Planning commission approves Jensen's car‑detailing conditional‑use permit with noise and storage conditions

The River Heights Planning Commission voted to approve a conditional‑use permit for a small car‑detailing business proposed by William (Will) Jensen at 708 East 600 South.

Jensen told the commission the business, operating as a licensed LLC called Royal Detailing, is a mostly part‑time operation that performs interior and exterior detailing, ceramic coatings and occasional paint correction. "We're doing roughly about 1 to 2 cars a day, Monday through Friday," Jensen said, adding that work would occur inside the wash bay when weather requires and that he stores chemicals in a locked cage and recycles plastic containers.

Commissioners asked whether vacuuming and buffing noise would occur outside the bay and whether cars would queue on the street. Jensen said he expects at most one vehicle onsite at a time and that completed vehicles will be parked on private property, not on the road. He also said wash‑bay runoff drains to an on‑site drain pit that discharges to sewer.

Commissioner Noel Cooley moved to approve the CUP with conditions reflecting the host property’s existing CUP (including the city's noise/hours limits), containment and proper storage of chemicals, and the requirement that operations not create persistent off‑site noise or queuing; Troy Wakefield seconded and the motion carried. Chair Keenan Ryan noted the permit will become effective once the commission approves the minutes at its next meeting.

The commission’s action authorizes a small, low‑volume detailing operation subject to the stated conditions and to enforcement through the city's nuisance and CUP enforcement provisions if problems arise.