Design Review Board
Regular MeetingGlendale, CA · January 26, 2023
Agenda
AGENDA
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
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Glendale, CA 91206
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JANUARY 26, 2023 AT 5:00 PM
1. ROLL CALL: Lockareff, Kaskanian, Simonian, Tchaghayan, Welch
2. REPORTS REGARDING POSTING OF AGENDA
The Agenda for the January 26, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Design Review
Board was posted on the City’s website on Thursday, January 19, 2023, and on the
Bulletin Board outside City Hall on Monday, January 23, 2023.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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a. Approval of Design Review Board Minutes from January 12, 2023
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
a. ITEM:
1766 Cielito Drive
DRB Case No. PDR2113521-B (CASE TO BE CONTINUED TO THE FEBRUARY 9, 2023
DRB MEETING)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant is proposing to demolish the existing 1-story, 3,246 square-foot (SF) single-
family dwelling with attached, 2-car garage (originally built in 1961) and to construct a new
2-story, 4,855 SF single-family dwelling with an attached, subterranean, 3-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. This is a second submittal for Final
Review; on May 26, 2022, the DRB voted to “Return for Redesign”.
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 the demolition and construction of a single-family dwelling.
b. ITEM:
2900 Greenwich Road
DRB Case No. 2211198
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
To construct a new three-story, 3,489 square-foot single-family residence with an attached
two-car garage on a 16,568 square-foot lot in the R1R, District II zone. The site is currently
vacant.
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 the construction of a single-family dwelling.
8. NEW BUSINESS
9. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATES
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10. ADJOURNMENT
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