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Design Review Board clears Incarnation Parish master plan with historic‑review suggestions; board asks staff to explore subtle horizontal detailing
Summary
The Design Review Board approved the Incarnation Parish master plan at 1001 Brand Boulevard, including a new parish center and campus improvements; the Historic Preservation Commission gave nonbinding recommendations on color, GFRC versus stucco, and horizontal banding, and the DRB asked staff to work with the applicant on subtle banding options.
The Glendale Design Review Board on Aug. 14 approved a master plan for Incarnation Parish at 1001 Brand Boulevard that will add a new parish center, site improvements, and campus upgrades while preserving identified historic resources on the roughly 4.5‑acre campus.
Case planner Alan Lambert reviewed the proposal, which includes demolition of a rectory garage and construction of a new parish assembly hall with an arcade, a small addition to parish offices to add restrooms, reconfigured east parking with new landscaping and EV‑ready infrastructure, undergrounding of overhead utilities, and other site improvements. Lambert said the project qualified for multiple CEQA exemptions cited in the record (Class 1, Class 3, and Class 31) and that the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) reviewed the project and issued advisory recommendations.
Why it matters: The project affects a large…
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