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September 1, 2021 at 9:30 AM

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ITEM:
1233 SOUTH GLENDALE AVE (East End Studios)
Setback and Standards Variance - PVAR 2108841and Parking Reduction Permit - PPPR2108839
 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant is proposing to demolish all the existing buildings and structures onsite, and to construct a new 75,217 square-foot commercial building (East End Studios) for a soundstage (production) use that will include two one-story soundstages attached to a three-story (plus mezzanine) ancillary office building with a rooftop deck and a new surface parking lot. The project site is 96,043 square-feet (2.2 acres) in area with frontage on two streets; the easterly half of the project site facing South Glendale Avenue is zoned C3 (Commercial Service), Height District I, and the westerly half fronting South Maryland is zoned R-2250 P (Medium Density Residential – Parking Overlay). The applicant is requesting multiple variances in conjunction with the development: elimination of the required interior setback, landscaping and masonry wall buffers between the C3 zone and R-2250 zones; construction of a wall and gate in the street-front setback area of the R-2250-zoned portion; reduction in the required landscaping for the R-2250-zoned portion including tree planting dispersal requirements for parking lots; construction of a trash collection area within the P overlay zone; and an increase in the maximum height to 57’-6” where the maximum height permitted is 50’ in the C3-zoned portion (to allow for shade canopies for a rooftop deck), in the “C3 I” – Commercial Service Zone, Height District I and “R-2250 P” – Medium Density Residential, Parking Overlay Zones, described as Lots 2, 3, 21, 22, 25, Portion of Lot 26, Tract No. 314, and Lot A, Parcel Map GLN No. 1409 (APNs: 5640-015-009, -010, -029, -030, -033, -036, & -037). The applicant is also requesting a parking reduction permit to allow 113 parking spaces and 2 loading spaces where 119 parking spaces and 5 loading spaces are required by Code for the project.
 
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
The project is categorically exempt from CEQA review as a Class 32 “In-Fill Development Projects” exemption pursuant to Section 15332 of the State CEQA Guidelines because the project meets all of the required findings to qualify for this categorical exemption.