Glendale council approves rezoning for multifamily project for adults with developmental disabilities

The Glendale City Council on March 24 voted unanimously to approve a general plan amendment (Resolution R26-22) and adopt Ordinance 026-14 to rezone roughly three acres near 67th Avenue to a Planned Area Development that staff said would be developed as multifamily housing with adult daycare services for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Senior planner Sydney Terrell, presenting the application, said the request would change the land-use designation to high-density residential and rezone the site to a PAD that "permits only residential uses and adult daycare." Terrell described the property in the staff report as being located south of the southeast corner of 67th Avenue and Bell Road and said an earlier planning commission hearing had approved the items unanimously at its February 26 meeting.

The staff presentation said the PAD proposal would be restricted to residential uses and adult daycare and that the conceptual plan envisions multifamily units designed to serve adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The staff report and the planning commission recommended approval; no members of the public spoke during the council public hearing.

Council members completed a roll-call vote, recording unanimous approval of both the resolution and the ordinance. The council approved the ordinance after a motion to adopt, with no dissent recorded.

The approvals allow the project to proceed to entitlement steps subject to the findings and stipulations in the planning commission staff report. The council did not provide a timeline for building permits or construction during the meeting. The council adjourned after completing the agenda.