I kept it short and made way for children’s magician Arty Loon, who was a much bigger hit. I talked about how I wouldn’t be a writer if I weren’t also a reader, how a novel read to us day after day in kindergarten later inspired me to write and draw my own story and how reading and writing are cornerstone skills in life. High-flying Whittier industrialist came crashing down in Chino Hills My commencement speech of sorts for the Back 2 Basics tutoring program at the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library was delivered Wednesday evening in Celebration Hall to elementary-aged children, plus parents, tutors and library staffers. Also, a third operator inquired about putting a wash on the northwest corner but hasn’t followed up. The long-dormant gas station on the northeast corner has been approved for a new gas station with a single drive-thru wash, and the flex-serve wash is due to go up immediately next door to the east. No other would-be car wash operator had submitted a complete application prior to the moratorium, however.Īrrow and Archibald, by the way, may end up offering a choice of car washes. “The new rules will not apply to that,” Gillison told me, “because it was deemed to have met all the requirements before the moratorium was put in place.” On my drive to the council meeting, I’d seen Notice of Application signs for a car wash on Arrow Highway east of Archibald Avenue. Makes sense, since flex-serve washes might offer lower prices and increase competition.ĭoes this mean that in Rancho Cucamonga, flex-serve washes have been, dare we say it, scrubbed? Not quite. ![]() (Unfortunately for my purposes, the car wash rules did not appear to get watered down.)Įxisting car wash owners did not object to the new rules and in fact appreciated “a level playing field,” Gillison told me. ![]() “It was a hot day, so it actually felt good,” she added.īusiness seemed steady on my visit, and no doubt the car wash was busier than the defunct restaurant formerly on that corner had been.Īnyway, two key parts of Rancho Cucamonga’s new rules are that “all washing facilities shall be completely enclosed within an enclosed building” and that vacuuming facilities “shall be completely screened from adjacent residential properties for noise attenuation purposes.” It was mist drifting over across Foothill from the car wash tunnel. (Is it a bay view?) Ah, the city of gracious living.Ī friend told me she and her parents were leaving the Denny’s across the street one day and felt water, as if it were raining. An apartment complex is immediately to the south, with second-story windows overlooking the vacuuming bays.
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