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Planning Commission
REGULAR MEETING

Monday, June 17, 2024, 6:00 PM
Andrew P. Fox City Council Chambers
2100 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362


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Speakers my either join the meeting in person or via Zoom.  The Brown Act prohibits a person from having to register to attend a public meeting.  The Zoom app requires registration if you would like to attend via video/teleconference.  If you do not wish to register to attend the Planning Commission meeting via Zoom, the Andrew P. Fox City Council Chambers is open and freely accessible to the public.  If you would like to speak on an agenda item REMOTELY (not in person), please follow the link:  Click to Request to Speak.  Please see page two for more information.  You may participate by submitting written comments by email to [email protected] (please indicate the agenda item number in the subject line); if received by noon on the day of the meeting written comments will be provided to the Commission before the meeting and made part of the record; written comments submitted after noon will be made part of the record.  
 
Don Lanson, Chair
Justin Link, Vice Chair
Mic Farris, Commissioner
Marcella Tyler Ketelhut, Commissioner
Sharon McMahon, Commissioner

 
Staff
Fabiola Zelaya Melicher, Deputy Community Development Director
Stephen Kearns, Planning Manager
Patrick Hehir, Chief Assistant City Attorney
 
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The following is provided to assist with public participation:

Agenda Availability:  The Planning Commission Agenda is posted at the entrance to the Civic Arts Plaza/City Hall, 2100 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks [main posting location pursuant to the Brown Act, G.C. 54954.2(a)].  The Agenda packet and “Live and Archived” meetings and minutes are available on the City’s website at www.toaks.org. Televised Planning Commission Meetings are broadcast live and re-broadcast (following the meeting) Thursday at 8:00 a.m. and Saturday at 10:00 a.m. on TOTV (Frontier Channel 3, Spectrum Channel 10); also available on YouTube (CTOMeetings).

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Consent Calendar:  Matters listed on the Consent Calendar do not require significant reporting and/or discussion for decision, or are considered to be routine, and will be approved by one motion as recommended. There will be no separate discussion unless a Commissioner or staff member requests separate discussion prior to approval.

 
 
1.
CALL TO ORDER:
2.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
3.
ROLL CALL:  
4.
WRITTEN COMMENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS / SUPPLEMENTAL PACKET / CONTINUANCES :
5.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
6.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
A.
Minutes of Planning Commission Meeting of May  6, 2024.

RECOMMENDATION:
Approve

 
7.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A.
Subject:     Development Permit DP-2023-70021 Major Modification,
                   Special Use Permit SUP-2023-70018 Minor Modification, and
                   Protected Tree Permit PTP-2024-70020

Applicant:  Pavel Getov, Studio Antares Inc.
                        Derek Reynolds, Truck Stop Holdings, LLC
                    
Location:    880 South Westlake Boulevard (APN:  6930130315)

Request:    To allow a Minor Modification to a Special Use Permit and a Major Modification to a Development Permit for the removal of 86 parking spaces to create an outdoor venue with two bars (constructed from modified cargo shipping containers), a stage, portable restrooms, and three food trucks, with a total of 2,980 square feet of accessory structures. The request also includes the sale and consumption of beer, wine, and distilled spirits with food service and outdoor live entertainment to be located within the northwest portion of the existing Hyatt Regency Westlake hotel parking lot, immediately adjacent to the U.S. 101 southbound on-ramp off Westlake Boulevard. The proposed operation hours are Monday and Tuesday 11 AM - 11 PM (private events only); Wednesday and Thursday 4 PM - 11 PM; Friday 11 AM - 11 PM; and Saturday and Sunday 9 AM - 11 PM. The property is zoned C-4 Regional Shopping Center Zone.

Recommendation:  
Adopt a resolution based on the findings and subject to the conditions contained therein to:
1. Find that the project is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines pursuant to Class 1 Section 15301 Existing Facilities, and Section 15303 New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures; and
2. Approve Development Permit DP-2023-70021 to allow the elimination of 86 parking spaces for the development of an outdoor venue; and
3. Approve Special Use Permit SUP-2023-70018 to allow the sale and consumption of alcohol, and live entertainment within operational hours; and
4. Approve Protected Tree Permit PTP-2024-70020 to allow the pruning of two oak trees (Quercus lobata) at the entrance of the project site.

Planner:     Associate Planner Angela Georgeff

 
8.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
9.
COMMISSION COMMENTS AND AB 1234 REPORTS:
10.
STAFF UPDATE:
A.
Follow-up items, announcements and upcoming issues.
B.
Upcoming Planning Commission Meetings
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ADJOURNMENT:  to 6:00 p.m. July 1, 2024, Planning Commission Meeting
Agenda Post Date/Time: June 13, 2024 5:00P.M.
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