Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
1 CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Community Development Department
Request for Comments Form (RFC)
DATE: 7/16/2025 DUE DATE: 7/31/2025
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
FROM: Dennis Joe, Principal Planner Tel. # Ext. 8157
PROJECT ADDRESS: 236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Applicant: Reece Pettersen
Property Owner: Jamas Gwilliam, Merlone Geier
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Density Bonus application to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot, mixed-use development consisting 666 multi-family residential dwellings units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income), 16 live/work units, and 930 parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean) on a 3.7 acre site located south of West California Avenue and between North Central Avenue and North Orange Street consisting of four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, addressed as 236 North Central Avenue) which is bisected by a 16 foot wide public alley (alley 239), located in the Downtown Specific Plan - Orange Central District.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. This project was previously routed by Mark Berry, February 14, 2022, as a DRC request for comment. If comments have not changed, please re-forward with a revised date for the record.
B. (Housing Division/City Attorney/Economic Development) For the purposes of calculating baseline density of the project site, Site Area plus underlying fee area extending out to the center line of the streets and proposed portions of Alley 239 for the purpose of calculating baseline density (207,028.58 SF).
C. (City Attorney) While the applicant is entitled with 2 concessions providing 14% very low and 1% low income, but stressed within the application that each of the five (5) deviations are from development standards and squarely fit within the scope of DBL waivers.
1. FAR: First, the applicant is comfortable using the net site area (161,507 square feet) for purposes of calculating development standards, including FAR, that emanate from site area. The net area of the site is 161,507 square feet and the Downtown Specific Plan (“DSP”) permits a maximum FAR of 3.0 (or 621,330 square feet). (DSP § 4.1.2.) The project proposes 656,993 square feet, or 4.06 FAR. Thus, the project requires a waiver to increase the permitted FAR from 3.0 to 4.06.
2. Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.1 requires the project to provide open space equivalent to 20% of the overall site, or 32,301 square feet of open space. The project provides 71,708 square feet of open space, which exceeds the amount required. Per DSP § 5.3.2, at least 50% of the required open space shall be publicly
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
2 accessible. 32,301 square feet of open space is required, meaning that the DSP requires 16,151 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The project provides 13,397 square feet of publicly accessible open space.2 The project asserts a waiver for an approximately 17% reduction in publicly accessible open space.
3. Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.2 provides that 85% of the require public open space shall be contiguous. The project provides 9,966 square feet of contiguous open space as paseos, which is less than the otherwise required 13,728.
4. Space requirement. Covered Paseos: The project provides 9,966 square feet of paseos. The DSP permits up to 25% of paseos to be covered. The project’s paseos propose only approximately 12% coverage, which meets the DSP standard. However, the DSP also provides that overhead structures cannot project more than 24 inches into the paseos. The project has limited projections that exceed that 24-inch standard, and asserts a waiver to deviate from that limitation.
5. Private Outdoor Open Space: The DSP requires new residential developments to provide a minimum of 140 square feet of “additional outdoor open space” per residential unit and/or live-work unit. The DSP state the “additional outdoor open space” may be provided as publicly accessible open space, common open space (interior courtyards and decks), or private outdoor space (balconies, decks and patios). (DSP § 5.3.3.) The DSP does not establish that each unit must itself have 140 square feet of open space.
6. Additional Open Space: The project proposes 682 dwelling units, which requires 95,480 square feet of additional open space. The project provides 58,311 square feet of additional open space as common outdoor space and private balconies. The project asserts a waiver for the deviation.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
3 PLEASE CHECK:
X
A. CITY ATTORNEY
G. INFORMATION SERVICES
(Wireless Telecom)
B. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
H. PUBLIC WORKS (ADMINISTRATION):
X
• (1) Building & Safety X • (1) Engineering & Land
Development
X • (2) Neighborhood Services X • (2) Traffic
• (3) Design Review & Historic • (3) Facilities (city projects only) X • (4) Economic Development X • (4) Integrated Waste
X • (5) Housing • (5) Maintenance Services/Urban
Forester • (6) Urban Design & Mobility
X • (7) Long Range Planning
D. COMMUNITY SERVICES/PARKS:
J. GLENDALE POLICE X
X E. FIRE ENGINEERING (PSC) K. OTHER:
F. GLENDALE WATER & POWER:
• (1) STATE-Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC)
X • (1) Water
• (2) Tribal Consultations (EIFs)
X • (2) Electric • (3) City Clerk’s Office
ENTITLEMENT(S) REQUESTED
Variance Case No.: Tentative Tract/Parcel Map No.:
AUP/CUP Case No.: Zone Change/GPA:
ADR/DRB Case No.: Other:
PDBP-005412-
2025
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
4 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.: PDBP-005412-2025 (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058)
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
This office DOES NOT have any comment.
This office HAS the following comments/conditions. (See attached Dept. Master List)
Date: 8/11/2025
Print Name: Celine Sarkisloo
Title: Building Code Specialist III Dept. Building and Safety Tel.: 818-937-8101
a. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. All submittals shall be digital through City of Glendale GlendalePermits portal at a. https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/community-development/building- safety/permit-services-center
2. The following separate permits will be required to be obtained through Building & Safety. a. Building
b. Mechanical
c. Electrical
d. Plumbing
e. Fire:(Separate permits will be required through Glendale Fire Dept. such as Fire Sprinkler Systems and Fire Alarm System)
f. Grading
g. Exterior features: Such as garden walls/fences, retaining walls, trash enclosure, detached restrooms … etc.
h. Exterior Signage
i. Demolition to existing structures
j. PV Solar system
3. Obtain approvals from the following City of Glendale departments/divisions:
a. Planning/Zoning Division
b. Building & Safety
c. Addressing (Building & Safety)
d. Glendale Fire Department
e. Glendale Water & Power – Electrical
f. Glendale Water & Power – Water
g. Public Works Engineering
h. Public Works Traffic
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
5 i. Public Works Urban Forester (Arborist)
j. Public Works Waste Management
4. Obtain approvals from the following Other Agencies
a. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) (obtain approval for demolition of existing structures on site.)
b. Los Angeles County Health Dept. - Food and retail
5. Project shall comply with the following codes. Reference each on the Title Sheet of submittal plans.
Glendale Building & Safety Codes GBSC (Glendale amendments to the California Building Standards Code)
202X- California Building Code, CBC
202X - California Fire Code, CFC
202X - California Electrical Code, CEC
202X - California Mechanical, Code, CMC
202X - California Plumbing Code, CPC
202X - California Energy Code, CEnC
202X - California Green Building Standards Code, CGBSC
6. The following are common comments observed for this type of project. This is by no means a complete review. A complete review shall be conducted upon official submittal To Building & Safety for review and obtain permits for construction. Additional plan check comments may follow.
7. All plans shall be stamped and signed by California registered professional Architects and Engineers for their appropriate expertise in accordance with California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists and the California Architects Board.
8. All architectural, structural, civil, landscape, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire plans, LA County health Dept plans, etc. plans must be stamped and signed a California licensed Architect or Civil/Structural Engineer and shall be responsible for overall reviewing and coordinating submittal documents prepared by others, including phased and deferred submittal items, for compatibility with the design of the building as per GBSC 107.3.4.
9. Identify the type(s) of construction of the building per CBC Chapter 5 & 6, and CBC Section 1511.
10. Identify all occupancies and uses for all areas, rooms, and exterior facilities per CBC Chap. 2 & 3.
11. Structural design must be prepared by a California license Civil/Structural Engineer or California license Architect.
12. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designs are separate submittal requiring review, and it is suggested that you submitted for review and issued permits at same time as building permit to avoid delays in project during construction.
13. Accessibility
a. Proposed strcutures and associate parking must comply fully with CBC Chapter 11 A/B accessibility.
b. It is the consultants’ responsibility to comply with all federal regulations, including, but limited to, Federal ADA, federal HUD, FHA, housing, etc. Local jurisdictions do not have authority for enforcement, therefore Federal regulations are not reviewed. c. A certified California CASp individual is highly recommended at the beginning stages of design, through the plan review phase and at the key phases of construction, since this is a comprehensively detailed and complex subject.
14. Los Angeles County Health Department approvals
a. are required for:
i. Restaurants and Retail Food,
b. See websites:
i. LA Co Health Plan Check: http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/Eh/about/plan- check-program.htm
ii. LA Co Health Permits: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/about/permit.htm
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
6 c. Include the Los Angeles County Health Department Approved Plans as part of Building & Safety submittal.
d. Building & Safety plans and Los Angeles County Health Department Approved plans must be coordinated to match.
15. Fire Sprinkler are required for all new buildings per GBSC 903.2.21. Separate permits are required for fire sprinkler systems and alarm systems and shall be submitted to Glendale Fire Department for review and approval.
16. A survey plan prepared by a California license survey or will be required to show identification of property meets and bounds, contours and elevation, points, baseline, datum to identifiable point in the public right away, contours, show all structures, features, show all easements.
17. Site and grading work
a. Civil engineering plans are required for grading LID, NPDES, SWPP, water conservation, drainage design, in compliance with, but limited to, City of Glendale Municipal Code, California, Green Building Code, California building Code, Chapter 18. Glendale Bui lding & Safety Code - Amendments (GBSC) Section J103.1 & J103.2 for required permits. b. Obtain a grading permit, prepared by a California license Civil Engineer by submitting complete drawings.
c. A complete geotechnical report prepared by a California licensed Geotechnical Engineer is required in compliance with CBC Chapter 18, including slope stability analysis (project is located on a hillside).
d. No cross-lot drainage to adjacent properties will be allowed for this project. e. Hydrology and hydraulic calculations may be submitted for review and approval. f. Provide low impact development, LID report, per LID development standards per Glendale Municipal Code Chapter 13.43.
18. Additional comments shall follow upon submittal to Building & Safety.
b. CASE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENTS: (these are not standard code requirements)
1.
c. SUGGESTED CONDITIONS: (may or may not be adopted by the Hearing Officer)
1.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
7 (PLEASE SEND OUT THIS FORM ONLY WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS ARE NEEDED.)
Location:
_____ The project would not have adverse environmental effects on areas regulated by this Division/Section.
_____ The project would have potential environmental impacts on areas regulated by this Division/Section identified below.
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT(S):
PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURE(S):
The following mitigation measures are required to reduce adverse environmental effects to less than significant. (Please do not include code requirements listed in comment below):
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
CASE No.:_____________ Property Address: ______________________________
Name/Signature_______________________________Date:___________________
Title:_______________________Dept._____________ Tel. (Ext.):______________
POINT PERSON – DEPARTMENTS/DIVISION
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
8 CITY ATTORNEY – GILLIAN VAN MUYDEN (Miah Yun and Yvette Neukian, Alternates)
CITY CLERK – KAREN CORTES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
Building and Safety – COLIN LEUNG, ARA SARGSYAN and CELINE
SARKISLOO
Neighborhood Services –JESSICA SADA
Design Review & Historic (Glendale Register & Historic Districts) –
JAY PLATT
Economic Development – MARK BERRY
Housing – PETER ZOVAK, MIKE FORTNEY and AARON BROWNELL
Urban Design & Mobility – FRED ZOHREVAND (For VMT Analysis) Long Range Planning – VILIA ZEMAITAITIS and JACKIE MARTINEZ COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PARKS – TEREZA ALEKSANIAN and
JULIANNA DE LA CRUZ
INFORMATION SERVICES DEPT.
Wireless Communications – GORDON ARNOLD
FIRE ENGINEERING – JOVAN DIAZ, SITA PARTAMIAN and DAVE STIMSON GLENDALE WATER AND POWER:
Water – SEDA BOGHOSIAN, EDEN HAKOUPIANI and KEVIN RUNZER Electric – CATHERINE BABAKHANLOU, SEDA BOGHOSIAN and EDEN HAKOUPIANI (Hovsep Barkhordian, and Daniel Scorza
Alternates)
POLICE – Lt. JOSH WOFFORD and ZAZIL AVILA, C.S.O.
PUBLIC WORKS:
Engineering & Land Development – ARMEN AVAZIAN, SARKIS
OGANESYAN, SOROUSH SHEIKHLAR and RUEL VILLALUNA
Traffic – PASTOR CASANOVA, TOMMY CHOW and AREK
HARMANDAYAN
Integrated Waste – DAN HARDGROVE
Maintenance Services/Street & Field/Urban Forester – JAIME AVALOS, LOREN KLICK, CARLOS LINARES, ROYFREDERICK (Roy)
RODRIGUEZ and ORLANDO URQUIDEZ
Facilities (City projects) – KEVIN TODD
OTHERS:
STATE ABC – Esther Alvarez ([email protected]), TRIBAL CONSULTATION (EIF Applications Only) –
THCP Officer (Tribal Historic and Cultural Preservation Department, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians)
JOSEPH ONTIVEROS (Cultural Resource Director, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians)
LINDA CANDELARIA (Co-Chairwoman, Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe) (Sample Letters on Planning Share: ..\..\..\..\Environmental\Tribal Consultation Sample Letters)
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
1 CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Community Development Department
Request for Comments Form (RFC)
DATE: 7/16/2025 DUE DATE: 7/31/2025
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
FROM: Dennis Joe, Principal Planner Tel. # Ext. 8157
PROJECT ADDRESS: 236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Applicant: Reece Pettersen
Property Owner: Jamas Gwilliam, Merlone Geier
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Density Bonus application to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot, mixed-use development consisting 666 multi-family residential dwellings units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income), 16 live/work units, and 930 parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean) on a 3.7 acre site located south of West California Avenue and between North Central Avenue and North Orange Street consisting of four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, addressed as 236 North Central Avenue) which is bisected by a 16 foot wide public alley (alley 239), located in the Downtown Specific Plan - Orange Central District.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. This project was previously routed by Mark Berry, February 14, 2022, as a DRC request for comment. If comments have not changed, please re-forward with a revised date for the record.
B. (Housing Division/City Attorney/Economic Development) For the purposes of calculating baseline density of the project site, Site Area plus underlying fee area extending out to the center line of the streets and proposed portions of Alley 239 for the purpose of calculating baseline density (207,028.58 SF).
C. (City Attorney) While the applicant is entitled with 2 concessions providing 14% very low and 1% low income, but stressed within the application that each of the five (5) deviations are from development standards and squarely fit within the scope of DBL waivers.
1. FAR: First, the applicant is comfortable using the net site area (161,507 square feet) for purposes of calculating development standards, including FAR, that emanate from site area. The net area of the site is 161,507 square feet and the Downtown Specific Plan (“DSP”) permits a maximum FAR of 3.0 (or 621,330 square feet). (DSP § 4.1.2.) The project proposes 656,993 square feet, or 4.06 FAR. Thus, the project requires a waiver to increase the permitted FAR from 3.0 to 4.06.
2. Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.1 requires the project to provide open space equivalent to 20% of the overall site, or 32,301 square feet of open space. The project provides 71,708 square feet of open space, which exceeds the amount required. Per DSP § 5.3.2, at least 50% of the required open space shall be publicly
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
2 accessible. 32,301 square feet of open space is required, meaning that the DSP requires 16,151 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The project provides 13,397 square feet of publicly accessible open space.2 The project asserts a waiver for an approximately 17% reduction in publicly accessible open space.
3. Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.2 provides that 85% of the require public open space shall be contiguous. The project provides 9,966 square feet of contiguous open space as paseos, which is less than the otherwise required 13,728.
4. Space requirement. Covered Paseos: The project provides 9,966 square feet of paseos. The DSP permits up to 25% of paseos to be covered. The project’s paseos propose only approximately 12% coverage, which meets the DSP standard. However, the DSP also provides that overhead structures cannot project more than 24 inches into the paseos. The project has limited projections that exceed that 24-inch standard, and asserts a waiver to deviate from that limitation.
5. Private Outdoor Open Space: The DSP requires new residential developments to provide a minimum of 140 square feet of “additional outdoor open space” per residential unit and/or live-work unit. The DSP state the “additional outdoor open space” may be provided as publicly accessible open space, common open space (interior courtyards and decks), or private outdoor space (balconies, decks and patios). (DSP § 5.3.3.) The DSP does not establish that each unit must itself have 140 square feet of open space.
6. Additional Open Space: The project proposes 682 dwelling units, which requires 95,480 square feet of additional open space. The project provides 58,311 square feet of additional open space as common outdoor space and private balconies. The project asserts a waiver for the deviation.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
3 PLEASE CHECK:
X
A. CITY ATTORNEY
G. INFORMATION SERVICES
(Wireless Telecom)
B. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
H. PUBLIC WORKS (ADMINISTRATION):
X
(1) Building & Safety X (1) Engineering & Land
Development
X (2) Neighborhood Services X (2) Traffic
(3) Design Review & Historic (3) Facilities (city projects only) X (4) Economic Development X (4) Integrated Waste
X (5) Housing (5) Maintenance Services/Urban
Forester (6) Urban Design & Mobility
X (7) Long Range Planning
D. COMMUNITY SERVICES/PARKS:
J. GLENDALE POLICE
X
X E. FIRE ENGINEERING (PSC) K. OTHER:
F. GLENDALE WATER & POWER:
(1) STATE-Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC)
X (1) Water
(2) Tribal Consultations (EIFs)
X (2) Electric (3) City Clerk’s Office
ENTITLEMENT(S) REQUESTED
Variance Case No.: Tentative Tract/Parcel Map No.:
AUP/CUP Case No.: Zone Chan ge/GPA:
ADR/DRB Case No.: Other:
PDBP-005412-
2025
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
4 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.: PDBP-005412-2025 (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058)
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
This office DOES NOT have any comment.
This office HAS the following comments/conditions. (See attached Dept. Master List)
Date:____8/1/25_______________
Print Name:_____Tereza Aleksanian__________________________ Title:__Asst Director of CSP_____Dept.___CSP____Tel.:____4303__________
a. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. This project is subject to appropriate provisions of the Public Use Facilities Development Impact Fee Ordinance which requires that fees be paid to offset impacts on parks, recreation and library facilities. Developer should complete the Development Impact Fee forms for staff to calculate the appropriate amount of the fee due based upon the net new square footage and/or new units added.
b. CASE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENTS: (these are not standard code requirements)
1.
c. SUGGESTED CONDITIONS: (may or may not be adopted by the Hearing Officer)
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
5 1.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS
(PLEASE SEND OUT THIS FORM ONLY WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS ARE NEEDED.)
Location:
_____ The project would not have adverse environmental effects on areas regulated by this Division/Section.
_____ The project would have potential environmental impacts on areas regulated by this Division/Section identified below.
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT(S):
PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURE(S):
The following mitigation measures are required to reduce adverse environmental effects to less than significant. (Please do not include code requirements listed in comment below):
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
CASE No.:_____________ Property Address: ______________________________
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
6 Name/Signature_______________________________Date:___________________
Title:_______________________Dept._____________ Tel. (Ext.):______________
POINT PERSON – DEPARTMENTS/DIVISION
CITY ATTORNEY – GILLIAN VAN MUYDEN (Miah Yun and Yvette Neukian, Alternates)
CITY CLERK – KAREN CORTES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
Building and Safety – COLIN LEUNG, ARA SARGSYAN and CELINE
SARKISLOO
Neighborhood Services –JESSICA SADA
Design Review & Historic (Glendale Register & Historic Districts) –
JAY PLATT
Economic Development – MARK BERRY
Housing – PETER ZOVAK, MIKE FORTNEY and AARON BROWNELL
Urban Design & Mobility – FRED ZOHREVAND (For VMT Analysis) Long Range Planning – VILIA ZEMA ITAITIS and JACKIE MARTINEZ COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PARKS – TEREZA ALEKSANIAN and
JULIANNA DE LA CRUZ
INFORMATION SERVICES DEPT.
Wireless Communications – GORDON ARNOLD
FIRE ENGINEERING – JOVAN DIAZ, SITA PARTAMIAN and DAVE STIMSON GLENDALE WATER AND POWER:
Water – SEDA BOGHOSIAN, EDEN HAKOUPIANI and KEVIN RUNZER Electric – CATHERINE BABAKHANLOU, SEDA BOGHOSIAN and EDEN HAKOUPIANI (Hovsep Barkhordian, and Daniel Scorza
Alternates)
POLICE – Lt. JOSH WOFFORD and ZAZIL AVILA, C.S.O.
PUBLIC WORKS:
Engineering & Land Development – ARMEN AVAZIAN, SARKIS
OGANESYAN, SOROUSH SHEIKHLAR and RUEL VILLALUNA
Traffic – PASTOR CASANOVA, TOMMY CHOW and AREK
HARMANDAYAN
Integrated Waste – DAN HARDGROVE
Maintenance Services/Street & Field/Urban Forester – JAIME AVALOS, LOREN KLICK, CARLOS LINARES, ROYFREDERICK (Roy)
RODRIGUEZ and ORLANDO URQUIDEZ
Facilities (City projects) – KEVIN TODD
OTHERS:
STATE ABC – Esther Alvarez ([email protected]), TRIBAL CONSULTATION (EIF Applications Only) –
THCP Officer (Tribal Historic and Cultural Preservation Department, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians)
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
7 JOSEPH ONTIVEROS (Cultural Resource Director, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians)
LINDA CANDELARIA (Co-Chairwoman, Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe) (Sample Letters on Planning Share: ..\..\..\..\Environmental\Tribal Consultation Sample Letters)
GLENDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FIRE ENGINEERING
Response to Request for Comments for MFD, Commercial or Retail Projects
Project Address: 236 N Central Ave. Project Number(s): DRC Review
Fire Comments for proposed project:
1. Fire sprinkler system. A complete automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed throughout all new structures in accordance with the recommendations of NFPA 13 and the requirements of the Glendale Building and Safety Code. Plans and permit application shall be submitted to the Fire Department within 30 days of issuance of the building permit. Riser and all sprinkler piping shall be concealed; no exposed piping on exterior permitted. Quick response sprinkler heads are required throughout the structure unless contraindicated. Flat concealed sprinkler heads are required in all habitable areas.
2. Fire alarm system. A fire alarm system shall be installed capable of notifying the occupants, audibly and visually, upon activation of the automatic fire sprinkler system. Plans and permit application shall be submitted to the Fire Department within 30 days of issuance of the building permit.
3. Riser, FDC and FACP locations. Provide location of automatic fire sprinkler riser, Fire Department Connection (FDC – must remain visible from the street) and Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) on the architectural and landscaping plans (FDC only). Coordinate locations with Fire Department staff; provide a three (3) foot clear pathway from FDC to sidewalk; pathway shall be clearly marked on the plans.
4. Water main upgrade. Water main upgrade may be required if minimum fire flow cannot be achieved per the California Fire Code (see “Water Flow” section below). Show compliance for fire hydrant(s) location and spacing per the CFC. Show hydrant locations on the architectural site plan and civil drawings. GWP review and approval is required prior to submitting plans for Fire Department approval.
5. Backflow prevention. Contact GWP Water Engineering regarding the location and model of a backflow prevention device and water meter when installing a fire water line. Coordinate model, location, setback and obscuring of backflow prevention device (may not be visible from the street) with GWP Water Engineering, CDD Zoning and the Fire Department. GWP and CDD Zoning approval is required prior to submitting plans for Fire Department approval.
6. Water flow. Show compliance with water flow requirements per the CFC. Provide request and payment for fire flow verification report and flow test. Water main upgrade may be required if minimum fire flow cannot be maintained per the California Fire Code. A completed copy of the report must be provided to the Fire Department upon submittal of the first plan check for the fire sprinkler system.
Access and Egress
7. Elevator. Elevator size shall be capable of accommodating a gurney and meet the requirements per the CBC.
8. Gurney access. All areas of the building shall be accessible by an approved gurney access path from all points of Fire Department access, to the satisfaction of the Fire Department.
GLENDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FIRE ENGINEERING
Response to Request for Comments for MFD, Commercial or Retail Projects
Revised 07.23.2014 Page 2
9. Emergency access walkway. Ensure an emergency access walkway leading from fire apparatus access road to exterior opening per the CFC; access walkway must be able to accommodate a 20- foot long ladder. Landings shall be provided beneath rescue windows or doors to provide fire department access around the home. The architectural and landscape design shall omit any present or future obstructions that may hinder access and placement of fire department ladders.
10. Address directory. For multiple building or campus-type projects, an address directory shall be provided at all entrances to the project/ development at locations approved by the Fire Department.
Directory plans shall be submitted to the Fire Department for review and approval prior to installation.
11. Emergency escape and rescue windows. Basements and sleeping rooms below the fourth story above grade plane shall have at least one exterior emergency escape and rescue opening in accordance with the CBC.
Additional
12. Emergency Responder Radio Coverage. Ensure adequate radio coverage for emergency responders within the building based on existing coverage levels of the public safety communications system. If minimum signal strength in the building is not adequate, amplification systems and signal booster may need to be installed within the building.
Name:__Sita Partamian _______________ Date: _________08/14/25_________
Title:____Principal FESS_____ Dept. FIRE Tel. (Ext.): ___8105___________
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
1 CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Community Development Department
Request for Comments Form (RFC)
DATE: 7/16/2025 DUE DATE: 7/31/2025
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
FROM: Dennis Joe, Principal Planner Tel. # Ext. 8157
PROJECT ADDRESS: 236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Applicant: Reece Pettersen
Property Owner: Jamas Gwilliam, Merlone Geier
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Density Bonus application to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot, mixed-use development consisting 666 multi-family residential dwellings units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income), 16 live/work units, and 930 parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean) on a 3.7 acre site located south of West California Avenue and between North Central Avenue and North Orange Street consisting of four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, addressed as 236 North Central Avenue) which is bisected by a 16 foot wide public alley (alley 239), located in the Downtown Specific Plan - Orange Central District.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. This project was previously routed by Mark Berry, February 14, 2022, as a DRC request for comment. If comments have not changed, please re-forward with a revised date for the record.
B. (Housing Division/City Attorney/Economic Development) For the purposes of calculating baseline density of the project site, Site Area plus underlying fee area extending out to the center line of the streets and proposed portions of Alley 239 for the purpose of calculating baseline density (207,028.58 SF).
C. (City Attorney) While the applicant is entitled with 2 concessions providing 14% very low and 1% low income, but stressed within the application that each of the five (5) deviations are from development standards and squarely fit within the scope of DBL waivers.
1. FAR: First, the applicant is comfortable using the net site area (161,507 square feet) for purposes of calculating development standards, including FAR, that emanate from site area. The net area of the site is 161,507 square feet and the Downtown Specific Plan (“DSP”) permits a maximum FAR of 3.0 (or 621,330 square feet). (DSP § 4.1.2.) The project proposes 656,993 square feet, or 4.06 FAR. Thus, the project requires a waiver to increase the permitted FAR from 3.0 to 4.06.
2. Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.1 requires the project to provide open space equivalent to 20% of the overall site, or 32,301 square feet of open space. The project provides 71,708 square feet of open space, which exceeds the amount required. Per DSP § 5.3.2, at least 50% of the required open space shall be publicly
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
2 accessible. 32,301 square feet of open space is required, meaning that the DSP requires 16,151 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The project provides 13,397 square feet of publicly accessible open space.2 The project asserts a waiver for an approximately 17% reduction in publicly accessible open space.
3. Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.2 provides that 85% of the require public open space shall be contiguous. The project provides 9,966 square feet of contiguous open space as paseos, which is less than the otherwise required 13,728.
4. Space requirement. Covered Paseos: The project provides 9,966 square feet of paseos. The DSP permits up to 25% of paseos to be covered. The project’s paseos propose only approximately 12% coverage, which meets the DSP standard. However, the DSP also provides that overhead structures cannot project more than 24 inches into the paseos. The project has limited projections that exceed that 24-inch standard, and asserts a waiver to deviate from that limitation.
5. Private Outdoor Open Space: The DSP requires new residential developments to provide a minimum of 140 square feet of “additional outdoor open space” per residential unit and/or live-work unit. The DSP state the “additional outdoor open space” may be provided as publicly accessible open space, common open space (interior courtyards and decks), or private outdoor space (balconies, decks and patios). (DSP § 5.3.3.) The DSP does not establish that each unit must itself have 140 square feet of open space.
6. Additional Open Space: The project proposes 682 dwelling units, which requires 95,480 square feet of additional open space. The project provides 58,311 square feet of additional open space as common outdoor space and private balconies. The project asserts a waiver for the deviation.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
3 PLEASE CHECK:
X
A. CITY ATTORNEY
G. INFORMATION SERVICES
(Wireless Telecom)
B. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
H. PUBLIC WORKS (ADMINISTRATION):
X
(1) Building & Safety X (1) Engineering & Land
Development
X (2) Neighborhood Services X (2) Traffic
(3) Design Review & Historic (3) Facilities (city projects only) X (4) Economic Development X (4) Integrated Waste
X (5) Housing (5) Maintenance Services/Urban
Forester (6) Urban Design & Mobility
X (7) Long Range Planning
D. COMMUNITY SERVICES/PARKS:
J. GLENDALE POLICE
X
X E. FIRE ENGINEERING (PSC) K. OTHER:
F. GLENDALE WATER & POWER:
(1) STATE-Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC)
X (1) Water
(2) Tribal Consultations (EIFs)
X (2) Electric (3) City Clerk’s Office
ENTITLEMENT(S) REQUESTED
Variance Case No.: Tentative Tract/Parcel Map No.:
AUP/CUP Case No.: Zone Chan ge/GPA:
ADR/DRB Case No.: Other:
PDBP-005412-
2025
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
4 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.: PDBP-005412-2025 (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058)
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
This office DOES NOT have any comment.
This office HAS the following comments/conditions. (See attached Dept. Master List)
Date:__7/29/2025___
Print Name:___Jose Munoz____________________________
Title:__Arborist Technician_____Dept.___PW Forestry_____Tel.:__x.3402____________
a. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. SUMMARY
This is a subsequent RFC of the initial Forestry comments dated February 8, 2022.
The subject property is an existing commercial building located in central Glendale, CA., 91203. A total of 18 City Street Tree Locations has been accounted for on adjacent City Right of Way. There appear to be no Indigenous Protected Trees on private or public property on site or within 20’ of the site. Recent plans have incorporated previous Forestry recommendations, however species callouts on plans require editing. Please see below.
INDIGENOUS PROTECTED TREES
Applicant may add the note, “There are no protected oak, sycamore, or bay trees on the property or within 20’ of the property” to the subject site plans.
CITY STREET TREES
A total of eighteen (18) City Street Tree locations has been accounted for on adjacent City Rite of Way. Seven (7) of which were previously recorded as vacant sites (2022) have now been planted. The proposed scope of work will likely necessitate the removal of all existing City Street trees and replace using the Designated City Street Tree Species as described below. Applicants may apply for a Street Tree Permit (STREE) while in plan review as part of this project. Please see below for a breakdown of itemized recommendations.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Designated Street Tree Species Schedule
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
5 a. California Avenue – Arbutus unedo or ‘Marina’ and/or Handroanthus heptaphyllus b. Orange Street – Handroanthus heptaphyllus
c. N. Central Ave. – Zelkova serrata ‘Musashino’ and/or Platanus racemosa
1. Apply for Street Tree Permit (STREE) while in plan review.
2. Ensure a suitable automatic irrigation system is designated for the newly planted City Trees.
3. Contact Forestry at least 48 hours before receiving new City Street Trees, for the purpose of inspection of nursery stock and approval. New trees must meet Forestry quality control guidelines and be planted to City Guidelines.
4. After planting the approved City Street Trees, contact Forestry for the final inspection.
I can be contacted at [email protected] or x.3402
b. CASE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENTS: (these are not standard code requirements)
1.
c. SUGGESTED CONDITIONS: (may or may not be adopted by the Hearing Officer)
1.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS
(PLEASE SEND OUT THIS FORM ONLY WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS ARE NEEDED.)
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
6 Location:
_____ The project would not have adverse environmental effects on areas regulated by this Division/Section.
_____ The project would have potential environmental impacts on areas regulated by this Division/Section identified below.
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT(S):
PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURE(S):
The following mitigation measures are required to reduce adverse environmental effects to less than significant. (Please do not include code requirements listed in comment below):
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
CASE No.:_____________ Property Address: ______________________________
Name/Signature_______________________________Date:___________________
Title:_______________________Dept._____________ Tel. (Ext.):______________
POINT PERSON – DEPARTMENTS/DIVISION
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
7 CITY ATTORNEY – GILLIAN VAN MUYDEN (Miah Yun and Yvette Neukian, Alternates)
CITY CLERK – KAREN CORTES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
Building and Safety – COLIN LEUNG, ARA SARGSYAN and CELINE
SARKISLOO
Neighborhood Services –JESSICA SADA
Design Review & Historic (Glendale Register & Historic Districts) –
JAY PLATT
Economic Development – MARK BERRY
Housing – PETER ZOVAK, MIKE FORTNEY and AARON BROWNELL
Urban Design & Mobility – FRED ZOHREVAND (For VMT Analysis) Long Range Planning – VILIA ZEMA ITAITIS and JACKIE MARTINEZ COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PARKS – TEREZA ALEKSANIAN and
JULIANNA DE LA CRUZ
INFORMATION SERVICES DEPT.
Wireless Communications – GORDON ARNOLD
FIRE ENGINEERING – JOVAN DIAZ, SITA PARTAMIAN and DAVE STIMSON GLENDALE WATER AND POWER:
Water – SEDA BOGHOSIAN, EDEN HAKOUPIANI and KEVIN RUNZER Electric – CATHERINE BABAKHANLOU, SEDA BOGHOSIAN and EDEN HAKOUPIANI (Hovsep Barkhordian, and Daniel Scorza
Alternates)
POLICE – Lt. JOSH WOFFORD and ZAZIL AVILA, C.S.O.
PUBLIC WORKS:
Engineering & Land Development – ARMEN AVAZIAN, SARKIS
OGANESYAN, SOROUSH SHEIKHLAR and RUEL VILLALUNA
Traffic – PASTOR CASANOVA, TOMMY CHOW and AREK
HARMANDAYAN
Integrated Waste – DAN HARDGROVE
Maintenance Services/Street & Field/Urban Forester – JAIME AVALOS, LOREN KLICK, CARLOS LINARES, ROYFREDERICK (Roy)
RODRIGUEZ and ORLANDO URQUIDEZ
Facilities (City projects) – KEVIN TODD
OTHERS:
STATE ABC – Esther Alvarez ([email protected]), TRIBAL CONSULTATION (EIF Applications Only) –
THCP Officer (Tribal Historic and Cultural Preservation Department, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians)
JOSEPH ONTIVEROS (Cultural Resource Director, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians)
LINDA CANDELARIA (Co-Chairwoman, Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe) (Sample Letters on Planning Share: ..\..\..\..\Environmental\Tribal Consultation Sample Letters)
TREE PLANTING STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
Nursery Stock Standards. The City shall make every effort to insure that it plants only vigorous, healthy trees which can easily be trained into an attractive natural form, with strong roots and good crown development. The specifications for acceptable nursery stock shall be as follows:
All trees shall be true to type or botanical name as ordered or shown on planting plans.
All trees should be of a size equivalent to that of a twenty four-inch (24”) box sized containerized tree with a trunk caliper of one and one half inches (1 ½”), or greater, measured at six (6”) inches above soil grade.
All trees shall have a single, fairly straight trunk with a good taper and good branch distribution vertically, laterally and radially.
All trees shall be healthy, have a form typical for the species or cultivar, be well rooted, and shall be properly trained.
The root ball of all trees shall be moist throughout and the crown shall show no sign of moisture stress.
All trees shall comply with Federal and State laws requiring inspection for plant diseases and pest infestations.
No tree shall be accepted that has been severely topped, headed back, pollarded or lion-tailed.
No tree shall be accepted that has co-dominant stems or excessive weak branch attachments that cannot be trained out without jeopardizing the natural form of the species.
No tree shall be accepted that is root bound, shows evidence of girdling or kinking roots, or has “knees” (roots) protruding above the soil.
The City shall reserve the right to refuse any nursery stock that does not meet these standards, and may require any person who has planted such sub-standard trees, on City property or within City right-of-ways, to have these trees removed and replaced at that person’s own expense.
Planting Material Standards. Unless otherwise approved by the Urban Forester, all City trees shall be planted using materials that meet the following criteria:
Tree Stakes - Shall be two (2) sturdy, ten (10’) foot long lodge pole pine stakes. Stakes will be placed on the outer edge of the root ball on either side of the tree, parallel to the curb or walkway or perpendicular to prevailing winds.
Staking Ties - Shall be sixteen (16”) to eighteen (18 ”) inch rubber cinch ties to be fastened to each stake with galvanized roofing nails. Ties will be pulled around the tree’s trunk in a manner that supports the top-heaviness of the canopy, but is loose enough to allow for free movement of the tree in the wind.
Trunk Guards - An approved trunk guard shall be placed around the base of the trunk just above the soil grade. A trunk guard is a device used to deter mechanical damage, as a result of wounds inflicted on a tree’s trunk by such devices as weed whips and lawnmowers.
Wood Chip Mulch – All mulch shall be of a medium to fine grade, and shall be clean and free of rocks and debris.
Tree Planting Specifications. Most nursery tree stock in California is sold in a containerized form. The following guidelines are specific for containerized stock. If utilizing bare root or balled and burlaped trees, refer to the appropriate ISA guidelines for planting instructions.
All trees shall be planted immediately after the planti ng container has been removed. Containers shall not be cut or otherwise damaged prior to delivery of trees to the planting area.
The planting hole is one of the most important factors in establishing a healthy tree. Measure the width and depth of the root ball prior to digging. The diameter of the planting hole shall be dug at least two (2) times wider than that of the root ball. The depth of the planting hole shall be dug slightly shallower than the depth of the root ball to allow for the top two (2”) inches of the root crown to remain above the finished grade of soil.
Before placing the tree into the planting hole, tamp down the base of the hole to allow the tree to stand straight and to avoid the potential of the tree settling below the finish grade. Scarify or scrape the sides of the planting hole to break down any glazing or compaction that may have occurred as a result of digging.
Position the tree in the hole so that the tree stands upright and the top of the root crown is slightly exposed above the grade. Then, backfill the planting hole with clean, native soil no higher than halfway up the rootball. Slightly tamp the soil to remove air pockets, but be sure not to compact the soil too much.
Complete the backfilling to the finish grade. Once again, tamp the soil slightly to remove air pockets.
For planting in parkways, form a watering basin out of backfill material, approximately six (6”) inches high.
The basin shall be installed four (4”) inches outside of and around the edge of the planting hole. This basin is not necessary when planting in tree wells.
Remove all nursery stakes, ties and ribbons from the tree, and install the planting materials as specified above.
A three (3”) to four (4”) inch layer of City approved wood chip mulch shall be placed within the planting basin/well of the tree. A space of three (3”) inches shall be left between the tree’s stem and the mulch layer to allow airflow and to restrict moisture from remaining static around the base of the trunk.
All new trees shall be given an initial deep watering, and provisions shall be made in the construction maintenance period for watering any new trees every seven (7) days or less as needed to keep the root zone moist, of an amount ranging from 5-20 gallons per watering, as needed to achieve deep root watering.
Tree stakes and ties should be removed from the tree within three years after planting, or when the circumference of the tree’s trunk is equal to or exceeds the circumference of the stakes.
For specific details on proper planting procedures refer to the attached Standard for Tree Planting and Staking.
PLANTING TREE IN PARKWAY
VTGGRNCPVKPIPQVGU
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
1 CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Community Development Department
Request for Comments Form (RFC)
DATE: 7/16/2025 DUE DATE: 7/31/2025
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
FROM: Dennis Joe, Principal Planner Tel. # Ext. 8157
PROJECT ADDRESS: 236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Applicant: Reece Pettersen
Property Owner: Jamas Gwilliam, Merlone Geier
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Density Bonus application to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot, mixed-use development consisting 666 multi-family residential dwellings units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income), 16 live/work units, and 930 parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean) on a 3.7 acre site located south of West California Avenue and between North Central Avenue and North Orange Street consisting of four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, addressed as 236 North Central Avenue) which is bisected by a 16 foot wide public alley (alley 239), located in the Downtown Specific Plan - Orange Central District.
IMPORTANT NOTE S:
A. This project was previously routed by Mark Berry, February 14, 2022, as a DRC request for comment. If comments have not changed, please re-forward with a revised date for the record.
B. (H
ousing Division/City Attorney/Economic Development) For the purposes of calculating baseline density of the project site, Site Area plus underlying fee area extending out to the center line of the streets and proposed portions of Alley 239 for the purpose of calculating baseline density (207,028.58 SF).
C. (City Attorney) While the applicant is entitled with 2 concessions providing 14% very low and 1% low income, but stressed within the application that each of the five (5) deviations are from development standards and squarely fit within the scope of DBL waivers.
1. FAR: First, the applicant is comfortable using the net site area (161,507 square feet) for purposes of calculating development standards, including FAR, that emanate from site area. The net area of the site is 161,507 square feet and the Downtown Specific Plan (“DSP”) permits a maximum FAR of 3.0 (or 621,330 square feet). (DSP § 4.1.2.) The project proposes 656,993 square feet, or 4.06 FAR. Thus, the project requires a waiver to increase the permitted FAR from 3.0 to 4.06.
2. Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.1 requires the project to provide open space equivalent to 20% of the overall site, or 32,301 square feet of open space. The project provides 71,708 square feet of open space, which exceeds the amount required. Per DSP § 5.3.2, at least 50% of the required open space shall be publicly accessible. 32,301 square feet of open space is required, meaning that the DSP Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
2 requires 16,151 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The project provides 13,397 square feet of publicly accessible open space.2 The project asserts a waiver for an approximately 17% reduction in publicly accessible open space.
3. Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.2 provides that 85% of the require public open space shall be contiguous. The project provides 9,966 square feet of contiguous open space as paseos, which is less than the otherwise required 13,728.
4. Space requirement. Covered Paseos: The project provides 9,966 square feet of paseos. The DSP permits up to 25% of paseos to be covered. The project’s paseos propose only approximately 12% coverage, which meets the DSP standard. However, the DSP also provides that overhead structures cannot project more than 24 inches into the paseos. The project has limited projections that exceed that 24-inch standard, and asserts a waiver to deviate from that limitation.
5. Private Outdoor Open Space: The DSP requires new residential developments to provide a minimum of 140 square feet of “additional outdoor open space” per residential unit and/or live-work unit. The DSP state the “additional outdoor open space” may be provided as publicly accessible open space, common open space (interior courtyards and decks), or private outdoor space (balconies, decks and patios). (DSP § 5.3.3.) The DSP does not establish that each unit must itself have 140 square feet of open space.
6. Additional Open Space: The project proposes 682 dwelling units, which requires 95,480 square feet of additional open space. The project provides 58,311 square feet of additional open space as common outdoor space and private balconies. The project asserts a waiver for the deviation.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
3 PLEASE CHECK:
X
A. CITY ATTORNEY
G. INFORMATION SERVICES
(Wireless Telecom)
B. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
H. PUBLIC WORKS (ADMINISTRATION):
X
• (1) Building & Safety X • (1) Engineering & Land
Development
X • (2) Neighborhood Services X • (2) Traffic
• (3) Design Review & Historic • (3) Facilities (city projects only) X • (4) Economic Development X • (4) Integrated Waste
X • (5) Housing • (5) Maintenance Services/Urban
Forester • (6) Urban Design & Mobility
X • (7) Long Range Planning
D. COMMUNITY SERVICES/PARKS:
J. GLENDALE POLICE X
X E. FIRE ENGINEERING (PSC) K. OTHER:
F. GLENDALE WATER & POWER:
• (1) STATE-Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC)
X • (1) Water
• (2) Tribal Consultations (EIFs)
X • (2) Electric • (3) City Clerk’s Office
ENTITLEMENT(S) REQUESTED
Variance Case No.: Tentative Tract/Parcel Map No.:
AUP/CUP Case No.: Zone Change/GPA:
ADR/DRB Case No.: Other:
PDBP-005412-
2025
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
4 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.: PDBP-005412-2025 (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058)
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
This office DOES NOT have any comment.
This office HAS the following comments/conditions. (See attached Dept. Master List)
Date:___________________
Print Name:_______________________________
Title:____________________________Dept.______________________Tel.:______________
a. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1.
b. CASE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENTS: (thes
e are not standard code requirements)
1.
c. SUGGESTED CONDITIONS:
(may or may not be adopted by the Hearing Officer)
1.
CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
DATE: July 31, 2025
TO: Dennis Joe, Community Development Department
FROM: Kevin Runzer, GWP Water Engineering
Catherine Babakhanlou, GWP Electric Engineering
SUBJECT: PDBP-005412-2025
236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Glendale Water & Power (GWP) Engineering has reviewed the plans.
Requirements are as follows:
Electric Engineering
Customer Service (818) 548-3921
Project to contact GWP Customer Service Engineering to determine electric service requirements before starting the permitting process. Final construction plans must incorporate the electric service plan information for GWP Electric Engineering to sign off the building plan application.
Project to provide electric service - size, single line diagram and electric load calculation per National Electric Code (NEC).
Project will require an on-site transformer vault facility for the electrical service. GWP will start the new vault design after the project has provided the following:
Electrical load calculations.
Single line diagram.
Electrical room layout.
Switchboard elevations.
Architectural plans showing the proposed vault and electrical room locations.
Elevation plans.
Additional comment(s) and/or attachment(s).
Projects transformer vault rooms located at grade level with GWP-Electric direct access from street. Main electric switchgears to be adjacent to vault rooms for direct bus duct service.
Fiber Optics (818) 548-3923
No conflict.
Street Lighting (818) 548-4877
The existing street light facilities (pull boxes, street light poles, conduits, etc.) shall be protected in place and be accessible to GWP personnel at all times.
Transmission & Distribution (818) 548-3923
The existing electrical facilities (vaults, pull boxes, power poles, etc.) shall be protected in place and be accessible to GWP personnel at all times.
Additional comment(s) and/or attachment(s).
There is underground system in the alley that needs to be de-energized and removed. Contact GWP engineering for the cost estimate to initiate the removal work. After the load calculation is submitted, please contact GWP engineering for the cost estimate to bring power to the property. 8/5/25, 10:05 AM Plan Check 7206
https://gwpmappingprod2/Reports/PlanCheck/memopipprintable.cfm?planckno=7206&space=1 1/2 Catherine Babakhanlou
Principal Electrical Engineer
Kevin Runzer
Senior Civil Engineer
Water Engineering
Recycled Water (818) 548-2062
No conflict.
Backflow Prevention (818) 548-2062
Additional comment(s) and/or attachment(s).
See attached memo for details.
Potable Water (818) 548-2062
Additional comment(s) and/or attachment(s).
See attached memo for details.
CB/KR:sb/eh
8/5/25, 10:05 AM Plan Check 7206
https://gwpmappingprod2/Reports/PlanCheck/memopipprintable.cfm?planckno=7206&space=1 2/2
141 N. Glendale Avenue, Level 4, Suite 420
Glendale, California 91206-4975
Tel: (818) 548-2062 | Fax: (818) 240-4754
www.glendaleca.gov | [email protected]
City of Glendale
Glendale Water & Power
Water Engineering
GWP Water Engineering
Response to Request for Comments (RFC) and Plan Check Review
D
ATE: August 5, 2025
TO: Reece Pettersen, Applicant
Jamas Gwilliam & Merlone Geier, Owner
FROM: Kevin Runzer, Senior Civil Engineer – GWP Water
SUBJECT: 236 N. Central Avenue, Glendale, CA 91203
(APN: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, & 5642-015-058) GWP Water Engineering Response to a Density Bonus Review Application – To Allow Demolition of an Existing Commercial Building and to Construct a New 8-Story, 655,418 Square-Foot Mixed-Use Development Consisting of 666 Multi-Family Residential Dwelling Units Within the Downtown Specific Plan – Orange Central District Zone Permit No.: PDBP-005412-2025
GWP Plan Check No. 7206
The Glendale Water and Power (GWP) Water Engineering Section has completed its review of Permit No. PDBP- 005412-2025, a Density Bonus Review Application – Permit to allow demolition of an existing commercial building and to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot mixed-used development consisting of 666 multi-family residential dwelling units within the Downtown Specific Plan – Orange Central District Zone, located at 236 N. Central Avenue, Parcel No.’s 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, submitted by Reece Pettersen, on behalf of owners Jamas Gwilliam and Merlone Geier.
This is the second submission of a “Request for Comments (RFC)” received by GWP for this project. It was received by GWP on July 16, 2025. GWP makes internal reference to this second submission as “Plan Check No. 7206”. The first submission for review was Plan Check No. 4998. This response letter only addresses the GWP Water Section’s comments and concerns.
Please update all necessary sheets on your plans to include the following GWP Water Engineering General Notes and Requirements:
• All water facilities shall be protected in-
place during construction of the subject project. Additionally, when it is deemed necessary, existing water valves, water meter boxes, water vaults, fire hydrants, backflow prevention devices, and etcetera must b e relocated and set to finished grade, at the project’s expense. Please contact GWP Water Engineering at (818) 548-2062
• GWP WATER INSPECTION: The Applicant/Contractor is required to contact GWP Water Engineering / Water Quality for inspection of all the water work from the “point of connection” to the new water backflow prevention assembly. The “point of connection” is defined as the water shut-off valve located on the customer’s side of the water meter fronting the property. DO NOT BACKFILL ANY TRENCHES related to water works after the “point of connection”. If backfilling occurs, the Inspector has the right to request the Contractor to expose any covered water pipes at the Applicant/Contractor’s expense. Contact GWP Water Engineering at (818) 548- 2062 or email to [email protected] or [email protected]. • Please plan accordingly for requesting a shut-off or disconnection of live water services to avoid any damage and to maintain proper clearance for existing facilities by contacting GWP Water at (818) 548-2011 or call (818) 548-2062.
236 N. Central Avenue, Glendale, CA 91203 (APN: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, & 5642-015-058) A
ttention: Reece Pettersen, Jamas Gwilliam, & Merlone Geier GWP Plan Check No. 7206
August 5, 2025
• Temporary Water Meter: The Contractor shall obtain a temporary water meter from Glendale Water & Power, Water Services Division, (818) 548- 2062, prior to drawing water from any City of Glendale hydrant. The temporary water meter will be installed by and locked to the hydrant by GWP personnel. • If your project requires a different size of water service or additional water services, as per the requirements or directive of the City’s Building & Safety Division or the Glendale Fire Department, approval or an exemption shall be obtained when determining if the existing fire flow is adequate. The Applicant shall pay GWP Water Engineering the cost for the installation of any necessary fire, irrigation, or domestic water service(s) to the property, as well as any off-site water facility improvements deemed necessary to provide sufficient fire flow as required by the Glendale Fire Department.
A. 311 N. Orange Street currently has an existing 1” water service lateral with a 1” water valve (No. N/A) for commercial domestic water use. GWP will need to verify if the water service is live . There is no backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
B. 311 N. Orange Street is currently served by an existing 2” water service lateral with a 2 ” water meter (No. 43011173) for commercial domestic water use. There is no backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
C. 311 N. Orange Street is currently served by an existing 6” fire line water service lateral with a 3/4” water meter (No. 40630970) for commercial fire line water use. There is an outdated backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter that will need to be replaced with a current style backflow, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
D. 211 W. California Avenue is currently served by an existing 3/4” water service lateral with a 3/4 ” water meter (No. 43009050) for commercial domestic water use. There is no backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
E. 211 W. California Avenue is currently served by an existing 4” fire line water service lateral with a 3/4 ” bypass water meter (No. 43235943) for commercial fire line water use. There is an outdated backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter that will need to be replaced with a current style backflow, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
F. 231 N. Orange Street is currently served by an existing 8” fire line water service lateral with a ¾” water meter (No. 40628501) for commercial fire line water use. There is an outdated backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter that will need to be replaced with a current style backflow, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
G. 231 N. Orange Street is currently served by an existing 2” water service lateral with a 2 ” water meter (No. 3753050) for commercial domestic water use. There is no backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
H. 236 N. Central Avenue (located on the corner of N. Central Avenue & W. California Avenue) is currently served by an existing 8” fire line water service lateral with a 3/4” water meter (No. 404068479 ) for commercial fire line water use. There is no backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
I. 236 N. Central Avenue (located on the corner of N. Central Avenue & Salem Street) is currently served by an existing 8” fire line water service lateral with a 3/4” water meter (No. 404068479 ) for commercial
236 N. Central Avenue, Glendale, CA 91203 (APN: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, & 5642-015-058) A
ttention: Reece Pettersen, Jamas Gwilliam, & Merlone Geier GWP Plan Check No. 7206
August 5, 2025
fire line water use. There is no backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
J. 236 N. Central Street is currently served by an existing 2”-A water service lateral with a 2”-A water meter (No. 35753051) for commercial domestic water use. There is no backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
K. 236 N. Central Street is currently served by an existing 2”-B water service lateral with a 2”-B water meter (No. 35752966) for commercial domestic water use. There is no backflow prevention assembly installed downstream of the commercial water meter, as is required by the current City of Glendale Municipal Code.
• Any existing water service connection(s) (i.e. domestic water, fire line, irrigation, recycled water), when no longer needed by the customer or if the service requires clearance from existing or proposed improvements and needs to be relocated, must be permanently abandoned (i.e. disconnected at the water main and the water meter removed) by GWP following payment of the necessary fee. • A Reduced Pressure Principle (RP) Backflow Prevention Assembly is required to be installed for the water service connection during construction of the project, per the GWP Cross- Connection Control Program and Glendale Municipal Code (Chapter 13.32). Backf low prevention device locations must be approved by GWP prior to their installation. The Contractor has a choice of installing a backflow on the existing water service, or to contact GWP to obtain a temporary water meter.
• If a separate fire line is required for this project, a Double Check Detector Assembly (DC or DCDA) backflow prevention device is required to be installed on the property at a location that is as close as is practical to the point of connection and the property line. The proposed location MUST be approved by G WP prior to its installation. The Customer must submit plans to GWP Cross- Connection Control Program showing the proposed location, size, manufacturer, and model number of the approved DC/DCDA. Plea se refer to the Glendale Water & Power’s Standard Drawing No. 6561-A for installation requirements. Please contact GWP’s Cross-Connection Control Program (818)-937-8948 for approval of the BFP installation location, questions and scheduling a final inspection. (PER CA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 17 & CITY OF GLENDALE ORDINANCE NO. 5678)
GWP Water Engineering Communication Notes:
• A complete set of plans (architectural, utilities, plumbing, sprinkler, etc.) shall be submitted to GWP Water Engineering for review and approval.
• Reduced Pressure Principle (RP) Backflow Prevention Assembly : The Contractor is required to install an RP Backflow Prevention Assembly on the Owner’s private property as close as is practical to the public street right- of-way property line for any of the following situations:
a. Water needed for temporary construction work on the property, b. Multi-family (4 units +) residential dwelling units, c. All commercial developments,
d. When a swimming pool, spa, pond, tank, or water fountain are located on the property, and e. For domestic water services designated exclusively for “irrigation” use • Double Check (DC) Backflow Prevention Assembly : If a fire sprinkler system is required for the renovated commercial building structure, the Contractor is required to install a DC-type of Backflow Prevention Assembly
236 N. Central Avenue, Glendale, CA 91203 (APN: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, & 5642-015-058) A
ttention: Reece Pettersen, Jamas Gwilliam, & Merlone Geier GWP Plan Check No. 7206
August 5, 2025
on the Owner’s private property at a location that is as close as is practical to the potable water service point - of-connection in the public right of way for the following situations:
a. A fire service lateral designated exclusively for “fire sprinkler” use only is required to be installed on the property.
The Customer must submit plans to the GWP Cross- Connection Control Program showing the location, size, manufacturer, and model number of the approved RP or DC. Please refer to GWP’s Standard Drawing No. 6528-A for installation requirements. Please contact GWP’s Cross-Connection Control Program (818)-937- 8948 for approval of BFP installation location, questions and scheduling a final inspection. (PER CA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 17 & CITY OF GLENDALE ORDINANCE NO. 5678). • You are required to include the backflow device’s size, make, and model specification sheets on your plans.
This is to be accomplished by inserting the manufacturer’s product specification sheets in your AutoCAD drawing and highlighting or drawing a box around the size of backflow that will be used at your property. All backflow prevention devices must be of the “Lead-Free” type. • A Certified backflow tester is required to perform testing of the installed backflow prevention device, complete a backflow test results report for the backflow device, and email the report to [email protected] after GWP inspects the backflows. • Potable Water Service Feed Lines (2” and smaller size): The installation of Type-K copper tube water service feed line is required from the “point of connection” of the existing/new water shut- off valve to the new RP backflow prevention assembly for the domestic water service. MUST BE INSPECTED BY GWP. • Potable Water Service Feed Lines and Fire Lines ( 4” and larger size): The installation of Class 350 ductile- iron water pipe is required from the “point of connection” of DIP water service laterals or fire line laterals installed by GWP (located approximately 2-ft behind the curb in the parkway within the public street right-of-way fronting your property) to the location of the new DC/DCDA backflow prevention assembly to be installed by the Owner.
MUST BE INSPECTED BY GWP.
• A Certified backflow tester is required to perform testing of the installed backflow prevention device, complete a backflow test results report for the backflow device, and email the report to [email protected] after GWP Inspects the backflows. • Temporary Water Meter: The Contractor shall obtain a temporary water meter from Glendale Water & Power, Water Services Division, (818) 548-2062, prior to drawing water from any City of Glendale hydrant. The temporary water meter will be installed by and locked to the hydrant by GWP personnel. This requirement applies to both potable water and recycled water. The meters for potable water and recycled water are different and shall not be interchanged (i.e., a recycled water meter shall not be installed on a potable water fire hydrant, and a potable water meter shall not be installed on a recycled water hydrant). The potable water meter requires a back-flow prevention device, which is provided by the City at the time that the temporary water meter is issued and installed. The Contractor shall be responsible for paying a refundable deposit for each meter being used, a daily meter fee, as well as a consumption fee for the volume of water used.
Information regarding the fee schedule for the temporary meters can be found on the GWP website https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/gle
ndale-water-and-power/about-your-water/water-
engineering-service-planning/temporary-construction-water-meter. Drawing of water from a hydrant without a temporary water meter is prohibited and the Contractor is subject to Police citation. All costs associated with the temporary water meter shall be borne by the Contractor. • You are required to include GWP Standard drawings that apply to your project on your plans (i.e., 6528-A, 6561-A, & 6762-A,
and for any additional drawings please contact GWP Water Engineering), backflow product specification cut sheets, pipe material specification cut sheets, and water fittings’ material specification cut
236 N. Central Avenue, Glendale, CA 91203 (APN: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, & 5642-015-058) A
ttention: Reece Pettersen, Jamas Gwilliam, & Merlone Geier GWP Plan Check No. 7206
August 5, 2025
sheets. Or visit our website at, https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/glendale-water-and- power/about-your-water/water-engineering-service-planning/standard-drawings • You are required to provide the final recorded address for all the units. • For additional information, please contact GWP Water at (818) 548-2062 or email [email protected]
Please visit the following website for additional services:
• https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/gle ndale-water-and-power/about-your-water/water- engineering-service-planning
Best Regards,
Kevin Runzer, P.E.
Senior Civil Engineer
AA
Attachments:
• 8 GWP PLAN CK 7206 - N. CENTRAL AVE. 236 - REQUEST FOR COMMENTS_GWP-W-Comments.pdf • GWP Water_Existing Facilities.pdf
• GWP Std. Dwg. No. 6528-A, “Reduced Pressure Principle Assembly - RP” • GWP Std. Dwg. No. 6561-A, “Standard Fire Line Installation with Double Check Detector Check Assembly – (3” -12”)”
• GWP Std. Dwg. No. 6762-A, “Installation Requirements for BFP” • GWP Backflow Test Form 2024-25
BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY TEST REPORT
GWP/WATER QUALITY
PH (818) 937-8948, [email protected]
GLENDALE, CA 91201
Assembly ID Facility Name
Acct Number
Schedule Code
Equip Location
Location ID Protection Type
Map Page #2
Confinement Freeze Protection Hazard Type Haz. Level
Approved BFP
PLEASE PRINT NAME
Initial Test By Certificate Gauge Num Company Phone
Final Test By
Repair By
Service Address
Contact Name
Install Date
Mfr
SN
Size
Type
Model
Test Report Due:
Ph
(Replacement/Correction)Assembly Info
REPORT OF TEST RESULTS
Final
Test
1A
Closed Tight
PSID
Closed Tight
Opened at
PSID
Closed Tight
THE ABOVE REPORT IS CERTIFIED TO BE TRUE:
Test Date:
Other/Notes:
PSID PSID
PSID
Air Inlet
CK Valve Pass
Shut Off ValvesPVB/SVB
#2 #1
Leaked
Leaked
PSID
CLEANED
REPLACED
CLEANED
REPLACED
Air Inlet Opened at
Air Inlet Disc
Airl Inlet Spring
Check Disc
Check Spring
PSID
Closed TightOpened Fully
Check Held at
Other
REPAIR
Float
Diaphragm
Rubber Kit
R
E
P
A
I
R
Initial
Test
Check Valve #1 Check Valve #2 Relief Valve
Leaked Leaked Did Not Open
CLEANED
REPLACED
CLEANED
REPLACED
CLEANED
REPLACED
Held at
PSID
Disc
Spring
Guide
Seat
Disc
Spring
Guide
Seat
Disc
Spring
Diaphragm
Seat
PSID
Held at
PSID
Opened at
Closed Tight Closed Tight
O-Ring(s)
Module ModuleModule
Fail
Pass
Rubber Kit Rubber Kit Rubber Kit
O-Ring(s)O-Ring(s)
Y N
Opened Fully Y N
Line pressure at time of test:
Meter #
Permit Num
Services verified by A. Azoyan
for additional information please contact
GWP Water Engineering
[email protected]
818.548.2062
08/04/2025 10:31:16 AM
This connection will
need to be
disconnected
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
K
J
Density Bonus and Inclusionary Housing Plan
236 North Central Avenue
Glendale, CA 91203
August 4, 2025
Jamas Gwillia & Merlone Geier
c/o Reece Petterson
5790 Fleet Street, Suite 140
Carlsbad, CA 92008
City of Glendale Community Development Department
Housing Division
141 North Glendale Avenue, Room 202
Glendale, CA 91206
Number of Dwelling Units Proposed:
Reece Petterson (“Applicant”) has proposed the development of a new 8 -story 655,418 square feet density bonus mixed -use development consisting of 682 multi -family residential dwellings units (the “Project”). The Project will provide a total of seventy-two (72) affordable units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income).
Maximum Number of Units Permitted per Glendale Municipal Code (‘GMC”):
The Project is located in the Downtown Specific Plan / Orange Central (“DSP -OC”) zone. The Project site (APNs: 5642 -015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642 -015-058) has a lot area of 207,029 square feet. Site zoned in the DSP -OC zone is permitted 100 units per acre, which permits a total of four-hundred and seventy-six (476) units (207,029/43,560 = 4.753 x 100 = 475.30 rounded up to 476 units). By right, the Project’s base density is four -hundred and seventy-six (476) units.
Replacement Unit Obligation under the Density Bonus Requirement:
Per State Density Bonus Law (CA Govt Code § 65915, et seq.), an applicant is ineligible for a density bonus or any other incentives or concessions if a project is proposed on a parcel or parcels with rental dwelling units that have been vacated or demolished within a five (5) -year period preceding the project’s development application or have been occupied by lower or very low income households, unless the proposed project replaces those units. Pursuant to CA Govt Code § 65915, if any dwelling units are occupied on the date of a project’s development application, the proposed project is required to provide the same number of units of equivalent size (i.e., the same total number of bedrooms as the units being replaced) as affordable to the same or lower income households in occupancy. If the incomes are unknown to the applicant, there is an established rebuttable presumption per HUD’s Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy database.
Using the most recent data (2017 -2021) for Extremely Low, Very Low, and Low Renter households on https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/cp.html and dividing the total households from those three categories (30,270 households) by the total renters within the City of Glendale (48,575 households), this presumption amounts to 62.32% (30,270 / 48,575 = 62.32%) of renter households at or below 80% AMI. Per the Los Angeles County Assessor, there are currently no existing residential dwelling units on the parcel. Therefore, the Project is not subject to the 62.32% presumption set forward by HUD. Applicant meets the replacement obligation per satisfying the requirements under CA Govt Code § 65915.
Amount of Density Bonus Requested:
Applicant is entitled to a 46.25% density bonus by providing sixty-seven (67) units (14 percent of the base density of 476 = 66.64 rounded up to 67) to very low income households. State Density Bonus Law (CA Govt Code § 65915, et seq.) allows up to an automatic 50% density bonus and 3 incentives in exchange for the provision of at least 15% of the base units restricted as rentals for very low -income households. Applicant is requesting a 46.25% density bonus and is requesting to provide sixty-seven (67) units, 14% of the base density, to very low-income households This request complies with State Density Bonus Law, which allows up to a 46.25% density bonus, as well as two (2) incentives or concessions in exchange for the provision of a 14% affordability level of very low -income units. Applicant meets the unit obliga tion under State Density Bonus Law.
Inclusionary Housing Requirement:
Per GMC Chapter 30.35, the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (the “IZO”), requires a housing development (a rental development project of eight (8) or more dwelling units proposed to be constructed in the City) to provide 15% of the units as affordable to low -income households. The Project is subject to the IZO.
The Project is required to provide two (2) affordable units to low-income households (15% of the base density of 476 = 71.4 (rounded up to 72)). Under the IZO (GMC 30.35.050(C)), “[t]o the extent required by state law, all affordable units required pursuant to the grant of a density bonus shall count toward the inclusionary unit requirement contained in this chapter. Very low-income density bonus units shall be equivalent to low-income inclusionary units.” Therefore, the Project meets the 14% of the 15% IZO requirement through the requirement to provide sixty-seven (67) affordable units to very low-income households under State Density Bonus Law. The Project must provide 1% of the base density to satisfy the IZO requirement. The Project is providing five (5) units (1% x 476 base density = 4.76 rounded up to 5) for low income households. Thus, meeting the IZO requirement.
Number of Affordable Units meeting Density Bonus and IZO Requirement:
Applicant is required to designate sixty-seven (67) units as affordable to very low income households and five (5) units as affordable to low income households per GMC 30.36 and CA Govt Code § 65915, et seq. The Project will utilize one of its entitled concessions pursuant to the State Density Bonus Law to deviate from the standard requirements regarding the location of affordable units as set forth in the Density Bonus and Inclusionary Zoning Implementation Policies. The Project owes thirty-seven (37) studios and thirty-five (35) one-bedroom affordable units to Housing. Applicant is to work with Housing staff on the selection of the specific designation of affordable units, which will be determined prior to the issuance of any building permits and prior to the execution of the Density Bonus Agreement.
Number and Description of Incentives and Concessions Requested:
By setting aside 14% of the base density to very-low income households, Applicant is entitled to two (2) concessions. Pursuant to GMC 30.36.070A, Applicant has requested two (2) concessions:
Incentives/Concessions:
(1) Deviate from the proportionality requirements of Section 30.35.030. Applicant is requesting to provide thirty -seven (37) studios and thirty -five (35) one -bedroom units. Per Section
30.35.030, the Project was required to provide four (4) studio units, fifty -three (53) one - bedroom units, and fifteen (15) two-bedroom units.
(2) Floor Area Ratio (FAR): Proposed: 656,933 SF / 161,172 SF = 4.07 Required: Max 3.0 FAR.
Applicant has also requested five (5) waivers:
(1) Public Accessible Open Space by 5.3.2: 50% of Common Open shall be publicly accessible. 50% x 32,234.4 SF = 16,117 SF required. Proposed: 13,397 SF concession/waiver required (2) Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space (PAOS) by 5.3.2: 85% of the required PAOS must be contiguous - which 85% of 16,117 SF = 13,699.45 SF. Proposed: PAOS is provided in sections of 4,806 SF, 5,160 SF, 1,313 SF and 2,118 SF. None are contiguous with an area of 16,117 SF. Concession/waiver required
(3) Publicly Accessible Open Space (PAOS) by 5.4.2.E.4: "Overhead structures, including canopies, awnings, cantilevered overhangs, or balconies, cannot project greater than 24 inches into the paseo. Proposed: Canopies project greater 24" into the paseo (amoun t TBD and will receive tomorrow, August 5th)
(4) Residential Development Open Space by 5.3.3: 140 SF private outdoor space for each dwelling and live/work units is required - which 140 SF min each unit x 686 units = 95,480 SF.
Proposed: 48,695 SF total
(5) DSP 5.4.2 Paseos by 5.4.2: Required: Building wall height is required to be set back 20 feet at portions of the building at 60 feet and above. Proposed: Paseo width is 20 feet w/ a building wall without the required 20 foot setback at portions of the building 60 feet and above.
Amount of Parking Concessions Requested:
Pursuant to CA Govt Code § 65915(p)(1), an applicant of a housing development meeting the minimum requirements to qualify for a density bonus may apply for a parking concession, inclusive of handicapped and guest parking, pursuant to the following ratios: one (1) on-site parking space per unit for zero (0) to one (1)-bedroom units and one and one-half (1.5) on-site parking spaces per unit for two (2) to three (3) bedroom units. The Project proposes a unit mix of thirty-seven (37) studios (0), four hundred nighty three (493) one (1) bedroom units, one hundred thirty-five (135) two (2) bedroom units, one (1) three (3) bedroom unit and sixteen (16) live/work units. Based on the number of units and bedrooms provided, the parking concession pursuant to CA Govt Code § 65915(p)(1) requires a minimum of seven hundred and fifty (750) residential parking spaces (1 x 546 = 546 and 1.5 x 136 = 204). The Project meets the minimum requirement per CA Govt Code § 65915(p)(1) and proposes to provide seven hundred and fifty (750) parking spaces total. The appl icant is providing nine hundred and thirty (930) total parking spaces. Accordingly, the Project meets the parking requirements under CA Govt Code § 65915(p)(1).
Child Care Space:
Not applicable.
Affordable Housing Commercial Development Impact Fee:
On May 7, 2019, the City adopted a Citywide Affordable Housing Commercial Development Impact Fee, Ordinance No. 5929, codified at GMC 4.11 (collectively, the “CDIF”). The CDIF became effective after a 60-day period on July 7, 2019.
With the exception of hotels, auto dealerships, community land uses which serve the public, and the reconstruction of any building destroyed by fire, flood, earthquake or other act of nature (so long as the square footage does not exceed the square footage before the loss), the CDIF imposes a $4 per square foot fee (per the FY 2025 Citywide Fee Schedule) on all commercial development projects with a gross floor area exceeding 1,250 square feet.
The Project proposes 1,515 square feet designated for restaurant space. Given that the commercial demolition credit exceeds 1,515 square feet, no CDIF is owed by the Project.
Note About Required Condition: The Project is conditioned on Applicant complying with CA Govt Code § 66300.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
1 CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Community Development Department
Request for Comments Form (RFC)
DATE: 7/16/2025 DUE DATE: 7/31/2025
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
FROM: Dennis Joe, Principal Planner Tel. # Ext. 8157
PROJECT ADDRESS: 236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Applicant: Reece Pettersen
Property Owner: Jamas Gwilliam, Merlone Geier
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Density Bonus application to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot, mixed-use development consisting 666 multi-family residential dwellings units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income), 16 live/work units, and 930 parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean) on a 3.7 acre site located south of West California Avenue and between North Central Avenue and North Orange Street consisting of four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, addressed as 236 North Central Avenue) which is bisected by a 16 foot wide public alley (alley 239), located in the Downtown Specific Plan - Orange Central District.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. This project was previously routed by Mark Berry, February 14, 2022, as a DRC request for comment. If comments have not changed, please re-forward with a revised date for the record.
B. (Housing Division/City Attorney/Economic Development) For the purposes of calculating baseline density of the project site, Site Area plus underlying fee area extending out to the center line of the streets and proposed portions of Alley 239 for the purpose of calculating baseline density (207,028.58 SF).
C. (City Attorney) While the applicant is entitled with 2 concessions providing 14% very low and 1% low income, but stressed within the application that each of the five (5) deviations are from development standards and squarely fit within the scope of DBL waivers.
1. FAR: First, the applicant is comfortable using the net site area (161,507 square feet) for purposes of calculating development standards, including FAR, that emanate from site area. The net area of the site is 161,507 square feet and the Downtown Specific Plan (“DSP”) permits a maximum FAR of 3.0 (or 621,330 square feet). (DSP § 4.1.2.) The project proposes 656,993 square feet, or 4.06 FAR. Thus, the project requires a waiver to increase the permitted FAR from 3.0 to 4.06.
2. Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.1 requires the project to provide open space equivalent to 20% of the overall site, or 32,301 square feet of open space. The project provides 71,708 square feet of open space, which exceeds the amount required. Per DSP § 5.3.2, at least 50% of the required open space shall be publicly accessible. 32,301 square feet of open space is required, meaning that the DSP Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
2 requires 16,151 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The project provides 13,397 square feet of publicly accessible open space.2 The project asserts a waiver for an approximately 17% reduction in publicly accessible open space.
3. Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.2 provides that 85% of the require public open space shall be contiguous. The project provides 9,966 square feet of contiguous open space as paseos, which is less than the otherwise required 13,728.
4. Space requirement. Covered Paseos: The project provides 9,966 square feet of paseos. The DSP permits up to 25% of paseos to be covered. The project’s paseos propose only approximately 12% coverage, which meets the DSP standard. However, the DSP also provides that overhead structures cannot project more than 24 inches into the paseos. The project has limited projections that exceed that 24-inch standard, and asserts a waiver to deviate from that limitation.
5. Private Outdoor Open Space: The DSP requires new residential developments to provide a minimum of 140 square feet of “additional outdoor open space” per residential unit and/or live-work unit. The DSP state the “additional outdoor open space” may be provided as publicly accessible open space, common open space (interior courtyards and decks), or private outdoor space (balconies, decks and patios). (DSP § 5.3.3.) The DSP does not establish that each unit must itself have 140 square feet of open space.
6. Additional Open Space: The project proposes 682 dwelling units, which requires 95,480 square feet of additional open space. The project provides 58,311 square feet of additional open space as common outdoor space and private balconies. The project asserts a waiver for the deviation.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
3 PLEASE CHECK:
X
A. CITY ATTORNEY
G. INFORMATION SERVICES
(Wireless Telecom)
B. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
H. PUBLIC WORKS (ADMINISTRATION):
X
• (1) Building & Safety X • (1) Engineering & Land
Development
X • (2) Neighborhood Services X • (2) Traffic
• (3) Design Review & Historic • (3) Facilities (city projects only) X • (4) Economic Development X • (4) Integrated Waste
X • (5) Housing • (5) Maintenance Services/Urban
Forester • (6) Urban Design & Mobility
X • (7) Long Range Planning
D. COMMUNITY SERVICES/PARKS:
J. GLENDALE POLICE X
X E. FIRE ENGINEERING (PSC) K. OTHER:
F. GLENDALE WATER & POWER:
• (1) STATE-Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC)
X • (1) Water
• (2) Tribal Consultations (EIFs)
X • (2) Electric • (3) City Clerk’s Office
ENTITLEMENT(S) REQUESTED
Variance Case No.: Tentative Tract/Parcel Map No.:
AUP/CUP Case No.: Zone Change/GPA:
ADR/DRB Case No.: Other:
PDBP-005412-
2025
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
4 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.: PDBP-005412-2025 (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058)
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
This office DOES NOT have any comment.
This office HAS the following comments/conditions. (See attached Dept. Master List)
Date:_July 28, 2025________
Print Name:__Jackie Martinez _____________________________
Title:__Planner, Long Range Planning____ Dept.___CDD____Tel.:__x8133___
a. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
Overview
The multi-phased Project proposes construction of a new mixed-use building and a potential public park on two different sites.
Mixed-Use Building Site
The Mixed-Use Building Site will feature the demolition of the Sears Building and parking structure and the construction of 666 multi-family residential dwelling units (72 units reserved for very-low/low-income households), 16 live/work units, and a 930-parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean). This site includes four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058), all of four which are listed in the Housing Element Sites Inventory. The following table summarizes the affordability and unit capacity assumptions for each parcel.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
5 Sites Inventory Capacity Assumptions
Address APN Lower Income
Capacity
Moderate
Income
Capacity
Above
Moderate
Capacity
Total Capacity
212 W California Ave 5642-015-045 265 - - 265
216 N Central Ave 5642-015-056 - 14 14 28
220 N Central Ave 5642-015-057 - 15 15 30
236 N Central Ave 5642-015-058 178 - - 179
Total Assumed Site Capacity 443 29 29 502
The Mixed-Use Building Site proposes less than the affordability assumptions for lower-income and moderate-income unit capacity and more than the affordability assumptions for abovemoderate-income unit capacity. There is a net decrease of 371 lower income units and 29 moderate-income units and a net increase of 581 above moderate units.
Remaining Sites Inventory Capacity
Lower Income
Capacity
Moderate
Income
Capacity
Above Moderate
Capacity Total Capacity
Total Proposed Site Capacity 72 - 610 682
Total Sites Inventory Capacity 443 29 29 501
Capacity Surplus (+)/Deficit (-) -371 -29 +581 +181
Potential Public Park Site
The design for the Potential Public Park Site has not been developed at this time but may be developed in the first or second phase of the Project’s construction. This site includes three parcels (APNs 5643-020-038, 5643-020-039, and 5643-020-040), two of which are listed in the Housing Element Sites Inventory. The following table summarizes the affordability and unit capacity assumptions for each parcel.
Sites Inventory Assumptions
Address APN Lower Income
Capacity
Moderate
Income
Capacity
Above
Moderate
Capacity
Total Capacity
201 W California Ave 5643-020-038 - 16 16 32
309 N Orange St 5643-020-039 - 30 30 60
315 N Orange St 5643-020-040 N/A
Total Assumed Site Capacity 0 46 46 92
The Potential Public Park Site proposes no residential units and therefore, there is less than the affordability assumptions for moderate-income and above moderate-income unit capacity. There is a net decrease of 46 moderate-income units and 46 above moderate-income units.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
6 Remaining Sites Inventory Capacity
Lower Income
Capacity
Moderate
Income
Capacity
Above
Moderate
Capacity
Total Capacity
Total Proposed Site Capacity - - - -
Total Sites Inventory Capacity - 46 46 92
Capacity Surplus (+)/Deficit (-) - -46 -46 -92
Total Project Capacity (Mixed Used Building Site + Potential Public Park Site) The overall Project results in a net decrease in lower income and moderate-income unit capacity and a net increase in above moderate-income and total unit capacity. There is a net decrease of 371 lower income units and 75 moderate income units and a net increase of 535 above moderate-income units. The Project also results in a net increase of 89 total units.
Remaining Sites Inventory Capacity for the Project
Lower Income
Capacity
Moderate
Income
Capacity
Above
Moderate
Capacity
Total Capacity
Total Proposed Project Capacity 72 - 610 682
Total Assumed Sites Inventory
Capacity 443 75 75 593
Capacity Surplus (+)/Deficit (-) -371 -75 +535 +89
No Net Loss
State law requires jurisdictions to ensure that sufficient adequate site capacity is available to accommodate the remaining RHNA by income category. This requires a careful accounting of development on the sites identified in the Housing Element and residential projects throughout the jurisdiction. Tables A, B, and C reflect the City’s accounting of all residential development in the City to assess remaining RHNA and maintenance of site capacity. Based on the City’s overall progress towards its RHNA (see Table A) and remaining sites inventory capacity (Table B), there will not be enough capacity to accommodate the shortfall (Table C). Table C shows there is a shortfall of 49 moderate income units. According to Government Code Section 65863, a No Net Loss Finding will be required at the time of project approval. The City will also need to identify and make available adequate sites by income level within 180 days of project approval.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
7 Table A: Remaining RHNA
1 VLI + LI MI AMI Total
2 RHNA 5,602 2,249 5,574 13,425 3 Non-Sites Inventory Sites
4 Year Reported Progress - Permitted Projects (Table B APR) 5 Projection Period (Jun 30, 2021 - Oct 14, 2021) - - 98 98 6 2021 2 - 61 63 7 2022 512 - 612 1,124 8 2023 - - 249 249 9 2024 67 - 220 287 10 Subtotal 514 - 1,020 1,534 11 RHNA Credit
12 Completed/Under Construction 9 - 243 252 13 Units Approved/Entitled 11 - 466 477 14 Subtotal 20 - 709 729 15 Year Projects approved/entitled anticipated to pull permits (Table A and A2 APR) 16 Projects with Complete Applications 129 - 964 1,093 17 Projects with Entitlements Only - - 40 40 18 Subtotal 129 - 1,004 1,133 19 Current Year Progress
20 ADR & DRB Projects (Jan-Apr 29, 2025) 3 2 40 45 21 Subtotal 3 2 40 45 22 Total 666 2 2,773 3,441 23 Sites Inventory Sites (Total Site Capacity)
24 Reported Progress - Permitted Projects (Table B APR) 25 2021 (Oct - Dec) - - 30 30 26 2022 3 - 47 50 27 2023 - - 50 50 28 2024 - - 27 27 29 Subtotal 3 - 154 130 30 Projects approved/entitled anticipated to pull permits (Tables A and A2 APR) 31 Projects with Complete Applications 10 - 367 377 32 Projects with Entitlements Only 24 - 194 218 33 Subtotal 34 - 561 595 34 Current Year Progress
35 ADR & DRB Projects (Jan-Apr 29, 2025) - - - - 36 Subtotal - - - - 37 Total 37 - 715 725 38 Remaining RHNA to Date
39 Remaining (Non-Sites Inventory + Sites Inventory Sites - RHNA) 40 4,899 2,247 2,086 9,259 41 42 Proposed Projects RHNA
43 1286 Boynton - - 6 6
44 2817 Montrose 4 - 38 42
45 820 N Central - - 23 23
46 208 Arden - - 41 41
47 212 Arden - - 41 41
48 340 N Central - - 20 20
49 2760 Hermosa 2 - 10 12
50 1714 Del Valle* - - 1 1
51 1311 Swarthmore* - - 1 1
52 1313 Swarthmore* - - 1 1
53 1315 Swarthmore* - - 1 1
54 517 Wilson - - 2 2
55 441 Glenoaks 3 3 17 23 56 445 Glenoaks 3 - 17 20 57 1204 Spazier - - 1 1 58 212 California - - - - 59 216 N Central Ave - - - 60 220 N Central Ave - - - - 61 236 N Central 72 - 610 682 62 201 W California - - - - 63 309 N Orange St - - - - Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
8 Table A: Remaining RHNA
1 VLI + LI MI AMI Total
64 315 N Orange St* - - - - 65 Subtotal 84 3 830 917 66 Remaining RHNA with Proposed Projects
67 4,815 2,244 1,256 8,342 *Not a Housing Element Sites Inventory Site
Purple = Mixed-Use Building Site Parcels
Green = Potential Public Park Site Parcels
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
9 Table B: Remaining Capacity
1 VLI + LI MI AMI Total
2 Identified Capacity from Sites
3 Proposed Projects 61 - 900 961 4 ADUs 868 26 378 1,272 5 Vacant and Underutilized Sites 4,352 2,317 4,211 10,880 6 Subtotal 5,281 2,343 5,489 13,113 7 Sites Inventory RHNA from Permitted or Entitled Projects 8 Permitted Projects - - 153 153 9 Projects with Complete Applications 10 - 109 119 10 Projects with Entitlements Only 3 - 135 138 11 ADR & DRB Projects (Jan-Apr 29, 2025) - - - - 12 Subtotal 13 - 397 410 19 Remaining Sites Inventory Capacity to Date
20 5,268 2,343 5,092 12,703 21 22 Sites Inventory Capacity from Proposed Projects
23 1286 Boynton - - 4 4 24 2817 Montrose 4 - 38 42 25 820 N Central - 23 23 46 26 208 Arden - 12 12 24 27 212 Arden - 23 23 46 28 340 N Central - 15 15 30 29 2760 Hermosa - - 5 5 30 517 Wilson - - 2 2 31 441 Glenoaks - - 4 4 32 445 Glenoaks - - 4 4 33 212 California 265 - - 265 34 216 N Central Ave - 14 14 28 35 220 N Central Ave - 15 15 30 36 236 N Central 178 - - 178 37 201 W California - 16 16 32 38 309 N Orange St - 30 30 60 40 Subtotal 447 148 205 800 41 Remaining Sites Inventory Capacity with Proposed Projects 41 4,821 2,195 4,887 11,903 Purple = Mixed-Use Building Site Parcels
Green = Potential Public Park Site Parcels
Table C: No Net Loss Calculation
VLI + LI MI AMI Total
Remaining Capacity (Table B) 4,821 2,195 4,887 11,903 Remaining RHNA (Table A) 4,815 2,244 1,256 8,342 No Net Loss Calculation (Current Surplus/Deficit) 6 (49) 3,631 3,561 Originally estimated surplus/deficit 203 94 763 1,060
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
1 CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Community Development Department
Request for Comments Form (RFC)
DATE: 7/16/2025 DUE DATE: 7/31/2025
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
FROM: Dennis Joe, Principal Planner Tel. # Ext. 8157
PROJECT ADDRESS: 236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Applicant: Reece Pettersen
Property Owner: Jamas Gwilliam, Merlone Geier
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Density Bonus application to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot, mixed-use development consisting 666 multi-family residential dwellings units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income), 16 live/work units, and 930 parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean) on a 3.7 acre site located south of West California Avenue and between North Central Avenue and North Orange Street consisting of four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, addressed as 236 North Central Avenue) which is bisected by a 16 foot wide public alley (alley 239), located in the Downtown Specific Plan - Orange Central District.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. This project was previously routed by Mark Berry, February 14, 2022, as a DRC request for comment. If comments have not changed, please re-forward with a revised date for the record.
B. (Housing Division/City Attorney/Economic Development) For the purposes of calculating baseline density of the project site, Site Area plus underlying fee area extending out to the center line of the streets and proposed portions of Alley 239 for the purpose of calculating baseline density (207,028.58 SF).
C. (City Attorney) While the applicant is entitled with 2 concessions providing 14% very low and 1% low income, but stressed within the application that each of the five (5) deviations are from development standards and squarely fit within the scope of DBL waivers.
1. FAR: First, the applicant is comfortable using the net site area (161,507 square feet) for purposes of calculating development standards, including FAR, that emanate from site area. The net area of the site is 161,507 square feet and the Downtown Specific Plan (“DSP”) permits a maximum FAR of 3.0 (or 621,330 square feet). (DSP § 4.1.2.) The project proposes 656,993 square feet, or 4.06 FAR. Thus, the project requires a waiver to increase the permitted FAR from 3.0 to 4.06.
2. Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.1 requires the project to provide open space equivalent to 20% of the overall site, or 32,301 square feet of open space. The project provides 71,708 square feet of open space, which exceeds the amount required. Per DSP § 5.3.2, at least 50% of the required open space shall be publicly
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
2 accessible. 32,301 square feet of open space is required, meaning that the DSP requires 16,151 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The project provides 13,397 square feet of publicly accessible open space.2 The project asserts a waiver for an approximately 17% reduction in publicly accessible open space.
3. Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.2 provides that 85% of the require public open space shall be contiguous. The project provides 9,966 square feet of contiguous open space as paseos, which is less than the otherwise required 13,728.
4. Space requirement. Covered Paseos: The project provides 9,966 square feet of paseos. The DSP permits up to 25% of paseos to be covered. The project’s paseos propose only approximately 12% coverage, which meets the DSP standard. However, the DSP also provides that overhead structures cannot project more than 24 inches into the paseos. The project has limited projections that exceed that 24-inch standard, and asserts a waiver to deviate from that limitation.
5. Private Outdoor Open Space: The DSP requires new residential developments to provide a minimum of 140 square feet of “additional outdoor open space” per residential unit and/or live-work unit. The DSP state the “additional outdoor open space” may be provided as publicly accessible open space, common open space (interior courtyards and decks), or private outdoor space (balconies, decks and patios). (DSP § 5.3.3.) The DSP does not establish that each unit must itself have 140 square feet of open space.
6. Additional Open Space: The project proposes 682 dwelling units, which requires 95,480 square feet of additional open space. The project provides 58,311 square feet of additional open space as common outdoor space and private balconies. The project asserts a waiver for the deviation.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
3 PLEASE CHECK:
X
A. CITY ATTORNEY
G. INFORMATION SERVICES
(Wireless Telecom)
B. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
H. PUBLIC WORKS (ADMINISTRATION):
X
(1) Building & Safety X (1) Engineering & Land
Development
X (2) Neighborhood Services X (2) Traffic
(3) Design Review & Historic (3) Facilities (city projects only) X (4) Economic Development X (4) Integrated Waste
X (5) Housing (5) Maintenance Services/Urban
Forester (6) Urban Design & Mobility
X (7) Long Range Planning
D. COMMUNITY SERVICES/PARKS:
J. GLENDALE POLICE
X
X E. FIRE ENGINEERING (PSC) K. OTHER:
F. GLENDALE WATER & POWER:
(1) STATE-Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC)
X (1) Water
(2) Tribal Consultations (EIFs)
X (2) Electric (3) City Clerk’s Office
ENTITLEMENT(S) REQUESTED
Variance Case No.: Tentative Tract/Parcel Map No.:
AUP/CUP Case No.: Zone Chan ge/GPA:
ADR/DRB Case No.: Other:
PDBP-005412-
2025
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
4 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.: PDBP-005412-2025 (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058)
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
This office DOES NOT have any comment.
This office HAS the following comments/conditions. (See attached Dept. Master List)
Date:______7/17/25_____________
Print Name:__Fred Zohrehvand___
Title:_____Principal Mobility Planner__Dept.__CDD____Tel.:______8328__
a. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. Project is a Mixed-Use development: Based on information provided, Please advise the applicant to refer to the City Transportation Analysis
Guidelines https://www.glendaleplan.com/transportation-guidelines and submit VMT analysis memo for our review.
Please note that the local traffic impact must be commented by the PW/ Traffic Engineer.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or require further clarification.
b. CASE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENTS: (these are not standard code requirements)
1.
c. SUGGESTED CONDITIONS: (may or may not be adopted by the Hearing Officer)
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
5 1.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS
(PLEASE SEND OUT THIS FORM ONLY WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS ARE NEEDED.)
Location:
_____ The project would not have adverse environmental effects on areas regulated by this Division/Section.
_____ The project would have potential environmental impacts on areas regulated by this Division/Section identified below.
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT(S):
PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURE(S):
The following mitigation measures are required to reduce adverse environmental effects to less than significant. (Please do not include code requirements listed in comment below):
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
CASE No.:_____________ Property Address: ______________________________
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
6 Name/Signature_______________________________Date:___________________
Title:_______________________Dept._____________ Tel. (Ext.):______________
POINT PERSON – DEPARTMENTS/DIVISION
CITY ATTORNEY – GILLIAN VAN MUYDEN (Miah Yun and Yvette Neukian, Alternates)
CITY CLERK – KAREN CORTES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
Building and Safety – COLIN LEUNG, ARA SARGSYAN and CELINE
SARKISLOO
Neighborhood Services –JESSICA SADA
Design Review & Historic (Glendale Register & Historic Districts) –
JAY PLATT
Economic Development – MARK BERRY
Housing – PETER ZOVAK, MIKE FORTNEY and AARON BROWNELL
Urban Design & Mobility – FRED ZOHREVAND (For VMT Analysis) Long Range Planning – VILIA ZEMA ITAITIS and JACKIE MARTINEZ COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PARKS – TEREZA ALEKSANIAN and
JULIANNA DE LA CRUZ
INFORMATION SERVICES DEPT.
Wireless Communications – GORDON ARNOLD
FIRE ENGINEERING – JOVAN DIAZ, SITA PARTAMIAN and DAVE STIMSON GLENDALE WATER AND POWER:
Water – SEDA BOGHOSIAN, EDEN HAKOUPIANI and KEVIN RUNZER Electric – CATHERINE BABAKHANLOU, SEDA BOGHOSIAN and EDEN HAKOUPIANI (Hovsep Barkhordian, and Daniel Scorza
Alternates)
POLICE – Lt. JOSH WOFFORD and ZAZIL AVILA, C.S.O.
PUBLIC WORKS:
Engineering & Land Development – ARMEN AVAZIAN, SARKIS
OGANESYAN, SOROUSH SHEIKHLAR and RUEL VILLALUNA
Traffic – PASTOR CASANOVA, TOMMY CHOW and AREK
HARMANDAYAN
Integrated Waste – DAN HARDGROVE
Maintenance Services/Street & Field/Urban Forester – JAIME AVALOS, LOREN KLICK, CARLOS LINARES, ROYFREDERICK (Roy)
RODRIGUEZ and ORLANDO URQUIDEZ
Facilities (City projects) – KEVIN TODD
OTHERS:
STATE ABC – Esther Alvarez ([email protected]), TRIBAL CONSULTATION (EIF Applications Only) –
THCP Officer (Tribal Historic and Cultural Preservation Department, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians)
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
7 JOSEPH ONTIVEROS (Cultural Resource Director, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians)
LINDA CANDELARIA (Co-Chairwoman, Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe) (Sample Letters on Planning Share: ..\..\..\..\Environmental\Tribal Consultation Sample Letters)
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
1 CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Community Development Department
Request for Comments Form (RFC)
DATE: 7/16/2025 DUE DATE: 7/31/2025
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
FROM: Dennis Joe, Principal Planner Tel. # Ext. 8157
PROJECT ADDRESS: 236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Applicant: Reece Pettersen
Property Owner: Jamas Gwilliam, Merlone Geier
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Density Bonus application to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot, mixed-use development consisting 666 multi-family residential dwellings units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income), 16 live/work units, and 930 parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean) on a 3.7 acre site located south of West California Avenue and between North Central Avenue and North Orange Street consisting of four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, addressed as 236 North Central Avenue) which is bisected by a 16 foot wide public alley (alley 239), located in the Downtown Specific Plan - Orange Central District.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. This project was previously routed by Mark Berry, February 14, 2022, as a DRC request for comment. If comments have not changed, please re-forward with a revised date for the record.
B. (Housing Division/City Attorney/Economic Development) For the purposes of calculating baseline density of the project site, Site Area plus underlying fee area extending out to the center line of the streets and proposed portions of Alley 239 for the purpose of calculating baseline density (207,028.58 SF).
C. (City Attorney) While the applicant is entitled with 2 concessions providing 14% very low and 1% low income, but stressed within the application that each of the five (5) deviations are from development standards and squarely fit within the scope of DBL waivers.
1. FAR: First, the applicant is comfortable using the net site area (161,507 square feet) for purposes of calculating development standards, including FAR, that emanate from site area. The net area of the site is 161,507 square feet and the Downtown Specific Plan (“DSP”) permits a maximum FAR of 3.0 (or 621,330 square feet). (DSP § 4.1.2.) The project proposes 656,993 square feet, or 4.06 FAR. Thus, the project requires a waiver to increase the permitted FAR from 3.0 to 4.06.
2. Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.1 requires the project to provide open space equivalent to 20% of the overall site, or 32,301 square feet of open space. The project provides 71,708 square feet of open space, which exceeds the amount required. Per DSP § 5.3.2, at least 50% of the required open space shall be publicly
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
2 accessible. 32,301 square feet of open space is required, meaning that the DSP requires 16,151 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The project provides 13,397 square feet of publicly accessible open space.2 The project asserts a waiver for an approximately 17% reduction in publicly accessible open space.
3. Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.2 provides that 85% of the require public open space shall be contiguous. The project provides 9,966 square feet of contiguous open space as paseos, which is less than the otherwise required 13,728.
4. Space requirement. Covered Paseos: The project provides 9,966 square feet of paseos. The DSP permits up to 25% of paseos to be covered. The project’s paseos propose only approximately 12% coverage, which meets the DSP standard. However, the DSP also provides that overhead structures cannot project more than 24 inches into the paseos. The project has limited projections that exceed that 24-inch standard, and asserts a waiver to deviate from that limitation.
5. Private Outdoor Open Space: The DSP requires new residential developments to provide a minimum of 140 square feet of “additional outdoor open space” per residential unit and/or live-work unit. The DSP state the “additional outdoor open space” may be provided as publicly accessible open space, common open space (interior courtyards and decks), or private outdoor space (balconies, decks and patios). (DSP § 5.3.3.) The DSP does not establish that each unit must itself have 140 square feet of open space.
6. Additional Open Space: The project proposes 682 dwelling units, which requires 95,480 square feet of additional open space. The project provides 58,311 square feet of additional open space as common outdoor space and private balconies. The project asserts a waiver for the deviation.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
3 PLEASE CHECK:
X
A. CITY ATTORNEY
G. INFORMATION SERVICES
(Wireless Telecom)
B. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
H. PUBLIC WORKS (ADMINISTRATION):
X
(1) Building & Safety X (1) Engineering & Land
Development
X (2) Neighborhood Services X (2) Traffic
(3) Design Review & Historic (3) Facilities (city projects only) X (4) Economic Development X (4) Integrated Waste
X (5) Housing (5) Maintenance Services/Urban
Forester (6) Urban Design & Mobility
X (7) Long Range Planning
D. COMMUNITY SERVICES/PARKS:
J. GLENDALE POLICE
X
X E. FIRE ENGINEERING (PSC) K. OTHER:
F. GLENDALE WATER & POWER:
(1) STATE-Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC)
X (1) Water
(2) Tribal Consultations (EIFs)
X (2) Electric (3) City Clerk’s Office
ENTITLEMENT(S) REQUESTED
Variance Case No.: Tentative Tract/Parcel Map No.:
AUP/CUP Case No.: Zone Chan ge/GPA:
ADR/DRB Case No.: Other:
PDBP-005412-
2025
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
4 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.: PDBP-005412-2025 (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058)
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
This office DOES NOT have any comment.
This office HAS the following comments/conditions. (See attached Dept. Master List)
Date: 7/16/25
Print Name: Jessica Sada
Title: Admin. Associate Dept. Neighborhood Services, CDD Tel.: 818-937-8167
a. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1.
b. CASE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENTS: (these are not standard code requirements)
1.
c. SUGGESTED CONDITIONS: (may or may not be adopted by the Hearing Officer)
1.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
5 INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS
(PLEASE SEND OUT THIS FORM ONLY WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS ARE NEEDED.)
Location:
_____ The project would not have adverse environmental effects on areas regulated by this Division/Section.
_____ The project would have potential environmental impacts on areas regulated by this Division/Section identified below.
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT(S):
PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURE(S):
The following mitigation measures are required to reduce adverse environmental effects to less than significant. (Please do not include code requirements listed in comment below):
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
CASE No.:_____________ Property Address: ______________________________
Name/Signature_______________________________Date:___________________
Title:_______________________Dept._____________ Tel. (Ext.):______________
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
To update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
6 POINT PERSON – DEPARTMENTS/DIVISION
CITY ATTORNEY – GILLIAN VAN MUYDEN (Miah Yun and Yvette Neukian, Alternates)
CITY CLERK – KAREN CORTES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
Building and Safety – COLIN LEUNG, ARA SARGSYAN and CELINE
SARKISLOO
Neighborhood Services –JESSICA SADA
Design Review & Historic (Glendale Register & Historic Districts) –
JAY PLATT
Economic Development – MARK BERRY
Housing – PETER ZOVAK, MIKE FORTNEY and AARON BROWNELL
Urban Design & Mobility – FRED ZOHREVAND (For VMT Analysis) Long Range Planning – VILIA ZEMA ITAITIS and JACKIE MARTINEZ COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PARKS – TEREZA ALEKSANIAN and
JULIANNA DE LA CRUZ
INFORMATION SERVICES DEPT.
Wireless Communications – GORDON ARNOLD
FIRE ENGINEERING – JOVAN DIAZ, SITA PARTAMIAN and DAVE STIMSON GLENDALE WATER AND POWER:
Water – SEDA BOGHOSIAN, EDEN HAKOUPIANI and KEVIN RUNZER Electric – CATHERINE BABAKHANLOU, SEDA BOGHOSIAN and EDEN HAKOUPIANI (Hovsep Barkhordian, and Daniel Scorza
Alternates)
POLICE – Lt. JOSH WOFFORD and ZAZIL AVILA, C.S.O.
PUBLIC WORKS:
Engineering & Land Development – ARMEN AVAZIAN, SARKIS
OGANESYAN, SOROUSH SHEIKHLAR and RUEL VILLALUNA
Traffic – PASTOR CASANOVA, TOMMY CHOW and AREK
HARMANDAYAN
Integrated Waste – DAN HARDGROVE
Maintenance Services/Street & Field/Urban Forester – JAIME AVALOS, LOREN KLICK, CARLOS LINARES, ROYFREDERICK (Roy)
RODRIGUEZ and ORLANDO URQUIDEZ
Facilities (City projects) – KEVIN TODD
OTHERS:
STATE ABC – Esther Alvarez ([email protected]), TRIBAL CONSULTATION (EIF Applications Only) –
THCP Officer (Tribal Historic and Cultural Preservation Department, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians)
JOSEPH ONTIVEROS (Cultural Resource Director, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians)
LINDA CANDELARIA (Co-Chairwoman, Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe) (Sample Letters on Planning Share: ..\..\..\..\Environmental\Tribal Consultation Sample Letters)
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
T
o update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
1 CITY OF GLENDALE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Community Development Department
Request for Comments Form (RFC)
DATE: 7/16/2025 DUE DATE: 7/31/2025
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
FROM: Dennis Joe, Principal Planner Tel. # Ext. 8157
PROJECT ADDRESS: 236 N Central Avenue (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058) Applicant: Reece Pettersen
Property Owner: Jamas Gwilliam, Merlone Geier
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Density Bonus application to construct a new 8-story, 655,418 square-foot, mixed-use development consisting 666 multi-family residential dwellings units (14% or 67 units reserved for very low and 1% or 5 units reserved for low-income), 16 live/work units, and 930 parking space garage (one above grade and two levels subterranean) on a 3.7 acre site located south of West California Avenue and between North Central Avenue and North Orange Street consisting of four parcels (APNs: 5642-015-045, 5642-015-056, 5642-015-057, and 5642-015-058, addressed as 236 North Central Avenue) which is bisected by a 16 foot wide public alley (alley 239), located in the Downtown Specific Plan - Orange Central District.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. This project was previously routed by Mark Berry, February 14, 2022, as a DRC request for comment. If comments have not changed, please re-forward with a revised date for the record.
B. (Housing Division/City Attorney/Economic Developme nt) For the purposes of calculating baseline density of the project site, Site Area plus underlying fee area extending out to the center line of the streets and proposed portions of Alley 239 for the purpose of calculating baseline density (207,028.58 SF).
C. (City Attorney) While the applicant is entitled with 2 concessions providing 14% very low and 1% low income, but stressed within the application that each of the five (5) deviations are from development standards and squarely fit within the scope of DBL waivers.
1. FAR: First, the applicant is comfortable using the net site area (161,507 square feet) for purposes of calculating development standards, including FAR, that emanate from site area. The net area of the site is 161,507 square feet and the Downtown Specific Plan (“DSP”) permits a maximum FAR of 3.0 (or 621,330 square feet). (DSP § 4.1.2.) The project proposes 656,993 square feet, or 4.06 FAR. Thus, the project requires a waiver to increase the permitted FAR from 3.0 to 4.06.
2. Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.1 requires the project to provide open space equivalent to 20% of the overall site, or 32,301 square feet of open space. The project provides 71,708 square feet of open space, which exceeds the amount required. Per DSP § 5.3.2, at least 50% of the required open space shall be publicly
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
T
o update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
2 accessible. 32,301 square feet of open space is required, meaning that the DSP requires 16,151 square feet of publicly accessible open space. The project provides 13,397 square feet of publicly accessible open space.2 The project asserts a waiver for an approximately 17% reduction in publicly accessible open space.
3. Contiguous Publicly Accessible Open Space: DSP § 5.3.2 provides that 85% of the require public open space shall be contiguous. The project provides 9,966 square feet of contiguous open space as paseos, which is less than the otherwise required 13,728.
4. Space requirement. Covered Paseos: The project provides 9,966 square feet of paseos. The DSP permits up to 25% of paseos to be covered. The project’s paseos propose only approximately 12% coverage, which meets the DSP standard. However, the DSP also provides that overhead structures cannot project more than 24 inches into the paseos. The project has limited projections that exceed that 24-inch standard, and asserts a waiver to deviate from that limitation.
5. Private Outdoor Open Space: The DSP requires new residential developments to provide a minimum of 140 square feet of “additional outdoor open space” per residential unit and/or live-work unit. The DSP state the “additional outdoor open space” may be provided as publicly accessible open space, common open space (interior courtyards and decks), or private outdoor space (balconies, decks and patios). (DSP § 5.3.3.) The DSP does not establish that each unit must itself have 140 square feet of open space.
6. Additional Open Space: The project proposes 682 dwelling units, which requires 95,480 square feet of additional open space. The project provides 58,311 square feet of additional open space as common outdoor space and private balconies. The project asserts a waiver for the deviation.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
T
o update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
3 PLEASE CHECK:
X
A. CITY ATTORNEY
G. INFORMATION SERVICES
(Wireless Telecom)
B. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
H. PUBLIC WORKS (ADMINISTRATION):
X
• (1) Building & Safety X • (1) Engineering & Land
Development
X • (2) Neighborhood Services X • (2) Traffic
• (3) Design Review & Historic • (3) Facilities (city projects only) X • (4) Economic Development X • (4) Integrated Waste
X • (5) Housing • (5) Maintenance Services/Urban
Forester • (6) Urban Design & Mobility
X • (7) Long Range Planning
D. COMMUNITY SERVICES/PARKS:
J. GLENDALE POLICE X
X E. FIRE ENGINEERING (PSC) K. OTHER:
F. GLENDALE WATER & POWER:
• (1) STATE-Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC)
X • (1) Water
• (2) Tribal Consultations (EIFs)
X • (2) Electric • (3) City Clerk’s Office
ENTITLEMENT(S) REQUESTED
Variance Case No.: Tentative Tract/Parcel Map No.:
AUP/CUP Case No.: Zone Change/GPA:
ADR/DRB Case No.: Other:
PDBP-005412-
2025
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
T
o update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
4 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.: PDBP-005412-2025 (APNs: 5642-015-045, -056, -057, 058)
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
Th is office DOES NOT have any comment.
Th is office HAS the following comments/conditions. (S ee attached Dept. Master List)
Date: July 21, 2025
Print Name: Pastor Casanova, T.E. CC: Tommy Chow,T.E.
Title: Principal Traffic Engineer Dept. Public Works-Traffic Engineering Tel.: 818-937-8324
S EE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED COMMENTS (dated March 1, 2022), attached with this file.
a. A
DDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1 .
2.
3.
b
. CASE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENTS: (these are not standard code requirements)
1 .
c
. SUGGESTED CONDITIONS: (ma y or may not be adopted by the Hearing Officer)
1 .
2.
Previous 2022 additional comment (a.1) regarding a Local Transportation Analysis (LTA) has been satisfied. LTA has been submitted, reviewed, and finalized. Applicant to integrate final circulation recommendations in the LTA. All other 2022 comments are still open.
SEE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED COMMENTS (dated March 1, 2022), attached with this file.
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
T
o update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
5 I
NTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS
(PLEASE SEND OUT THIS FORM ONLY WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMENTS ARE NEEDED.)
Location:
_____ The project would not have adverse environmental effects on areas regulated by this Division/Section.
_____ The project would have potential environmental impacts on areas regulated by this Division/Section identified below.
NOTE: If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT(S):
PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURE(S):
The following mitigation measures are required to reduce adverse environmental effects to less than significant. (Please do not include code requirements listed in comment below):
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
CASE No.:_____________ Property Address: ______________________________
Name/Signature_______________________________Date:___________________
Title:_______________________Dept._____________ Tel. (Ext.):______________
Revised 23 June 2025 –VE
T
o update department/division contacts, please email Vista Ezzati ([email protected])
6 POINT PERSON – DEPARTMENTS/DIVISION
CITY ATTORNEY – GILLIAN VAN MUYDEN (Miah Yun and Yvette Neukian, Alternates)
CITY CLERK – KAREN CORTES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
Building and Safety – COLIN LEUNG, ARA SARGSYAN and CELINE
SARKISLOO
Neighborhood Services –JESSICA SADA
Design Review & Historic (Glendale Register & Historic Districts) –
JAY PLATT
Economic Development – MARK BERRY
Housing – PETER ZOVAK, MIKE FORTNEY and AARON BROWNELL
Urban Design & Mobility – FRED ZOHREVAND (For VMT Analysis) Long Range Planning – VILIA ZEMAITAITIS and JACKIE MARTINEZ COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PARKS – TEREZA ALEKSANIAN and
JU
LIANNA DE LA CRUZ
INFORMATION SERVICES DEPT.
Wireless Communications – GORDON ARNOLD
FI
RE ENGINEERING – JOVAN DIAZ, SITA PARTAMIAN and DAVE STIMSON GLENDALE WATER AND POWER:
Water – SEDA BOGHOSIAN, EDEN HAKOUPIANI and KEVIN RUNZER Electric – CATHERINE BABAKHANLOU, SEDA BOGHOSIAN and EDEN HAKOUPIANI (Hovsep Barkhordian, and Daniel Scorza
Alternates)
POLICE – Lt. JOSH WOFFORD and ZAZIL AVILA, C.S.O.
PUBLIC WORKS:
Engineering & Land Development – ARMEN AVAZIAN, SARKIS
OGANESYAN, SOROUSH SHEIKHLAR and RUEL VILLALUNA
Traffic – PASTOR CASANOVA, TOMMY CHOW and AREK
HA
RMANDAYAN
Integrated Waste – DAN HARDGROVE
Ma
intenance Services/Street & Field/Urban Forester – JAIME AVALOS, LO
REN KLICK, CARLOS LINARES, ROYFREDERICK (Roy)
RODRIGUEZ and ORLANDO URQUIDEZ
Facilities (City projects) – KEVIN TODD
OT
HERS:
STATE ABC – Es ther Alvarez ([email protected]), TRIBAL CONSULTATION (EIF Applications Only) –
THCP Officer (Tribal Historic and Cultural Preservation Department, Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians)
JOSEPH ONTIVEROS (Cultural Resource Director, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians)
LINDA CANDELARIA (Co-Chairwoman, Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe) (Sample Letters on Planning Share: . .\..\..\..\Environmental\Tribal Consultation Sample Letters)
Revised 10 December 2018--CP 1
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
PROJECT CONDITIONS AND COMMENTS
Project Project
Address: 236 N Central Ave Case No.:
If project comments are not received by the due date, it will be assumed that your department has no comments.
NOTE: Your comments should address, within your area of authority, concerns and potentially significant adverse physical changes to the environment regarding the project. You may also identify code requirements specific to the project, above and beyond your normal requirements. Applicant will be informed early in the development process.
You may review complete plans, maps and exhibits in our office, MSB Room 103. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely comments. Please do not recommend APPROVAL or DENIAL. For any questions, please contact the Case Planner ASAP, so as not to delay the case processing.
COMMENTS:
This office DOES NOT have any comment.
This office HAS the following comments/conditions. (See attached Dept. Master List)
Date: March 21, 2022
Print Name: Pastor Casanova, T.E. CC: Mark Anthony Bueno, P.E.
Title: Principal Traffic Engineer Dept. Public Works-Traffic Engineering Tel.: 818-937-8324
a. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. A local transportation analysis may be required. At a minimum, applicant is required to prepare a trip generation calculation using ITE trip generation rates or local rates (if available). Trip generation calculation shall include any trip reductions as applicable to the project (e.g., existing use trip credit) and submitted to Public Works Traffic Engineering for review. A local transportation analysis will be required if the project generates at least 50 net-new peak hour vehicle trips.
2. Project applicant should provide truck loading area on-site for commercial component and for residents moving in/out. The location of loading area(s) should be specified on the plan.
3. Project should include bike racks, particularly near Central Avenue to supplement existing bike lanes.
b. CASE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENTS: (these are not standard code requirements)
1.
c. SUGGESTED CONDITIONS: (may or may not be adopted by the Hearing Officer)
1. The contractor shall not store trash bins, construction equipment, construction materials, or construction vehicles (concrete truck, dump truck, etc.) on City’s Right-Of- Way (sidewalk, parkway, or street) without first obtaining a “Street-Use” permit from the Public Works - Engineering Division. Permit must be displayed at job site.
2. An approved Construction Traffic Control plan shall be required for use during project construction. The plan shall identify all traffic control measures, signs, and delineators to be implemented by the construction contractor through the duration of demolition and PC
Revised 10 December 2018--CP 2
construction. The plan shall also identify contractor information, hours of construction, construction worker parking information, as well as the proposed haul route.