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Commission backs supervisors' Nineteenth Avenue ordinance to allow car washes at existing service stations with lot‑merger restriction
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended an ordinance that would allow existing gasoline service stations on Nineteenth Avenue to add mechanical car washes through conditional‑use authorization. The commission accepted staff and supervisors' limits on noise, water reclamation and design and added an amendment to prohibit lot mergers; the recommendation passed unanimously.
Planning Department staff presented an ordinance sponsored by Supervisors Olague and Carmen Chu to amend the Planning Code so that existing automobile service stations on Nineteenth Avenue could apply to add mechanical car washes under specific conditions. Staff emphasized safeguards: washing and drying must occur within an enclosed portion of the building, new car washes must comply with the city's noise ordinance, water reclamation systems must meet San Francisco PUC criteria, and the department recommended a conditional‑use…
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