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Mission approves 180‑day moratorium on new car washes after resident objections
Summary
After public comment from residents and a developer representative, the Mission City Council unanimously approved a 180‑day moratorium on new car wash applications to allow staff time to revisit local regulations; the ordinance was passed 5‑0 and stated it would apply to pending, not‑yet‑approved applications.
The Mission City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to impose a 180‑day moratorium on the acceptance, processing and approval of applications for new car wash facilities, citing a need to review recently adopted local regulations and community concerns.
Resident Mindy Schroeder Brown, who said she has lived in Mission 50 of her 56 years, urged the council to act. “I’m here today representing a large group of concerned residents who are vehemently against any new car washes being built in this town,” she told the council, arguing that clustering of car washes has hurt neighborhoods and property values and asking that the moratorium be applied retroactively to pending applications.
A company representative who identified himself as Christian with Southern Commercial Real…
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