RES-2012-161 RESOLUTION NO. 2012 -161
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AND ADOPTING
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE ANAHEIM RESORT
IDENTITY PROGRAM (MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO.
2010- 00478).
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 City Council of the City of Anaheim ( "City Council ")
approved The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan and EIR, 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 Identity
Program. The Anaheim Resort Identity Program contains specific recommendations for the
location and design of gateways, directional signs, banners, light fixtures, and street furniture for
The Anaheim Resort; and,
WHEREAS, in support of the adoption of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan and
The Anaheim Resort Identity 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 September 18, 2001, City Council adopted Amendment No. 1 to
the Anaheim Resort Identity Program, comprised of certain exhibits to be added to the Anaheim
Resort Identity Program which set forth the permitted number, location and design for newspaper
racks within the Anaheim Resort public rights -of -way; 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, on November 5, 2012, the Planning Commission of the City of
Anaheim (herein referred to as the "Planning Commission ") did hold a public hearing, 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 and
testimony concerning the contents and sufficiency of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Report No. 2008 -00340 ( "EIR No. 2008 - 00340 "), which has been prepared to analyze the
potential environmental impacts associated with proposed Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim
Resort Specific Plan (Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010 - 00060). As proposed, Amendment
No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010- 00060) would
permit the maximum build -out of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area 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 (the "Proposed Project "); and,
WHEREAS, the Proposed Project is intended to streamline development
standards, guidelines and requirements to reduce redundancy within and between the 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
and reflect current conditions within The Anaheim Resort; and,
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WHEREAS, Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (Specific
Plan Amendment No. 2010 - 00060) is proposed in conjunction with General Plan Amendment
No. 2010 - 00482, Zoning Code Amendment No. 2010 - 00093, Amendment No. 2 to the Anaheim
Resort Identity Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00478), Amendment No. 5 to The
Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00479),
Amendment to Ordinance No. 5454 (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00484), and a Water Supply
Assessment (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00421) (collectively referred to herein as the
"Entitlements"); and,
WHEREAS, proposed Amendment No. 2 to The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00478) would amend the identity program document in
its entirety, consistent with the Proposed Project to reflect current conditions within The
Anaheim Resort; said proposed document is on file with the City of Anaheim Planning
Department and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed Entitlements will not change the types of land uses
permitted within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area or significantly modify the associated
development standards; and,
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the Planning Commission also heard and
considered evidence and testimony for and against the Entitlements and the Proposed Project, as
a whole, and made findings in connection therewith; and,
WHEREAS, by the adoption of its Resolution No. PC2012 -080 on November 5,
2012, the Planning Commission recommended that this City Council certify EIR No. 2008-
00340, including the adoption of Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations 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 the Proposed Project and Entitlements; and,
WHEREAS, by the adoption of its Resolution No. PC2012 -083 on November 5,
2012, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve and adopt
Amendment No. 2 to The Anaheim Resort Identity Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010-
00478); and,
WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolutions Nos. PC2012 -080 and PC2012 -083,
summary of evidence, report of findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the
City Council did fix the 18th day of December, 2012, as the time, and the City Council Chamber
in the Civic Center, as the place, for a public hearing on the Proposed Project, including the
Entitlements, and for the purpose of considering Final EIR No. 2008 - 00340, and did give notice
thereof in the manner and as provided by law; and,
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony
and arguments (if any) of all persons desiring to be heard, the City Council considered all factors
relating to the Proposed Project, including potential environmental impacts addressed in Final
EIR No. 2008 - 00340, the recommendations of the Planning Commission, the Findings and
Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C; and,
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WHEREAS, this City Council has heretofore certified Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00340 for the Proposed Project, including the
Entitlements, and concurrently adopted Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations
and Mitigation Monitoring Program 85C as the mitigation - monitoring program for the Proposed
Project and the Entitlements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Anaheim that Amendment No. 2 to the Anaheim Resort Identity Program (Miscellaneous Case
No. 2010 - 00478) be, and same is hereby, approved and adopted.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Anaheim this 18th day of December , 2012, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Tait, Council Members Brandman, Eastman, Kring and Murray
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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