In-N-Out got a second chance to build its fourth Treasure Valley fast-food joint — then lost it.
The California burger chain appears to have reached the end of its quest for a proposed drive-thru restaurant on busy Ten Mile Road, after the Meridian City Council denied its request for a conditional-use permit for the drive-thru on Tuesday evening. The decision upheld a previous denial by the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission over traffic concerns raised by city officials and in more than 300 public comments.
At the public hearing Tuesday, In-N-Out doubled down on its position that the drive-thru planned for the southwest corner of Ten Mile and Chinden Boulevard, near Costco, would not negatively affect surrounding roads. The chain agreed to reduce its hours of operation and to limit delivery hours, according to a letter appealing the planning commission’s April denial…