I’m not a free market maximalist. I just don’t see how some random local politician is more qualified to determine how many car washes are permissible than local business owners who have bought and permitted car wash businesses.
And for whatever it’s worth there aren’t nearly enough car washes where I live.
A politician may be more or less qualified than the business owner, but they don't have the obvious conflict of interest and are more likely to act in the interest of the locality as a whole
And for whatever it’s worth there aren’t nearly enough car washes where I live.