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Design review board sends 1645 Allen Avenue project back for redesign over massing, entry and historic concerns
Summary
The Glendale Design Review Board voted unanimously on April 23 to return the design review entitlement for 1645 Allen Avenue for redesign after staff and board members said second‑story massing, an overpowering entry and unresolved privacy, window and stormwater issues remained; an architectural historian urged an EIR citing potential district‑level significance.
Alan Lambert, the city case planner, recommended returning the entitlement for redesign for the 1645 Allen Avenue proposal, telling the board, “the staff recommends that the entitlement for design review be returned for redesign.” The application would demolish a 1937 single‑family house and build a new two‑story, roughly 3,140‑square‑foot residence with a detached garage and an accessory dwelling unit.
The staff report cited three primary reasons for the return: the second‑floor massing does not respond to the site’s slope or the neighborhood step‑down pattern, the proposed 4:12 mansard roof limits articulation and increases perceived bulk, and the entry reads as overly tall and dominant on the façade. Lambert also recommended conditions to reduce nonpermeable paving, limit…
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