Houston Market for Mobile Car Washing in Parking Lots

The City of Houston has many mobile car washthere are parking lot car wash concessions at Large
companies in parking lots all around town. Originally itRetail Box Stores and Gyms, even tents at Oil
started out in large parking lots and automotiveChange Companies, etc. This is typical in large cities
businesses and then moved into the Galleria Mall.Theand on-site car washes without the huge facilities.We
Galleria Mall locations used little plastic carts with steamsee this in many large cities in America and many
type units, but local car washes complained becausepeople find employment washing cars this way.
they said they polluted waste wash water, whichUnfortunately some operators hire illegal aliens and this
would eventually be washed into the storm drains; likeis very problematic as well. Of course in the car wash
Houston cares with all their East SideIndustry that is somewhat typical.On-site car washing is
Industry?Nevertheless the code enforcement shutvery popular in the Houston Market for many reasons
down the operations temporarily and later the carand there are 5.5 million people in the greater Houston
washes came back when they complied. ObviouslyArea with an average of 1.16 cars per person, so
some folks figured out that there was no pollution andperhaps you will consider this in 2006.Lance Winslow -
they worked out a reclaim deal.All around HoustonOnline Think Tank forum board.