PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a conditional use in the B3 district for an automobile service station and car wash facility at 1780 North Aurora Road (Delta Sonic) - PZC 21-1-071
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly, Community Planner
ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
Approval of a conditional use for an automobile service station/car wash facility for the B3 zoned property located at 1780 North Aurora Road.
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Public notice was published in the Daily Herald on Monday, February 14, 2022.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is zoned B3 (General Commercial District) and is approximately 4.7 acres. The property is located at the southeast corner of North Aurora Road and Route 59 and is improved with an automobile service station/car wash facility known as Delta Sonic.
The B3 zoning district, as amended in 2016, classifies automobile service stations/car wash facilities as a conditional use; this amendment was processed in accordance with the implementation items identified in the Ogden Avenue Corridor Enhancement Initiative (2008). The subject property does not currently have a conditional use for an automobile service station/car wash facility, but has been in operation with such uses for many years (prior to the 2016 amendment). However, the petitioner is currently proposing modifications at the property which trigger the need for a conditional use at this time.
DISCUSSION:
Delta Sonic has submitted plans to upgrade the existing car wash facility. The proposed modifications include construction of a 11,400 square foot indoor vacuum addition, replacement of the existing prep hut building, relocation of the bay booths and express lane machines, an increase to the number of cars which can be stacked in the car wash stacking lanes, and construction of a storage area and dumpster enclosure.
In order to accommodate co...
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