Planning Commission approves In‑N‑Out conditional use permit with hours, delivery and sign conditions

Case LDC25‑00006 (In‑N‑Out Burger) was presented by Jeff Foster, associate planner, and recommended for approval of a conditional use permit to allow operations beyond standard hours, a 42‑foot pole sign adjacent to a major arterial, an Alternative Equivalent Compliance (AEC) for ground‑floor transparency, and a major deviation to exceed the 100,000 lumens per acre site‑lighting standard by less than 50%.

Project summary: The applicant proposes a single‑story, 3,887 sq. ft. In‑N‑Out restaurant with indoor seating for 84 and a covered outdoor patio for about 40 customers on a 2.52‑acre consolidated site. The design shows 67 parking spaces (code requires 25) and a dedicated drive‑thru queue for 34 vehicles (extendable to 42 without blocking parking). The future Starbucks on an adjacent 0.57‑acre parcel was included in the project traffic analysis as a separate entitlement.

Key technical issues: Staff reviewed compatibility with nearby land uses (principal arterials to the north/east, residential about 275 feet to the south across Margrave Drive), the AEC request (north facade…