6221 ORDINANCE NO.6221
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING THE DISNEYLAND
RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 92 -1 AND CHAPTER
18.114 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE AND
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5378, AS PREVIOUSLY
AMENDED, ACCORDINGLY (AMENDMENT NO. 8).
(DEV2010- 00166)
WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 18.72 (formerly,
Chapter 18.93) of the Anaheim Municipal Code, on June 29, 1993, the City Council of the City
of Anaheim adopted Ordinance No. 5377 amending the zoning map to reclassify certain real
property described therein into The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1 Zone subject to
certain conditions as specified therein, and Ordinance No. 5378 relating to establishment of
Zoning and Development Standards for The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1 by the
addition of Chapter 18.114 (formerly, Chapter 18.78) to said Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, on April 12, 1994, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5420
amending Ordinances Nos. 5377 and 5378 relating to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No.
92 -1, Amendment No. 1, which amendment established "District A," redesignated a portion
(approximately 9 acres) of the East Parking Area to District A, and established Zoning and
Development Standards for District A; and
WHEREAS, on June 20, 1995, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5503
amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1, Amendment No. 2, which amendment redesignated a portion
(approximately 10 acres) of the East Parking Area to District A; and
WHEREAS, on October 22, 1996, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5580
amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1, Amendment No. 3, which amendment encompassed
modifications to The Disneyland Resort Project including a Revised Phasing Plan; modifications
to the Specific Plan (including the Zoning and Development Standards, Design Plan and
Guidelines and Public Facilities Plan) to implement the Revised Phasing Plan; and, incorporation
of text and graphic modifications to the document; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
5613 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as previously amended, relating to The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1, Adjustment No. 1, which adjustment encompassed
standards addressing permitted encroachments, screening requirements and height limitations;
and
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WHEREAS, on July 13, 1999, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5689
amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1, Amendment No. 4, which amendment pertained to the Pointe
Anaheim Lifestyle Retail and Entertainment Complex (the "Pointe Anaheim Project ") on
approximately 29.1 acres; and which amendment established Zoning and Development
Standards for the Pointe Anaheim Overlay, modified the Land Use Plan, the Public Facilities
Plan, the Design Plan and the Conditions of Approval; and incorporated text and graphic
modifications to implement the Pointe Anaheim Project, and redesignated a portion of District A
(18.9 acres) and Parking District (East Parking Area) /C -R Overlay (10.2 acres) to the Pointe
Anaheim Overlay; and
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2002, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5807
amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1, Amendment No. 5, which amendment pertained to the Pointe
Anaheim Project on approximately 29.1 acres; and which amendment incorporated text and
exhibit modifications throughout the Specific Plan document relating to the mix and allocation
of land uses, zoning standards, phasing, project layout and minor modifications to project
conditions of approval and mitigation measures to provide for the development of 569,750
square feet of specialty retail, restaurants, and entertainment, including a multiplex movie
theater; 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 and 15 bus
spaces; and
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2006, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 6022
amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1, Amendment No. 6, which amendment pertained to the Anaheim
GardenWalk Project (formerly Pointe Anaheim Project);and which amendment incorporated text
and exhibit changes throughout the specific plan document, including amendments to the
Executive Summary, Planning Context, Land Use Plan, Public Facilities Plan, Design Plan,
General Plan Consistency, Zoning and Development Standards, Zoning Explanation, Conditions
of Approval, and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program to provide for the development of
569,750 square feet of specialty retail, restaurants, and entertainment, including a multiplex
movie theater; 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
and 15 bus spaces; and
WHEREAS, on April 24, 2007, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 6056
amending Ordinance No. 5378, as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland Resort
Specific Plan No. 92 -1, Amendment No. 7, which amendment pertained to the Anaheim
GardenWalk Overlay to modify Zoning and Development Standards pertaining to permitted
architectural encroachments in required building setback areas; and to modify exhibits pertaining
to the maximum number and location of permitted wall signs within The Disneyland Resort
Specific Plan No. 92 -1, Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay; and
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WHEREAS, on September 27, 2010, pursuant to Chapter 18.72 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code, Peter Houck, as authorized agent for Katella Anaheim Retail, LLC, submitted
an application for Amendment No. 8 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1,
designated as Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010 - 00061; and
WHEREAS, Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010 -00061 is proposed in
conjunction with an amendment to the Land Use Element of the General Plan (General Plan
Amendment No. 2010- 00481); Amendment No. 3 to the Second Amended and Restated
Development Agreement No. 99 -01; and amendments to Conditional Use Permit No. 4078 and
Final Site Plan No. 2006 -00002 (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Proposed Project
Actions "); and
WHEREAS, Amendment No. 8 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1
includes text and exhibit changes to modify and increase the total amount of retail, dining and
entertainment (RDE) uses within the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay by reducing the permitted
amount of retail, increasing the permitted amount of dining, increasing the permitted amount of
entertainment uses and reducing the size of the bus terminal /facility. The proposed amendments
only pertain to the bus terminal /facility and the RDE uses permitted within Development Area A
of the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay and do not change the existing building footprint. No
modifications are proposed for the hotels and hotel accessory uses permitted within Development
Area A or the RDE uses, hotels, hotel accessory uses or parking permitted within Development
Area B; and
WHEARAS, Amendment No. 8 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1
also includes minor corrections to text and exhibits to provide consistency between previous
development agreement and zoning code amendments that were not previously reflected in the
Specific Plan document; and the deletion of Exhibits 5.8.3.f.1 through 5.8.3.f.8 pertaining to
floor plans, sign plans and building elevations; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission (hereinafter referred to as
the "Planning Commission ") did hold a public hearing at the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim
on July 6, 2011, at 5:00 p.m., to consider Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010- 00061, notice of
said hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 18.60, to hear and consider evidence for and against said Specific Plan Amendment and
to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the Planning Commission did adopt its
Resolution No. PC2011 -053 containing a report of its findings, a summary of the evidence
presented at said hearing, and recommending that Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010 -00061 be
adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolution No. PC2011 -053, summary of
evidence, report of findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the City Council
did fix the 16th day of August, 2011, as the time, and the City Council Chamber in the Civic
Center as the place for a public hearing on said proposed Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010-
00061 and did give notice thereof in the manner and as provided by law; and
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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 the Proposed Project Actions,
including Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010 - 00061, and does find and determine pursuant to
the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA "), based upon its
independent review and consideration of the Third Addendum to the previously- approved Pointe
Anaheim Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration Anaheim GardenWalk Project and
Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 004a conducted for the Proposed Project Actions pursuant
to 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
the Third Addendum to the previously- approved Pointe Anaheim Initial Study /Mitigated
Negative Declaration Anaheim GardenWalk Project together with Mitigation Monitoring
Program No. 004a, are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for this
Specific Plan Amendment and satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA, and that no further
environmental documentation need be prepared for this Specific Plan Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Zoning and Development
Standards established by Ordinance No. 5378, as previously amended, contained within Chapter
18.114 of the Anaheim Municipal Code applicable to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No.
92 -1 as specified herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the following amendments are consistent
with the findings and determinations made in its Resolution approving Amendment No. 8 to The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -1, considered concurrently herewith.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
1. That, except as expressly amended herein, Ordinance No. 5378, as previously
amended, shall remain in full force and effect.
2. That Ordinance No. 5378, as previously amended, be, and the same is hereby,
amended to revise the Zoning and Development Standards for The Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan No. 92 -1 and Chapter 18.114 of the Anaheim Municipal Code as follows:
SECTION 1.
That subsection .010 of Section 18.114.010 of Chapter 18.114 of Title 18 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
".010 Purpose. The regulations set forth in this chapter have been established to provide
for orderly development of, and upon adoption of an ordinance reclassifying said property to SP
92 -1 (the "Zone "), shall be applicable to that certain property (hereinafter referred to as the
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"Specific Plan area ") described in that Specific Plan No. 92 -1 document (hereinafter referred to
as the "Specific Plan ") marked "Exhibit A" and on file in the Office of the City Clerk approved
by the City Council on June 29, 1993; and as amended on April 12, 1994 (Ordinance No. 5420);
June 20, 1995 (Ordinance No. 5503); October 22, 1996 (Ordinance No. 5580); July 13, 1999
(Ordinance No. 5689); March 19, 2002 (Ordinance No. 5807); April 25, 2006 (Ordinance No.
6022); and August 23, 2011 (Ordinance No.6221), or as the same may be hereinafter amended in
accordance with the Specific Plan Amendment procedures set forth in Chapter 18.72 (Specific
Plans)."
SECTION 2.
That subsection .020 of Section 18.114.020 of Chapter 18.114 of Title 18 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
".020 Disneyland Resort Design Plan. The site development standards set forth in
Sections 18.114.050 through 18.114.130 have been adopted to operate in conjunction with the
Design Plan for The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan identified in Section 5.0 of the Specific
Plan document (hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as the "Design Plan ") approved by the City
Council on June 29, 1993, as amended on April 12, 1994 (Ordinance No. 5420); June 20, 1995
(Ordinance No. 5503); October 22, 1996 . (Ordinance No. 5580); July 13, 1999 (Ordinance No.
5689); March 19, 2002 (Ordinance No. 5807); April 25, 2006 (Ordinance No. 6022); and August
23, 2011 (Ordinance No.6221), as the same may be hereinafter amended in accordance with the
Specific Plan amendment procedures set forth in Chapter 18.72 (Specific Plans). Said Design
Plan is incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth in this chapter. All development
otherwise permitted by this chapter shall comply with any applicable provisions of the Design
Plan."
SECTION 3.
That part (e) of subparagraph .01 of paragraph .0201 of subsection .020 of Section
18.114.040 of Chapter 18.114 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is
hereby, amended to read as follows:
"(e) Final detailed layout of the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay, Area A, shall be
designed in accordance with Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended. One or more Final
Site Plans may be processed for Area A provided that the retail concourse and parking facility
shall be processed as one Final Site Plan and the hotels may be processed as separate Final Site
Plans. If the Final Site Plan is found to be in substantial conformance with the Specific Plan and
the provisions of this Chapter, the Planning Commission shall approve the Final Site Plan. The
Planning Commission's decision shall be final unless appealed to the City Council within ten
(10) days from the date of such decision. Plans submitted for issuance of building permits shall
be in substantial conformance with the approved Final Site Plan."
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SECTION 4.
That subparagraph .05 of paragraph .0201 of subsection .020 of Section
18.114.040 of Chapter 18.114 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is
hereby, amended to read as follows:
".05 Final detailed layout of the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay, Area B, as
identified on Exhibit 3.4b. One (1) Final Site Plan encompassing the entirety of Area B shall be
processed in the following manner:
(a) Review and Approval. Final Site Plans, including but not limited to Site
Plans, Floor Plans, Elevations, Landscape Plans and such other plans and information as required
by the Planning Director, shall be prepared and submitted to the Planning Department for review
and approval by the City of Anaheim Planning Commission as a public hearing item. If the Final
Site Plan is found to be in conformance with the Specific Plan, the Design Plan, Conditional Use
Permit No. 4078, as amended, and the provisions of this Chapter, the Final Site Plan shall be
approved. The Planning Commission's decision shall be final unless appealed to the City
Council, within ten (10) days from the date of such decision. Plans submitted for issuance of
building, landscape or signage permits shall be in conformance with the approved Final Site
Plan.
(b) Appeal Process. The appeal shall be processed in the same manner as
appeals for decisions or reclassifications, conditional use permits or variances as set forth in
Section 18.60.130 through 18.60.150 except that the appeal period shall be a maximum of ten
(10) days.
(c) Environmental Review. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Chapter, Final Site Plan review by the Planning Department under subparagraph
18.114.040.020.0201.05(a) (Review and Approval) shall include a ministerial detennination
whether the proposed building, structure, or use has been environmentally cleared by the Pointe
Anaheim Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration/Mitigation Monitoring Program No.
004 and Addenda. If not, then the proposed activity shall be subject to the preparation of an
Initial Study and potential further environmental review and mitigation pursuant to the California
Environmental Quality Act requirements."
SECTION 5.
That subparagraphs .02, .03 and .05 of paragraph .0201 of subsection .020 of
Section 18.114.105 of Chapter 18.114 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the
same are hereby, amended to read as follows:
".02 All uses and structures set forth in subsection 18.116.070.050 ( Pennitted
Accessory Uses and Structures) and in subsection 18.116.070.060 (Permitted Temporary Uses
and Structures) shall be pennitted in the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay;"
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".03 All uses set forth in Section 18.116.070 (Uses — Commercial Recreation (C -R)
District (Development Area 1)) that are designated as "prohibited uses," shall be prohibited in the
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay;"
".05 The Anaheim GardenWalk project shall be designed in accordance with the
Conceptual Site Plans and Sign Plans shown in Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended."
SECTION 6.
That subsection .030 of Section 18.114.105 of Chapter 18.114 of Title 18 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
".030 Anaheim GardenWalk Density. The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay encompasses
two areas (Areas A and B) as identified on Exhibit No. 5.8.3.f.1. The maximum density for the
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay shall be as follows: 590,265 square feet of specialty retail,
restaurants, and entertainment uses, including movie theaters; 1,628 hotel rooms (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 density is set forth in more
detail in Exhibit 3.3.6b of the Specific Plan document (Program Summary for Anaheim
GardenWalk Overlay)."
SECTION 7.
That parts (a) and (d) of subparagraph .02 of paragraph .0201 of subsection .020
of Section 18.114.130 of Chapter 18.114 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the
same are hereby, amended to read as follows:
"(a) Signs, objects or structures located in the interior areas of the Anaheim
GardenWalk project shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in Section 18.114.130 (Sign
Regulations). Signs, objects or structures shall be considered to be located in an "interior" area
for the purposes of this section if they are:
(i) Not visible to pedestrian or vehicular traffic from the public right -of-
way at an equal elevation as the Anaheim GardenWalk property line (measured five (5) feet
above the grade of the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street from the Anaheim GardenWalk
project; or,
(ii) For Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay, Area A, at least one hundred sixty
(160) feet from the adjacent public right -of -way or correspond with the setback of the last
building bordering the view corridor, whichever is further, and are visible only to pedestrian
and /or vehicular traffic through limited view corridors at the entrances to the Anaheim
GardenWalk project. The final dimensions of the view corridor shall be shown on the Final Site
Plan.
(iii) For Anaheim Gardenwalk Overlay, Area B, the Planning Commission
shall review and approve an exhibit submitted as part of the Final Site Plan which identifies
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interior areas and the view corridor consistent with criteria set forth in subparts
18.114.130.020.0201.02(a)(i) and (ii) (Signs - General)."
"(d) Business and Identification Signs for Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay, Area
A. Business and identification signs located in the exterior areas of the Anaheim GardenWalk
project shall be developed in accordance with Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended.
Business identification signs are defined as those signs intended to advertise individual tenants of
the Anaheim GardenWalk project (excluding hotels and vacation ownership resort units) and
may consist of wall signs and /or freestanding signs. Business identification signs within exterior
areas of the Anaheim GardenWalk project shall be shown on Final Site Plans subject to the
review and approval of the Planning Commission. Prior to the issuance of sign permits, plans
shall be submitted to the Planning Department indicating substantial conformance with sign
plans approved as part of Final Site Plans. Business identification signs shall be considered to be
located in an "exterior" area of the project for the purposes of this section if they are not
otherwise considered as "interior" as defined in part 18.114.130.020.0201.02(a)."
SECTION 8.
That subparagraph .05 of paragraph .0602 of subsection .060 of Section
18.114.130 of Chapter 18.114 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same are
hereby, amended to read as follows:
".05 In the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay, up to two (2) icon/themed signage
elements (defined as "a structure, sculpture, or having the nature of, an icon, which is a
nationally - recognized image or object, including, but not limited to, trademarked objects, logos,
or other images and figures associated with nationally- recognized corporate identities ") shall be
permitted subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended, or a separate
conditional use permit provided that the signage shall be associated with a use approved for the
Anaheim GardenWalk project pursuant to Section 18.114.105 (Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay);
the size, location, height (not to exceed thirty (30) feet in height measured from the elevation of
the public sidewalk closest to the location of the element), and design of the signage shall be
determined by the conditional use pennit, and further provided that the maximum height of the
icon /themed project element in the interior of Area A may be permitted up to a height of 75 feet
measured from the elevation of the public sidewalk closest to the location of the element (Disney
Way) to the top of the element, provided that the element is proposed without any signage,
including logos, trademarked objects or other images and figures associated with nationally -
recognized corporate identities, excluding signage that is visible to the interior of the project
only, and is located a minimum of two hundred (200) feet from the public right -of- way."
SECTION 9. SEVERABILITY
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares that should any section,
paragraph, sentence or word of this ordinance of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared for any
reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have passed all other portions of
this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared
invalid.
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SECTION 10. SAVINGS CLAUSE
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal of any other ordinance of this
City shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations
were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or
penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof. The provisions of this
ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted
by the City relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and
continuations, and not as new enactments.
SECTION 11. PENALTY
Except as may otherwise be expressly provided, any person who violates any
provision of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punished in the manner provided in Section 1.01.370 (Violations of Code - Penalty) of the
Anaheim Municipal Code.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 16 day of August, 2011, and thereafter passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 23 day of August, 2011, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Sidhu, Eastman, Galloway and Murray
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Mayor Tait
CITY OF ANAHEIM
By: C r
AYOR PRO M OF THE
ITY OF ANA EIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY 0 ANAHEIM
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