The council spent significant time on Jan. 16 debating a conditional-use permit for a Quick Quack semi-automatic car wash proposed at 7520 North McArthur Boulevard. Russell Nelson, the applicant’s representative, presented traffic analysis and site plans, saying the operation would provide extensive stacking capacity and fast service times that limit queueing on the street.

Nelson told councilors his company’s traffic study measured peak queuing needs of about 6 to 10 cars and said the project provides roughly 24 queuing stalls to the gate and additional stalls near the tunnel. He also said most customers (about 69 percent, per the company’s counts) do not use vacuums and that the proposed layout includes 21 vacuum stalls. Nelson emphasized architectural commitments recorded on the property that require masonry veneer and other elements; he said the car wash would be designed to match the neighborhood’s higher architectural standards rather than the typical prototype.

Several councilmembers raised compatibility and traffic concerns for MacArthur Boulevard, a heavily trafficked retail corridor. A councilmember summarized the work-session view and said bluntly the proposal “doesn't fit there,” citing the corridor’s retail character and daily traffic volumes.

A motion to deny the conditional-use permit was made and seconded; the transcript records the result of that motion as failing 7-2. The meeting record does not show a subsequent, separate roll-call motion or final approval recorded after the failed denial. City staff and the applicant earlier noted that staff recommended approval while Planning & Zoning recommended denial.

The transcript includes multiple technical details from the applicant’s presentation — estimated tunnel service time of about 2 minutes 19 seconds, throughput estimates, stacking counts, and building-site restriction commitments — and a council member’s public remark that the corridor is not appropriate for the use. The council’s recorded vote on the denial motion was “it fails 7 to 2.” The transcript does not record a conclusive statement by the mayor that the CUP was granted following that vote.