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Commission advances first reading to rezone Wilmington/Patterson site for Flying Ace car wash over nearby residents’ objections
Summary
The Dayton City Commission voted to advance a first reading to establish a plan development allowing a Flying Ace car wash at 1158 Wilmington Avenue, after staff presented revisions to the site plan and neighborhood residents raised noise and traffic concerns. The roll call recorded three yes votes and one no; final ordinance adoption requires a subsequent vote.
At a Dayton City Commission meeting, commissioners voted to advance a first reading of an ordinance that would amend the official zoning map to establish a plan development and final plan for 1.559 acres at the northeast corner of Wilmington Avenue and Patterson Road, the site of a former Rite Aid slated for a Flying Ace automated car wash.
Planning staff told commissioners the applicant revised the site plan after a prior remand to city plan board, moving vehicle exits to the south and proposing a masonry wall and landscaping to reduce noise toward nearby residences. "We moved it essentially almost 180 degrees," an applicant representative said in describing changes meant to keep blowers and other…
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