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