Saratoga Springs council approves In‑N‑Out restaurant and warehouse site plans
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Summary
The council unanimously approved a site plan for an In‑N‑Out restaurant at West Redwood and a major amendment for an In‑N‑Out warehouse in the Northern Frontier Business Park. Staff described parking, stacking and landscaping; council discussed traffic and the possibility of additional stop signage.
The Saratoga Springs City Council on Monday unanimously approved a site plan for an In‑N‑Out Burger restaurant at 104 West Redwood Road and a separate major site-plan amendment for an In‑N‑Out warehouse in the Northern Frontier Business Park.
Staff presented the restaurant plan, noting the planning commission had recommended approval. The presentation described a double‑lane drive‑through designed for 32 stacking positions, 84 on‑site parking stalls, and landscaping that covers about 34 percent of the site to screen vehicle lighting along Redwood Road. Staff said the restaurant parcel is approximately 2.09 acres and otherwise meets the city’s zoning and design standards. A traffic study cited by the applicant’s team reported maximum queuing of 31 cars at a comparable In‑N‑Out location in American Fork.
Councilmembers asked several traffic and circulation questions, including whether queuing might overflow into adjacent public roads and whether the city could require a stop sign at a private north access that will connect to the shopping center. In‑N‑Out representatives said they have an over‑stack management plan that uses on‑site associates, cones and monitoring to keep queuing orderly and that they can direct overflow into an on‑site area as needed. Staff noted that, because the stop sign would not be required by existing code or the traffic study, the council could either request further research or direct staff to obtain additional traffic analysis before making a code‑based condition.
The council approved the restaurant site plan on a roll call vote after a motion by Councilman Barton and a second; council members voted in favor unanimously.
On the warehouse proposal, staff described changes at the rear of the building to allow truck turning, the removal of landscape islands with a required 10‑foot buffer, a trash enclosure and a 4‑foot awning above bay doors. In‑N‑Out development staff said the warehouse will support area restaurants and expand the employer’s local operations; the company estimated the existing Draper facility employs about 30–50 people and said the new warehouse will be substantially larger. The council moved and unanimously approved the warehouse site‑plan amendment.
Next steps include the developer obtaining building permits and any required architectural plan checks; applicants said they plan to move forward with permitting and build as quickly as the permit process allows.
(Reporting note: exact building square‑foot totals in the site presentation contained garbled numbers in the transcript record and are therefore listed here as described by staff: lot size about 2.09 acres; parking and stacking figures are as presented.)
