Resolution-PC 2013-065RESOLUTION NO. PC2013 -065
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL ADOPT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO.
2013 -00488 PERTAINING TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT
AND MAKING FINDINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
(HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES SITES REZONING PROJECT)
(DEV2012- 00118)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim ( "City Council ") did adopt
the Anaheim General Plan by Resolution No. 69R -644, showing the general description and
extent of possible future development within the City; and,
WHEREAS, by adoption of Resolution No. PC2004 -95 on May 25, 2004, the
City Council adopted a comprehensive update to the General Plan for the City of Anaheim
(collectively, the "2004 General Plan Update "); and,
WHEREAS, following the comprehensive update of the General Plan in 2004,
forty -two (42) separate amendments to the General Plan have been approved by City Council,
including the 2006 -2013 Housing Element; and,
WHEREAS, the 2006 -2013 Housing Element contains Housing Production
Strategy IV: Rezoning of Housing Opportunity Sites, which commits the City to develop an
approach to allow "by- right" residential development on non - residentially -zoned properties that
are designated for residential land use by the General Plan and have a strong development or
redevelopment potential to accommodate housing affordable to moderate and low- income
households ( "Opportunity Sites "); and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Director has initiated General Plan Amendment No.
2013 -00488 to update Tables LU -5: Residential Buildout Estimates and LU -6: Non - Residential
Build -Out Estimates of the Land Use Element of the General Plan and related text to reflect the
forty -two (42) amendments to the General Plan that have been adopted since the 2004 General
Plan Update, as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as
if set forth in full; and,
WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 2013 -00488 is proposed in
conjunction with Zoning Code Amendment No. 2013 -00110 and Zoning Reclassification No.
2013 -00255 to implement Housing Production Strategy IV: Rezoning of Housing Opportunity
Sites (collectively the "Housing Opportunities Sites Rezoning Project "); and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim ( "Planning
Commission ") did hold a public hearing at the Anaheim Civic Center, Council Chamber, 200
South Anaheim Boulevard, on September 9, 2013, 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,
- 1 - PC2013 -065
including General Plan Amendment No. 2013 - 00488, and to investigate and make findings and
recommendations in connection therewith; and,
WHEREAS, this Planning Commission, after due consideration, inspection,
investigation and study made by itself, and after due consideration of, and based upon, all
evidence and reports offered at said hearing, does hereby find:
1. That proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2013 -00488 maintains
internal consistency of the General Plan, as it will update the residential and non-
residential build -out estimates for the City to reflect the previously- approved forty -two
(42) amendments to the General Plan; and,
2. That proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2013 -00488 would not be
detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the City in
that the proposed amendment reflects previously- approved amendments to the General
Plan and does not reflect a change in land use in and of itself, and,
3. That proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2013 -00488 would maintain
the balance of land uses within the City, in that the proposed amendment would not make
any changes to land use; and
4. That proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2013 -00488 is not a change
to the General Plan Land Use Map.
WHEREAS, by the adoption of a separate resolution concurrently with but prior
in time to this Resolution, this Planning Commission has heretofore found and determined and
has recommended that the City Council so find and determine that Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Report No. 2012 -00346 ( "EIR No. 2012- 00346 "), which has been
prepared in connection with the Housing Opportunities Sites Rezoning Project, serves as the
appropriate environmental documentation for the proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2013-
00488 and satisfies all of the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(California Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as "CEQA "), the
State of California Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act
( "CEQA Guidelines "), and the City's Local CEQA Procedure Manual and that no further
environmental documentation need be prepared for proposed General Plan Amendment No.
2013- 00488.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission has
reviewed and considered the environmental information contained in Draft EIR No. 2012 -00346
and does hereby recommend that the City Council certify EIR No. 2012 - 00346, including
adoption of Findings and a Statement of Overriding Consideration and Mitigation Monitoring
Program 122A, and determine that EIR No. 2012 -00346 fully complies with CEQA, the CEQA
Guidelines, and the City's Local CEQA Procedure Manual and is adequate to serve as the
environmental documentation for General Plan Amendment No. 2013 - 00488.
-2- PC2013 -065
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to the above findings, this Planning
Commission does hereby recommend that the City Council approve General Plan Amendment
No. 2013 - 00488, unconditionally, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission
meeting of September 9, 2013. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in
Chapter 18.60 (Procedures) of the Anaheim Municipal Code pertaining to appeal procedures.
— M&M hm,
CHAIR, ANAHEIM CITY PLA NING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
SECRETARY, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Eleanor Morris, 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 September 9, 2013, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: AGARWAL, BOSTWICK, CALDWELL, LIEBERMAN,
PERSAUD, RAMIREZ, SEYMOUR
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September, 2013.
SECRETARY, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
-3 - PC2013 -065
EXHIBIT "A"
Proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2013 -00488 would revise the text on page LU -33 of
the General Plan Land Use Element as shown below. Deletions are shown in stFikethro gh and
additions are shown in underline Tables LU -5 and LU -6 are proposed to amended as shown
on the "Existing" and "Proposed" tables on the following pages.
Land Use Buildout Analysis
Providing a blueprint for the future development of Anaheim is one of the primary purposes of the General
Plan. The Land Use Plan, which includes areas within Anaheim's sphere -of- influence, identifies 16,449
16,519 acres of residential land uses, 644 659 acres of residential mixed -use land uses, and 5,619 acres of
other employment - generating land uses. Assuming a probable intensity for each of the land use
designations, the land use plan provides for 129,308 137,954 dwelling units (see Table LU -5). Based on a
factor of 3.3 persons per household (1.5 per household in mixed -use areas), the estimated build -out
population of the Land Use Plan would be 404,263 407,463 persons.
Of the employment - generating land uses, the land use plan provides for a total of 44,0 1,121 acres of
Neighborhood, Regional and General Commercial uses, 625 532 acres of office uses, and 22,677 2,684 acres
of industrial uses and 707 acres of residential and non - residential mixed use. Combined
reta-} eMPIGYM „ rated by the M Use designatiO the L and Use PaRR these land use designations
would generate approximately 251,495 228,470 jobs using the probable intensity factors (FARs) for each non-
residential land use designation (see Table LU -6). Additional employment opportunities will also be provided
by the implementation of the Commercial Recreation land use designation through the Anaheim Resort,
Disneyland Resort and Hotel Circle Specific Plans.
-4-
TABLE LU -5: RESIDENTIAL BUILDOUT ESTIMATES (EXISTING)
Land Use Designation
Probable
Density
Acres
Dwelling
I Units
Persons per
Household
Population
RESIDENTIAL
Estate 0 -1.5 du /ac
1.0
1,248
1,550
3.3
5,116
Low Density 0 -6.5 du /ac
4.0
10,221
40,173
3.3
132,571
Hillside Low - Medium Density 0 -6.0 du /ac
5.0
861
3,614
3.3
11,927
Low- Medium Density 0 -18.0 du /ac
13.0
2,058
24,130
3.3
79,629
Medium Density 0 -36.0 du /ac
24.0
1,946
46,704
3.3
154,123
Corridor Residential 0 -13.0 du /ac
13.0
185
2,405
3.3
7,937
Subtota
16,519
118,577
391,303
MIXED USE
Mixed Use
40.0
581
12,808
1.5
19,213
Subtota
581
12,808
19,213
TOTALS
17,100
131,385
410,515
Notes:
The number of dwelling units for each designation is calculated by adding the number of existing dwelling units in
areas of the City that are not anticipated to change to the number of units that are calculated by multiplying the
gross acres of areas that are most likely to change by the probable residential densities, then by adding the
assumed number of dwelling units for the Mountain Park Specific Plan described below.
Dwelling units in areas not anticipated to change are the number of dwelling units in areas that are not likely to be
further subdivided or areas that have a fixed buildout capacity through a specific plan. These are determined by:
1) adding the number of parcels in areas that are not likely to further subdivide; or 2) by referencing the number of
units expected at buildout for areas addressed through specific plans (see Table LU -1).
The Mountain Park Specific Plan area assumes a total buildout of 2,500 dwelling units - 485 units of Low Medium
Hillside Density and 2,015 units of Low Medium Density.
Mixed -Use densities and buildout projections for The Platinum Triangle are identified separately in Table LU -4.
Acreages identified in this table are approximate.
-5-
TABLE LU -6: NON - RESIDENTIAL BUILDOUT ESTIMATES EXISTING
Probable I I Square Square Feet
Land Use Designation Intensity Acres Footage per Employee
COMMERCIAL
Neighborhood Center 0.35 -0.45 FAR
0.35
231
2,641,370
400
Regional Commercial 0.30 -0.50 FAR
0.40
230
3,005,640
400
General Commercial 0.25 -0.50 FAR
0.30
686
6,723,486
400
Commercial Recreation
See Table LU -4
1,077
See Table LU -4
See Table
LU -4
Office -Low 0.40 -0.50 FAR
0.40
377
4,930,939
285
Office-High 0.50 -2.00 FAR
1.00
37
1,219,634
285
Platinum Triangle Office
See Table LU -4
199
Pee Table LU -4
See Table
LU -4
Subtotal
I
I 2,838
1 20,256,068
Up to 1
INDUSTRIAL
Industrial 0.35 -0.50 FAR
0.35
2,682
30,667,329
364 -700
Subtotal
1,015
2,682
30,667,329
Parks (golf courses
MIXED USE
Mixed Use 1.5 -3.0 FAR
1.50
630
10,396,623
285 -400
Subtotal
630
10,396,623
OPEN SPACE /RECREATION
INSTITUTIONAL
Varies by specific
Institutional 0 -3.00 -- 243 -- use
Subtotal 243
SCHOOLS
Schools
--
1,015
--
Up to 1
Subtotal
1,015
employee per
Parks (golf courses
--
378
--
acre
Up to 1
employee per
Parks
--
1,070
--
acre
Open Space
--
4,944
--
--
Up to 1
employee per
Water Uses
--
1,226
--
acre
Subtotal
7,617
INSTITUTIONAL
Varies by specific
Institutional 0 -3.00 -- 243 -- use
Subtotal 243
SCHOOLS
Schools
--
1,015
--
--
Subtotal
1,015
TOTALS
15,025
61,320,020
Notes:
Building intensities in The Anaheim Resort are specified in The Anaheim Resort, the Disneyland Resort and the
Hotel Circle Specific Plans.
School employees were projected based on ratios of school employees per capita population in 2003.
Mixed -Use building intensities and buildout projections for The Platinum Triangle are identified separately in Table
LU -4.
Acreages identified in this table are approximate.
-6-
TABLE LU -5: RESIDENTIAL BUILDOUT ESTIMATES (PROPOSED)
Land Use Designation
Probable
Density
Acres
Dwelling
I Units
Persons per
I Household
Population
RESIDENTIAL
3,001
Estate 0 -1.5 du /ac
1.0
1,246
1,548
3.3
5,108
Low Density 0 -6.5 du /ac
4.0
9,905
38,909
3.3
128,400
Hillside Low - Medium Density 0 -6.0 du /ac
5.0
456
1,589
3.3
5,244
Low- Medium Density 0 -18.0 du /ac
13.0
1,530
17,266
3.3
56,978
Medium Density 0 -36.0 du /ac
24.0
1
47,040
3.3
155,232
Corridor Residential 0 -13.0 du /ac
13.0
183
2,379
3.3
7,851
Areas of the City with Special Density Limitations
N/a
3,050
2,675
3.3
8,828
SubtotaA
18,330
1 111,406
367,641
MIXED USE
Mixed Use 0 -100
40.0
189
7,560
1.5
11,340
Mixed Use - Platinum Triangle
N/a
470
18,988
1.5
28,482
Subtotai
659
26,548
39,822
TOTALS
1
18,989
137,954
407,463
Notes:
The number of dwelling units for each designation is calculated by adding the number of existing dwelling units in
areas of the City that are not anticipated to change to the number of units that are calculated by multiplying the
gross acres of areas that are most likely to change by the probable residential densities.
Dwelling units in areas not anticipated to change are the number of dwelling units in areas that are not likely to be
further subdivided or areas that have a fixed buildout capacity through a specific plan. These are determined by:
1) adding the number of parcels in areas that are not likely to further subdivide; or 2) by referencing the number of
units expected at buildout for areas addressed through specific plans (see Table LU -1 for a list of the City's specific
plans).
The Areas of the City with Special Density Limitations, as shown on Figure LU -5 and described in Table LU -4, that
are planned for residential development are shown as a separate category on the table and include the following:
Area
Acres
Dwelling Units
Low Density
Hillside
Low - Medium Density
Low- Medium Density
Mountain Park
3,001
485
2,015
Area A
16
140
Stone ate
33
35
Total
1 3,050
35
485
2,155
Residential units in the Platinum Triangle, a mixed use area of the City which is also included in the "Areas of the
City with Special Density Limitations," is shown separately in the Mixed Use calculations.
-7-
TABLE LU -6: NON - RESIDENTIAL BUILDOUT ESTIMATES PROPOSED
Probable Square Square Feet Estimated
Land Use Desi nation I FAR Acres I Footage 1 perEmployee Employees
COMMERCIAL
Neighborhood Center 0.35 -0.45 FAR
0.35
229
2,610,878
400
6,527
Regional Commercial 0.30 -0.50 FAR
0.40
231
3,023,064
400
7,558
General Commercial 0.25 -0.50 FARL
0.30
661
6,396,786
400
15,992
Office -Low 0.40 -0.50 FAR
0.40
402
5,366,539
285
18,830
Office-High 0.50 -2.00 FAR
1.00
9
392,040
285
1,376
Subtotal
11,988
11,532
1 17,789,307
812
50,283
INDUSTRIAL
Industrial 0.35 -0.50 FAR
0.35
12,550
128,654,857
1 364 -700
53,863
Subtotal
1
12,550
1 28,654,857
1
53,863
MIXED USE
Mixed Use 1.5 -3.0 FAR
1.50
1 237
115,485,580
1 285 -400
45,279
Subtotal
15,714
1 237
115,485,580
_
45,279
PLATINUM TRIANGLE
Mixed Use — Commercial
N/a
470
4,795,111
400
11,988
Mixed Use — Office
N/a
9,652,747
285
33,869
Mixed Use - Institutional
N/a
1,500,000
Varies
--
Office High
2.0
50
4,478,356
285
15,714
Office Low
0.5
71
5,486
Industrial
0.5
134
2,918,520
364 -700
11,988
Subtotal
--
812
23,344,734
79,045
THE ANAHEIM RESORT
Commercial Recreation 11,078
Subtotal 1 11,078
OPEN SPACE /RECREATION
Parks (golf courses
--
293
--
--
--
Parks
--
1,133
--
--
--
Open Space
--
1,836
--
--
--
Platinum Triangle Open Space
84
--
--
--
Water Uses
11,208
--
--
--
Subtotal
1 7,617
--
--
--
Institutional 0 -3.00
--
211
--
Varies
--
Platinum Triangle Institutional 0 -3.00
--
3
--
Varies
--
Subtotal
211
--
--
--
SCHOOLS
Schools I -- 11,010 1 -- -- --
Subtotal 1 11,010 1 -- -- --
Notes:
The estimated square feet for each designation is calculated by adding the existing building square feet in areas of
the City that are not anticipated to change to the gross acres of areas that are most likely to change multiplied by
the probable Floor Area Ratios (FAR).
For The Anaheim Resort/Commercial Recreation land use designation, please refer to the Disneyland Resort,
Anaheim Resort and Hotel Circle Specific Plans.
Build -out intensities for the Platinum Triangle are based on the maximum intensities described in Table LU -4.
-8-