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City council split on Club Car Wash plan; developer seeks amendment to 2020 agreement

McHenry City Council · March 17, 2026
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Summary

A developer presentation for a subscription-based Club Car Wash drew mixed council reaction over lost retail sales tax, aesthetics and neighborhood noise; council members agreed to consult the absent member before committing to amend the 2020 developer's agreement.

A conceptual proposal to amend a 2020 developer's agreement and allow a subscription-based Club Car Wash on a parcel owned by RR McHenry LLC prompted divided responses from aldermen at the March 16 meeting.

The project's civil engineer and project manager (speaker 12) described Club Car Wash as a subscription-based, fully staffed operation with concrete paving that can process a vehicle about every 30 seconds and estimated construction costs of roughly $5 million to $6 million. He said the owner and developer have marketed the parcel for four to five years for strip retail and restaurants without success and now…

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