Burbank Ca Zoning

Giving in to angry neighbors, the City Council on Tuesday turned down a controversial plan to place a halfway house for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in the middle of a residential area south Burbank neighborhood. Scores of opponents jammed council chambers demanding that the council reject a bid by Valley Lodge to move from its current location in an industrial area at 446 N. Varney St. to a two-story residence at 600 S. Lake St.

A state court judge on Thursday denied a request by the city of Burbank to rule on whether a 19-gate terminal planned for Burbank Airport violated municipal zoning laws. The decision by Ventura County Superior Court Judge Joe D. Hadden means Burbank officials must decide shortly whether to move ahead with a trial, which is scheduled for May 3.

In a bid to attract new development despite the recession, the Burbank City Council has voted to curb its power to block new land-use projects and to curtail citizen appeals of development proposals that already comply with city zoning codes. The development ordinance, which gained preliminary approval on a 4-1 vote late Tuesday, exempts small- and medium-size projects that are consistent with the city's zoning ordinance from discretionary review by the council.

Giving in to angry neighbors, the City Council on Tuesday turned down a controversial plan to place a halfway house for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in the middle of a residential area south Burbank neighborhood. Scores of opponents jammed council chambers demanding that the council reject a bid by Valley Lodge to move from its current location in an industrial area at 446 N. Varney St. to a two-story residence at 600 S. Lake St.

At the request of school officials, the Burbank City Council has delayed action on a plan for a major overhaul of zoning restrictions to encourage more building. The plan, supported by some council members as an antidote to the depressed local economy, would ease height and lot restrictions to allow greater building density. "There are very few schools that would not be impacted by lessening these regulations," said Vivian Kaufman, president of the Burbank Unified School District board.

The owners of 14 buildings in Burbank that remain uninhabitable after the Northridge earthquake will not need to meet zoning code requirements or get approval by the city's planning board because of action the city took this week. Reconstruction of the buildings, which had damage to 50% or more of their structures, will be approved by administrative review instead of through a public process.

A state court judge on Thursday denied a request by the city of Burbank to rule on whether a 19-gate terminal planned for Burbank Airport violated municipal zoning laws. The decision by Ventura County Superior Court Judge Joe D. Hadden means Burbank officials must decide shortly whether to move ahead with a trial, which is scheduled for May 3.

Plans by a Syrian Orthodox Church to bury its archbishop on church grounds have been stalled by the Burbank City Council. The St. Ephraim Syrian Orthodox Church on Glenoaks Boulevard had petitioned the council for permission to bury Archbishop Athanasius Samuel, who is now 86, behind the altar when he dies. But that would mean changing city laws, which only allow burials at cemeteries.

The Burbank City Council has approved formation of a downtown parking district. Officials said a program to manage parking is needed because of the success of several new movie theaters and restaurants. Under the program, approved Tuesday, signs will be erected to direct motorists to parking lots. The plan also calls for the installation of parking meters on streets and in city-owned parking lots.

First it was fast-food drive-throughs. Now it's all-night minimarts. Burbank is considering new restrictions on the ubiquitous 24-hour minimarts and grocery stores that are as much a part of the local landscape as gas stations and freeways. The city's proposal to subject all-night markets near homes to a public review, allowing regulation of such things as hours and parking, is similar to the city's regulation of late-night, fast-food drive-throughs.

Siding with residents who argued that it would divide their community, the Burbank City Council has unanimously rejected a proposal to turn a 129-lot subdivision into the city's first gated community. More than two dozen people turned out at Tuesday night's council meeting to oppose a plan by Cayman Development Co. to put gates across two roads leading to their 117-acre development in northwest Burbank.

The City Council on Tuesday night backed off a proposal to place new restrictions on existing 24-hour convenience stores, but the city will continue to consider requiring special permits for new stores. The council, which was a leader two years ago in drafting new requirements for late-night fast-food restaurants, had proposed requiring that all 24-hour stores near homes obtain conditional use permits.

First it was fast-food drive-throughs. Now it's all-night minimarts. Burbank is considering new restrictions on the ubiquitous 24-hour minimarts and grocery stores that are as much a part of the local landscape as gas stations and freeways. The city's proposal to subject all-night markets near homes to a public review, allowing regulation of such things as hours and parking, is similar to the city's regulation of late-night, fast-food drive-throughs.

A plan to rebuild a larger version of the Castaway restaurant has been rejected by the Burbank City Council, a decision which will delay by at least four months the reopening of the popular hilltop landmark. In a 4-0 vote Tuesday, the council sided with residents who feared a larger facility would increase noise and traffic. Meanwhile, a federal investigation into the arson fire which destroyed the structure June 29, 1993, has produced no suspects, authorities said.

The owners of 14 buildings in Burbank that remain uninhabitable after the Northridge earthquake will not need to meet zoning code requirements or get approval by the city's planning board because of action the city took this week. Reconstruction of the buildings, which had damage to 50% or more of their structures, will be approved by administrative review instead of through a public process.

The archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church knows exactly where he wants his body to be laid to rest when he dies: in a vault nestled discreetly behind the altar of a church in Burbank. For 2,000 years, esteemed leaders have been honored with this type of entombment, say church leaders, and members of the Burbank church want to continue the practice.

The archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church knows exactly where he wants his body to be laid to rest when he dies: in a vault nestled discreetly behind the altar of a church in Burbank. For 2,000 years, esteemed leaders have been honored with this type of entombment, say church leaders, and members of the Burbank church want to continue the practice.

The archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church knows exactly where he wants his body to be laid to rest when he dies: in a vault nestled discreetly behind the altar of a church in Burbank. For 2,000 years, esteemed leaders have been honored with this type of entombment, say church leaders and members of the Burbank church who want to continue the practice.

The Burbank City Council has asked the city attorney to review the constitutional questions raised by a church's request to bury its leader behind its altar. The council, worried that writing an exemption to city codes to allow churches to apply for such a burial permit, had reached a 2-2 stalemate last week. On Tuesday, after representatives of St. Ephraim's Syrian Orthodox Church on Glenoaks Boulevard repeated their request, the council voted 4 to 0 to have the matter reviewed by City Atty.