Downtown project gets commission approval

Minutes of the Planning Commission Meeting of May 11, 2026. RECOMMENDATION: Approve

Subject: Downtown Thousand Oaks Project (DTTO): Environmental Impact Report (CEQA) 2025-70002, General Plan Amendment (GP) 2025-70001, Specific Plan (SP) 2025-70001, Tentative Tract Map (TTM) 2025-70003, Development Permit (DP) 2025-70015, Protected Tree Permit (PTP) 2025-70093, and Special Use Permit (SUP) 2025-70022 Applicant: City of Thousand Oaks, Akbar Alikhan, Assistant City Manager Location: Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, generally bound by Thousand Oaks Boulevard to the north, Highway 101 to the south, Conejo School Road to the east and Oakwood Drive terminus to the west, generally described as 2100 E Thousand Oaks Boulevard (including some or all portions of 1868, 1934, 1938, and 1948 E Thousand Oaks Boulevard) Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs): 670-0-181-110, -090, -140; -235, -250, -260, -270, -340, -350, and -360; 670-0-182-050, -060, -190, -210, -220, and -230, and 671-0-240-450, and -460). 265 S Rancho Road (APN 676-0-040-105) and 110 S Conejo School Road (APN 671-0-240-410) would be used for off-site parking only. 2150 and 2200 E Thousand Oaks Boulevard (APN 671-0-240-485, and -475) are included in the Specific Plan Amendment area but are not part of the area to be disturbed. Request : Planning Commission will consider amendments to the General Plan and Specific Plan No. 11, together with related entitlement applications, for the Downtown Thousand Oaks Project generally located at 2100 E Thousand Oaks Boulevard and two off-site locations (Attachments #s 1, 2, and 3). The Planning Commission will consider the following entitlement applications: (1) Environmental Impact Report CEQA-2025-70002 (State Clearinghouse No. 2025090621): To consider the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality (CEQA) for the subject property. (2) General Plan Amendment GP-2025-70001: To change the land use designation of a 5.33-acre portion of the project area from “Institutional” to “Mixed-Use” and increase the allowed height; (3) Specific Plan Amendment SP-2025-70001: A mend the Civic Arts Plaza (CAP) Specific Plan (SP-11) to create a new Subarea E to facilitate development of a new pedestrian-oriented downtown, including mixed-use residential, a hotel, commercial, office, and entertainment uses; partial reconstruction of the existing City Hall; public amenities such as a park plaza and outdoor amphitheater; and supporting infrastructure, including new roadways, reconfigured utilities, and stormwater management improvements ; (4) Development Permit DP-2025-70015: To allow the construction of four new buildings, including a seven-story 142-key hotel totaling approximately 125,675 square-feet; a seven-story 161-unit mixed-use building (26 affordable units) with subterranean garage totaling approximately 258,000 square feet of floor area; a four-story, 79-unit building (13 affordable units) with subterranean garage totaling approximately 111,454 square feet; a two-story park restaurant building totaling approximately 6,725 square feet; and a public park with children’s play structure splash pad, interactive play equipment, informal stages and seating areas, and flexible open space; (5) Tentative Tract Map TTM-2025-70003: To merge 16 existing underlying parcels and resubdivide to create nine new separate legal parcels with the option to further subdivide five of the lots into condominium units; (6) Special Use Permit SUP-2025-70022: To allow the on-site sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages and off-site sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages within subareas B, C, and E of SP-11 . (7) Protected Tree Permit PTP-2025-70093: To allow for the removal of 53 protected trees, to be replaced with 159 protected trees (on- and off-site) as well as the encroachment into the protected zone of 39 protected trees. Recommendation : Adopt a Resolution, based on the findings and subject to the conditions contained therein, recommending that City Council : 1. Certify the Final Environmental Impact Report associated with CEQA-2025-70002 (SCH#2025090621) with appropriate CEQA Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act ; and 2. Approve General Plan Amendment (GP) 2025-70001, Specific Plan (SP) 2025-70001, Tentative Tract Map (TTM) 2025-70003, Development Permit (DP) 2025-70015, Protected Tree Permit (PTP) 2025-70093, and Special Use Permit (SUP) 2025-70022. Planner: Krystin Rice, Planning Division Manager

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