Board recommends car-wash at Tropicana shopping center; applicant projects up to 500 washes daily

The Paradise Town Advisory Board on June 24 recommended approval of a design review and use permit for a vehicle-wash facility within the Tropicana shopping center, forwarding the matter to county reviewers subject to staff conditions.

Scott Shively, the applicant’s representative, described a single-bay automated car wash with vacuum stalls and a subscription license-plate reader system. “We’re projecting that we'll have about 4 to 500 car washes a day in this location,” Shively told the board. He said the wash cycle would run about two and a half minutes and that roughly 25% of customers use vacuum stalls.

Shively said the structure runs about 29 feet tall and about 110 feet long and will include 16 queuing stalls for cars approaching the wash. He described a traffic flow routed through the shopping-center interior so queuing, if it occurs, would remain on private circulation rather than public streets.

Board members asked about site access and landscaping along Pecos Road; Shively said a mix of shrubs and trees approved by staff would be installed. With no public speakers, a board member moved to approve the design review and use permit “subject to staff’s preliminary conditions.” The motion carried; the applicant was advised to appear before the Planning Commission on July 15 for further review.

The advisory board’s action is a recommendation to county decision-makers; any final approvals, building permits and operating conditions will be determined by county staff and the planning commission.