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Definition

A facility for the washing or steam cleaning of passenger vehicles. A car wash may be:

  • a single unit type which has a single bay or a group of single bays with each bay to accommodate one vehicle only; or
  • a tunnel unit type which allows washing of multiple vehicles in a tandem arrangement while moving through the structure

Districts Permitted

    By right in CR, RR, CS, industrial, mixed use, MC-2, MC-3, and MC-4 districts. DIR required in the CR district. RAR required in RR, CS, industrial, mixed use, MC-2, MC-3, and MC-4 districts

Required Off-Street Parking

    None

Required Handicapped Parking

    None

Required Off-Street Loading
 

Square feet of floor area in structure

Total required spaces or berths

 0 to 10,000

None

10,000 to 60,000

1

Each additional 60,000 or fraction thereof

1 additional

Additional Provisions

  • Required off-street stacking
    • Three stacking spaces for each bay in a single unit car wash;
    • 25 stacking spaces for each tunnel unit car wash
  • Spaces used to wash motor vehicles and located in a structure are not counted in determining the required stacking
     

 


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