Planning Commission approves Bezos Academy preschool at Glen Croft with traffic and operational conditions

The Glendale Planning Commission on June 26 voted to approve conditional use permit CUP24-09 to convert a vacant residential building on the Glen Croft Center for Modern Aging campus into a Bezos Academy preschool, subject to six stipulations from staff.

The permit would allow up to 100 students in five classrooms (maximum 20 students per classroom) with 16 staff, a driveline pickup/drop-off model and on-site playgrounds adjacent to 60 Fifth Avenue. Planning staff recommended approval contingent on adherence to the site plan, the parking justification study, controls on the pickup queue and administrative review for any future increases in staff, students or site expansion.

The approval advances a staff finding that a private school is a permitted use in the R-4 zoning district with a CUP at this location and that the use furthers the general plan goal for intergenerational developments. Planning staff noted the site is within the Glen Croft campus, an…