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CITY OF GLENDALE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
DESIGN REVIEW STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: March 7, 2013 (continued from February 28, 2013)
TO: Design Review Board No. 2
PREPARED BY: Vilia Zemaitaitis, Senior Planner
CASE NUMBER: 2-PDR-1301725
ADDRESS: 2064 Buckingham
APPLICANT/OWNER: Armen Mkrtchian
PROJECT SUMMARY: To remodel and expand an existing 2,011 sq.ft. , 1-story single family
residence by adding 252 sq.ft. to the first floor and constructing a new 1,120 sq.ft. second story
(total of 3,383 square feet). A new deck is also proposed at the rear.
EXISTING PROPERTY: The existing property is developed with a 1-story, single-family residence,
a pool, and an attached 2-car garage on an irregular shaped, hillside lot. The 30,400 sq .ft. parcel is
a through-lot with frontages on both Buckingham Place and Chevy Chase Drive. Access to the
home is taken off Buckingham Place, while the rear yard steeply slopes downward towards Chevy
Chase Drive.
CEQA STATUS: The project is exempt from environmental review.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve with conditions.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant is proposing to add 252 sq.ft. to the existing 2,011 sq.ft., single-story home and
construct a new 1,120 sq.ft. 2nd story, for a total of 3,383 sq.ft. of habitable area. The existing 2-car
attached garage will be retained and expanded to comply with the minimum dimensions for a twocar
garage. The pool will also be maintained as is. A new deck is proposed at the rear. The
proposed addition and remodel will alter the architectural style of the existing house from a simple
Ranch to a more Modern style (Exhibit 2).
PROJECT BACKGROUND
A previous proposal (Case No. 1-PDR-2008-089) was approved with conditions by ORB #2 on April
2, 2009. The case was appealed to the City Council by the next door neighbor. City Council voted
in favor of the appeal and denied the project on July 7, 2009. The City Council cited that the
previous project was not compatible with the neighborhood in terms of mass and scale, and design,
and that the project resulted in conflicting relationships with adjacent buildings (Exhibit 4).
The owner hired a new architect who submitted a new design submittal in response to the City
Council's comments:
• The current project is approximately 700 square feet less in size than the previous
proposal;
• The footprint/size of the 2nd story addition has been reduced and shifted away from the
adjacent neighbor to the east; and
• The project has been redesigned in a more contemporary, Ranch-influenced style to be
more compatible with the neighborhood.