Since Haroldine Gearhart lives in Calabasas and works at Rodeo Realty - Calabasas, she is always on top of any community news. Most of you, I'm sure, remember when Calabasas was the first city in Southern California that gained recognition for enforcing a non-smoking ordinance which banned smoking cigarettes in all public places. Well, now a new ban is on the horizon, and Calabasas is now enforcing a ban on mobile car washing operations in the city.
Calabasas is now alerting the community that the water run-off generated by the mobile car washing systems is a violation of State Law and of Calabasas Municipal Code Section 8.28. Their claim is that "This run-off is a source of pollution and contamination of the watershed system. Fixed-site car washes in the city invest significant resources to comply with all aspects of the law and mobile car wash services circumvent these requirements."
Therefore, commencing on April 30, 2008, Code Enforcement Officers will be patrolling the city and they will be specifically targeting illegal mobile car washing operations.
Subject to fines will be the individual homeowners, any Homeowners Associations, as well as, the car wash businesses themselves. Citations will range from $100 for a first offense to $500 per offense.
Haroldine has listened to many people in Calabasas who are expressing their opposition regarding this new ordinance and the obvious inconvenience that they will have to experience after April 30th. For years their use of mobile car washing vs. fixed-site car washes has been an ultimate convenience - since many of their cars were washed early in the morning before they left for work. Additionally, what about the harding-working and dependable mobile car wash operators and the incredible decline in their income?
Residents of Calabasas don't have much longer to get used to this new ordinance and I'm sure the controversy regarding the ban will be continuing for some time.
By Haroldine Gearhart
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