Design Review Board

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Please specify the language for which you require translation. The exclusive use of City provided interpreters is not required and persons are welcome to use their own interpreter or speak in their native language. JANUARY 13, 2022 AT 5:00 PM To help slow the transmission of COVID-19, and protect the health and safety of the community, City Council, as well as Board & Commission meetings, will continue to be closed to the public for in-person attendance. The public is encouraged to watch and participate from the safety of their homes to practice social distancing. Meetings are broadcast live on Glendale TV, viewable on Spectrum Cable, channel 6, and AT&T U-verse, channel 99. Meetings are also streamed live in high definition (HD) on the city's webpage, glendaleca.gov/live, on YouTube.com/myglendale, and on Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire devices using a free app called Screenweave and choosing “Glendale TV” from the menu. For public comments and questions during the meeting, call (818) 937-8100. Public comments on a specific agenda item will be taken when that agenda item is discussed. 1. ROLL CALL: Minas, Simonian, Tchaghayan, Welch 1 2. REPORTS REGARDING POSTING OF AGENDA The Agenda for the January 13, 2022 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Design Review Board was posted on January 10, 2022, on the Bulletin Board outside City Hall. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a.Approval of Design Review Board Minutes from December 9, 2021. 4. ELECTION OF NEW CHAIRPERSON 5. ORAL COMMUNICATION Discussion is limited to items not a part of this agenda. Each speaker is limited to 5 minutes. Design Review Board may question or respond to the speaker but there will be no debate or decision. 6. BOARD/COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS 7. OLD BUSINESS 8. NEW BUSINESS a. ITEM: 620 N. Brand Boulevard and 625 N. Maryland Avenue DRB Case No. PDR 2119308 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant is proposing to maintain the existing six-story commercial bank/office building at 620 N. Brand Boulevard, demolish the two-level parking garage and adjacent commercial building to the rear along Maryland Avenue (625 N. Maryland Avenue), and construct a new 294-unit, 24-story multi-family residential building on the easterly half of the 63,760 SF (1.48 acre) project site zoned DSP Gateway District. The Project includes 373 subterranean parking spaces for the residential use and 129 above-ground, replacement parking spaces for existing commercial bank building, as well as a sizeable, publicly accessible open space courtyard/plaza fronting Brand Boulevard and residential amenity spaces and decks throughout the project. The proposed FAR is 7.25 and the building height is 266 feet (7.25 FAR and 275 feet maximum by right). The project complies with all of the development standards and no variances are proposed. The project is being presented to the Design Review Board for advisory comments. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The Community Development Department, after having conducted an Initial Study, is finalizing a Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA) for the project. The proposed SCEA and all documents referenced therein will be available for review on the Planning Division website at: http://www.glendaleca.gov/environmental. The proposed Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment Comment Period has tentatively been scheduled for January 13, 2022 to February 14, 2022. Written comments may be submitted to the Community Development Department, Planning Division Office, during the 30-day review period. b. ITEM: 1732 Wabasso Way 2  DRB Case No. PDR 2112818 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant is proposing to demolish the existing 1,407 square-foot (SF) single-family dwelling and detached two-car garage (originally built in 1930) and to construct a new one- story, 2,719 SF single-family dwelling with attached two-car garage on a 14,400 SF lot in the R1 (FAR District I) Zone. The existing swimming pool and detached ADU in the backyard will remain. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is exempt from CEQA as a Class 3 “New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures” exemption, pursuant to Section 15303(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines, because the project involves the development of one single-family residence. c. ITEM: 1136 Green Street DRB Case No. PDR 2002797 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant is requesting approval to maintain existing non-permitted features, such as stair railing, pillars, window change-outs, etc., to the front façade and front yard of a 1,414 square-foot single-family residence (built in 1922) located on a 6,000 square-foot lot in the R1R, District III zone. No additional square footage is proposed as part of the project. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 1 “Existing Facilities” exemption, pursuant to Section 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines, because the project is the legalization of architectural features for an existing single-family house. 9. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATES 10. ADJOURNMENT 3