Planning Hearing Officer

AGENDA GLENDALE PLANNING HEARING OFFICER Municipal Services Building 633 E. Broadway, Room 105 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. 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. 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. PLEASE TURN OFF CELLULAR PHONES WHILE INSIDE THE MEETING LOCATION In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, auxiliary hearing aids, sign language translation, and Braille transcripts are available upon request. Assisted listening devices are available same-day upon request. The City Clerk’ office should be notified 72 hours (three business days) or as soon as practicable for requests regarding sign language translation and Braille transcription services. All documents related to open session items on this agenda that are received less than 72 hours prior to this meeting, and are public records, will be available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, 613 E. Broadway, RM 110, Glendale, CA 91206. 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 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting or as soon as practicable. 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. SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 AT 9:30 AM 1. ITEM: 5426 San Fernando Road and 753 W California Avenue Variance Case No. PVAR2201935 and Parking Exception Case No. PPPEX2201704 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant is requesting two variances and parking exception for deviations from three parking standards. A standards variance is requested for exceeding the height limit of 50 1 feet for the construction of approximately 406,318 square feet of building area, that includes an above-grade six-story parking structure and three commercial buildings for soundstage-production use. The requested setback variance is for not providing the required entrance to the building at the corner cutoff at San Fernando Road and Milford Street intersection. The parking exception is for a reduction in the required interior landscaping for the surface parking lots, to allow the project to plant the required trees for the parking lots along the perimeter of the property instead of dispersing the trees throughout the parking lots, and for not providing the minimum required five (5) foot- landscaped setback for the parking structure. The project will provide a total of 533 on-site parking spaces, in the “IMU” - (Industrial/Commercial Mixed Use) Zone, described as Lot 31 and Portions of Unnumbered Lot of Tract No. 3784; and Lot 19 and 20 of Tract No. 5468; and Portion of Lot 5 of S.C. Hahne’s Subdivision Part of the Rancho San Rafael in the City of Glendale, in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. (APNs: 5638-018- 023 and 5638-018-032)The project’s site is an approximately 424,453 square feet (9.74 acres) with frontages on Milford Street (north), California Avenue (south), and San Fernando Road (west), located in the IMU zone (Industrial/Commercial Mixed Use). The project will demolish the existing warehouse and commercial buildings and related parking areas, built between 1947 and 1989. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION Pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal Code Regs §15082(a)(1)), the City issued a Notice of Preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed project on September 9, 2022. A DEIR was circulated for public review and comment from April 3, 2023, through May 3, 2023, for a 30-day period. Public comments were received and responses to each public comment were drafted and incorporated into the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR); The DEIR and FEIR are available on the Planning Division website at: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/community- development/planning/current-projects/environmental-review 2