RES-2007-171RESOLUTION NO. 2007 171
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE ANAHEIM GENERAL
PLAN DESIGNATED AS AMENDMENT NO. 2006 00445.
WHEREAS, the first Anaheim General Plan was adopted in 1963 and has been
subsequently amended over the years as conditions warrant; and that the City Council adopted a
comprehensive update to the General Plan on May 25, 2004; and
WHEREAS the adopted General Plan envisions an area of the City of Anaheim known
as The Platinum Triangle as a thriving economic center that provides residents, visitors and employees
with a variety of housing, employment, shopping and entertainment opportunities that are accessed by
arterial highways, transit systems and pedestrian promenades (set forth in Goal 15.1 of the Land Use
Element); and
WHEREAS The Platinum Triangle comprises approximately 820 acres located at the
confluence of Interstate 5 and SR -57 Freeways in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of
California, generally east of Interstate 5 Freeway, west of the Santa Ana River channel and SR -57
Freeway, south of the Southern California Edison easement, and north of the Anaheim City limit area;
and
WHEREAS, the City did receive a verified petition for (i) General Plan Amendment
No. 2006 -00445 to amend the Land Use Element of the General Plan to increase the maximum office
square footage and to establish the square footage of commercial development permitted in The
Platinum Triangle and to remove the maximum floor area ratio (FAR) in The Platinum Triangle Mixed
Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone, Orangewood District, (ii) Miscellaneous Case No. 2007 -00202 to amend
The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to establish the Orangewood District, (iii) Zoning Code
Amendment No. 2007 -00060 to amend the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone
(Chapter 18.20 of the Anaheim Municipal Code) to establish the Orangewood District, (iv) Conditional
Use Permit No. 2007 05222, (v) Reclassification No. 2007 -00207 to reclassify the subject property
from the I (Industrial) Zone to the I (PTMU Overlay) (Industrial Platinum Triangle Mixed Use
Overlay) Zone and rescind, in part, the previously- approved Resolution No. 2004 -180 to reclassify the
Property from the I (Industrial) to the O -H (High Intensity Office) Zone, and (vi) approve and adopt
Development Agreement No. 2007 00001; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 18.68 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, provisions of
the General Plan may be amended whenever the public necessity and convenience and the general
welfare require such amendment when adopted by a resolution of the City Council in the manner
prescribed by law; and
WHEREAS, on July 23, 2007, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did hold a
public hearing to consider General Plan Amendment No. 2006 00445, notice of said public hearing
having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.60 of
the Anaheim Municipal Code, to hear and consider evidence for and against said General Plan
Amendment and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 2006 -00445 proposes to amend "Table LU-
4: General Plan Density Provisions for Specific Areas of the City" of the Land Use Element of the
General Plan as shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The
General Plan Amendment does consider an increase in the maximum number of commercial and office
development in The Platinum Triangle Office High and Office Low Area from 1,735,000 to 1,790,550
square feet of office development and from 0 to 10,000 square feet of commercial development; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did adopt
its Resolution No. PC2007 -77 containing a report of its findings, a summary of the evidence presented
at said hearing, and recommending that General Plan Amendment No. 2006 -00445 be adopted by the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission has reviewed the proposed
amendment to the General Plan, designated as General Plan Amendment No. 2006 00445, and did find
and determine, by motion, that the City Council, based on its independent review of the Initial Study
prepared in connection with proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2006 00445, and the
requirements of California Environmental Quality Act "CEQA including Section 21166 of the
California Public Resources Code and Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines, and unless additional
or contrary information is received during the public meeting, find and determine, that previously
certified FSEIR No. 332 and its Third Addendum, together with Mitigation Monitoring Program No.
106A and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 145, are adequate to serve as the required environmental
documentation for General Plan Amendment No. 2006 -00445 and satisfy all of the requirements of
CEQA, and that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for said General Plan
Amendment; and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolution No. PC2007 -77, summary of evidence,
report of findings and recommendations of the Anaheim City Planning Commission, the City Council
did fix the 21st day of August, 2007, as the time, and the City Council Chamber in the Civic Center as
the place for a public hearing on General Plan Amendment No. 2006 -00445 and did give notice thereof
in the manner and as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did duly hold and conduct such public hearing and did
give all persons interested therein an opportunity to be heard, and did receive evidence and reports and
did consider the recommendations of the Anaheim City Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does find and determine that General Plan Amendment
No. 2006 00445, as described above, should be approved, and that the evidence presented shows that
all of the conditions exist as set forth in Subsection .030 of Section 18.68.050 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of CEQA, the City Council, as lead agency for
said General Plan Amendment, by its Resolution, did find and determine, based upon its independent
review and consideration of the Third Addendum to previously certified FSEIR No. 332 and
Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106A and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 145 conducted
2
pursuant to CEQA for General Plan Amendment No. 2006 00445, and the requirements of CEQA,
including Section 21166 of the California Public Resources Code and Section 15162 of the CEQA
Guidelines, and the evidence received at the public hearing, that previously certified FSEIR No. 332,
together with its Third Addendum and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106A and Mitigation
Monitoring Plan No. 145, are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for
General Plan Amendment No. 2006 -00445 and satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA, and that no
further environmental documentation need be prepared for said General Plan Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim
that Amendment No. 2006 -00445 to the General Plan be, and the same is hereby, approved as set forth
in Exhibit "A" to this Resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby declare and
determine as follows: (1) Table LU -4, which is attached hereto as Exhibit, includes Notes 1 and 2
thereof, the text of which Notes is included herein solely for purposes of clarity and completeness; (2)
the text of said Notes 1 and 2 is not amended by this resolution; (3) it is acknowledged and recognized
that a duly qualified referendum petition has heretofore been filed, and required action is now pending
thereon, concerning City Council Resolution No. 2007 -053 relating to General Plan Amendment No.
2006 -00448 which, inter alia, amended certain language in Note 2 of said Table LU -4; (4) inclusion
of Notes 1 and 2 in Exhibit A hereof, including the portion thereof which is currently the subject of
said referendum (the "Challenged Text is neither intended as, nor to be deemed, a re- enactment or
approval of said Challenged Text; and (5) said Challenged Text shall be subject to such modification
as necessary to conform to the results of said referendum now pending.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Anaheim this 21 stday of Aiig„Gt 2007, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Pringle, council Members Hernandez, Galloway, Sidhu, Kring
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE C ANAHEIM
66315. v l /MGordon
3
TABLE LU -4: GENERAL PLAN DENSITY PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY
Location
General Plan Land Use Designations
Permitted Density
The Mountain Park
Area
Low Medium Hillside Density
Residential
(Up to 6 du /ac)
Low Medium Density Residential
(Up to 16 du /ac)
485
2,015
(Up to 2,500 dwelling units)
Area "A"
(Parcel Map
94 -205)
Low Medium Density Residential
Up to 140 dwelling units
The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan
(SP92 -1) Area
Commercial Recreation
See Note No. 1 on next page.
The Anaheim
Resort® Specific
Plan (SP92 -2) Area
Commercial Recreation
See Note No. 2 on next page.
Hotel Circle Specific
Plan (SP93 -1) Area
Commercial Recreation
The Hotel Circle Specific Plan allows for a
master planned hotel project including up to
969 hotel rooms and integrated guest
oriented amenities including full- service
restaurants, conference room /banquet
facilities, pool and spa areas, tour
bus /shuttle facilities, and pedestrian
promenades and plaza areas with
comprehensive landscaping.
The Platinum
Triangle Area
Mixed -Use
Office High and Office Low
Up to 10,266 dwelling units at densities up
to 100 dwelling units per acre; up to
3,265,000 s.f. of office development at
maximum FAR of 2.00; and, up to
2,254,400 s.f. of commercial development
at a maximum FAR of 0.40.
Up to 1,790,550 s.f. of office development
and 10,000 s.f. of commercial development
and a maximum FAR of 0.50 for properties
designated Office -Low.
The Stonegate
Development Area
Low Density Residential
Up to 35 dwelling units
Exhibit A
4
TABLE LU -4: GENERAL PLAN DENSITY PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY (CONTINUED)
Note No. 1: The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan provides for the development of an approximate 489.7 acre international
multi -day vacation designation resort including ongoing modifications to the Disneyland theme park, the development of a
new theme park, additional hotels and entertainment areas, administrative office facilities, new public and private parking
facilities, and an internal transportation system. This development is within five planning Districts (Theme Park, Hotel,
Parking, Future Expansion and District A) and a C -R Overlay, which allows development within the Overlay to either be
consistent with the underlying Resort District or subject to the same land uses as in the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No.
92 -2 Zone. The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan also identifies maximum development density designations for hotel /motel
development in the Hotel District (up to 5,600 hotel rooms for the entire District with up to 1,000 hotel rooms transferable to
the Theme Park District), in District A (the maximum number of units permitted would be 75 hotel /motel rooms per gross
acre or 75 hotel /motel rooms per parcel existing on June 29, 1993, whichever is greater) and the C -R Overlay (the
maximum number of units permitted on a parcel would be the following: 1) for parcels designated Low Density up to 50
hotel rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms, whichever is greater; and 2) for parcels designated Medium Density up to 75
hotel rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms, whichever is greater; provided that for those parcels that are developed with
hotel /motel rooms which exceeded the maximum density designation, the number of rooms existing on the date of adoption
of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Ordinance may be rebuilt or modified at their existing density.) It should be noted
that accessory uses may be developed as well as other visitor serving commercial /retail and restaurant uses along with
these hotel /motel uses. The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan also provides for the development of the Anaheim
GardenWalk project pursuant to the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay at the following density and subject to the approval of
Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended, to permit the following: up to 569,750 square feet of specialty retail,
restaurants, and entertainment uses, including movie theaters; 1,628 hotel rooms /suites (including up to 500 vacation
ownership units) and 278,817 square feet of hotel accessory uses; a transportation center, and 4,800 parking spaces. The
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay encompasses District A and the portion of the Parking District (East Parking Area) /CR
Overlay south of Disney Way.
Note No. 2: The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan provides for the development of approximately 582 acres within the C -R
(Commercial Recreation) District which allows for hotels, motels, convention and conference facilities, as well as
restaurants, retail shops and entertainment facilities; the PR (Public Recreation) District which encompasses the Anaheim
Convention Center and associated parking facilities and provides for the orderly use of City -owned property as well as the
existing Anaheim Hilton Hotel; the Mobilehome Park (MHP) Overlay which encompasses existing mobilehome parks within
the C -R District and provides development standards for mobilehome parks and regulations and procedures to mitigate
relocation concerns and adverse effects of displacement upon mobilehome owners when a park is converted to another
land use; and, the Anaheim Resort Residential Overlay, which applies to focused areas of the Specific Plan and provides
for the incorporation of (i) residential uses into hotel developments when such uses are fully integrated into a minimum 300
room full service hotel, or (ii) wholly residential uses on designated properties that meet the affordability requirements of the
Anaheim Resort Residential Overlay. The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan also identifies maximum development density
designations in the C -R District. These designations are based upon hotel /motel development and allow up to 20% of each
hotel /motel project gross square footage, excluding parking facilities, to be developed with integrated (i.e., included within
the main hotel /motel complex) accessory uses. These accessory uses will reduce the otherwise maximum permitted
hotel /motel density at the rate of one hotel /motel room per six hundred (600) gross square feet of accessory use. For
properties proposed to be developed with permitted and conditionally permitted uses other than hotels /motels with
accessory uses, the traffic generation characteristics of said uses shall not exceed those associated with the otherwise
permitted hotel /motel (including accessory uses) density as determined by the City Traffic and Transportation Manager prior
to Final Site Plan review and approval. The density designations are as follows: "Low Density," which has a maximum
density of up to 50 rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms per lot or parcel, whichever is greater; "Low- Medium Density," up to
75 rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms per lot or parcel, whichever is greater; "Medium Density," up to 100 rooms per gross
acre or 75 rooms per lot or parcel, whichever is greater; and, "Convention Center (CC) Medium Density," up to 125 rooms
per gross acre with trip generation characteristics mitigated to the equivalent of 100 rooms per gross acre, or 75 rooms per
lot or parcel, whichever is greater. For those parcels that are developed with hotel /motel rooms which exceed the maximum
density designation, the number of rooms existing on the date of adoption of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Ordinance
may be rebuilt or modified at their existing density. For projects that are developed in accordance with the Anaheim Resort
Residential Overlay, (i) the maximum number of dwelling units allowed shall be less than the number of hotel rooms
proposed and such projects shall not create infrastructure impacts greater than the subject property's permitted hotel /motel
density, as permitted by the property's underlying C -R District density designation unless otherwise mitigated through
subsequent environmental analysis, or (ii) if the residential uses are on designated properties, properties shall meet the
affordability requirements of the Anaheim Resort Residential Overlay and shall not result in infrastructure impacts greater
than those associated with the subject property's hotel /motel density, as allowed by the property's underlying C -R District
density designation, unless such impacts are duly analyzed and mitigated pursuant to subsequent environmental review.
5