Glendale General Plan

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Read Glendale's official General Plan: Glendale General Plan → · 2025-04-01

Elements · 4 Verifier-checked summaries

• City of Glendale General Plan — Land Use Element (adopted October 1986, amended) → Land Use 1986-10

  Glendale's Land Use Element was adopted October 1986 and has been periodically amended; residential densities were modified in 1990, setting a target population of 225,000. As stated in the City's adopted Town Center Specific Plan, the Land Use Element's goals and policies include: (a) improving the livability of the total Glendale community; (b) supporting medium and high density residential development in areas best suited by accessibility and circulation; and (c) broadening the tax base to provide necessary facilities and services. The Element assigns land use designations citywide, including a Regional Commercial designation intended to feature goods and services with wide appeal and drawing power, whose specialized needs include centralized parking facilities, effective transportation patterns, and architectural and aesthetic design concepts.

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• City of Glendale 2021-2029 Housing Element (6th Cycle), Housing Plan — Goals and Policies → Housing 2022-12-06
• City of Glendale General Plan — Open Space and Conservation Element (adopted 1993, amended 2005) → Conservation 1993-01

  The conservation provisions of Glendale's combined Open Space and Conservation Element (adopted 1993, updated 2005) aim to identify, protect, and maintain natural resources and prevent their exploitation and destruction. Policy 1 states natural resources, including open spaces, biological habitats, and native plant communities, should be maintained and, where necessary, restored. Policy 5 holds that proper management of environmental resources can help reduce hazards to life and property and should be considered in project planning. Goal 4 develops a program to sustain the quality of Glendale's natural communities, with objectives to monitor resources identified in the California Department of Fish and Game Natural Diversity Data Base, prevent development that diminishes native plant and animal communities, naturalize disturbed areas through native revegetation, prevent invasion of exotic plants, and monitor public access impacts on habitat.

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• City of Glendale General Plan — Open Space and Conservation Element (adopted 1993, amended 2005) → Open Space 1993-01
• City of Glendale General Plan — Noise Element (adopted 2007) → Noise 2007

  Glendale's Noise Element (adopted 2007) is a comprehensive program for including noise management in the planning process, used to achieve and maintain land uses compatible with environmental noise levels. As described in the City's official Council staff report, the Element identifies noise-sensitive land uses and noise sources, defines areas of noise impact, and follows the State OPR General Plan Guidelines and Government Code Section 65302(f). It analyzes and quantifies current and projected community noise levels and provides recommended noise standards for assessing land use compatibility. Its interior/exterior noise standards table sets 45 CNEL interior and 65 exterior for single-family and multi-family residential. Policy 4.1 calls for shortening allowed Saturday construction-noise hours from 7am-7pm to 9am-5pm; the recommended interior noise limit is 45 CNEL.

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• City of Glendale General Plan — Safety Element (adopted 1976, updated April 1, 2025) → Safety 2025-04-01

  Glendale's Safety Element was originally adopted in 1976, amended in 2003, and comprehensively updated and adopted by the City Council on April 1, 2025. It focuses on fire, earthquakes, flooding, and other geologic hazards plus other state-required safety issues, with the ultimate objective of improving the City's safety by protecting hazard areas, safeguarding services and infrastructure, and making the City more resilient. Chapter 3 sets nine goals: S-1 Seismic Hazards, S-2 Geologic Hazards, S-3 Flooding Hazards, S-4 Fire Hazard, S-5 Climate Change, S-6 Hazardous Materials, S-7 Terrorism/Civil Disturbance/Crime, S-8 Dangerous Animals and Plants, and S-9 Disaster Preparedness. Goal S-1 reduces losses from seismic hazards; Policy 1-1 requires earthquake-resistant building design and Program 1-1.1 adopts the latest California Building Code. The 2025 update adds a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and an Evacuation Analysis.

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