Planning staff backs rezoning of 1228 Clark Avenue to allow hand-wash auto-detail

Planning staff presented a request to rezone a 0.7-acre parcel at 1228 Clark Avenue from C1 (neighborhood mixed-use business) to C2 (general mixed-use) to allow a hand-wash auto-detail facility. The staff presentation said the parcel sits amid C2 zoning and the change would conform the parcel with surrounding properties. Planning staff told the commission the planning commission recommended approval.

The planner described the proposed use as a low-impact hand wash (not an automated car wash) and said trip-generation estimates for standard automated car washes (156 trips per stall, from national trip-generation guides) are not likely to apply to this smaller hand-wash operation. Staff noted Clark Avenue carried about 3,760 trips per day in 2024 and that local crash records on Clark between Carroll and Blaylock showed four accidents with one injury; commissioners asked staff to return with the dates and details of those reported crashes.

Commissioners asked whether notices were sent and whether any community members had signed up to comment; staff said notices had been mailed and that no one in the room had signed up to speak on the case. After discussion about an internal map error (a page in the packet labeled Clark Avenue as a collector instead of the arterial classification used elsewhere), the commission closed the public hearing on the rezoning request.

Next steps: staff will provide requested accident-date details on the corridor and the commission will consider the rezoning through the standard action sequence. The planning record, packet materials and the planning commission’s recommendation remain part of the administrative record.