RES-2011-073RESOLUTION NO. 2011-073
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AN AMENDMENT
TO THE PLATINUM TRIANGLE MASTER LAND USE
PLAN (MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2011 - 00493).
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. The Platinum Triangle encompasses the Angel Stadium of Anaheim,
the Honda Center, the City National Grove of Anaheim, the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink Station,
and surrounding residential and mixed use development, light industrial buildings, industrial
parks, distribution facilities, offices, hotels, restaurants, and retail development; and
WHEREAS, since 1996, the Anaheim City Council (the "City Council ") has
approved several actions relating to the area encompassed by the Platinum Triangle; and
WHEREAS, on May 30, 1996, the Anaheim City Planning Commission (the
"Planning Commission ") certified Final Environmental Impact Report No. 320 and adopted Area
Development Plan No. 120 for that portion of the Stadium property associated with the
Sportstown Development. Area Development Plan No. 120, which entitled a total of 119,543
seats for new and /or renovated stadiums, 750,000 square feet of urban entertainment /retail uses,
a 500 -room hotel (550,000 square feet), a 150,000- square -foot exhibition center, 250,000 square
feet of office development and 15,570 on -site parking spaces. The Grove of Anaheim, the
renovated Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and the Stadium Gateway Office Building were
developed/ renovated under this plan; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, the City Council adopted the Anaheim Stadium
Area Master Land Use Plan (MLUP). The boundaries for this MLUP were generally the same as
those for the Platinum Triangle, with the exception that this MLUP included 15 acres adjacent to
I -5 that are not a part of the current Platinum Triangle boundaries. As part of the approval
process for the Anaheim Stadium Area MLUP, the City Council also certified Final
Environmental Impact Report No. 321 and adopted Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106.
Development within the boundaries of the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan was
implemented through the Sports Entertainment (SE) Overlay Zone, which pennitted current uses
to continue or expand within the provisions of the existing zoning, while providing those who
may want to develop sports, entertainment, retail, and office uses with standards appropriate to
those uses, including increased land use intensity. Implementation of this Overlay Zone was
projected to result in a net loss of 491,303 square feet of industrial space and increases of
1,871,285 square feet of new office space, 452,026 square feet of new retail space, and 991,603
square feet of new hotel space. Projects that were developed under the SE Overlay Zone included
the Ayers Hotel, the Arena Corporate Center, and the Westwood School of Technology; and
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WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004, the City Council approved a comprehensive
citywide General Plan and Zoning Code Update, which included a new vision for the Platinum
Triangle. The General Plan Update changed the General Plan designations within the project area
from Commercial Recreation and Business Office /Mixed Use /Industrial to Mixed -Use, Office -
High, Office -Low, Industrial, Open Space and Institutional to provide opportunities for existing
uses to transition to mixed -use, residential, office, and commercial uses. The General Plan
Update also established the overall maximum development intensities for the Platinum Triangle,
which permitted up to 9,175 dwelling units, 5,000,000 square feet of office space, 2,044,300
square feet of commercial uses, industrial development at a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of
0.50, and institutional development at a maximum FAR of 3.0. In addition, the square
footage /seats allocated to the existing Honda Center and all of the development intensity entitled
by Area Development Plan No. 120 was incorporated into the Platinum Triangle Mixed -Use land
use designation. Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) No. 330, which was prepared for the
General Plan and Zoning Code Update and associated actions, analyzed the above development
intensities on a citywide impact level and adopted mitigation monitoring programs, including an
Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106 for the Platinum Triangle; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide the implementation tools necessary to realize the
City's new vision for the Platinum Triangle, on August 17, 2004, the City Council replaced the
Anaheim Stadium Area MLUP with the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan (the
"PTMLUP "), replaced the SE Overlay Zone with the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU)
Overlay Zone, approved the form of the Standardized Platinum Triangle Development
Agreement and approved associated zoning reclassifications. Under these updated zoning
regulations, property owners desiring to develop under the PTMU Overlay Zone provisions are
required to enter into a standardized Development Agreement with the City of Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2005, City Council approved three Development
Agreements to govern the development of an approximate 14.64 -acre project on three parcels
located within the Platinum Triangle at 1515 East Katella Avenue (Development Agreement No.
2005- 00001), 1781 South Campton Avenue (Development Agreement No. 2005- 00002), and
1551 East Wright Circle (Development Agreement No. 2005- 00003); and determined that
previously- certified FEIR No. 330; the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for
Development Agreement Nos. 2005- 00001, 2005 -00002 and 2005- 00003; and, Mitigation
Monitoring Plan No. 128 were adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation
for the proposed project; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 2005, the City Council approved amendments to the
General Plan, the PTMLUP, and the PTMU Overlay Zone to increase the allowable development
intensities within the Platinum Triangle to 9,500 residential units; 5,000,000 square feet of office
uses; and 2,254,400 square feet of commercial uses, and certified Final Subsequent
Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) No. 332 including Updated and Modified Mitigation
Monitoring Plan No. 106A for the PTMLUP as the required environmental documentation for
said amendments; and
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WHEREAS, following the certification of FSEIR No. 332, the City Council
approved two addendums to FSEIR No. 332 in conjunction with requests to increase the
Platinum Triangle intensity by 67 residential units; 55,550 square feet of office development; and
10,000 square feet of commercial uses. A project Environmental Impact Report was also
approved to increase the allowable development intensities by an additional 699 residential units
to bring the total allowable development intensity within the Platinum Triangle to up to 10,266
residential units; 5,055,550 square feet of office uses; and 2,264,400 square feet of commercial
uses; and
WHEREAS, on February 13, 2007, the City embarked upon a process to amend
the General Plan, the PTMLUP, the PTMU Overlay Zone, the Platinum Triangle Standardized
Development Agreement, and related zoning reclassifications to increase the allowable
development intensities within the Platinum Triangle to up to 18,363 residential units; 5,657,847
square feet of commercial uses; 16,819,015 square feet of office uses; and 1,500,000 square feet
of institutional uses (the "Platinum Triangle Expansion Project "); and
WHEREAS, as required by law, the City Council certified Final Subsequent
Environmental Impact Report for the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project ( FSEIR No. 334),
including Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106B for the PTMLUP, in
December 2007 and again in April as the required environmental documentation for said
amendments and related zoning reclassifications; and
WHEREAS, following the approval of FSEIR No. 334, a lawsuit was filed
challenging the adequacy of FSEIR No. 334. In consideration of the City's exemplary historical
record in avoiding CEQA litigation and its commitment to proper environmental review, the City
Council repealed the approval of the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, including FSEIR No.
334 and various related actions, and directed staff to prepare a new Subsequent Environmental
Impact Report for the project; and
WHEREAS, on October 26, 2010, the City Council approved amendments to the
General Plan, the PTMLUP, the PTMU Overlay Zone, and related zoning reclassifications to
increase the allowable development intensities within the PTMU Overlay Zone to up to 18,909
residential units; 14,340,522 square feet of office uses; and 4,909,682 square feet of commercial
uses; and 1,500.000 square feet of institutional uses, and Final Subsequent Environmental Impact
Report for the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project (FSIER No. 339), including
Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106C for the PTMLUP as the required
environmental documentation for said amendments and related zoning reclassifications; and
WHEREAS, on December 16, 2010, BRE Properties Inc. requested cancellation
of Development Agreements Nos. 2005 -00002 and 2005- 00003, as subsequently amended; and
submitted an application for the approval of (i) Development Agreement No. 2010 -00004 to
permit the construction of 400 residential units within two 4 -story buildings, and (ii) an
amendment to subsection 4.2.11 of Section 4.2 of Chapter 4 of the PTMLUP and the PTMU
Overlay Zone to allow diagonal parking on Connector Streets subject to the review and approval
of the City Engineer. A complete copy of the amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land
Use Plan is on file and can be viewed in the City Planning Department; and
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WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission (hereinafter referred to as
"Planning Commission ") did hold a public hearing at the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim on
March 14, 2011, at 5:00 p.m., notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required
by law and in accordance with the provisions of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to hear and
consider evidence for and against said amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use
Plan, 2011 - 00493, and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in conjunction
therewith; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the Planning Commission did adopt its
Resolution No. PC2011 -014 containing a report of its findings, a summary of the evidence
presented at said hearing, and recommending that said amendment to the Platinum Triangle
Master Land Use Plan be adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolution No. PC2011 -014, summary of
evidence, report of findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the City Council
did fix the 17th day of May, 2011, as the time, and the City Council Chamber in the Civic Center
as the place for a public hearing on said proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master
Land Use Plan, and did give notice thereof in the manner and as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did 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 Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed said amendment to the Platinum
Triangle Master Land Use Plan and does hereby find and determine, based upon its independent
review and analyses of previously- certified Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 339,
the previously- approved Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Development Agreement
Nos. 2005- 00001, 2005 -00002 and 2005- 00003, and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 302, that
these documents are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for said
amendment and satisfy all the requirements of CEQA, and the State CEQA Guidelines, and that
no further environmental documentation need be prepared for said amendment to the Platinum
Triangle Master Land Use Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after due consideration of the recommendations
and findings of the Planning Commission, and all evidence, testimony and reports offered at said
hearing, does hereby declare and find as follows:
1. The Planning Commission has recommended that the City Council approve said
amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to allow diagonal parking on
Connection Streets subject to the review and approval by the City Engineer.
2. The proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan is
consistent with the goals and policies established for the development of the Platinum Triangle
as set forth in the City of Anaheim General Plan.
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3. The proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan is
consistent with the goals and policies established for the PTMLUP.
4. That the proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan
will result in development of desirable character that will be compatible with existing and
proposed development in the surrounding area.
5. That the proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan
respects environmental, aesthetic and historic resources consistent with economic realities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby
approve the amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan as described above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this amendment to the Platinum Triangle
Master Land Use Plan is granted subject to the approval and adoption of Zoning Code
Amendment No. 2011 -00098 and Development Agreement No. 2010- 00004, now pending.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Anaheim this 17th day of May , 2011, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Tait, Council Members Sidhu, Eastman, Galloway and Murray
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
CITY OF ANAHEIM
By: Z c�
MAYOR OF THE CA FY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THt CITY OF 4NAHEIM
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