MOTION
Moved by Council Member Asatryan , seconded by Council
Member Brotman , that the City Manager or his designee is authorized to execute an amendment to the professional services agreement with The Counseling Team International to expand the scope of services to include psychological testing for applicants seeking a license to carry a concealed firearm and to add $60,000 to the contract for a new not- to-exceed amount of $730,000. The agreement shall be subject to the review and approval as to form by the City Attorney.
Vote as follows:
Ayes: Asatryan, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF: TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2023. 4Bi
MOTION
Moved by Council Member Asatryan , seconded by Council
Member Brotman , that the City Manager is authorized to execute a professional services agreement with UCLA Center for Pre-hospital Care to perform services as the Fire Department's and Verdugo Fire Communications Center’s Nurse Educator. The professional services agreement shall contain the material terms contained in the Report to Council dated January 31, 2023, at an annual cost of $164,160, with a consumer price index (CPI) for the Greater Los Angeles Area, not to exceed 5% per year for the five-year duration of the agreement. The agreement shall be subject to the review and approval as to form by the City Attorney.
Vote as follows:
Ayes: Asatryan, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: stain None
THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2023.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Moved by Council Member Asatryan
seconded by Council Member Brotman , that the Council of the City of Glendale hereby authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into and execute Amendment No. 1 to the existing Professional Services Agreement (Contract No.
C105576) between the City of Glendale and Allegro Development Corporation, a member of ION Group, to increase the contract amount by $80,000 to a new total not to exceed contract amount of $2,877,629, to provide Allegro Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) Horizon Software Upgrade Implementation Analysis (IA). The form said amendment shall be subject to approval by the City Attorney.
Vote as follows:
Ayes: Asatryan, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2023.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Introduced: 12/13/22, Devine
Adopted: 01/31/23
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° ORDINANCE NO. __ 6000
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS 30.26.010, 30.26.030, 30.26.040, 30.26.050, 30.26.060, 30.26.070, 30.26.080,
30.26.090, 30.26.100, 30.26.4110, AND 30.26.120 OF TITLE 30 OF THE GLENDALE MUNICIPAL.
CODE, 1995
RELATING TO AMENDMENTS TO THE ADVERTISING SIGNAGE OVERLAY ZONE. (Case No. PZTA 2110228) :
‘BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE:
SECTION 1. Section 30.26.010 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.010 Description and purpose.
The ASOZ is intended to allow advertising signage in a manner consistent with this chapter. The purpose of an ASOZ is as follows:
A. To promote economic development and ensure an attractive business climate for the downtown area of the city.
B. To highlight and cross-promote the uses, goods and services available in the city’s retail commercial core, particularly uses located within large-scale multi- tenant commercial/retail buildings.
Cc. To create a lively, visually exciting environment for the commercial heart of the city.
D. To promote appropriate and economically viable signage which uses clear, attractive graphics and coordinates with the architectural design within the development and on the buildings on which the signs are located.
E. To protect street views and vistas of pedestrian-oriented streets.
F. To minimize the obstruction of architectural elements.
G. To limit visual clutter by regulating the number, size and location of signs.
H. To protect pedestrians and motorists from traffic safety hazards.
To protect residents from glare and excessive illumination.
J. To provide clear development standards under which signs enabled by this overlay zone can be designed and installed.
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K. To promote and protect the public health, safety, welfare and convenience by tegulating signs enabled by this overlay zone.
SECTION 2. Section 30.26.030 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.030 Definitions.
Whenever the following terms are used in this chapter, they shail be construed as defined in this section. Words and phrases not defined here shall be construed as defined in chapters 30.33 and 30.70 of the Code.
A. Architectural elements and details” means the unique components that together form the architectural style of a building, including, but not limited to cornices, moldings, projections, window and door openings and railings. “ASOZ accessory sign” means a sign allowed by an ASOZ which carries advertisement incidental and related only to the primary use of the premises or within the ASOZ, including signs or sign devices indicating the business transacted at, services rendered, goods sold or produced on the premises or within the ASOZ by either the owner, occupant or developer of the property or within the ASOZ area. :
“ASOZ non-accessory sign” means a sign allowed by an ASOZ which carries advertisement incidental and related to the primary use of the premises or within the ASOZ, including signs or sign devices indicating the business transacted at, services rendered, goods sold or produced on the premises or within the ASOZ by either the owner, occupant or developer of the property or within the ASOZ area or which carries advertisement incidental and not related to the primary use of the premises or within the ASOZ.
“Compatible or compatibility” means consistent and harmonious as to form, proportion, scales, color, materials, surface treatment, overall sign size, and the size and style of lettering.
“Frame” means a decorative border for enclosing a sign. “Freestanding Sign” means those signs identified in the Town Center Specific Plan (TCSP) as unstaffed, stand-alone, self-supporting kiosk structures located. in a fixed location, the sole purpose of which is to advertise businesses, services, and goods sold or produced.
“Primarily visible” or “primarily visible from” means that the sign is more readily visible from a city designated primary pedestrian street than from streets which are not so designated.
H. “Thick gauge vinyl” means vinyl material a minimum of fifteen (15) mill in size.
SECTION 3. Section 30.26.040 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is heréby deleted.
SECTION 4. Section 30.26.050 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.040 Criteria to approve an ASOZ.
A. Application. An application for adoption or amendment of an ASOZ shall be submitted to the Community Development Department in a form consistent with the current submittal requirements and shall be processed and considered pursuant to Chapter 30.63 of this title.
The city council may, by ordinance, designate a geographic area as an ASOZ if the council finds that the area is:
Designated downtown specific plan (DSP) in the city’s land use element of the general pian.
Located within the boundaries of the Central Glendale Redevelopment Project Area as of the date of adopting this chapter.
A minimum of twenty (20) contiguous acres in size, not including streets and alleys, excluding the areas of streets and alleys from acreage calculations.
Devoted to intense retail, restaurant and/or theater uses, and contains a minimum of one million (1,000,000) square feet of gross area of those uses, where each applicant has operational controls of properties with a minimum of four hundred thousand (400,000) square feet of gross retail, restaurant and/or theatre use.
Occupied by buildings no more than one hundred ten (110) feet in height.
In addition to the findings required by subsection B. above, the council may only designate a geographic area as an ASOZ if it finds that:
The advertising signage in the ASOZ will contribute to the economic vitality of the geographic location in which the ASOZ is located and the downtown core in general;
The ASOZ will advance the purposes of the city’s sign regulations, as set forth in sections 30.26.010 and 30.33.030 of this code, including but not limited to advancing the city’s interests in traffic safety and enhancing and protecting the physical appearance of the community; and
“With the approval of the ASOZ, the city’s sign regulations contained in this chapter and in Chapter 30.33 of this code continue to advance the purposes thereof, including but not limited to advancing the city’s interests in traffic safety and enhancing and protecting the physical appearance of the community.
SECTION 5. Section 30.26.060 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.050 Regulations for signs allowed by the ASOZ.
The following regulations shall apply to all signs allowed by an ASOZ:
A. For ASOZ accessory signs, signs shall only be wall signs, animated signs, banners, freestanding signs, marquee signs or ground signs as defined by this Chapter and Chapter 30.33 of the zoning code.
ASOZ non-accessory signs shall be permitted only as wall signs, animated signs, freestanding signs or marquee signs, which are permitted under this chapter and allowed by the overlay zone map as ASOZ non-accessory wall signs, freestanding signs or marquee signs.
Wall signs permitted under this chapter shall:
Be composed of a material to be approved by the director of community development;
Be framed in a material compatible with the architectural style of the building(s) on which sign(s) are proposed. Compatibility shall be determined with regard to the form, proportion, scale, materials, surface treatment, overall sign size and size and style of the lettering as it related to the building wall upon which the sign(s) are proposed;
Not cover windows, doors or other openings or details of the building(s) on which they are proposed;
Not contain sound effects or projecting elements;
Be installed parallel to the face of the building on which they are attached; Only “ASOZ accessory signs” and “ASOZ non-accessory signs” as defined by this chapter shall be permitted;
Not be viewed from primary pedestrian streets, as identified in the DSP, unless the impacts from the sign may be eliminated or otherwise minimized if the sign is incorporated as an architectural element in such a way that it will contribute to
the pedestrian character of the pedestrian street and to the area in general, subject to the approval of the director of community development. The director of community development is authorized to submit such a proposal to the city council for their consideration if the director of community development deems such a review necessary; and
Not have an access platform, ladder or other service equipment installed or attached to any sign or framing.
Animated signs permitted under this chapter shall:
Only be wall signs, freestanding signs or marquee signs which are permitted under this Chapter and allowed by the overlay zone map as ASOZ non- accessory wall signs, freestanding signs or marquee signs; Wall signs shall not change images more frequently than each eight (8) seconds, with a transition period of one (1) second or less;
Freestanding signs and marquee signs shall not change images more frequently than each eight (8) seconds, with a transition period of one (1) second or less when static images are used. Freestanding signs and marquee signs, if not visible from a public street, may contain a message through a sequence of progressive changes of parts by either action or motion, flashing or color changes, advertising content in animated or motion picture form or having changing display/message formed by the selective illumination of an array of individual light bulbs or light emitting diodes (LEDs) displaying text and/or graphic images;
Not have sound effects or projecting elements; and
The maximum brightness levels shall not exceed ambient light levels. The director may require a lighting study, field measurements or other satisfactory method to verify compliance with this requirement.
Banner signs permitted under this chapter shall:
Be composed of high quality vinyl or other material acceptable to the director; and
Be a maximum of sixteen (16) feet high and three (3) feet wide.
Ground signs permitted under this chapter:
Shall be a maximum of sixteen (16) feet high and three (3) feet wide, including any pole or other support structure; and
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Shall not impede the flow of pedestrians to the satisfaction of the building official, city engineer or fire chief.
May be located in the public right-of-way to the satisfaction of the city engineer and approval of an encroachment permit.
Downtown business identification signs:
Applicant must submit sign design and receive approval of the design from the director of community development within three (3) months from the effective date of the ordinance;
Must be installed within eight (8) months from the effective date of the ordinance, unless an extension is granted by the director of community development; At least one sign shall be located in the public right-of-way adjacent to the Glendale Galleria Central Avenue plaza at location(s) to be approved by the directors of community development and public works;
At least one sign shall be located on the Brand Boulevard frontage of the Americana at Brand at location(s) to be approved by the directors of community development and public works;
Shail comply with subsections 30.26.060.F.2. and 3., and the maximum size shall be determined by the director of community development; Shall be directories used to guide or direct pedestrian traffic but shall contain no advertising for specific businesses;
Shall provide directions to businesses and other points of interest within the downtown business district to the satisfaction of the director of community development;
Shall not exceed ambient light levels at the location installed. The director may require a lighting study, field measurements or other satisfactory method to verify compliance with this requirement; and
Shall be oriented towards pedestrians and shall not visually interfere with vehicular traffic to the satisfaction of the director of public works.
Marquee signs permitted under this chapter:
May be located on top of the canopy and may extend up to thirteen (13) feet above the top of the canopy to which it is attached;
Shall be no more than two (2) feet in width or depth;
Shall face within the development in which it is proposed and not be visible from a public street, if the marquee sign is an animated sign that contains a message through a sequence of progressive changes of parts by either action or motion, flashing or color changes, advertising in animation or motion picture form or having changing display/messages formed by the selective illumination of an array of individual light bulbs or light emitting diodes (LED) display text and/or graphic images; and
May be located in the public right-of-way to the satisfaction of the city engineer and approval of an encroachment permit, if the marquee sign is an animated sign that contains images that do not change more frequently than each eight (8) seconds, with a transition period of one (1) second or more.
Freestanding Signs permitted under this chapter:
Shall be composed of a material to be approved by the director of community development;
Shall be of an architectural style compatible with the surrounding buildings and overall development. Compatibility shall be determined with regard to the form, proportion, scale, materials, surface treatment and overall size as it relates to the surrounding buildings and overall development;
Shall not exceed 5 feet in width or depth and 10 feet in height; Shall only be located on private property;
Shall not be closer than 25 feet from the public rights-of-way of Brand Boulevard, Central Avenue, Columbus Street, Colorado Street and Broadway; and Shall not contain sound effects or projecting elements.
In addition to other regulations, the following shall apply to all signs permitted under this chapter:
Signs shall not be located on residential buildings or portions of buildings containing residential units.
Signs shall be maintained in good repair. Damaged signs or signs in poorly maintained conditions, shall be promptly repaired or removed.
Signs shall be compatible with the architectural integrity of the building on which the signs are placed and shall be proportional with the massing and scale of the building taking into consideration windows, doors and architectural features.
Signs shall not cover windows, doors or other openings or details of the building(s) on which they are proposed.
10. Signs may be directly or indirectly illuminated. Lighting shall be compatible with the sign framing and architectural style of the building(s).
Signs shall not negatively impact the flow of traffic or cause confusion for motorists, to the satisfaction of the director of public works.
Signs shall not contribute to visual overcrowding, or be incompatible with the architecture and siting of adjacent buildings and other public or private improvements, to the satisfaction of the community development director.
Signs shall be at locations and of dimensions as specified in the ASOZ map and its attachments and may be modified pursuant to Section 30.26.070.
The provisions of Chapter 30.33 shall apply to all signs located within an ASOZ, except for existing signs installed pursuant to a sign program or other pre- existing entitlement. Where the provisions of Chapter 30.33 conflict with the provisions of Chapter 30.26 or the town center specific plan (TCSP), the provisions of Chapter 30.26 or the TCSP shall control.
The city may revoke the right to maintain any sign approved under an ASOZ upon a finding that the sign is maintained in a manner that is detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare or so as to constitute a nuisance. The right to maintain a sign approved by an ASOZ may only be revoked after a noticed public hearing by a hearing officer in accordance with the procedure for revocation of variances, conditional use permits and administrative exceptions set forth in Section 30.64.020.A. The decision of the hearing officer shall be subject to appeals to the planning commission under Chapter 30.62 and to the city council under chapter 2.88 of this code.
The building and ground area around signs shall be properly maintained at all times. All unused frames and mounting devices, hardware and wall perforations shall be removed and building surfaces shall be restored to their original condition.
SECTION 6. Section 30.26.070 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.060 Changes to signs allowed by the ASOZ.
Except as set forth in Section 30.26.050, changes to signs allowed by an ASOZ, including the sign location, size, framing, material and lighting may be approved by the director of community development, so long as such changes are in substantial conformance with the ASOZ. The director of community development may refer those sign changes which are not in substantial conformance to the city council for review and approval. Changing out the signs for replacement with new signs of the same material,
shape, size and illumination method and consistent with all other aspects of the approved ASOZ does not require approval from the director of community development.
SECTION 7. Section 30.26.080 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.070 Tree trimming.
Trees within the public rights-of-way and private property shall not be removed if required as part of any discretionary approval, and shall not be unnecessarily pruned or over pruned to allow better visibility of the signs allowed by the ASOZ.
SECTION 8. Section 30.26.090 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.080 Sunset clause for the ASOZ.
A. In any ordinance approving an ASOZ, the council may impose a requirement that the ASOZ expires within a time set by the city council in its reasonable discretion, unless, prior to the expiration of the ASOZ, the city council extends the time in which the ASOZ is valid. In the event an ordinance approving an ASOZ incorporates such a sunset provision, the planning commission and council shall hold hearings to determine whether to extend the time period for the validity of the ASOZ. Notice of said hearings shall be given in the manner required for zone changes as set forth in this code and shall be held with sufficient time for the council to hear, consider, and adopt an ordinance extending the ASOZ and for said ASOZ extension ordinance to become effective prior to the cessation or expiration of the ASOZ. The council may only extend the effectiveness of the ASOZ if it finds that the ASOZ continues to meet the criteria set forth in Section
30.26.040. ;
B. If the council extends an ASOZ as set forth above, the council may impose requirements reasonably related to implementing the provisions of this chapter and to achieving the city’s purpose and intent in enacting this chapter and Chapter 30.33. Such requirements may include a requirement that, prior to the continued use of the signs, the property owners in the ASOZ area shall execute development agreements with the city. Any such development agreements shall be adopted pursuant to, and in compliance with, the provisions of Government Code Section 65864 et seq. (as it exists or may hereafter be amended) and shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 30.33 (where not in conflict with this chapter). Any development agreement allowing the use or continued use of the signs authorized by this chapter shall not permit or be construed to permit the signs authorized by an ASOZ in contravention with any of the requirements of this chapter. As part of any development agreement(s) approved by the council pursuant to this section, the city may impose additional requirements pertaining to the city’s safety and aesthetic goals and payments or fees to the city in exchange for the benefits granted to the property owners by 9 said development agreements. In the event an ASOZ is not extended, all signs, and other related fixtures, including lighting and framing allowed by the overlay zone shall be removed and the areas of the buildings where the signs are located shall be repaired to the condition prior to enactment of the ASOZ.
SECTION 9. Section 30.26.100 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.090 Development agreement required.
Approval of an ASOZ, or an amendment to an ASOZ that increases or permits new, additional or different signage or sign media, shall be subject to the council’s approval of a statutory development agreement (Government Code Section 65864 et seq.). Said development agreement shall govern the duration and regulation of the signage in accordance with the terms of this chapter and shall provide public benefits to the city which include, but are not limited to, signage, revenue sharing or other public benefits negotiated by the city and the ASOZ applicant. Said development agreement shall be approved prior to the issuance of permits or installation, whichever comes first, for ASOZ non-accessory signs and sign structures and animated signs and sign structures.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section does not in any way invalidate or modify any existing disposition and development agreement between the applicant and the city or the former Glendale Redevelopment Agency. Any development agreement executed pursuant to this section shall not permit or be construed to permit any sign inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
SECTION 10. Section 30.26.110 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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It is unlawful for any person to construct, place, erect, maintain, alter or relocate within an ASOZ any sign, lighting fixture, framing or other structure associated with the sign permitted by an ASOZ without first obtaining a permit therefore from the building official.
Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to mean that any permit or fee shall be required for maintaining and repairing existing signs which comply with the provisions of this chapter.
Prior to the issuance of an ASOZ sign permit applicants shall submit a complete final lighting and materials package to the director of community development for review and approval for conformance with this chapter. Such review and approval shall be completed within the time frames established by the Permits Streamlining Act and shall be based upon the criteria set forth in this chapter.
SECTION 11. Section 30.26.120 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30.26.110 Violation—Penalty.
10 Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 1.20 of this code, whenever in this chapter any act is prohibited or declared unlawful or the doing of any act is required, or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, it shall be a misdemeanor, and any person convicted of such misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
Passed by the Council of the City of Glendale on the _31st__ day of January _, 2023. €
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) Ss.
CITY OF GLENDALE)
|, Suzie Abajian, Ph.d., City Clerk of the City of Glendale, California, certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. __6000 was passed by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, by a vote of four-fifths (4/5ths) of the members thereof, at a regular meeting held on the 1st day of _ January , 2023 by the following vote:
Ayes: Asatryan, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
11 Introduced: 12/13/22, Devine
Adopted: 01/31/23
Najarian/Asatryan
All Ayes
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ORDINANCE NO. _ 6001 __
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GLENDALE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A
FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE
CITY OF GLENDALE AND THE AMERICANA AT BRAND, LLC,
PERTAINING TO SIGNAGE IN THE ADVERTISING OVERLAY ZONE (“ASO2Z”) WHEREAS, on November 16, 2022, the Planning Commission of the City of Glendale held a public hearing to consider and recommend the Glendale City Council approve a First Amendment to Development Agreement by and between the City of Glendale ("City") and The Americana At Brand, LLC ("Applicant"), in connection with the permitting and installation of non- accessory signs and sign structures and animated signs in the Advertising Signage Overlay Zone (“ASOZ’) and the contribution to the City of revenue derived from the ASOZ signs as authorized by Glendale Municipal Code Chapter 30.26; and WHEREAS, in 2020, the City and Applicant entered into that certain Development Agreement (Advertising Signage Overlay Zone) recorded as of March 6, 2020 as Instrument No. 202002689971 in the Official Records of Los Angeles County (the “Original Development Agreement”) in accordance with GMC Chapter 30.26.100, which requires each property owner/applicant enter into a statutory development agreement with the City prior to the issuance of permits or installation, whichever comes first, for ASOZ non-accessory signs and sign structures and animated signs and sign structures in compliance with the ASOZ regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant has a legal and or equitable interest in the property subject to the Original Development Agreement and also the First Amendment to the Development Agreement in that the property on which the ASOZ signs will be permitted and installed pursuant to the First Amendment to the Development Agreement is either owned by the Applicant or leased by Applicant from the City; and
WHEREAS, Applicant seeks to amend the Original Development Agreement in order to install New Permitted Sign(s) in existing sign locations which sign types were not previously 7b2
addressed therein, and has agreed that the fee generated from such New Permitted Signs, as defined in the First Amendment to the Development Agreement, shall be based on a percentage of the Gross Revenue generated from such signs less the amount of Annual Baseline Revenue, which amount shall be adjusted on an annual basis for inflation as more specifically described in the First Amendment to the. Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the New Permitted signs will generate significant public benefits to the entire community by promoting the purposes of the ASOZ which include, among other purposes, promoting economic development, ensuring an attractive business environment, highlighting the City’s retail and entertainment core in large-scape multi-tenant developments, creating a lively and visually exciting environment, protecting street views and vistas, protecting residents from glare and excessive illumination, and providing clear development standards; and
WHEREAS, the construction, installation and maintenance of the New Permitted Sign(s), will be consistent with and will further these purposes and will generate revenues for the City and thereby further promote the health, safety and general welfare of the City and its residents; and
WHEREAS, the City and Applicant desire to amend the Original Development Agreement to incorporate all relevant terms and provisions applicable to the New Permitted Sign(s); and
WHEREAS, in exchange for these and other benefits to the City, Applicant will receive the assurance that Applicant may erect and operate the New Permitted Sign(s) during the applicable Term of the First Amendment to the Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, this First Amendment to Development Agreement does not supersede, nullify or amend any condition imposed in the New Permitted Sign Approvals, and the terms and conditions of this First Amendment to the Development Agreement have been found by the City to be fair, just and reasonable, and prompted by the unique planning considerations presented
by adding interior-facing animated signage to Owner's Property and the extraordinary benefits which will accrue to the City thereby; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 65864 et seq., the City Planning Commission has transmitted its findings, comments and recommendations on the First Amendment to the Development Agreement to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the First Amendment to the Development Agreement and the findings and recommendations of the City Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, in March 2010 the City certified a Mitigated Negative Declaration (“MND”) that analyzed the impact from adopting Ordinance No. 5688 which added Chapter 30.36 pertaining to signage permitted within the ASOZ, and also prepared an Addendum to the MND to review amendments to Chapter 30.36 and Chapter 30.33 pertaining to ASOZ signs and requirement that ASOZ applicants enter into DAs with the City; the MND and Addendum for signage in the ASOZ were prepared, adopted and considered by the City pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"); and
WHEREAS, the City has duly considered all terms and conditions of the First Amendment to the Development Agreement and believes that implementation of the First Amendment to the Development Agreement is consistent with the City's General Plan, the Town Center Specific Plan and Downtown Specific Plan, and is necessary to implement, and incompliance with the ASOZ overlay zone requirement for development agreements, to document ASOZ signage and public benefits consisting of a share in the percentage of gross revenues generated by the permitted ASOZ signage over the First Amendment to the Development Agreement term; and WHEREAS, after considering the First Amendment to the Development Agreement, the City finds and determines that the First Amendment to the Development Agreement benefits are in the vital and best interests of the City and the health, safety, and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable state and local law.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA:
1. The City has complied with the applicable requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.
2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the First Amendment to the Development Agreement:
(b) \s consistent with the City's General Plan, the Town Center Specific Plan with the Downtown Specific Plan.
(c) Fully complies with all currently applicable provisions of the Glendale Municipal Code including the ASOZ requirements.
(d) Will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare because it encourages the installation of improvements which are desirable and beneficial to the public. (e) Is compatible with the orderly development of property in the surrounding area, and will provide enhancements to the surrounding area and public benefit derived from sharing in revenue generated by permitted ASOZ signage.
(f) Constitutes a lawful present exercise of the City's police power and complies with all applicable City and State regulations governing Development Agreements. (g) Is necessary to strengthen the public planning process and to reduce the public and private costs of development uncertainty.
(h) Is consistent with the ASOZ and permitting of signage in the zone.
3. The City Council hereby approves the First Amendment to the Development Agreement and authorizes and directs the City Manager to execute it on behalf of the City of Glendale, and further directs the City Clerk to record the First Amendment to the Development Agreement and this Ordinance with the County Recorder within ten (10) days of its execution.
4. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, consistent with requirements of applicable State and local law.
5. This Ordinance shall be effective 30 days after the date of adoption.
Adopted this _31st__ day of January , 2023.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
|, DR. SUZIE ABAJIAN, City Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Ordinance No, _ 6001 was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the ___ 31st day of January , 2023, and that same was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Asatryan, Brotman, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
Jo ae , / City Clérk/ J.
Moved by Council Member Najarian
seconded by Council Member Devine , that
the Council hereby approves and ratifies the City’s appeal of the judgment of the Los Angeles Superior Court in the matter of Glendale Historical Society v. City of Glendale et al., LA.S.C. Case No. 21STCP01852.
Vote as follows:
Ayes: Asatryan, Devine, Najarian, Kassakhian
Noes: None
Absent: Noite
Abstain: Brotman
THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF: Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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