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Car Washes: LocCriteria
Plan Commission
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Repealing Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Eleven, Subsection 1104.0804, and enacting a new Subsection 1104.0804, adding locational criteria for car washes; and repealing Toledo Municipal Code, Part Eleven, Subsection 1107.1601, and enacting a new Subsection 1107.1601, off street stacking spaces; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Resolution 315-24, adopted by Council on July 17, 2024, requested that the Plan Commission initiate a study to research the history and future of the establishment of car washes in the City of Toledo, to examine the secondary effects that they have on city residents and city neighborhoods, and evaluate the best practices for their regulation from other cities. Plan Commission Staff has completed this study and proposes a text amendment to the Toledo Municipal Code based upon its findings.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Toledo Municipal Code, Part Eleven, Subsection 1104.0804, which reads as follows:
1104.0804 Car Washes without pumps
A. Car washes without fuel pumps shall be reviewed under this section.
B. Gasoline and fuel sale facilities with or without car wash facilities shall not be reviewed as a drive-through use under this section so long as they are subject to review under the special use or other special permit process wherein they are specifically designed for review.
is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. That a new Toledo Municipal Code, Part Eleven, Subsection 1104.0804 is created to read as follows:
1104.0804 Car Washes
A. Car washes without fuel pumps shall be reviewed under this section.
B. Gasoline and fuel sale facilities with or without car wash facilities shall not be reviewed as a drive-through use under this section so long as they are subject to review under the special use or other special permit process wherein they are specifically designed for review.
C. A car wash shall not be located within 100 feet of a residential zoning district or property upon which a residential use is established.
SECTION 3. That Toledo Municipal Code Part Eleven, Subsection 1107.1601, which reads as follows:
1107.1601 Minimum Number of Spaces
Off-street stacking spaces must be provided as follows, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation:
is hereby repealed
SECTION 4. That a new Toledo Municipal Code, Part Eleven, Subsection 1107.1601 is created to read as follows:
1107.1601 Minimum Number of Spaces
Off-street stacking spaces must be provided as follows, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation:
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance hereby is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to provide for the orderly development of the area and to protect the land values in the area.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: April 8, 2025, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: April 8, 2025
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor