TOWN STAFF REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
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Discuss, consider and act to adopt Ordinance 1022 amending certain provisions within PD, Planned Development Zoning District 1-2 (PD 1-2) regulating the development of approximately 85.9 acres of land generally located between State Highway 114, Davis Boulevard, and Solana Boulevard, and commonly known as "Entrada" to include adding a definition and certain standards for stacked flats; removing the residential to non-residential development ratios; updating the schedule of permitted of uses; and updating the standards for building height.
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STAFF: Jason Alexander, AICP, CEcD, Deputy Town Manager
BACKGROUND:
On April 22, 2013, the Town Council approved Ordinance No. 703, establishing PD, Planned Development District 1-2 ("PD 1-2"). The purpose of PD 1-2 is to create an environment in which residential uses, commercial uses, and civic uses may co-exist in proximity while providing architecture and landscape architecture of an elevated character and quality.
The proposed text amendments to PD 1-2 build upon the Strategic Plan --- adopted by the Town Council on February 18, 2025 --- and will have significantly positive implications on the economic development and the physical development of the Town of Westlake.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed text amendments to 1-2 --- as shown in Ordinance 1022 as proposed (i.e., EXHIBIT "A") --- are bold and underlined and generally summarized below (e.g., Sections 2-8):
* Section 2. This section introduces a new definition for "Stacked Flat" --- which is a residential unit that is expressly intended to be introduced within the context of a mixed-use building --- and will expand the residential options within Entrada. Additionally, Stacked Flats are prohibited on the first story and are limited to certain blocks within Entrada as provided on the Development Plan (please refer to EXHIBIT "A-1").
* Section 3. This Section provides that the ratio for residential to non-residential develo...
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