§ 17.16.410. Car wash.

A car wash (automatic or self-service) erected, constructed, placed, altered, converted or otherwise changed may be allowed by special permit in the GB, HB and TED districts in conformance with Section 17.48.080 of this title and the following minimum criteria:

A.

The minimum parcel size shall be twenty thousand square feet.

B.

One off-street parking space shall be provided for every one hundred fifty gross square feet of office and storage space.

C.

The queuing area for each bay of an automatic car wash shall be designed to handle a minimum stacking capacity of eight vehicles and be a minimum of one hundred sixty feet. The minimum queuing area for each bay of a manual car wash shall be designed to handle a minimum stacking capacity of five vehicles and be a minimum of one hundred feet. The stacking lanes shall not intrude onto the on-site parking circulation lanes and driveway entrances. All queuing is prohibited on adjoining public or private ways.

D.

Drainage designs shall be provided to establish that driveway exits shall not allow any water from the car wash facility to collect within adjoining public or private ways.

E.

An automatic car wash shall be equipped with a mechanical dryer operation at the end of each wash cycle; a drip time in the wash cycle between the last application of water and the blower; water reclamation facilities; and at least one attendant assigned exclusively to the car wash during all hours of operation.

F.

The following additional provisions shall be applicable to self-service car wash facilities: an on-site defined paved area for drying and interior cleaning of vehicles which shall be separate from other areas described herein for parking, stacking and circulation aisles.

(C.O.99-92 § 3)