minutes - City of Stirling

MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL
18 SEPTEMBER 2012
Reason for objection
Does not form part of the strategic plan for Precinct 5 of TPS38.
Applicant’s response
Automatic Car Wash does form a ‘preferred use’ under TPS38. The fact that this is a hand
car wash is more likely a case of the definition not being considered at the time of preparing
the TPS38.
Applicant’s Justification
In addition to the above, the proposed operator of the development, Magic Hand Car Wash,
have provided the following additional information in support of the proposal:-
"Magic Hand Car Wash is a franchised network of 30 stores in shopping centre car
parks nationally. Data in relation to daily and hourly vehicle numbers is held by head
office for all stores. We can confirm that vehicle holding times across all stores are
consistent with centre average visit times. This suggests the behaviour of the car wash
clients is the same as the particular centres. We can confirm that the business’ serve
the regular shopping centre customers and we do not have any data to suggest that
the car wash drives increased traffic.
The car wash operation is a “hand car wash” model. All aspects of the vehicle cleaning
and detailing is being completed by hand. The use of equipment is limited to the
following:
a. Central ducted vacuum cleaner
b. High pressure cleaners
c. Hand held buff machine
d. Extraction steam clean unit
Equipment is held in an equipment room and the hand held buff and steam clean unit
are used in the cleaning bays. To date we are yet to receive a complaint from noise
and believe that the design of the sites and use of machinery complies with EPA
regulations."
Comment
The proposed manual car wash will operate during the business hours of the shopping
centre. The applicant has indicated to the City that the business model of the proposed car
wash will involve the cleaning of customers’ vehicles who have visited the shopping centre
for the purpose of shopping. The cleaning of customers vehicles is therefore considered to
be ancillary to the main reason for customers visiting the site. It is possible that some
customers may visit the motor vehicle wash for the sole purpose of having their vehicle
cleaned however the applicant has advised that this type of clientele is not anticipated to
make up a significant share of the customer base. Additionally it is considered that the
proposed location of the car wash, being on the decked parking level and therefore not
visible or immediately accessible from any of the surrounding streets, will help prevent washonly
vehicle trips. Based on the business model, the car wash is not considered to generate
any additional amount of traffic to the shopping centre and is therefore unlikely to have a
detrimental impact on the amenity of the locality.
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