Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Commercial Development topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Planning commission approves Whip Clean Car Wash renovation and modifications
Summary
Planning staff recommended and the commission approved the Whip Clean Car Wash site plan and four modifications allowing a smaller loading space, measured lighting spillover, reduced buffer widths, and the use of existing easement landscaping to meet street-tree requirements; the final plan and combined forest plan were approved 4-0 with staff conditions.
The Planning Commission voted 4-0 to approve the Whip Clean Car Wash final site plan and related modifications on Feb. 9, clearing a renovation that includes an expanded tunnel, new equipment, pay stations and 22 vacuum stalls.
Staff recommended four modifications: allowing one small loading space in lieu of a large loading berth (due to site constraints), permitting certain levels of lighting spillover for safety in an existing commercial context (staff cited foot-candle allowances for front, side and rear property lines), reducing buffer widths on one side of the property, and allowing existing landscaping within a 20-foot landscape easement to count toward street-tree requirements where utilities prevent new plantings in the easement. Staff said compensating measures such as screening trees, downward lighting and additional shrubs will mitigate impacts.
Applicant Brett Schechter said the modernization focuses on new equipment, license-plate pay gates and streamlining operations; he confirmed a long-standing parking arrangement with a neighboring skating rink to accommodate employee parking. Commissioners asked about employee parking and noise from vacuum stalls; staff said noise is not a standard review consideration for non-residential properties in this context.
Final approval was granted with conditions to correct cover-sheet notes and add APFO exemption dates before recordation.
