Planning Hearing Officer - 10/21/26

The MyGlendale Planning Hearing Officer held a hearing on October 21, 2026, concerning variance case PVAR 2207996 for 403 West Kenneth Road. The property owners requested permission to retain an approximately 500-foot-long, 6-foot-high block wall located about 3.5 feet from the street-side property line, rather than meet the R1-zone setback requirement. Staff recommended approval, with a condition to add hedge-like landscaping between the wall and the low wall by the sidewalk. The planner said relocating the wall would affect mature landscaping and that the wall and proposed landscaping would maintain the setback’s streetscape and buffering objectives.

The applicant said a contractor had prepared and obtained approval for plans but built the wall in the wrong location after measuring from the wrong point. The owners also cited security and family needs, mature trees, and limited space as reasons relocation would be difficult. No public comments or written correspondence were received. The hearing officer took the case under submission and will issue a written decision; no vote or procurement activity was identified.