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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF GLENDALE AND MT
OWNER, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, COLORADO &
BRAND, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, NORTH
MASONIC, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, PERTAINING
TO SIGNAGE IN THE ADVERTISING SIGNAGE OVERLAY ZONE
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2025, the Planning Commission of the City of Glendale held a public hearing to consider and recommend the Glendale City Council approve a Development Agreement (“DA”) by and between the City of Glendale and MT Owner, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Colorado & Brand, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“C&B Owner”), North Masonic, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NM Owner”) , (collectively, “Owners”) in connection with the permitting and installation of non-accessory signs and sign structures and animated signs on a building located at 232-234 South Brand Boulevard (APN 5642-013-008), which signage will extend over adjacent properties on the north located at 228-230 South Brand Boulevard (APN 5642-013-007) and on the south located at 238 South Brand Boulevard (APN 5642-013-014), as shown and described on Exhibit “A” (Site Map and Legal Description) incorporated herein by this reference, and all located in the recently approved expanded Advertising Signage Overlay Zone (“ASOZ”); and
WHEREAS, the applicant (Caruso Property Management, LLC on behalf of MT Owner, LLC, C&B Owner, and NM Owner), has requested the City enter into the DA in order to install new ASOZ signage on properties owned by its affiliated entities in exchange for defined public benefits; and
WHEREAS, the DA, incorporated herein by reference, documents the Owners’ contribution to the City of revenue derived from the ASOZ signs as authorized by Glendale Municipal Code Chapter 30.26; and
WHEREAS, the applicant has a legal and/or equitable interest in the properties subject to the DA in that the property on which the ASOZ signs will be permitted and installed pursuant to the DA is either owned by the applicant or an affiliated entity; and
WHEREAS, in March, 2010, the City certified a Mitigated Negative Declaration (“MND”) that analyzed the impact from adopting Ordinance No. 5688 which added Chapter 30.26 pertaining to signage permitted within the ASOZ, and also prepared an Addendum to the MND to review amendments to Chapter 30.36 and Chapter 30.33 pertaining to ASOZ signs and the requirement that ASOZ applicants enter into DAs with the City; the MND and Addendum for signage in the ASOZ were prepared and adopted by the City pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and
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WHEREAS, City staff have reviewed and analyzed the proposed Zone Text Amendment and Zone Map amendment that would allow certain additional properties to be included in and expanded ASOZ and to allow new types of ASOZ signage and has determined that the proposal is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15305 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations), 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), and 15331 (Historic Resource restoration/rehabilitation); and
WHEREAS, the new ASOZ signage triggers the GMC requirement that the Owners seeking to install new ASOZ signage enter into a DA with the City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 65864 et seq., the Planning Commission has transmitted its findings, comments and recommendations on the DA to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the DA and the findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered all terms and conditions of the DA and believes that implementation of the DA is consistent with the City’s General Plan, and the Downtown Specific Plan, and is necessary to implement, and in compliance with the ASOZ requirement for development agreements to document ASOZ signage and public benefits consisting of a share in the percentage of gross revenues generated by the permitted ASOZ signage over the DA term; and
WHEREAS, after considering the DA, the City finds and determines that the DA benefits are in the vital and best interests of the City and the health, safety and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable state and local law.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Glendale finds that the above recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Glendale finds and determines as follows:
(a) The City has complied with the applicable requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.
(b) The Development Agreement is consistent with the City’s General Plan and the Downtown Specific Plan.
(c) The Development Agreement fully complies with all currently applicable provisions of the Glendale Municipal Code, including the ASOZ requirements. (d) The Development Agreement will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and 2 1
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general welfare because it encourages the installation of improvements, which are desirable and beneficial to the public.
(e) The Development Agreement is compatible with the orderly development of property in the surrounding area and will provide enhancements to the surrounding area and public benefit derived from sharing in revenue generated by permitted ASOZ signage.
(f) The Development Agreement constitutes a lawful present exercise of the City’s police power and complies with all applicable City and State regulations governing Development Agreements.
(g) The Development Agreement is necessary to strengthen the public planning process and to reduce the public and private costs of development uncertainty. (h) The implementation of the ASOZ and permitting of signage in the zone are consistent with the Development Agreement.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby approves the Development Agreement and authorizes and directs the City Manager to execute it on behalf of the City of Glendale and further directs the City Clerk to record the Development Agreement and this Ordinance with the County Recorder within ten (10) days of its execution.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in the Glendale Independent, consistent with requirements of applicable State and Local law.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance’s provisions are severable. If any portion of this Ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, that decision does not affect the validity of the Ordinance’s remaining portions and the Ordinance’s application to other persons or circumstances. The City Council declares that it would have passed the remainder of this Ordinance without the invalid or unconstitutional provisions.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall be effective 30 days after the date of adoption.
Adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale on the day of , 2026.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF GLENDALE )
I, Suzie Abajian, Ph.D., City Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. was adopted by a 4/5ths vote of the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the day of , 2026, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
City Clerk
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Exhibit “A”
Site Map and Legal Description
Lots 10 and 11 and Portion of Lot 12 and the vacated alley east of these lots, Tract 2461 (APN 5642-013-008); Lots 13-16, and the vacated alley on east of these lots, and south 11 feet of Lot 12, Tract 2461 (APN 5642-013-014); and Lots 8 and 9 and vacated alley east of these lots, Tract 2461 (APN 5642-013-007)