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Burbank Planning Commission Meeting - July 24, 2023
A
B
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
the
regular
planning
board
meeting
for
Monday
July
24
2023
before
we
begin
our
meeting,
there
will
be
one
General
period
of
public
comment
tonight
during
oral
Communications
persons.
Speaking
during
this
general
public
comment
period,
May
provide
the
planning
board
oral
communication
on
any
matter
concerning
City
business
members
of
the
public
May
comment
in
person
by
telephone
or
by
e-comment.
B
If
you
would
like
to
participate
in
the
public
comment
period
by
making
an
in-person
comment,
please
present
the
completed
speaker
card
to
the
planning
staff.
If
you
would
like
to
participate
in
the
public
comment
period
by
telephone
call,
818-238
-335,
we
will
announce
when
the
phone
lines
are
open.
A
B
A
B
B
Now
is
the
time
and
place
for
the
first
public
hearing
item
on
Project
number
22007445,
a
conditional
use
permit
to
allow
limited
assembly
use
at
the
existing
media
service
facility
located
at
3401
West
Empire
Avenue
before
we
begin
do
any
plenty
board
members
have
any
Legal,
Financial
or
other
conflict
of
interest
relating
to
this
hearing.
No.
D
B
A
A
F
Good
evening,
chair
Azadi
members
of
the
commission,
my
name
is
Greg
mirzavakyan
I'm,
an
associate
planner
and
the
project
planner.
The
project
before
you
is
a
request
for
a
conditional
use
permit
to
add
a
limited
assembly
use
at
an
existing
28
664
square
foot,
media
services
facility
at
3401,
Empire,
Avenue
and
M2
General
industrial
Zone
may
I.
Please
have
the
presentation.
F
F
F
The
previous
cup
was
approved
to
allow
the
construction
of
a
structure
with
a
height
over
35
feet
pursuant
to
Burbank
Municipal
Code,
section
10-1-502,
the
proposed
media
service
use
consisting
of
editing
a
film
and
sound
with
no
sitting
area
and
sound
mixing
with
no
seating
is
a
Buy
Right
Use
permitted
in
the
M2
Zone.
However,
pursuant
to
footnotes,
8
and
10
of
the
same
code
section
said
uses
required
a
cup
if
used
as
a
place
of
assembly.
F
Therefore,
sup
is
required
to
allow
audiences
within
the
media
Studios
facility
for
assembly
next
slide.
Please,
foreign.
The
project
is
in
the
M2
General
industrial
Zone.
The
M2
Zone
allows
for
a
variety
of
media
services,
including
editing
and
sound
mixing
with
no
seating
area.
There
are
no
residentially
zoned
properties
within
the
thousand
foot
radius
from
the
project
site
and
the
site
is
mostly
surrounded
by
commercial,
industrial
and
plan
development,
Zone
parcels.
F
According
to
Burbank
2035
General
plan,
the
project
site
is
designated
Regional
commercial.
This
land's
designation
provides
for
regional
enjoyment,
employment
and
shopping
destinations
that
play
an
important
role
in
the
city's
economy
by
serving
both
Burbank
residents
and
residents
of
surrounding
cities.
F
The
project
will
provide
a
limited
assembly
use
within
the
media
Studios
facility.
Further
supporting
the
media
industry
consistent
with
the
intent
of
Burbank
2035,
Regional
Lane
commercial
land
use
designation
next
slide.
Please
the
project
site
is
1.91
acres
and
is
located
at
the
northeast
corner
of
the
intersection
of
Empire
Avenue
and
North
Hollywood
Way
North,
Avon,
Way,
North,
Avon
Street.
Excuse
me
borders
the
site
to
the
North
and
the
east.
F
Please,
the
audiences
for
the
proposed
use
will
consist
of
invited
guests
and
members
of
the
public
that
are
invited
with
invitations
being
given
to
specific
people,
because
there
is
not
sufficient
on-site
parking
to
accommodate
the
anticipated
number
of
audience
members.
The
off-site
parking
will
be
provided
at
an
off-site
location,
no
further
than
300
feet
from
the
project
site
as
required
by
code.
At
this
time,
the
applicant
has
a
lease
with
the
media
Studios
campus
to
the
east
of
the
project
site
to
serve
as
the
off-site
parking
location.
F
The
event
attendees
will
be
instructed
to
park
at
the
off-site
parking
location
and
will
be
directed
by
event,
staff
and
directional
signage
to
the
shortest
pedestrian
path
to
the
event
location,
the
distance
of
The
Pedestrian
path
between
the
parking
structure
and
the
entrance
to
the
sphere.
Studio
structure
is
226
feet
guests
with
limited
Mobility
will
be
directed
to
park
at
one
of
the
Ada
accessible
parking
spaces
at
the
project
site
itself,
event
staff
may
also
park
at
the
on-site
parking
stalls.
F
The
hours
of
operation
are
projected
to
occur
between
10,
AM
and
8
pm
on
Saturday
and
Sunday.
Only
although
the
conditions
of
approval
will
allow
for
more
flexible
hours,
special
events
affiliated
with
the
media
Studios
facility
will
not
exceed
two
events
per
calendar
Year
and
may
not
and
may
be
approved
by
the
community
development
director
and
to
evaluate
the
potential
traffic
and
parking
impacts
of
the
proposed
use.
F
The
city
engaged
fair
and
Pierce
and
experienced
Transportation
consultant
Fair
impairs
determined
that
the
use
would
require
76
additional
parking
stalls
to
fulfill
the
parking
need
on
aventis.
The
project
site
has
54
parking
stalls
which
is
not
sufficient
for
the
proposed
assembly
use.
However,
the
municipal
code
allows
for
off-site
parking
agreements
between
two
Property
Owners
to
provide
either
exclusive
or
shared
parking.
F
The
remaining
portions
of
the
Studios
have
been
constructed
and
are
functioning
and
there's.
There
are
no
major
changes
proposed
next
slide.
Please
staff
recommend
several
conditions
of
approval
to
ensure
that
public
convenience,
safety
and
Welfare
are
addressed
and
that
the
impacts
of
the
proposed
use
are
addressed.
F
In
addition
to
the
standard
conditions
of
approval,
staff
proposes
conditions
that
limit
the
number
of
audience
members
to
200
limit.
The
number
of
events
to
24
per
year
and
two
per
month
limit
the
hours
of
operation
from
8
AM
to
10
pm
prohibit
outside
events
unrelated
to
the
operations
of
the
media.
Studios
facility
require
off-site
parking
agreement,
unoffice
offside
parking
agreement
to
be
in
place
to
ensure
adequate
parking,
require
event,
personnel
and
directional
signage
to
direct
attendance
attendees
to
the
event
and
require
that
any
drop-off
or
pickup
occurs
on
site
only
next
slide.
F
These
include
the
findings
that
a
cup
is
authorized
for
the
proposed
use
by
the
zoning
code.
As
stated
previously,
the
addition
of
an
assembly
use
requires
a
cup
for
the
otherwise
buy
right.
Media
Studios
use
the
next
finding
is
that
the
project
is
not
detrimental
to
existing
uses,
because
the
assembly
use
is
proposed
to
occur
only
on
weekends.
The
hours
of
operation
will
not
conflict
with
the
office.
Industrial
and
hotel
uses
that
surround
the
project
site.
F
The
assembly
used
at
this
site
is
compatible
with
the
existing
use
of
the
media
Studios
facility,
as
the
testing
of
the
media
content
created
Created
at
the
studios
facility
with
live
audiences
is
incidental
in
nature
of
media
product
of
media
production.
The
next
finding
is
that
the
project
is
compatible
with
surrounding
land
uses.
The
proposed
use
is
consistent
in
intensity
traffic
and
parking
generation,
where
the
others
surrounding
M2
zoned
properties,
such
as
hotels,
office
and
parking
facilities
that
exist
in
the
immediate
vicinity
of
the
project
site.
F
Then
the
next
finding
is
that
the
site
is
adequate
to
accommodate,
propose
the
proposed
use
and
complies
with
applicable
City
development
standards,
except
for
interior
tenant
improvements
to
install
new
seating
risers.
The
proposed
project
does
not
include
any
physical
changes
to
the
facility,
although
the
additional
parking
stalls
that
are
required
to
accommodate
the
attendees
during
the
weekend,
events
are
not
located
on
site.
F
The
next
finding
is
that
the
surrounding
streets
can
handle
the
traffic
for
the
proposed
use.
The
proposed
use
would
generate
a
similar
amount
of
traffic,
as
otherwise
allowable
uses,
permitted
in
the
M2
General
industrial
Zone
and
can
be
easily
accommodated
by
adjacent
streets.
The
recommended
conditions
are
intended
to
ensure
public
convenience,
safety
and
Welfare.
F
Please
staff
recommends
that
the
Planning
Commission
find
that
the
project
is
exempt
from
the
California
Environmental
Quality
act
in
accordance
with
SQL
guidelines,
section
15301,
part
e,
related
to
minor
alteration
of
existing
structures
and
15303
part
C
related
to
new
construction
or
conversion
of
small
structures
and
the
conversion
of
existing
small
structures
from
one
use
to
another.
As
the
action
involves,
the
replacement
of
an
existing
small
structure.
F
I.E,
the
seating
area
with
a
replacement
structure
under
2500
square
feet
in
floor
area
within
the
existing
media
Studios
facility,
and
there
are
no
unusual
circumstances
that
would
preclude
the
use
of
this
exemption.
Staff's
environmental
determination
was
attached
to
the
staff
report,
as
exhibit
f
for
your
reference
next
slide.
Please,
therefore,
staff
recommends
that
the
planning
board
adopt
a
resolution
of
the
planning.
Sorry
Planning
Commission
adopt
a
resolution
of
the
Planning
Commission
of
the
City
of
Burbank
to
approve
project
number.
B
G
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Tom
Levin
I'm,
an
attorney
at
Glazer
while
and
represent
MSG
I'm
here
with
Tracy
Eggers,
who
can
answer
any
parking
issues
that
you
might
bring
up.
Our
presentation
is
very
short.
It's
in
a
couple
of
Parts.
The
first
is
and
I
have
some
context
to
make
this
as
I've
been
practicing.
G
It's
going
to
open
with
YouTube
and
as
part
of
what
the
sphere
is
going
to
do
is
have
immersive
content,
while
some
place
has
to
build
that
content
and
MSG
had
the
opportunity
to
look
at
other
cities
to
build
that
content,
and
it
decided
that
Burbank
would
be
the
best
place.
So
that's
what's
going
on
in
the
big
dome
and
after
the
wind
destroyed
the
membrane,
the
AV
team
from
the
sphere
in
Las
Vegas,
said.
You
know.
G
We
think
we
need
more
seats
because
what
happens
when
they
have
when
they
bring
people
in
on
the
weekends?
Is
they
move
them
around?
They
say?
Well?
What
do
you
think
looks
like
from
this
location
in
this
location
in
that
location?
And
that's
why
we're
here,
because
we're
requesting
this
assembly
use
of
a
little
more
seats
than
we
had
in
the
beginning.
G
B
You
we
will
now
open
the
meeting
up
to
hear
from
any
persons
who
wish
to
speak
on
this
matter.
Each
person
may
address
the
planning
board
for
a
maximum
time
of
three
minutes
for
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
comment
in
person.
Please
present
a
completed
speaker
card
to
the
planning
division
staff.
If
you
wish
to
speak
for
speak
for
members
of
the
public
that
wish
to
speak
by
telephone,
please
call
818-238-3335
to
address
the
planning
board.
Callers
will
be
placed
in
a
queue
until
all
in-person
comments
have
been
received.
B
B
H
H
You're
up
here
so
go
ahead.
Thank
you
very
much,
chair
and
Commissioners
for
your
time
and
and
staff
I
appreciate
it.
My
comments
are
about
SP,
35
I
know
this
is
going
to
be
the
only
chance
this
week
to
be
able
to
get
to
the
podium
in
the
chambers
when
there's
not
going
to
be
probably
50
or
70
people,
because
tomorrow's
going
to
be
an
interesting
event
and
I'm
going
to
try
to
be
here.
H
I
am
not
an
advocate
of
SB
35
developments,
and
so
I
want
to
speak
against
them.
I
think
that
there
needs
to
be
a
pushback
from
the
city
from
the
commission.
I've
seen
pushback
from
several
Commissioners,
so
I
appreciate
that.
Thank
you
very
much.
The
assistants
are
not
going
to
go
away
and
I
think
they're
going
to
be
front
and
center
in
the
public
much
much
more
than
they
have
I
made
a
comment
on
the
social
media
post.
That
I
think
that
the
Mariposa
Circle
K
is
somewhat
of
a
benign
SB
35
project.
H
It's
beautiful
it's
gorgeous
and
it's
not
good.
It's
30
Apartments!
It
is
not
the
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
apartments
that
are
going
to
go
into
Burbank
and
Empire.
That
is
a
monster,
so
my
comments,
my
hope,
my
plead
is,
as
we
go
through
these
moments
of
SB
35
development
in
the
City
of
Burbank,
that
we
keep
in
mind
that
what
it's
going
to
do
to
our
community
and
I
know
that
those
of
you
that
sit
at
the
diocese
do
that
and
I
appreciate,
and
thank
you
for
your
effort
and
your
time
and
your
work.
I
F
Correct
so
the
requested
hours
of
operation
of
projected
hours
of
operation
are
from
10
a.m,
to
8
P.M.
However,
this
condition
use
permit
lives
with
with
the
LA.
It
runs
with
the
land
and
it
it
will
as
long
as
the
site
is,
there
is
going
to
be
in
force,
so
in
order
to
provide
flexibility
for
potential
future
changes
in
hours
of
operation,
we
felt
that
allowing
the
slightly
more
time
on
both
sides
in
the
morning
and
in
the
evening
is
is,
should
be
sufficient.
B
E
F
D
B
E
E
This
is
it
unless
they
come
back
and
amend
the
conditional
use
permit
so
yeah,
that's
the
thing
that
locks
it
in.
In
light
of
the
ramp
up
for
the
larger
Dome
yeah
in
Vegas.
It
makes
sense
that
they've
now
reassessed
the
need
for
it
and
that's
why
they're
before
you,
we
didn't
take
the
request
lightly.
B
G
It
just
gave
the
people
in
Las
Vegas
an
opportunity,
because
the
the
Dome
was
already
built
right.
So
now
the
membrane
was
destroyed
and
that
caused
people
to
say
if
you're
going
to
make
improvements
by
getting
a
stronger
membrane,
which
is
what
they
did.
We
would
like
a
larger
assembly
and
here's.
Why
that's?
How
that
came
about
yeah.
B
I
G
So
if
you
would
go
on
the
internet
and
you
put
the
sphere
p,
s
p
h
e
r
e-
and
this
is
now
called-
they
changed
the
name
from
The
Big
Dome
to
the
MSG
sphere.
Studios,
so
you'll
see
this
really
large
18
000
seat
capacity,
Dome
that
changes
colors
on
the
outside
and
inside
there's
a
certain
type
of
art
that
is
in
a
circle.
Well,
someone
has
to
build
that
art,
so
it
can
be
shipped
to
Las
Vegas
when
it's
shipped
to
Las
Vegas.
A
B
B
B
B
C
B
J
B
E
No
callers
Mr
chair,
if
you
may
just
I'll,
just
read
it
real
quick.
So
this
is
an
opportunity
for
any
members
of
the
public,
both
present
or
on
the
phone
to
provide
general
public
comments.
Here's
a
member
of
the
audience
here
in
case
they
want
to
take
another
crack
at
it
and
if
there's
members
that
are
listening
via
TV
and
wanting
to
call
via
phone,
they
can
call
818-238-335
to
address
a
Planning,
Commission
and
callers
will
be
placed
on
a
queue
until
all
in-person
comments
have
been
received.
B
E
A
E
Thank
you,
chair
and
just
I
wanted
to
take
the
moment
to
one
thank
co-chair
or
vice
chair,
Opera
hamiltonian
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
him
for
going
on
six
years
and
during
that
period,
I
want
to
say
as
much
success
as
the
Community
Development
Department's
planning
division
has
been
able
to
help
facilitate.
None
of
it
would
have
been
possible
without
the
hard
work
of
the
commission
as
a
whole,
but
also
commissioner
altu
Canyon's
work,
both
his
Specialties
personal
Specialties.
E
As
far
as
expertise
I
in
reading
his
resume
didn't
realize
he
both
had
engineering
degree
contractor's
license,
and
then
he
was
also
he's
a
Assistant
Attorney
at
the
city
of
La,
but
now
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
me
as
to
why
not
only
was
he
always
very
thorough
in
his
review.
He
was
always
providing
very
good
feedback
made.
The
projects
always
better
I,
had
the
benefit
of
working
with
you
all
and
him,
and
bringing
a
lot
of
development
to
the
city
in
a
very
short
window
of
time.
E
But
one
thing
that
was
not
lost
upon
me
is
that
he
was
always
very
respectful
of
different
opinions
and
he
challenged
everyone
on
the
commission
and
on
the
staff
to
do
as
thorough
a
review
as
possible
on
a
project
and
I.
Think
that
says
a
lot.
It
says
that
he
really
cared
about
his
work.
He
cared
about
the
community
and
then
just
knowing
him
in
the
few
times
that
we
got
to
speak
a
little
bit
after
I
know.
E
A
family
is
very
important
to
him,
and
his
larger
family
in
the
City
of
Burbank
is
important,
so
I
just
wanted
to
take
the
time
to
thank
him.
I
will
probably
do
so
and
get
a
chance
to
reach
out
to
him,
but
I
wanted
to
do
it
here
publicly,
because
it
doesn't
go
without
saying
that
he
set
a
really
high
Benchmark
for
the
Commissioners
and
those
to
come
and
I
think
if
we
can
all
achieve
a
little
bit
of
that
level
of
profession,
nationalism
we're
going
to
be
in
a
much
better
place
going
forward.
E
B
B
He
was
he
worked
hard
and
he
focused
on
projects.
He
brought
a
lot
of
great
projects
and
made
them
better
I
think
with
his
dialogue
and
input
so
I'm
going
to
miss
him
a
lot
he
was.
He
was
like
a
brother
to
me.
I
can
always
count
on
him
to
challenge
and
push
and
I
like
that.
I
like
people
that
are,
are
willing
to
challenge
and
push
because
it
makes
all
of
us
better.
B
We
will
move
to
adjournment
Planning
Commission
meeting
on
Monday
August
14
2023
at
6
PM.
The
meeting
will
be
held
in
person
in
in
the
city
council
chambers
at
275,
East,
Olive
Avenue.
The
public
is
invited
to
attend
the
meeting
in
person
or
view
the
meeting
online
or
on
television.
The
public
will
be
able
to
provide
public
comment
in
the
following
ways
in
person
at
the
appropriate
time
during
the
meeting
or
by
leaving
an
e-comment
on
the
city
webpage
at
burbankca.gov
e-commons.