The City Council in Culver City, California, passed a 45-day moratorium last month to prohibit permits for new drive-throughs while staff drafted a potential ban, according to LAist. This comes after the city\u2019s mobility subcommittee voted to recommend staff draft the ban in May.<\/p>\n
If the city council approves a ban, only new businesses would be affected.<\/p>\n
In-N-Out would be the first new drive-thru in Culver City since 1997, according to a city staff report. The proposed fast-food restaurant<\/a> would include 61 parking spaces and a drive-thru lane that could fit 26 vehicles.<\/p>\n IN-N-OUT TO ENTER NEW MARKET WITH MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS BY YEAR’S END: REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n The City Council in Culver City, California, passed a 45-day moratorium last month to prohibit permits for new drive-thrus while staff drafted a potential ban. (Retuers\/Daniel Cole \/ Reuters)<\/p>\n The burger chain had not submitted the formal application for a permit it was preparing when the city passed the moratorium, a city spokesperson told LAist.<\/p>\n FOX Business reached out to In-N-Out for comment.<\/p>\n “As a private, family-owned company, we generally don\u2019t comment publicly on business matters,” a spokesperson for In-N-Out told LAist.<\/p>\n Critics of In-N-Out’s plan have slammed the proposal for potentially hurting the city’s ability to be safe and walkable.<\/p>\n “Density is inevitable, and development is inevitable,” Vanessa Martin, a city resident organizing support for the drive-thru ban, told LAist. “We want to be proactive and smart about it.”<\/p>\n Martin’s wife, Cynthia, created an online petition\u00a0calling on residents and the city council to oppose the In-N-Out “mega drive-thru,” arguing it would create traffic congestion, worsen air quality and pose safety concerns for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n In-N-Out would be the first new drive-thru in Culver City since 1997. (Reuters\/Daniel Cole \/ Reuters)<\/p>\n Another resident, Paul Hewitt, began handing out flyers to his neighbors calling the project a “terrible idea.”<\/p>\n Culver City Councilmember Bubba Fish, who sits on the city\u2019s mobility subcommittee, said the city needs to create “more walkable, bikeable, safer streets for people of all modes, and drive-throughs are the antithesis of that.”<\/p>\n But opponents of the ban said drive-throughs are an important option for consumers, including people with disabilities and families with children.<\/p>\n Jot Condie, the president of the California Restaurant Association, said he believes drive-thru bans are generally “shortsighted.”<\/p>\n “You\u2019re essentially banning quick-service restaurants without specifically stating that,” Condie said.<\/p>\n A DAD REVEALED HOW HIS FAMILY OF 5 EATS AT CHICK-FIL-A FOR UNDER $45<\/a><\/p>\n Critics of In-N-Out’s plan have slammed the proposal for potentially hurting the city’s ability to be safe and walkable. (Robert Gauthier\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/in-n-out-burger-california.jpg\")
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