Planning Commission Agenda
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 6:00 P.M.
100 Civic Center Way
Calabasas, CA 91302

The meeting will be broadcast on CTV Channel 3 and the live stream of the meeting may be viewed online at www.cityofcalabasas.com/ctvlive.

The Planning Commission reserves the right to alter the order of the agenda to allow for an effective meeting. Attendance at the entire meeting may be necessary to ensure interested parties hear a particular item. The City values and invites written comments from residents on matters set for Planning Commission consideration. In order to provide commissioners ample time to review all correspondence, any written communication must be submitted to the City Clerk’s office before 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. Any written materials submitted to the Planning Commission are public records under the Public Records Act.

Opening Matters:

• Call to Order / Roll Call of Commission Members
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Approval of Agenda
• Announcements and Introductions

Oral Communications – Public Comment:

For persons wishing to address the Planning Commission on matters applicable to the Commission but not on the meeting agenda.

Consent Items:

1.  Approval of minutes:  November 2, 2023

2. Adoption of Resolution 2023-782, approving File No. SPR-2020-002;  consistent with the Commission’s direction on November 2, 2023.

Resolution 2023-782

Public Hearing Item(s):

3. File No(s): SPR-2023-005, CUP-2023-003, -004 and -005, SCP-2023-003, and TTM-2023-002 (Continued from 10/19/23): Request for a Site Plan Review, (3) Conditional Use Permits, a Scenic Corridor Permit and a Tentative Tract Map for a proposal to improve a portion of The Commons at Calabasas (“The Commons”), located at 4799 Commons Way (APN: 2068-003-021) within the Commercial Mixed-Use Zoning District, Scenic Corridor Overlay Zone and Affordable Housing Overlay with the construction of two new mixed-use buildings. The project’s new mixed-use buildings (referred to on the plans as Buildings A and B) contain 210,921 square feet of total new floor area with up to 119 residential units, including 12 affordable units, and up to 24,163 square feet of neighborhood-serving commercial uses. To accommodate the Project, the existing theater building (approximately 33,091 square feet) will be demolished, along with a portion of the existing surface parking lot and associated landscaping. The project site comprises five adjacent parcels [APNs: 2068-003-020, -021, -022, -023, & 024]. Development will be limited to Parcel B [APN 2068-003-021].  Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an Addendum to the General Plan Update Programmatic Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has been prepared in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines.

Submitted by: The Commons at Calabasas, LLC (Chris Robertson)
Planner(s): Glenn Michitsch, Senior Planner
(818) 224-1707
gmichitsch@cityofcalabasas.com

Jaclyn Rackerby, Planner
(818) 224-1705
jrackerby@cityofcalabasas.com

Carolyn Groves, Consulting Planner
(818) 224-1712
cgroves@cityofcalabasas.com

Item 3 - Staff Report
Exhibit A - Draft Planning Commission Resolution No. 2023-780
Exhibit B - Applicant’s Project Issue and Response Matrix
Exhibit C - Applicant’s Project Diagram Illustrating Application of Additional Stepback Conditions for Building A
Exhibit D - Staff Matrix of Planning Commissioner Comments/Issues
Exhibit E - Additional Public Comments/Correspondence
Architectural Examples
Public Correspondence
Presentation

Future Agenda Items and Reports:

4. Director’s Report.

5. Reports from Members of the Planning Commission

Adjournment:

Adjournment to the regular meeting of the Planning Commission on December 7, 2023 at 6:00 P.M.

_{Any legal action by an applicant, appellant, or other person, seeking to obtain judicial review of any Planning Commission decisions may be subject to the 90-day filing period of, and governed by, Code of Civil Procedure sections 1094.5 and 1094.6.}

_{Any person wishing to appeal a decision of the Planning Commission must do so within ten (10) days of the Planning Commission action. Please contact the Community Development Department for information regarding the appeal process. If you challenge any action of the Planning Commission in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. A copy of the Planning Commission agenda packet, staff reports and supporting documents, and any materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Planning Commission after distribution of the agenda packet are available for review by the public by contacting the project planner.  If, due to disability, you require special accommodations to attend or participate in a Planning Commission meeting, please contact the Community Development Department, (818) 224-1600, at least one business day prior to the scheduled meeting so staff may assist you.}