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ARCHITECTURAL APPEARANCE COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: APRIL 7, 2026
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GRIGGS EXPRESS CAR WASH
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Request: Building Design
P&Z# 25-12000044
Owner: Griggs Express LLC
Project Location: 1401 SW 26 Ave
Folio Number: 494204260010
Land Use Designation: I (Industrial)
Zoning District: B-3 (General Business)
Commission District: 5 (Darlene Smith)
Agent: Paola West
Project Planner: Diego Guevara (954-786-4310 / diego.guevara@copbfl.com)
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Summary:
The applicant is requesting Building Design approval and Vernacular or Superior Design Alternative approval for a new 3,782-square-foot car wash with a small office, 1,800 square feet of covered vacuum spaces with capacity for 18 vehicles, 4 additional parking spaces, and landscaping. The project site abuts three commercial plazas to the north, east, and west, and to the south, is an office building. The footprint of the proposed building is 3,782 square feet on a 41,146-square-foot lot (0.94 acre). Lot coverage is 10.64%, including the proposed canopy at the pay access area. The Site Plan was reviewed by the Development Review Committee on December 17, 2025, and February 18, 2026.
The applicant is requesting approval for Vernacular or Superior Design Alternative to provide relief from the Commercial Design Standards regarding fenestration and transparency related to the 30% minimum requirement for the street-facing fa?ade area of the ground-level floor of buildings that must include windows or doorways facing Gateway Drive.
?155.5602. C.7.a: Fenestration/Transparency
"At least 30 percent of the street-facing facade area of the ground-level floor of buildings (as measured from the grade to the underside of the eave, top of the parapet, or the story line denoting the second floor) shall be occupied by windows or doorways."
The north facade of the car wash, facing Gateway Drive, does not comply with the minimum requirement of 30% fenestration. The applicant has chosen Option #1 of the Verna...
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