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Chris Johnson
From:Luke Cavener
Sent:Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:35 PM
To:Chris Johnson
Subject:Fw: Planning and Zoning - Public comment on In-N-Out permit
Chris, can this be added to the file for the TUP?
From: Kelcie Moseley-Morris <kelcielm@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:33 PM
To: luke cavener <lcavener@gmail.com>
Subject: Planning and Zoning - Public comment on In-N-Out permit
Hi Luke,
If you can pass this along to the Planning and Zoning committee, I would be most appreciative!
I am submitting comment on the proposed permit for building a new In-N-Out location at the corner of
Ten Mile and Lost Rapids. As a resident of the Bainbridge neighborhood, I welcomed the addition of
Costco, an apartment complex, and various businesses to this area over the past five years that we have
occupied this house. We frequent the businesses there on a weekly basis, including for gas, groceries,
and occasional takeout.
That frequency will almost certainly go down significantly if this permit is approved. I already struggle
with traffic coming in on the Ten Mile side from Chinden when I'm trying to go to Costco from Lost Rapids,
and I think the addition of this restaurant in particular would make that entire complex one I would no
longer want to visit most days. Even if I wanted to walk to Costco, it's not a place I can easily haul items
to and from by foot.
I understand that In-N-Out thinks it can manage its car line effectively with that space. Maybe that would
be true if this was a different location. But if the line were to at all exceed the space within that
designated area, it would block off the flow of traffic to Costco, potentially spread into the roadway on
Lost Rapids, and generally cause all sorts of mayhem. Unlike the restaurant at The Village and the Boise
Towne Square mall, there isn't some kind of "staging area" in the near vicinity that could be used for
overflow lines.
All of this is not even considering the fact that In-N-Out is open until 1 a.m., and it would be extremely
close to the apartments and homes that would be disturbed by activity that late at night. It's also open on
Sundays, which would add another layer of traffic nightmare given its close proximity to the LDS church
right across the street.
Meridian still has so much open space for lease. The Orchard Park development would be a wonderful
place to put In-N-Out, or Ten Mile Crossing down near Scheels. The very same reason that this restaurant
would create traffic and neighborhood havoc is the reason why it will not be a hardship for them to find
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another location — it is extraordinarily popular, and people will flock to whatever spot is closest to them,
regardless of where it is.
Please ask In-N-Out to find another location that is not already so crowded.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Kelcie Moseley-Morris
6055 N. Colosseum Ave.
Meridian, ID 83646
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