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October 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM
1.
ROLL CALL: Lockareff, Kaskanian, Simonian, Tchaghayan, Welch
2.
REPORTS REGARDING POSTING OF AGENDA
The Agenda for the October 10, 2024 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Design Review Board was posted on the City’s website on October 3, 2024, and on the Bulletin Board outside City Hall on October 7, 2024.
3.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Approval of Design Review Board Minutes from September 26, 2024.
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
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ITEM:
1342 Elm Avenue
DRB Case No. 003310-2024
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
To demolish an existing one-story, 1,106 square-foot, single-family residence (built in 1925) and construct a new 2,298 square-foot, two-story, single-family residence with a new detached, two-car garage and a detached 798 square-foot, one-story accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and a new swimming pool on an approximately 7,787 square-foot lot, located in the R1-I (Low Density Residential, FAR District I) Zone.
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(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines, because the project only involves the development of one single-family residence.
To demolish an existing 7,620 square-foot, one-story commercial building (built in 1967) and to construct a new six-story, 55,263 square-foot mixed-use project containing 41 residential units with three affordable units restricted to very low-income households. The project includes a new counter service restaurant and two retail spaces (for a total of 1,980 square-feet) with 15 parking spaces on the ground floor and 27 parking spaces within a new one-level subterranean parking garage for a total of 42 parking spaces. The project site is a 13,265 square-foot lot located in the TOD I (Transit Oriented Development District I) zone.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 32 “In-Fill Development Project”, as the project meets all the threshold criteria set forth in Section 15332 (a) through (e).
