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. AUGUST 10, 2023 AT 5:00 PM 1. ROLL CALL: Lockareff, Kaskanian, Simonian, Tchaghayan, Welch 2. REPORTS REGARDING POSTING OF AGENDA The Agenda for the August 10, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Design Review Board was posted on the City’s website on August 3, 2023, and on the Bulletin Board outside City Hall on August 7, 2023. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of Design Review Board Minutes from July 27, 2023. 1 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: 1900 Riverside Drive DRB Case No. 000210-2022 PROJECT DESCRIPTION To demolish the existing commercial stable buildings and associated structures (originally developed in 1939) and construct three new buildings with 15 surface parking spaces for a commercial stable and kennel on a 44,682 square-foot (SF) corner lot (pending alley vacation approval), located in the CE (Commercial Equestrian) Zone. The project includes a new 1-story, 4,224 SF barn with 16 stables, a 1-story, 4,793 SF building to be used as a kennel, an outdoor corral, and a 630 SF accessory building. The project site is currently 39,985 SF and the project scope includes a future application to vacate an existing alley at the rear of the site. The total lot size after the alley vacation will be 44,682 SF. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 32 “Infill Development” exemption, pursuant to Section 15332 of the State CEQA Guidelines, because the project meets all of the conditions for an in-fill development project. b. ITEM: 441-445 W Glenoaks Boulevard DRB Case No. 001153-2023 PROJECT DESCRIPTION To demolish the two existing multi-family residential buildings with eight units (built in 1942) and detached carports, and to construct a new three-story, 17-unit multi-family residential project with a 47-space, two-level subterranean parking garage on an approximately 17,100 square-foot project site comprised of two lots zoned R-1250 (High Density Residential). ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 32 “Infill Development” exemption, pursuant to Section 15332 of the State CEQA Guidelines, because the project meets all of the conditions for an in-fill development project. c. ITEM: 2  2508 Saint Andrews Drive PDR-001558-2023 PROJECT DESCRIPTION CONTINUED TO AUGUST 24, 2023. To construct a new 2,010 square-foot, three-story, single-family house with an attached two-car garage on a vacant 6,708 square-foot, downhill-sloped lot (average current slope 60%), located in the R1R-II (Floor Area Ratio District II) zone. Site improvements involve grading 800 cubic yards (cut and fill). 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. 8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATES 9. ADJOURNMENT 3