2001-266RESOLUTION NO. 2001R-266
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM GRANTING
VARIANCE NO. 2001-04443.
WHEREAS, after a request for variance , was received, a
public hearing before the Planning Commission of the City of
Anaheim was held upon due and proper notice, a result of which
Variance No. 2001-04443 was granted covering the following
described property:
THAT PORTION OF LOT 6 OF DOMINGUEZ ESTATE, AS SHOWN ON
A MAP FILED IN BOOK 2, PAGE 15 OF RECORD OF SURVEYS IN
THE OFFICER OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF ORANGE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
PARCEL 1:
COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY PROLONGATION OF
THAT CERTAIN LINE DESIGNATED "EASTERLY LINE OF RIVAS
ALLOTMENT:, ON A MAP FILED IN BOOK 22, PAGE 2 OF RECORD
OF SURVEYS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, DISTANT ON A BEARING ON
SOUTH 1409.76 FEET FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID
RIVAS ALLOTMENT, AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP; THENCE SOUTH 56
DEG. 30' 00" EAST 797.83 FEET, SAID POINT BEING THE
TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 56
DEG. 30' '00" "EAST 197.08 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 87 DEG.
30' 00" EAST 953.07 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF LOT 6
OF THE DOMINGUEZ ESTATE, AS SHOWN ON A MAP FILED IN
BOOK 2, PAGE 15 OF RECORD OF SURVEYS, IN THE OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY RECORDER OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
THENCE SOUTH 6 DEG. 00' 00" EAST 1008.35 FEET TO THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 6; THENCE ALONG THE
SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
SOUTH 74 DEG. 20' 00" WEST 693.66 FEET, NORTH 65 DEG.
03' 00" WEST 244.86 FEET, AND NORTH 50 DEG. 18' 00"
WEST 132.00 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID
SOUTHERLY LINE OF NORTH 81 DEG. 18' 00" WEST 112.35
FEET TO A LINE THAT BEARS SOUTH 6 DEG. 00' 00" EAST
FROM THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 6 DEG.
00' 00" WEST 1142.15 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA BY QUITCLAIM DEED DATED DECEMBER 2, 1969,
FROM HAZEL I. MAAG, RECORDED DECEMBER 24, 1969, IN BOOK
9173, PAGE 752 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
PARCEL 2:
THOSE PORTIONS OF LOTS 4 AND 5 OF DOMINGUEZ ESTATE, AS
SHOWN ON A MAP FILED IN BOOK 2, PAGE 15 OF RECORD OF
SURVEYS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF ORANGE
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID
LOT 4, DISTANT NORTH 65 DEG. 03' WEST 102.18 FEET FROM
THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 4, RUNNING THENCE
SOUTH 3 DEG. 06' EAST 464.60 FEET TO A POINT IN THE
NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE SANTA ANA VALLEY
IRRIGATION COMPANY AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED MARCH
7, 1940, IN THE BOOK 1033, PAGE 362 OF OFFICIAL
RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 74 DEG. 27' EAST ALONG SAID
NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE 298.53 FEET TO AN ANGLE
POINT THEREIN; THENCE SOUTH 15 DEG. 33' EAST 3.00 FEET
TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 74 DEG. 27' EAST, CONTINUING
ALONG SAID NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE' 507.09 FEET
TO A POINT N THE EASTERLY LIEN OF SAID LOT 5; THENCE
NORTH 6 DEG. 00' WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE 397.22
FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 5; THENCE
SOUTH 74 DEG. 20' WEST 693.66 FEET TO THE NORTHWESTERLY
CORNER OF SAID LOT 5; THENCE NORTH 65 DEG. 03' WEST
102.18 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
AND
PARCEL 2 IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN
BOOK 225, PAGES 20 THROUGH 22 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID ORANGE COUNTY,
and
WHEREAS, thereafter, within the time prescribed by law,
an interested party or the City Council, on its own motion,
caused the review of said Planning Commission action at a public
hearing noticed and held as prescribed by law and, as a result
thereof, the City Council does hereby make the following
findings:
1. That there are special circumstances applicable to the
property, including size, shape, topography, location or
surroundings, which do not apply to other property under
identical zoning classification in the vicinity.
2. That, because of special circumstances shown in (1)
above, strict application of the zoning code deprives the
property of privileges enjoyed by other property under identical
zoning classification in the vicinity.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim that a conditional zoning variance be, and
the same is hereby, granted to establish a 128-unit single-family
detached subdivision in the RS-5000(SC) (Residential, Single-
Family - Scenic Corridor Overlay) Zone on the property
hereinbefore described with waivers of the following sections of
the Anaheim Municipal Code:
Section 18.01,130(2)-
Required frontage on a street.
(Frontage on a private or public
street required;
two lots with frontage on a 25-foot
wide private access easement
proposed)
Section 17.06,048,020.0201-
Maximum permitted fence height.
(10 feet high permitted for a
retaining wall;
23 to 26-foot hiah combination
sound and retaining wall proposed
[i.e., 12-foot high sound wall on
an 11 to 14-foot hiah retaining
wall along the SR 91/Riverside
Freeway])
Section 18.27.062.030.031-
Maximum lot coverage and open space
requirements.
(Permitted: 35% lot coverage,
Proposed: over 35% lot coverage
proposed for 3 to 5-bedroom
dwellings on lots ranging from
5,000 sq.ft. to 12,947 sq.ft.; and
Required: 850 sq.ft. additional
open space per bedroom required for
each house with more than 3
bedrooms
[i.e., minimum 5,000 sq. ft. lots
required for 3-bedroom houses,
minimum 5,850 sq.ft. lots required
for 4-bedroom houses, and minimum
6,700 sq.ft. lots required for 5-
bedroom houses],
Proposed: three to five bedroom
houses proposed on lots ranging
from 5,000 sq.ft. to 12,947 sq.ft.
[of which 92 lots are smaller than
6,700 sq.ft.])
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Section 18.27,061,021
Minimum lot width.
(45 feet required for cul-de-sac
and knuckle lots;
32 to 44 feet proposed for 17 lots)
That said variance be granted subject to the following
conditions:
1. That the property owner/developer shall be responsible for
compliance with all of the mitigation measures set forth in
Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 116 created specifically for this
project, and for complying with the monitoring and reporting
requirements established by the City of Anaheim in compliance
with Section 21081.6 of the Public Resources Code. Furthermore,
the property owner/developer shall be responsible for any direct
costs associated with the monitoring and reporting requirements
to ensure implementation of those mitigation measures identified
in Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 116 which is made a part of
these conditions of approval by reference.
2. That the locations for future above-ground utility devices
including, but not limited to, electrical transformers, water
backflow devices, gas, communications and cable devices, etc.,
shall be shown on the plans submitted for building permits.
Plans shall also identify the specific screening treatment of
each device (i.e., landscape screening, color of walls,
materials, identifiers, access points, etc.) and shall be subject
to review and approval by the appropriate City of Anaheim
departments.
3. That because this project has landscaping areas exceeding
two thousand five hundred (2,500) sq.ft., a separate irrigation
meter shall be installed and shall comply with Chapter 10.19 of
the Anaheim Municipal Code (Landscape Water Efficiency) and
Ordinance No. 5349.
4. a. That not more than eighty percent (80%) of the total
one hundred twenty eight (128) residential lots shall be
developed with four (4) bedroom houses or five (5) bedroom houses
(i.e., maximum one hundred two [102] lots may have 4 and 5
bedroom homes); and
b. That not more than forty percent (40%) of the total one
hundred twenty eight (128) residential lots shall be developed
with five (5) bedroom houses (i.e., maximum fifty one [51] houses
may have 5 bedrooms).
Information regarding these limitations on the number of
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permitted bedrooms for the homes on individual lots shall be
provided to the future homeowner at the sale of each home. Said
information shall also be identified in the Covenants, Conditions
and Restrictions (~CC&Rs~) for the homeowners' association.
5. That final landscaping, site, floor, elevation, fencing,
signage and street light plans shall be submitted to the Zoning
Division of the Planning Department specifying the proposed
number of bedrooms on each lot, the lots requiring the waiver of
open space and lot coverage requirements, architectural details,
decorative walls, and street lights for review and approval by
the Planning Commission as a ~Reports and Recommendations" item.
Public notification shall be provided for said review, as would
typically be required for a public hearing item,.
6. That this development proposal, which includes Tentative
Tract Map Nos. 16254 and 16255, shall not have vehicular gates or
any other type of vehicular barrier separating the private
streets from Solomon Drive.
7. That roll-up garage doors shall be shown on the plans
submitted for building permits. Said doors shall be installed
and maintained as shown on the submitted plans.
8. That clinging vines shall be planted and maintained on all
exterior screen walls visible to a public right-of-way. Said
information shall be specifically shown on the plans submitted
for Planning Commission review and approval as a "Reports and
Recommendations" item.
9. That prior to issuance of a building permit, the
developer/owner shall submit a set of improvement plans for
Public Utilities, Water Engineering, review and approval in
determining the conditions necessary for providing water service
to the project.
10. That on-site trash truck turn-around area(s) shall be
provided in accordance with Engineering Standard Detail No. 610
and maintained to the satisfaction of the Public Works
Department, Streets and Sanitation Division. Said turn-around
area(s) shall be specifically shown on the plans submitted for
building permits.
11. That trash storage areas shall be provided and maintained in
locations acceptable to the Public Works Department, Streets and
Sanitation Division, and in accordance with approved plans on
file with said Department. Said information shall be
specifically shown on the plans submitted for building permits.
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12. That a plan, drawn to scale, shall be submitted to the
Public Works Department, Streets and Sanitation Division, for
review and approval showing storage areas and collection areas
for three (3) automated trash barrels for each dwelling unit.
13. That prior to issuance of the first building permit,
excluding the model homes, the underlying final tract map shall
be submitted to and approved by the City of Anaheim and the
Orange County Surveyor, and shall then be recorded in the Office
of the Orange County Recorder (Subdivision Map Act, Section
66499.40).
14. That the developer shall submit a grading plan to the Public
Works Department, Development Services Division, for review and
approval. Grading shall conform to the requirements of Chapter
17.06 (Grading, Excavations and Fills in Hillside Areas) of the
Anaheim Municipal Code.
15. That prior to issuance of a building permit, the developer
shall submit street improvement plans for Santa Ana Canyon Road,
Solomon Drive and Via Cortez to the Public Works Department,
Development Services Division; and that a bond shall be posted
to guarantee that Santa Ana Canyon Road, Solomon Drive and Via
Cortez shall be improved in accordance with the Circulation
Element of the Anaheim General Plan and as approved by the City
Engineer. The improvements shall be installed prior to final
zoning and building inspection.
16. (a) That the developer shall submit landscaping plans for
the median islands in Santa Ana Canyon Road and other adjacent
public rights-of-way, as determined by the Urban Forestry
Division, Community Services Department.
(b) That prior to the landscaping plans being finalized and
approved by the city, Community Services staff will meet with
community representatives to seek input regarding the placement
of off-site trees.
(c) That prior to issuance of a building permit, the
landscaping plans shall have been aDDroved by the Community
Services Department; and that a bond in the amount of twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000.00) shall have been be posted to
guarantee that the landscaping will be provided as approved by
the City of Anaheim.
(d) That prior to final Zoning and Building inspections,
these landscaping improvements shall have been installed.
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17. That the legal property owner shall submit a Water Quality
Management Plan (~WQMP") specifically identifying best management
practices that will be used on-site to control predictable
pollutants from storm water runoff. The WQMP shall include
measures to maximize the use of pervious materials onsite (such
as use of concrete pavers in driveways and sidewalks along the
private streets). The WQMP shall also include water quality
enhancing detention basins to the extent practicable in open
space areas. The WQMP shall be submitted to the Public Works
Department, Development Services Division, for review and
approval prior to obtaining a grading permit.
18. That the developer shall obtain a National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permit from the State
Water Resources Control Board. A copy of Notice of Intent (NOI)
and proof of applying for the NDPES permit shall be submitted to
the Public Works Department, Development Services Division, prior
to obtaining a grading permit.
19. That prior to issuance of a grading permit, the developer
shall submit a Geology Report verifying Mitigation Measures for
seismic hazard. The report shall be reviewed and approved by the
City of Anaheim.
20. That a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan ("SWPPP") shall
be prepared prior to commencement of construction and after
having assessed the physical characteristics of the site after
grading to determine the Best Management Practices ("BMPs") most
effective in maintaining downstream protection against water
pollution.
21. That decorative street lights shall be installed within the
underlying tract; and that on Solomon Drive street lights shall
be installed to match the existing lights, as approved by the
Electrical Engineering Division.
22. That prior to commencing construction, all necessary permits
required by Caltrans shall be obtained.
23. That the drainage for the property shall be provided in a
manner satisfactory to the City Engineer.
24. That the Hydrology and hydraulic calculations shall be
reviewed and approved by the City Engineer.
25. That Tract No. 16255 shall not be developed prior to Tract
No. 16254 without prior review and approval by the Planning
Commission at a noticed public hearing.
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26. That a notation shall be placed on the grading plan
describing the process to be followed in the event of an
archaeological find, in compliance with State of California law.
27. That subject property shall be developed substantially in
accordance with plans and specifications submitted to the City of
Anaheim by the petitioner and which plans are on file with the
Planning Department marked Exhibit Nos. 1, 2, and Revision No. 1
of Exhibit No. 3, and as conditioned herein.
28. That prior to issuance of a building permit or within a
period of one (1) year from the date of this resolution,
whichever occurs first, Condition Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 32, herein-mentioned, shall be complied
with. Extensions for further time to complete said conditions
may be granted in accordance with Section 18.03,090 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code.
29. That prior to final building and zoning inspections,
Condition Nos. 3, 16(d), 21, 23 and 27, above-mentioned, shall be
complied with. That approval of this application constitutes
approval of the proposed request only to the extent that it
complies with the Anaheim Municipal Zoning Code and any other
applicable City, State and Federal regulations. Approval does
not include any action or findings as to compliance or approval
of the request regarding any other applicable ordinance,
regulation or requirement.
30. That approval of this application constitutes approval of
the proposed request only to the extent that it complies with the
Anaheim Municipal Zoning Code and any other applicable City,
State and Federal regulations. Approval does not include any
action or findings as to compliance or approval of the request
regarding any other applicable ordinance, regulation or
requirement.
31. That prior to issuance of a grading permit or within a
period of one (1) year from the date of this resolution~
whichever occurs first, Condition Nos. 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23
and 24, above-mentioned, shall be complied with. Extensions for
further time to complete said conditions may be granted in
accordance with Section 18.03.090 of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
32. That prior to issuance of a building permit, a plan to place
a plaque on the property commemorating the history of the Maag
Ranch shall be prepared. Said plan, which shall include wording,
design, materials and location, shall be submitted to the Zoning
Division for review and approval. Said plaque shall be placed
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prior to final occupancy of the first dwelling and shall be
maintained by the homeowners association and made accessible for
public viewing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Anaheim does hereby find and determine that adoption of
this Resolution is expressly predicated upon applicant's
compliance with each and all of the conditions hereinabove set
forth. Should any such condition, or any part thereof, be
declared invalid or unenforceable by the final judgment of any
court of competent jurisdiction, then this Resolution, and any
approvals herein contained, shall be deemed null and void.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 16th day of October,
2001.
ATTEST:
MAYOR OF THE
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, SHERYLL SCHROEDER, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2001 R-266 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of
the Anaheim City Council held on the 16th day of October, 2001, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Feldhaus, Kdng, McCracken, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Tait
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
F THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)