Design Review Board - 6/27/2025 12:00:00 AM
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Design Review Board
 
Municipal Services Building
633 E. Broadway, Room 105
Glendale, CA 91206
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June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM


 
 
1.

REVISED
Added Supplemental Exhibit 5 Item 7 b
ROLL CALL: Halajian, Kaskanian, Lockareff, Simonian, Welch

2.

REPORTS REGARDING POSTING OF AGENDA

The Agenda for the June 26, 2025 Regular Meeting of the Glendale Design Review Board was posted on the City’s website on June 19, 2025, and on the Bulletin Board outside City Hall on June 23, 2025.
3.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

a.
Approval of Design Review Board Minutes from June 12, 2025
4.

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.

OLD BUSINESS

6.

BOARD/COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS

7.

NEW BUSINESS

a. 
ITEM:
820 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, 208 ARDEN AVENUE, AND 212 ARDEN AVENUE
PDR-002693-2023
 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The proposed project consists of the demolition of an existing 5,688 square-foot (SF) commercial building (restaurant) and two surface parking lots and to construct a new 105-unit, approximately 131,850 square feet, 8-story multi-family residential building with 186 parking spaces, including 66 tandem spaces within the ground floor and two levels of subterranean parking garages. The project includes a 3,388 SF publicly accessible open space area. The 36,170 SF project site is located in the "DSP/GAT" – Downtown Specific Plan/Gateway District Downtown Specific Plan zone, described as Lots 18-21 and Portion of Lot 17 of Glendale Mountain View Tract, Recorded in Book 11, Page 126A of Los Angeles County Records. (APN: 5644-003-081, 5644-003-073, and 5644-003-033)
 
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
Environmental review will be prepared and presented to City Council at Stage II Design Review.
 
b. 
ITEM:
3213 MILLS AVENUE
PDR-004729-2025
 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
To demolish the existing one-story single-family residence and build a new 2,000 square-foot (SF) one-story single family home with an attached 400 SF two-car garage on a 5,000 SF lot located in the R1-II (Low Density Single Family Residential, Floor Area District II) 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 of the State CEQA Guidelines because the project involves a construction of one single-family residence.
 
c. 
ITEM:
1728 DON CARLOS AVENUE
PDR-004630-2025
 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant is proposing to construct a 75-foot long stucco-coated block wall with a maximum height of 6-feet, one pedestrian gate and one vehicular gate, along with new landscaping in the front yard. The new wall will be located outside the front setback and will replace an existing fence damaged by a vehicle. (APN 5653-012-005)
 
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(e) of the State CEQA Guidelines because the project is to construct a new block wall and gates.
 
8.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATES

9.

ADJOURNMENT