Glendale planning commission recommends ASOZ expansion to allow animated signs on Masonic Temple

The Glendale Planning Commission on Dec. 17, 2025 voted to recommend that City Council adopt a zone map amendment, a text amendment to Chapter 30.26 of the Glendale zoning code (the Advertising Signage Overlay Zone, or ASOZ), and a statutory development agreement to allow two ASOZ wall signs on the Masonic Temple property at 230–238 South Brand Boulevard.

City staff said the application from the Caruso organization would place ASOZ overlay zoning over three parcels that include the Masonic Temple building and would authorize two non-accessory animated ASOZ wall signs — one on the north elevation and one on the south — each proposed at 38 by 21 feet. Staff described a proposed new definition, “ASOZ wall sign,” to clarify that signs attached to appurtenant structures such as exterior staircases may qualify. The staff report recommends the commission forward the zone map amendment, zoning text change and development agreement to City Council for…