Car washes temporarily close following notice from the Joint Unified Command Center
April 4, 2020
Car washes around Muskingum County are closed Saturday following a notice from the Muskingum County Joint Unified Command Center Friday.
“All car wash services (self-serve, touchless, and full service) should close. Water and vacuums should be turned off,” the notice read.
The vacuum hoses at Bee Clean Express Car Wash could be seen being removed Saturday, adhering to the Command Center’s recommendation .
Car washes had previously self-classified themselves as an essential service providing cleaning to emergency vehicles and customers alike, but the order Friday ended that classification.
Governor Mike DeWine has previously stated he will appoint a state board to evaluate and provide guidance in cases where health departments have differing conclusion on essential business across the State of Ohio. This process is designed to create a uniform standard to identify which businesses are essential and may remain open while following strict guidelines laid out by the state.
Alyson Ruggeri • Apr 15, 2020 at 8:24 am
This is ridiculous . A touchless car wash there is no contact with another person. You put money in the machine and drive through. Plenty of social distancing you are in your own car. Simply ignorant and people do need to keep their cars clean. Really?
Mike west • Apr 7, 2020 at 4:09 am
This bullshit is out of hand shutting down car washes how stupid is society in the fucking goddamn government come on people get real if the government didn’t put this virus to us hippie no big deal but the government did it with all the government it’s there a way to kill population and make their pockets bigger
Steve stevr • Apr 6, 2020 at 12:23 am
What does a self serve care wash got to do with it. Can’t close every single buissness. Its one car at a time. One person. More people in Wal-Mart’s the carwash see all month.
Christie • Apr 5, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Why do car washes need to close, especially self service car washes?