Burbank Municipal Code § 10-1-924 Development Review

The Open Space Zone is intended to preserve land for public open space, to provide a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities throughout the City, and to conserve the natural amenities of the Verdugo Mountains. The Open Space Zone is to provide for land conservation, watershed areas, and recreational activities. The provision for additional open space for outdoor recreational opportunities through the dual use of existing facilities, such as land fill areas, water supply facilities, reservoirs, and utility easements, is also an open space land use objective. In addition, the Open Space Zone is to provide for the public health and safety by limiting the use of lands subject to flooding, slides, or other hazards, to open space uses.

The intent of the General Plan for the Open Space Zone is to provide for the implementation of the adopted Corridor Plan for the development of the Rim of the Valley Trail corridor; preserve the natural amenities of the Verdugo Mountains; provide for open space uses that are complimentary to the area’s natural environment; preserve historical landmarks and irreplaceable natural features; preserve and maintain unobstructed critical links between major recreation areas and/or open space reservations, and to prevent any reduction in the amount of public open space land used primarily for recreational and conservation uses. [Added by Ord. No. 3249, eff. 6/1/91.]

In the Open Space Zone, all uses shall be consistent with the maximum FAR and maximum residential density, as prescribed in the General Plan, as follows:

[Added by Ord. No. 3839, eff. 5/24/13; amended by Ord. 24-4,022, eff. 1/17/25.]

In the Open Space Zone, uses are allowed as set forth in Section 10-1-502. [Added by Ord. No. 3249; Amended by Ord. 3504, eff. 12/26/98; 3439.]

10-1-923:

[Deleted by Ord. No. 3504, eff. 12/26/98.]

Unless specifically exempted by Section 10-1-1914 of this Code, no structure shall be erected on any lot in an Open Space Zone, nor shall any permits thereto be issued until a Development Review Application has been submitted to and approved by the Director, as provided in Division 2, Article 19 of this chapter. These permits include but are not limited to site preparation permits such as demolition permits and grading permits. [Added by Ord. No. 3249, eff. 6/1/91; Amended by Ord. No. 3587, eff. 11/3/01.]