Planning Commissioner
Mic Farris
Thousand Oaks
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- 12:37
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Voting record (65)
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Consent Calendar: September 28, 2026 Minutes and 2027 Planning Commission Schedule
Item 07A — Skelton Canyon Tree Permit and RPD Minor Modification (PTP 2026-70071 / RPD 2026-70004 MN)
Item 07B — Oak Tree Removal at 192 Dale Avenue (PTP 2026-70093)
Supported staff recommendation, weighing retaining wall and public right-of-way damage over the rear fence, and declined to waive standard conditions to avoid precedent.
Item 07C — Calleguas Municipal Water District Monument Sign (SUP 2026-70006)
Preferred a redesign consistent with the sign ordinance's height and size limits rather than approving the exceedance.
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
Believed impacts on the adjoining downhill property were not fully evaluated and the setback fix was made on the fly.
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)
The FAR calculation excluding below-grade areas is a new concept and he does not want to set a precedent.
RPD 2025-70011 Minor Modification — 4934 Read Road (Frank Garcia)
The deck occupies a manufactured slope subject to covenants requiring heavy landscaping; he would approve the carport but not the deck.
Motion by Commissioner Lanson to continue RAA-2025-70001 to a date certain on October 12, 2026
Approval of July 6, 2026 Meeting Minutes (Consent Calendar Item 6.A)
Motion by Commissioner McMahon to approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of July 6, 2026, as amended
Continuance of RAA 2025-70001 Ranch Mobile Home Park Rent Increase Hearing
Motion by Commissioner McMahon to approve Consent Calendar item 6.A. Minutes of June 22, 2026
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
Continue Item 7.A (PPD 2025-70025, AA 2026-70021) to a date uncertain
Approve Consent Calendar — Minutes of June 22, 2026
Deny Special Use Permit SUP 2024-70021 (Seventh-day Adventist church, 2639 Lavery Court)
Compelled by the staff report; the use would generate more parking demand than the site was approved for.
Appeal of Lot Line Adjustment PM-2025-70009 (2100 Upper Ranch Road)
Believes the lot line adjustment changes the conditions of approval by eliminating the required landscaping buffer for that portion of Lot 15.
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
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
Horizontal Mixed-Use Development — 195 East Hillcrest Drive (DP 2025-70001, LD 2025-70004, PTP 2025-70002, CEQA 2025-70001)
Supported the motion despite discomfort with the cascade of density bonus waivers, finding them necessary for the project.
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
Concern for setting a height precedent, removal of 53 protected trees, and the Jungleland historical artifacts plan.