City Council Meeting
February 27, 2024
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Consideration of the Community
Development Director’s Determination
of Consistency and Approval of
Streamlined Ministerial Design Review
for a Mixed-Use, Multifamily Residential
Project located at 3201 W. Olive Avenue
(Project No. 23-0003343)
WHY ARE WE HERE?
Senate Bill (SB) 35
• SB 35:
• Intent/Purpose : Address State’s housing shortage and high housing costs and create a Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process for qualifying housing projects under
SB 35.
• SB 35 applies to jurisdictions that did not meet 50% of their total Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
allocation in the 5th Planning Cycle (2014 – 2021).
WHY ARE WE HERE?
• The City’s RHNA Allocation is
8,772 units (Oct. 2021 - Oct.
2029).
• 3-to-1 jobs-to-housing
imbalance.
• RHNA allocation is
consistent with the Council’s
goal to facilitate building
12,000 new units by 2035.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
• New five-story, mixed-use building with 144 rental units with 15 deed-restricted affordable units and 1,058 square feet of ground-floor retail commercial space.
• 181 subterranean-level parking spaces.
• 5,240 sq ft of publicly accessible open space area.
• New 15-foot-wide sidewalks and parkways on Lima, Olive, and Alameda (Burbank2035 General Plan).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Request for a 50% density bonus increase for a housing
development project pursuant to City and State density
bonus law.
• Density Bonus Concession:
1. Density Calculation
• Density Bonus Waivers:
1. Maximum Structure Height
2.Average Building Setback
3.On-site Private Trees
PROJECT TIMELINE
DATE ACTION
June 24, 2022 SB 35 Notice of Intent
Submittal
July 6, 2022 Tribal Consultation Process
Initiated
August 23, 2022 City Council affirms Project
Site Eligibility
PROJECT TIMELINE
DATE ACTION
August 23, 2022 City Council affirms Project
Site Eligibility
April 20, 2023 Completion of SB 35 NOI
Application Process and Tribal
Consultation.
July 3, 2023 SB 35 Application Submittal
July 3, 2023 – February 27,
2024
• City 60-day Review
• Applicant’s Response to
City Comments
PROJECT SITE LOCATION: 3201 W. OLIVE AVENUE
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ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION
ZONING MAP GENERAL PLAN LAND USE
SB 35 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• Must be a Multifamily housing project that contains two or more residential units.
• Meet all local and state site specific requirements.
• Meet all affordability requirements.
• Must be consistent with City objective zoning and design review standards.
• Must comply with the state’s prevailing wage, and skilled and trained workforce requirements.
CONSISTENCY WITH OBJECTIVE ZONING STANDARDS
• Reviewed for consistency with objective standards at
the time of the SB 35 Notice of Intent application.
• MDC-2 zone objective development standards
including Articles 11 – 16 of Chapter 1 (Zoning), Title 10 (Zoning Regulations).
• Project’s compliance with State and City’s density
bonus regulations and City’s inclusionary housing
regulations.
CONSISTENCY WITH BURBANK2035 GENERAL PLAN
The Project has been reviewed for conformance with
Burbank2035 General Plan:
• Land Use, Goal 2 – Sustainability, Policy 2.6
• Mobility Element, Goal 3 – Complete Streets, Policy
3.5 • Noise Element, Goal 1 – Noise Compatible Land Uses, Policy 1.3
PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND USE
PROPOSED SITE PLAN
W. ALAMEDA AVE.
N. LIMA ST.
- Residential
- Commercial
- Residential Amenities
- Publicly Accessible Open
Space
- Driveway Access to
Subterranean Parking
PROPOSED RENDERING
PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
A public meeting notice for the Project was:
• Mailed to all property owners and occupants within a
1,000-foot radius of the Project site;
• Mailed to all property owners south of Oak Street,
between Mariposa Street and Clybourn Avenue, north
of Ventura Freeway (SR-134);
• Published in the Los Angeles Times newspaper; and
• Posted at the Project site and on City’s website.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
• The proposed SB 35 Project is not subject to CEQA
(California Environmental Quality Act) review.
• At the time of SB 35 NOI submittal, project applicant cannot be required to prepare any studies that would
otherwise be required under CEQA (e.g., traffic, air
quality, noise, et cetera) (Gov. Code Section
65913.4(f)(1)).
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BURBANK CONFIRMING THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR’S
DETERMINATION THAT PROJECT NO. 23-
0003343 , LOCATED AT 3201 WEST OLIVE
AVENUE IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL
APPLICABLE OBJECTIVE ZONING AND DESIGN
REVIEW STANDARDS AND APPROVING THE
PROJECT’S STREAMLINED MINISTERIAL
DESIGN REVIEW.
PROJECT MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION
David Kim
Senior Planner
Community Development Department
(818) 238-5250
DKim
@burbankca.gov
City Council Meeting
February 27, 2024
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Consideration of the Community
Development Director’s Determination
of Consistency and Approval of
Streamlined Ministerial Design Review
for a Mixed-Use, Multifamily Residential
Project located at 3201 W. Olive Avenue
(Project No. 23-0003343)