About The Project

The approximately 662-acre Plan Area is located in the central southeastern portion of the City of Burbank and is generally bounded by Lake Street, Victory Boulevard, and Mariposa Street to the west, San Fernando Boulevard and Amherst Drive to the north, Glenoaks Boulevard and Fifth Street to the east, and the city boundary to the south.  It includes the Downtown Burbank Shopping District, the Burbank Civic Center, and the Burbank Downtown Metrolink Station. 

The Plan Area is governed by two existing, adopted plans – the 1997 Burbank Center Plan and the 2012 North San Fernando Boulevard Master Plan – and also incorporates parcels located to the east and west of the Burbank Center Plan.  The vision, goals, and polices of these two plans will be evaluated as part of this planning process, revised to reflect current desires, and packaged into one comprehensive planning document.  The two existing plans will be repealed upon the adoption of this Downtown Burbank TOD Specific Plan, and the provisions of the new Specific Plan will replace the regulations of the two existing plans.

 

Key Plan Goals:

  • Promote infill and economic development.

  • Introduce much needed housing, including housing affordable to all income levels by meeting the City of Burbank’s goal of introducing 12,000 new dwelling units citywide by the year 2035.

  • Encourage station area development.

  • Create a pedestrian friendly environment.

  • Enhance multimodal access connections between the station area and the rest of the City.

  • Ensure enough parking is available as the Plan Area intensifies.

  • Introduce development standards and design guidelines that enable compact, well-designed, pedestrian- and street-friendly, higher-density and mixed-use projects.

 

WHAT IS A SPECIFIC PLAN?

A Specific Plan is a comprehensive planning and zoning instrument that guides the visioning and implementation of that vision for a defined geographic area of a city. It implements the city’s General Plan and provides development standards to be utilized by landowners, developers, and the city when considering development plans for the area.