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 24, 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 24, 2022 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Design Review Board was posted on the City’s website on February 17, 2022, and on the Bulletin Board outside City Hall on February 21, 2022. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a.Approval of Design Review Board Minutes from February 10, 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 a. ITEM: 1766 Cielito Drive DRB Case No. PDR 2113521 PROJECT DESCRIPTION TAKEN OFF CALENDAR AND WILL BE RENOTICED ONCE RESCHEDULED. 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 SmallStructures” exemption, pursuant to Section 15303(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines,because the project involves the development of one single-family residence. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. ITEM: 3450 N. Verdugo Road DRB Case No. PDR 2118187 PROJECT DESCRIPTION To construct a new 3-story, 25,141 SF mixed-use project containing new office and retail uses (total of 3,031 SF) at the first floor and 22 residential units at the upper two floors, featuring four (4) affordable units restricted to very-low income households. The two existing, one-story commercial buildings (built in 1923/1940/1979) will be demolished. The 21,000 SF project site is located in the C3-I Zone. The project provides a total of 61 parking spaces: 18 commercial parking spaces on the ground floor and 43 residential parking spaces within a new one-level subterranean parking garage. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION 2  The project is exempt from further CEQA review under a Class 32 “In-fill Development Project” exemption pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15332, because the project meets all the conditions for an infill development project. b. ITEM: 216- 222 S. Glendale Avenue and 611 Orange Grove Avenue DRB Case No. PDR 2119250 PROJECT DESCRIPTION To demolish a 918 square-foot, single-family residence (611 Orange Grove Avenue, built in 1923), a 722 square-foot, single tenant commercial building (222 South Glendale Avenue, built in 1970) and a 5,400 square-foot, multi-tenant commercial building (216 South Glendale Avenue, built in 1950), and to construct a new 1,528 square-foot, counter service restaurant with a drive-thru and outdoor dining area (Starbucks) on a 20,480 square-foot site located in the C3 I zone. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 3 “New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures” exemption pursuant to Section 15303 of the State CEQA Guidelines because the project involves construction of a new restaurant that does not involve the use of significant amounts of hazardous substances and does not exceeding 10,000 square feet in floor area. 8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATES 9. ADJOURNMENT 3