RES-2012-124 RESOLUTION NO. 2012 -124
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE PLATINUM TRIANGLE
MASTER LAND USE PLAN (MISCELLANEOUS CASE
NO. 2012-00553).
(DEV2012- 00014)
WHEREAS, the Platinum Triangle comprises approximately 820 acres located at the
confluence of the Interstate 5 and State Route (SR) 57 freeways in the City of Anaheim, County
of Orange, State of California, generally east of the Interstate 5 Freeway, west of the Santa Ana
River channel and the SR -57 Freeway, south of the Southern California Edison easement, and
north of the Anaheim City limit. The Platinum Triangle encompasses the Angel Stadium, 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 City Council of the City of Anaheim (the "City Council ")
has approved several actions relating to the area encompassed by the Platinum Triangle; and
WHEREAS, on May 30, 1996, the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim (the
"Planning Commission ") certified Final Environmental Impact Report No. 320 and adopted
Area Development Plan No. 120 for that portion of the Angel Stadium property associated with
the Sportstown Development. Area Development Plan No. 120 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 and the Stadium Gateway Office Building were developed /renovated
under Area Development Plan No. 120; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, the City Council adopted the Anaheim Stadium Area
Master Land Use Plan (MLUP). The boundaries of the MLUP were generally the same as those
for the Platinum Triangle, with the exception that the MLUP included 15 acres adjacent to the
Interstate 5 freeway that are not a part of the current Platinum Triangle boundaries. As part of
the approval process for the 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 MLUP was implemented through the Sports Entertainment (SE) Overlay
Zone, which permitted 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
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 No. 330 ( "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 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 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 No. 332 ( "FSEIR No. 332 "), including Updated and
Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106A, as the required environmental documentation
for said amendments; and
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2008, City Council approved Development Agreement No.
2006 -00002 (the "Development Agreement ") to govern the development of an approximate
15.6 -acre site for an 878 -unit residential project consisting of six development areas, two public
parks, new public connector streets and related infrastructure located within the Platinum
Triangle at 2050 State College Boulevard and 2015 -2125 East Orangewood Avenue; and
determined that FSEIR No. 332, together with a second Addendum thereto, and Mitigation
Monitoring Program No. 106A and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 142, were adequate to serve
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as the required environmental documentation for the project described in the Development
Agreement; and
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 Platinum Triangle Expansion 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, 4,909,682 square feet of commercial
uses, and 1,500,000 square feet of institutional uses. Before approving said amendments and
zoning reclassifications, the City Council approved and certified Final Subsequent
Environmental Impact Report for the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project ( "FSEIR
No. 339 ") and Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106C as the required
environmental documentation for said amendments and related zoning reclassifications; and
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2011, the City Council approved an amendment to the PTMLUP
to allow diagonal parking on Connector Streets subject to the review and approval of the City
Engineer; and
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WHEREAS, on July 3, 2012, LNR Platinum Stadium, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, submitted an application for (a) an amendment to the Development Agreement in the
form of an Amended and Restated Development Agreement ( "Amended and Restated
Development Agreement ") in order to (i) modify the site design and product type, (ii) reduce the
total number of residential units from 878 to 525 units within eight buildings up to 4- stories in
height with subterranean parking and related amenities, (iii) revise the location of the public
park and the connector street, and (iv) permit a smaller park than allowed by the Anaheim
Municipal Code (herein referred to collectively as the "Platinum Stadium Apartments Project ");
(b) an amendment to the Land Use Element, Circulation Element and Green Element of the
General Plan ( "General Plan Amendment No. 2012- 00485 "); (c) an amendment to the Platinum
Triangle Master Land Use Plan (herein referred to as "Miscellaneous Case No. 2012- 00553"
and as the "PTMLUP Amendments "); (d) Variance No. 2012 - 04909; and (e) revised Tentative
Tract No. 16860. The Amended and Restated Development Agreement, General Plan
Amendment No. 2012- 00485, Miscellaneous Case No. 2012- 00553, Variance No. 2012 - 04909,
and revised Tentative Tract No. 16860 shall be referred to herein collectively as the "Proposed
Project Actions "); and
WHEREAS, on September 6, 2012, the Planning Director approved Final Site Plan No.
2012 -00001 to provide for the development of the proposed Platinum Stadium Apartments
Project, contingent upon the approval of the Proposed Project Actions; and
WHEREAS, Miscellaneous Case No. 2012 -00553 proposes to amend Chapter 1, Figure
3 (General Plan Designations), Chapter 2, Figure 4 (Platinum Triangle Urban Design Plan),
Chapter 3, Figure 5 (Mixed Use and Office Districts), Chapter 4, Figure 20 (Landscape Concept
Plan) and Figure 21 (Cross Section Key Map) to reflect the revised location of the public park
within the proposed Platinum Stadium Apartments Project, as shown on Exhibit A, Exhibit B,
Exhibit C, Exhibit D and Exhibit E, respectively, which are attached hereto and incorporated
herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim (hereinafter referred to
as the ( "Planning Commission ") conducted a public hearing at the Civic Center in the City of
Anaheim on September 10, 2012, at 5:00 p.m., to consider the proposed PTMLUP
Amendments, together with the rest of the Proposed Project Actions, 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; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the Planning Commission considered information
presented by City staff and evidence for and against the proposed PTMLUP Amendments and
did adopt its Resolution No. PC2012 -062, containing a report of its findings, a summary of the
evidence presented at said hearing, and recommending that the proposed PTMLUP
Amendments be adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolution No. PC2012 -062, summary of evidence,
report of findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the City Council did fix
the 9th day of October, 2012, as the time, and the City Council Chambers in the Civic Center, as
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the place, for a public hearing on the proposed PTMLUP Amendments 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 the proposed PTMLUP Amendments, and
does find and determine pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
( "CEQA "), based upon its independent review and consideration of Final Environmental Impact
Report No. 339, together with Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 304 (herein referred to
collectively as the "CEQA Documents "), that (a) the CEQA Documents serve as the appropriate
environmental documentation for the proposed PTMLUP Amendments, and satisfy all the
requirements of CEQA; (b) none of the conditions described in Sections 15162 or 15163 of the
State CEQA Guidelines calling for the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR have
occurred in connection with the proposed PTMLUP Amendments; and (c) no further
environmental documentation needs to be prepared under CEQA for the proposed PTMLUP
Amendments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after due consideration of the recommendations and
findings of the Planning Commission approved and adopted by the Planning Commission in its
Resolution No. PC2012 -062, and all evidence, testimony and reports offered at said hearing,
does hereby find and determine as follows:
1. The Planning Commission has recommended that the City Council approve the
PTMLUP Amendments as shown on Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, Exhibit D and Exhibit E.
2. The proposed PTMLUP Amendments are consistent with the goals and policies
established for the development of the Platinum Triangle as set forth in the City of Anaheim
General Plan.
3. The proposed PTMLUP Amendments are consistent with the goals and policies
established for the PTMLUP.
4. The proposed PTMLUP Amendments will result in development of desirable
character that will be compatible with existing and proposed development in the surrounding
area.
5. That the proposed PTMLUP Amendments respect environmental, aesthetic and
historic resources consistent with economic realities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby approve and
adopt the proposed PTMLUP Amendments (i.e., Miscellaneous Case No. 2012 - 00553) as shown
on Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, Exhibit D and Exhibit E.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proposed PTMLUP Amendments (i.e.,
Miscellaneous Case No. 2012 - 00553) is granted contingent upon the approval of General Plan
Amendment No. 2012- 00485, now pending.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Anaheim this gth day of Oc oher , 2012, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Sidhu, Galloway, Eastman and Murray
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Mayor Tait
CITY OF ANAHEIM
By:
MA OR OF HE CI Y OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
ALA IA _I(MLI..
CITY CLERK OF THE ITY OF NAHEIM
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