Planning Commission

AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION COUNCIL CHAMBERS 613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206 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. 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. 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Translation services are provided for meetings through the use of bilingual staff for speakers who wish to utilize the service as available. Speakers should state their request by contacting the City Clerk’s office at (818) 548-2090, at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. 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 1, 2023 AT 5:00 PM 1. ROLL CALL – Chraghchian, Fuentes, Lee, Minassian, Shahbazian 2. REPORTS REGARDING POSTING OF AGENDA The Agenda for the February 1, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Planning Commission was Posted on January 25, 2023, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall. 3. ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON AND CHAIRPERSON PRO TEM 1 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of Planning Commission Minutes from November 16, 2022. 5. ORAL COMMUNICATION Discussion is limited to items not a part of this agenda. Each speaker is limited to 5 minutes. Planning Commission 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: 3810-3816 4th Avenue Tentative Parcel Map Case No. PPM2113643 (GLN 1644) • Note – This project will be taken off the Planning Commission meeting calendar and will be rescheduled and re-noticed. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Application to subdivide two residential lots into a total of three residential lots (Parcels A, B and C), in the “ R1-II” - (Low Density Residential Zone, Floor Area Ratio District II), described as Portion of Lot 4, Block “N” of Crescenta Canada Tract in the City of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, as per Map recorded in Book 5, Pages 574 and 57 of Record of Surveys, and also known at Parcel 11, as per Map recorded in Book 18, Page 38 of Record of Surveys. The existing single-family dwelling on Parcel A will be maintained. Future single family residential development on the two new flag lots (Parcels B and C) will require approval by the Design Review Board. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under Section 15315 “Minor Land Division” because the project consists of the division of property in urbanized areas zoned for residential use into four or fewer parcels when division in in conformance with the General Plan and zoning, no variances or exceptions are required, all services and access to the proposed parcels to local standards are available, the parcel was not involved in the division of a larger parcel within the previous 2 years, and the parcel does not have an average slope greater than 20 percent. 8. NEW BUSINESS a. ITEM: CITYWIDE Zoning Code Text Amendment Case No. 0003-2022 1. Motion recommending approval of the proposed amendments to City Council PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the City Council regarding 2  proposed amendments to tree-related codes within Titles 16 and 30 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995. These amendments include modifications related to parking lot tree species and minor corrections to these Titles to align them with existing City tree ordinances. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is exempt from CEQA review pursuant to Section 15307, as a Class 7 “Actions By Regulatory Agencies For Protection Of Natural Resources” exemption of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (CEQA Guidelines) as the project consists of amendments to the City’s tree-related codes within Titles 16 and 30 to assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of a natural resource where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment. 9. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATES 10. ADJOURNMENT 3