Resolution-PC 2012-084RESOLUTION NO. PC2012 -084
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT THE ANAHEIM CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO
THE ANAHEIM RESORT PUBLIC REALM LANDSCAPE PROGRAM
(DEV2010- 00044)
WHEREAS, The Anaheim Resort includes 1,078 gross acres located generally west of
Interstate 5, south of Vermont Avenue, east of Walnut Street and north of Chapman Avenue; and
WHEREAS, in 1989, the City of Anaheim initiated the Commercial Recreation Area
Enhancement Program and Transportation/Land Use Strategy Plan. The goal of the City's efforts was
to address the need for visual enhancement and infrastructure improvements in the Commercial
Recreation Area. Specifically, the Commercial Recreation Area Enhancement Program's goal was to
comprehensively address signage, landscaping, and other land use and site development issues. The
Transportation /Land Use Strategy's goal was to assess existing and future transportation conditions
and recommend improvements commensurate with land use intensification projections over the next
20 years. In 1990, in connection with these studies, the City Council adopted a revised C -R Zoning
Ordinance and established Design Guidelines for the area; and
WHEREAS, The Commercial Recreation Area has been renamed The Anaheim Resort
and encompasses approximately 1,078 acres designated on the Anaheim General Plan Land Use Plan
for Commercial Recreation land uses; and
WHEREAS, in 1993, the Anaheim City Council ( "City Council ") approved The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan and E1R, a proposal for approximately 489.7 acres in The Anaheim
Resort to develop an international multi -day resort including a second theme park, hotel rooms,
internal transportation systems, public parking facilities, administrative offices and ongoing
modification of the existing Disneyland theme park. In 1994, the City Council subsequently approved
the Hotel Circle Specific Plan to provide for the development of up to 969 hotel rooms on
approximately 6.8 acres in the Anaheim Resort; and
WHEREAS, On September 20, 1994, the City Council adopted the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan to provide a long -range comprehensive plan for future development of approximately
549.5 acres surrounding The Disneyland Resort and Hotel Circle. The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan
includes zoning and development standards, design guidelines, a streetscape program, and a public
facilities plan, intended to maximize the area's potential, guide future development, and ensure a
balance between growth and infrastructure. The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan permits the
development of hotel, convention, retail, and other visitor - serving uses as well as the infrastructure
improvements that are needed to support future development. Since the adoption of the Anaheim
Resort Specific Plan, proposed modifications to the specific plan have included 13 amendments and 6
adjustments, which have expanded the total acreage of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area to 581.3
acres; and
WHEREAS, in conjunction with the approval of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan, On
September 20, 1994, the City Council also adopted The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program. The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program summarizes landscape concepts
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proposed for the public streets within The Anaheim Resort and provides a general overview of the
different landscape treatments that will help create a unifying resort identity; and,
WHEREAS, in support of the adoption of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan and The
Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program, City Council certified MEIR No. 313. Since being
certified in 1994, two validation reports have been prepared (1999 and 2004) to evaluate the continued
relevance and accuracy of MEIR No. 313; and
WHEREAS, on October 8, 1996, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 96R -178
amending The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program in order to provide for modifications
to the streetscape landscape plans for Freedman Way, Harbor Boulevard, Walnut Street and West
Street/Disneyland Drive; and
WHEREAS, on June 22, 1999, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 99R -137
amending The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program in order to provide for a mid -block
median break on Clementine Street between Disney Way (former Freedman Way) and Katella
Avenue; and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 2002, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2002R -56
amending The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program in order to modify the landscape
concept plans for Disney Way between Harbor Boulevard and Clementine Street to reflect a mid -block
median island opening to permit vehicle ingress and egress to the modified Anaheim GardenWalk
(former Pointe Anaheim) project; and
WHEREAS, on March 31, 2009, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2009 -055
amending The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program in order provide special criteria for
the "Harbor Boulevard /Katella Avenue Intersection Area" to introduce special paving, sculptural urban
design elements and to modify the landscape concept plan for this intersection; and
WHEREAS, in June 2008, City Council approved a contract with BonTerra Consulting
to prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00340 (EIR No. 2008 - 00340) to
reevaluate all of the environmental changes that had occurred in and around the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan area since its adoption in 1994. In August 2008, the City Council authorized exclusive
negotiations with Sonnenblick Del Rio Development relating to a development project at the Anaheim
Convention Center. In order to analyze the environmental impacts of this development project, in
October 2008, City Council approved an amendment to the agreement with BonTerra Consulting to
include this development project into the analysis for EIR No. 2008 - 00340; and,
WHEREAS, the Proposed Project identified as Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim
Resort Specific Plan, would allow the maximum build -out of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan to
increase by up to 406,359 square feet of convention center space; 180,000 square feet of commercial
development; 900 hotel rooms; and, 40,000 square feet of hotel meeting /ballroom space. Additionally,
the Proposed Project would amend the following documents that govern and regulate development
within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area: Anaheim General Plan, Anaheim Resort Specific Plan,
Title 18 (Zoning) of the Anaheim Municipal Code, Ordinance No. 5454, and The Anaheim Resort
Identity and Public Realm Landscape Programs. These amendments are intended to streamline
development standards, guidelines and requirements to reduce redundancy within and between these
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documents; and, update the documents to reflect current conditions within The Anaheim Resort. The
proposed amendments do not change the types of land uses permitted within the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan area or significantly modify the associated development standards; and,
WHEREAS, Amendment No. 5 to The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010- 00479) is proposed in conjunction with General Plan
Amendment No. 2010- 00482, Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (Specific Plan
Amendment No. 2010 - 00060), Zoning Code Amendment No. 2010- 00093, Amendment No. 2 to the
Anaheim Resort Identity Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00478), Amendment to Ordinance
No. 5454 (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010- 00484), and a Water Supply Assessment (Miscellaneous Case
No. 2010 - 00421); and
WHEREAS, Amendment No. 5 to The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00479) would amend the identity program document in its
entirety, consistent with the Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Project to reflect
current conditions within The Anaheim Resort; said proposed document is on file with the City of
Anaheim Planning Department and incorporated by this reference as if set forth in full; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the
Anaheim Civic Center, Council Chamber, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, on November 5, 2012, 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
proposed project actions, including Amendment No. 5 to The Anaheim Resort Public Realm
Landscape Program, and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection
therewith; and
WHEREAS, at the time and place fixed for said public hearing, the Anaheim Planning
Commission 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 same; and
WHEREAS. the Planning Commission finds and determines, based upon its
independent review and analysis, that Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 2008-
00340 (EIR No. 2008 - 00340) prepared in connection with the Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim
Resort Specific Plan Project and in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act (California Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as "CEQA "),
is adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for Amendment No. 2 to The
Anaheim Resort Identity Program (MIS2010- 00478) and satisfies all the requirements of CEQA, and
the State CEQA Guidelines, and that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for the
proposed amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission has reviewed
and considered the environmental information contained in Draft EIR No. 2008 -00340 and does
hereby recommend that the City Council certify EIR No. 2008- 00340, including adoption of Findings
and a Statement of Overriding Consideration and Mitigation Monitoring Program 85C, and determine
that EIR No. 2008 -00340 fully complies with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, and is adequate to
serve as the environmental documentation for Amendment No. 2 to The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program (MIS2010- 00478).
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, based upon the foregoing and the information provided
within the amended Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program document, Planning
Commission Staff Report dated November 5, 2012, and other information, evidence and refinements
received during the public hearing process, and in order to update the document to reflect current
conditions, the Anaheim City Planning Commission does hereby recommend City Council approval of
Amendment No. 5 to The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program (Miscellaneous Case No.
2010- 00478) as described above and on file with the City of Anaheim Planning Department.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Anaheim City Planning Commission
meeting of November 5, 2012. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter
18.60 "Procedures" of the Anaheim Municipal Code pertaining to appeal procedures and may be
replaced by a City Council Resolution in the event of an appeal.
ATTEST:
SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF ANAHEIM
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CHAIR, ANAHEIM CITY J1 NNING COMMISSION
I, Grace Medina, Senior Secretary of the Anaheim Planning Commission, do hereby
certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Anaheim Planning
Commission held on November 5, 2012, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: AGARWAL, BOSTWICK, FAESSEL, LIEBERMAN, PERSAUD
RAMIREZ, SEYMOUR
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5 day of November, 2012.
SENIOR CRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
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