Planning Commissioner
Don Lanson
Thousand Oaks
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- 43:35
- Avg per meeting
- 7:16
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- 617
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Voting record (59)
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Consent Calendar: September 28, 2026 Minutes and 2027 Planning Commission Schedule
Item 07C — Calleguas Municipal Water District Monument Sign (SUP 2026-70006)
Motion by Commissioner Farris to approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of September 14, 2026 as amended
Motion by Commissioner McMahon to adopt a Resolution, based on the findings and subject to the conditions therein, to determine that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
Motion by Commissioner McMahon to continue to a date certain of October 26, 2026
Approval of Consent Calendar Item 6.A — Minutes of September 14, 2026
Continuance of Item 7.A — Protected Tree Permit 2026-70071 / RPD 2026-70004 (3948 Skelton Canyon Circle)
Approval of PPD 2025-70025 and AA 2026-70021 — 1456 El Verano Drive
Motion by Commissioner Lanson to approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of August 24, 2026; carried 4-0
Motion by Commissioner Lanson to adopt a Resolution, based on the findings and subject to the conditions therein, as amended above, to find that the Addendum CEQA-2026-70003, dated September 2026, was
Motion by Commissioner Lanson to adopt a Resolution, based on the findings and subject to the conditions therein, to determine that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
Consent Calendar — Minutes of August 24, 2026
Amgen Building 50 Project and Specific Plan 16 Amendment (DP-2026-70002, SP-2026-70001, PTP-2026-70113, CEQA-2026-70003)
RPD 2025-70011 Minor Modification — 4934 Read Road (Frank Garcia)
Motion by Commissioner Lanson to continue RAA-2025-70001 to a date certain on October 12, 2026
Motion by Commissioner McMahon to approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of July 6, 2026, as amended
Approval of July 6, 2026 Meeting Minutes (Consent Calendar Item 6.A)
He was absent from the July 6, 2026 meeting being approved.
Continuance of RAA 2025-70001 Ranch Mobile Home Park Rent Increase Hearing
Motion by Commissioner Farris to adopt a Resolution, based on the findings and subject to the conditions therein, as amended above, to deny the appeal, thereby upholding the Administrative Approval of
Motion by Commissioner McMahon to approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of June 22, 2026
Appeal of Lot Line Adjustment PM-2025-70009 (2100 Upper Ranch Road)
Motion by Commissioner Lanson to adopt a Resolution, based on the findings and subject to the conditions therein to find the project Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
Motion by Commissioner Lanson to adopt a Resolution, as amended, based on the findings and subject to the conditions therein to 1) find that the Addendum (CEQA-2025-70001), dated April 2026, was prepa
Precise Plan of Design PPD 2026-70003 — 719 Tudor Circle second-story addition
The project complies with codes, there is no view restriction, and other two-story homes exist in the neighborhood.
Horizontal Mixed-Use Development — 195 East Hillcrest Drive (DP 2025-70001, LD 2025-70004, PTP 2025-70002, CEQA 2025-70001)
Saw the project as strategic repurposing of underused office land into needed housing, consistent with the rezone vision.
table the motion below in order to re-open the public hearing
approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of May 11, 2026, as amended
re-open the public hearing
Approval of Consent Calendar — Minutes of May 11, 2026
Motion to table the recommendation in order to reopen the public hearing
Motion to reopen the public hearing
Recommendation to City Council to certify the EIR and approve the Downtown Thousand Oaks Project entitlements
approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of March 23, 2026
adopt a Resolution, based on the findings an subject to the conditions therein to find that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section
approve Consent Calendar item 6.B. Resolution confirming the Planning Commission’s action of February 23, 2026 regarding the Latigo Project at 2150 Hillcrest Drive (as amended)
Approval of Consent Calendar Item 6.A — Minutes of March 23, 2026
Approval of Consent Calendar Item 6.B — Latigo Project Resolution (2150 West Hillcrest Drive)
Approval of PPD 2025-70042 — New Residence at 1283 La Granada Drive (DAF Trust)
approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of February 23, 2026
Consent Calendar: Minutes of February 23, 2026 Planning Commission meeting
SUP 2024-70016 and PTP 2024-70075 — Chabad of Westlake Village, 530 Hampshire Road
Called it a better community use than the former storage-facility proposal.