BURBANK : Disney to Outline Plans During Tour

Walt Disney Studios will give Burbank planning officials and interested members of the public a tour of its 44-acre facility Monday just before the Burbank Planning Board holds a hearing on proposed expansion there.

The tour, which begins at 4 p.m. at the studio gate on Buena Vista Street, will give Disney employees a chance to explain the proposed changes. The expansion would add an estimated 3 million square feet of new facilities, including offices, sound stages, studios, warehouses, cafeterias and a child-care center.

All of the new construction would be on Disney’s current property, bordered by Alameda Avenue on the north, Buena Vista Street on the west, the Ventura Freeway on the south and Keystone Street on east. The expansion, to be completed in two phases by the year 2000, would involve the consolidation of existing Disney operations throughout Los Angeles and other parts of Burbank as well as new facilities to accommodate the company’s projected growth.

The planning board will begin a public hearing at 6 p.m. at Burbank City Hall on a draft environmental impact report on the proposed expansion.