Chevy Chase Estates Association

New Homes Added This Year! 

Is your home here?  Can you find your neighbor’s? 

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Homes were photographed at random and some we miss.   We also try to find new displays.  If your house has been overlooked, perhaps it can be found in the lights of years past below.   Enjoy these beautiful canyon treasures, Merry Christmases (Glendale is so cool, we celebrate two, the 25th and the 6th.), Happy Holidays, and a very Happy New Year from your neighbors at the CCEA.

See the wonderful neighborhood years past below.

2018 Christmas Lights

2017 Christmas lights

Click on the photos below to see past Canyon Christmas Light Displays. When the page comes up click on the first photo to see them HUGE on your screen.  

 2015 Christmas lights

Click here to find a 2014 Christmas home.

Click here for the 2013 homes.

3132 Charing Cross Road – Too big a house on too small a lot.

On Wednesday, December 8^th at 9:30 am the Glendale Planning Hearing Officer will hear a variance case regarding 3132 Charing Cross Road.  Information on how to attend the hearing can be found here.  Concerned canyon residents can express their views by calling Milca Toledo at 818-937-8181 or emailing her at  MiToledo@glendaleca.gov.

The Glendale Planning Commission staff has recommended a denial of this variance.  Below are specifics as outlined by the city.

APPLICANT PROPOSES:

Construct a 2,764 SF single-family residence on at 6,069 SF vacant hillside lot.

1. Reduction of the required minimum 10-foot interior setback (for the building and retaining walls), and to allow a reduced interior setback of zero for the building along the north-easterly (left side) property line and propose the construction of two, five-foot high retaining walls within five feet of the interior property line.

3. Reduction of the required minimum 40% ungraded open space on a lot with an average current slope greater than 30%; the project proposes 31.8% ungraded open space.

4. Increase the maximum allowed floor area ratio (FAR) to 0.42 on a lot with an average current slope greater than 40%, where 0.3 is the maximum.

CODE REQUIRES:

 Standards Variances

1. The minimum lot size for purposes of constructing a new dwelling unit on lots divided prior to June 26, 1986 is seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet (GMC 30.11.030 and GMC 30.11.060).

2. Building and structures permitted after May 2, 1991, shall be setback a minimum of 10 feet from the interior property line (GMC 30.11.030 Table 30.11-B), and retaining walls within five feet of the interior property line must be under three feet high.

3. A minimum of forty (40) percent of the site area in the R1R zones shall be ungraded open space for any lot exceeding an average current slope of thirty (30) percent (GMC 30.11.040 F).

4. The maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.30 for the first 10,000 sq. ft. of lot area on a lot with an average current

RECOMMENDATION

Staff believes the required findings of fact for Variances to construct a new 2,764 SF, three-story house has not been demonstrated, and therefore, recommends the Planning Hearing Officer deny the following variances requesting to:

1. Reduce the required interior setback to zero along the north side of the property where a minimum 10-foot interior setback is required (for the building and retaining walls greater than three feet high); and

2. Reduce ungraded open space to 31.8 percent where a minimum 40 percent ungraded open space is required on a lot with an average current slope greater than 30 percent; and

3. Increase the total floor area ratio (FAR) to 0.42 where the maximum allowed is 0.30 on a lot with an average current slope greater than 40 percent.

Our canyon residents are surely in the Halloween Spirit! Check out some of these decoration photos from around the neighborhood. The CCEA wishes you a Safe & Happy Halloween!

1.  Proposed – Bulldoze a Mini-Forest of 9 Protected Live Oaks

2936 Greenwich Road, Glendale  PDR 2115513

To construct a new three-story, 2,740 square-foot, single-family residence and an attached two-car garage on a 9,719 square-foot lot in the R1R, FAR District II zone. The subject lot is currently vacant and has an average current slope of 56%. The project proposes 1,340 cubic yards of grading and removing nine protected oaks.

Contact Case Planner Roger Kiesel (818) 937-8152, RKiesel@glendaleca.gov

Or attend the Design Review Board meeting on October 14, 2021, at 5:00 pm or as soon thereafter as possible.

The meeting can be viewed on Charter Cable Channel 6 or by streaming online at: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/management-services/gtv6/live-video-stream

For public comments and questions during the DRB meeting, call 818-937-8100. City staff will be submitting these questions and comments in real time to the appropriate person during the meeting.

2.  Proposed – Cut Away a Cliff to Build a House

2745 Kennington Drive, Glendale  PDR 2100167

To construct a new three-story, 3,020 SF single-family residence with an attached, 791 SF, two-car garage on a vacant, 10,307 SF, upslope hillside lot 74.1% average current slope (50% was the limit) and grade 1,657 cubic yards, located in the R1R-II (Restricted Residential, Floor Area Ratio II) zone.

Contact Case Planner Milca Toledo (818) 937-8181, MiToledo@glendaleca.gov

Or attend the Design Review Board meeting on October 14, 2021, at 5:00 pm or as soon thereafter as possible.

The meeting can be viewed on Charter Cable Channel 6 or by streaming online at: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/management-services/gtv6/live-video-stream

For public comments and questions during the DRB meeting, call 818-937-8100. City staff will be submitting these questions and comments in real time to the appropriate person during the meeting.

Way to go canyon neighbors of Buckingham Dr.  Great potluck evening with friends, family, and neighbors.  Click on photos below.