and nearby business ask Aurora council to revisit Kwik Trip 'Station 60' car-wash approval

Aurora City Council · November 18, 2025
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Summary

Neighbors near Airport and Colfax and a competing car-wash owner urged Aurora City Council to call up planning approval for project 1800993 (Station 60), citing lack of neighborhood notice, traffic and noise concerns, alleged design-code violations and questions about water use and appeals process.

Jennifer Strautman, an Aurora resident in Ward 2, asked the council to overturn approval of project no. 1800993, known as Station 60 at Airport Boulevard and Colfax Avenue, saying "proper public notice was not done" and that neighbors were "blindsided" by the application. Strautman told the council the neighborhood already has "several car washes in the immediate area" and that another facility would worsen noise, trash, traffic and safety for Norfolk Glen.

Emily Baratta, founder and owner of Gleam Car Wash in Aurora, told the council she formally requests that the body "call up the conditional use approval granted by…

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