Planning Commission

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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 16, 2023 AT 5:00 PM 1. ROLL CALL – Chraghchian, Fuentes, Lee, Minassian, Shahbazian 2. REPORTS REGARDING POSTING OF AGENDA The Agenda for the August 16, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Planning Commission was Posted on August 9, 2023, on the Bulletin Board Outside City Hall. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of Planning Commission Minutes from July 19, 2023. 1 4. 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. 5. BOARD/COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS 6. OLD BUSINESS 7. NEW BUSINESS a. ITEM: 801 S Chevy Chase Drive Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Permit Case No. PWTF-001621-2023 1. Motion approving the Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Permit PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant is proposing a new Wireless Telecommunications Facility (WTF) on the rooftop of an existing approximately 100,000 square feet (SF), two-story medical office building on an approximately 4.68-acre (203,861 SF) lot located in the “R-2250” (Medium Density Residential Zone), described as Lots 1-11, Tract 7641 and Portions of Lots 1 and 2, Subdivision of Lot 34 Watt’s Subdivision (APN 5675-021-016 & -018). The proposed facility features six eight-foot-tall panel antennas and related equipment at four locations on the rooftop, with corresponding eight-foot-tall antenna screens at each location. The existing building height is 45 feet, and the proposed height is 53 feet including the WTF, which exceeds the maximum allowed height in the zone of 36 feet. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The project is exempt from environmental 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 installation of small new equipment and facilities on an existing structure. b. ITEM: Tropico Transit Oriented District - located in the southernmost portion of the City and adjacent to Glendale Transit Center and the Los Angeles City / Atwater Village border General Plan Map Amendment Case No. PGPA-001746-2023 and Zoning Code Text and Zoning Map Amendments Case No. PZC-0007-2023 1. Resolution recommending approval of the proposed General Plan Amendment and Zoning Code Text and Map Amendments to City Council PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the Tropico Transit Oriented Development (TOD) District Zoning and Objective Design Standards Project, which includes a proposed General Plan Land Use Map Amendment, amendments to Title 30 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 (Zoning Code Amendment), 2  which include adding a new zoning chapter entitled “Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Districts” with corresponding development and objective design standards, as well as amending Zoning Code sections relating to the new Tropico TOD zoning, and a Zoning Map Amendment to reflect the new zoning designations for Tropico. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, staff has prepared an addendum to the previously certified Final Program Environmental Impact Report South Glendale Community Plan (SCH No. 2016091026) (Final EIR) for the proposed Tropico Transit Oriented Development Design and Development Standards project and its proposed General Plan Land Use Map Amendment, and Zoning Code Text and Zoning Map Amendments. 8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATES 9. ADJOURNMENT 3