Design Review Board

AGENDA DESIGN REVIEW BOARD VIA TELECONFERENCE ONLY 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. Meetings are also archived on the City Website for viewing anytime at glendaleca.gov/agendas. Call (818) 548-4013 for program schedules. DVDs of the proceedings are available for purchase in the City Clerk's Office. If you have any question about matters on the agenda, or requests for assistance, please contact the CDD Planning Division staff at (818) 548-2140 during regular business hours. 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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. FEBRUARY 10, 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: Lockareff, Minas, Simonian, Tchaghayan, Welch 1 2. REPORTS REGARDING POSTING OF AGENDA The Agenda for the February 10, 2022 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Design Review Board was posted on the City’s website on January 3, 2022, and on the Bulletin Board outside City Hall on January 7, 2022. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a.Approval of Design Review Board Minutes from December 9, 2021. b.Approval of Design Review Board Minutes from January 13, 2022. 4. 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. 5. BOARD/COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS 6. OLD BUSINESS 7. NEW BUSINESS a. ITEM: 1766 Cielito Drive DRB Case No. PDR 2113521 PROJECT DESCRIPTION THIS ITEM IS CONTINUED TO THE NEXT DRB MEETING ON FEBRUARY 24, 2022. The applicant is proposing to demolish the existing one-story, 3,246 square-foot (SF) single- family dwelling with attached, two-car garage (originally built in 1961) and to construct a new two-story, 5,337 SF single-family dwelling with an attached, subterranean, three-car garage on a 23,620 SF, double-frontage lot located in the R1R (FAR District II) Zone. The new house also features an outdoor deck and new swimming pool. 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. b. ITEM: 1133 Park Avenue DRB Case No. PDR 2120224 PROJECT DESCRIPTION To construct a new 876 square-foot, two-story addition at the rear of an existing one-story, 1,014 square-foot single-family residence (constructed 1939) with a detached, two-car garage (to remain) on a 6,208 square-foot property located in the R-2250 (Medium Density Residential) Zone. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION 2  The project is exempt from CEQA as a Class 1 “Existing Facility” exemption, pursuant to Section 15301(e)(1) of the State CEQA Guidelines, as the proposed addition to a single family residence will not result in an increase of more than 2,500 square-feet. c. ITEM: 526, 528 and 532 Hazel Street DRB Case No. PDR 216686 PROJECT DESCRIPTION To construct a new 3-story, 17-unit multi-family residential building, featuring two affordable units restricted to very-low income households and a one-level, 38-space, subterranean parking garage, on a 20,328 SF project site located in the R-2250 (Medium Density Residential) zone and composed of three adjoining lots (526, 528 and 532 Hazel Street). The existing three, one-story residential dwellings and two detached garages located at 526 Hazel (built in 1920) and 528 Hazel Street (built in 1932 and 1949) are proposed to be demolished. 532 Hazel Street is a vacant lot. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is exempt from CEQA as a Class 32 “Infill Development” exemption, pursuant to Section 15332 of the State CEQA Guidelines, because the project meets all the conditions for an in-fill development project. 8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATES 9. ADJOURNMENT 3