THOUSAND OAKS : Panel to Debate Plan on 4 Office Buildings
The Thousand Oaks Planning Commission will consider a proposal to build four office buildings on the southwest corner of Duesenberg and Hillcrest drives at its Monday night meeting.
The city planning staff does not recommend approval of the $7.75-million project, primarily because the developer wants to provide fewer parking spaces than required by city code.
The developer, J.D. Schwetz Co., is asking for a 16% reduction in parking, or 22 fewer spaces than the 138 required to accommodate the proposed 34,500 square feet of office space in the four buildings.
The planning staff is also concerned that the proposed offices are too close to single-family houses immediately east of Duesenberg Drive.
The two-acre site is about 400 feet from the Westlake Hills development.
But the neighborhood homeowners’ association supports the office complex.
The property is zoned for industrial use.
In a letter to the chairman of the Planning Commission, the Westlake Hills Homeowner’s Assn. said it preferred an office building to industrial use.
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