BLYTHEWOOD – A Frank’s carwash has received conditional approval from the town’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the construction of a carwash facility in Blythewood.
The carwash will be located at 109 Main Street, next door to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. The 2.62-acre site is currently vacant.
The applicant, Robert Murphy, said the proposal is to construct a brick, single story car wash. The proposed expansion is eligible for BAR’s consideration based on its location in the Town Center (TC) portion of the Architectural Overlay (AO) District.
The site plan features a canopy roof installed above the service bay area, which will include 18 parking spaces and vacuums.
A landscape berm with shrubs will be installed along the perimeter of the site adjacent to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Town staff will review the landscape plan.
The site’s terrain slopes towards Main Street, forcing the detention pond to be located at the front of the site and the building to the rear.