Resolution-PC 2015-016RESOLUTION NO. PC2015 -016
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING THE SECOND
ADDENDUM TO PREVIOUSLY- CERTIFIED ARTIC
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 2010 -00343 FOR
THE ANAHEIM REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
INTERMODAL CENTER ( "ARTIC ") AND DETERMINING
THAT SAID ADDENDUM, TOGETHER WITH OTHER
PREVIOUSLY- APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL
DOCUMENTATION, SERVES AS THE APPROPRIATE
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION FOR THE
PROPOSED ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL SIGN
DISTRICT FOR ARTIC AND THE ARTIC COORDINATED
SIGN PROGRAM (ZONING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 2015-
00123).
WHEREAS, on September 28, 2010, the City Council of the City of Anaheim (herein
referred to as the "City Council ") adopted its Resolution No. 2010 -161, certifying the ARTIC
Environmental Impact Report No. 2010 -00343 ( "EIR No. 343") in support of the Anaheim
Regional Transportation Intermodal Center ( "ARTIC ") project, which proposed to relocate the
existing Anaheim Metrolink/Amtrak passenger rail station 0.25 mile east along the existing
Orange County Transportation Authority ( "OCTA ") railroad right -of -way and included, among
other improvements, the development of an intermodal terminal, a public plaza and drop -off
area, tracks, passenger rail boarding platforms, improvements to Douglass Road, and surface
parking. The City Council determined that EIR No. 343 addressed the environmental impacts
and mitigation measures associated with the development of the ARTIC project and associated
actions; and
WHEREAS, by motion made on May 29, 2012 in conjunction with its adoption of
Resolution No. 2012 -046 approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2010 -05492 to permit the
development and construction of ARTIC, the City Council approved an Addendum to EIR No.
343 (the "First Addendum "). The First Addendum evaluated refinements to the project
description identified in EIR No. 343, including a reduction in building square footage at the
intermodal terminal building; a change to an above -grade bus transit facility; the addition of a
pedestrian concourse; removal of the Metrolink/Amtrak concourse tunnel; addition of a baggage
tunnel; changes to the platform width and length; reduced width of the Douglass Road Bridge;
and modifications to Douglass Road and Katella Avenue. As part of the refined project, the First
Addendum also evaluated a sponsorship signage program that could include up to 13 pylon signs
approximately 85 -feet high by 20 -feet wide with up to 760 feet of advertising space per sign; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to establish a special sign district for ARTIC to be known
as the "ARTIC Special Sign District" in conformance with Section 5272.1 of the California
Business and Professions Code and under the authority conferred upon it by the City's police
power, as granted broadly under Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution, the City
Council of the City of Anaheim ( "City Council ") has the authority to enact and enforce
ordinances and regulations for the public peace, morals and welfare of the City of Anaheim (the
"City ") and its residents; and
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WHEREAS, the City desires to establish standards and regulations for the orderly and
most appropriate location and use of signs within the ARTIC Special Sign District in accordance
with a ARTIC Coordinated Sign Program in the form presented to this Planning Commission at
the meeting at which this resolution is being considered and approved; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources
Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as "CEQA ") and the State of California
Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (commencing with
Section 15000 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; herein referred to as the "State
CEQA Guidelines "), the City is the "lead agency" for the preparation and consideration of
environmental documents for the proposed establishment of the ARTIC Special Sign District and
the ARTIC Coordinated Sign Program; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the proposed establishment of the ARTIC Special Sign
District and the ARTIC Coordinated Sign Program, a second Addendum to the previously -
certified EIR No. 343, dated February, 2015 (herein referred to as the "Second Addendum "), has
been prepared pursuant to the provisions of Section 15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines in
order to determine whether any significant environmental impacts which were not identified in
EIR No. 343 would result or whether previously identified significant impacts would be
substantially more severe in connection with this proposed ordinance. EIR No. 343, the First
Addendum and the Second Addendum shall be referred to herein collectively as the "CEQA
Documents "; and
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2015, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at
the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim, notice of said public hearing having been duly given in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.60 (Procedures) of the Code, to hear and consider
evidence for and against the proposed establishment of the ARTIC Special Sign District and the
ARTIC Coordinated Sign Program and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in
connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the proposed establishment of the ARTIC Special Sign
District and the ARTIC Coordinated Sign Program and the Planning Commission's review of the
Second Addendum, the Planning Commission has independently reviewed all of the CEQA
Documents and has exercised its independent judgment in making the findings and
determinations set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determines that the evidence in the record
constitutes substantial evidence to support the actions taken and the findings made in this
Resolution, that the facts stated in this Resolution are supported by substantial evidence in the
record, including testimony received at the public hearing, the staff presentations, the staff report
and all materials in the project files. There is no substantial evidence, nor are there other facts,
that detract from the findings made in this Resolution. The Planning Commission expressly
declares that it considered all evidence presented and reached these findings after due
consideration of all evidence presented to it.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of
Anaheim, based upon a thorough review of the proposed establishment of the ARTIC Special
Sign District and the ARTIC Coordinated Sign Program, the Second Addendum, the rest of the
CEQA Documents, and the evidence received to date, does determine as follows:
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1. That the Second Addendum was prepared in compliance with the requirements of
the California Environmental Quality Act, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the City's Local
CEQA Procedure Manual and serves as the appropriate environmental documentation for the
proposed establishment of the ARTIC Special Sign District and the ARTIC Coordinated Sign
Program.
2. That, based upon the evidence submitted and as demonstrated by the analysis
included in the Second Addendum, none of the conditions described in Section 15162 of the
State CEQA Guidelines calling for the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR have
occurred; specifically:
a. There have not been any substantial changes in the ARTIC project that
require major revisions of EIR No. 343 because of new significant environmental effects
or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
b. There have not been any substantial changes with respect to the
circumstances under which the ARTIC project is undertaken that require major revisions
of EIR No. 343 due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a
substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; and
C. There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not
known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the
time EIR No. 343 was certified as complete or the First Addendum was approved, that
shows any of the following: (a) the project will have one or more significant effects not
discussed in EIR No. 343 or the First Addendum; (b) significant effects previously
examined will be substantially more severe than shown in EIR No. 343; (c) mitigation
measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and
would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the proposed establishment
of the ARTIC Special Sign District and the ARTIC Coordinated Sign Program, but the
project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measures or alternatives; or (d)
mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed
in EIR No.343 would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the
environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measures or
alternatives.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to the above findings, the Planning
Commission determines that the previously- approved CEQA Documents, together with the
Second Addendum, are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for the
proposed establishment of the ARTIC Special Sign District and the ARTIC Coordinated Sign
Program and that, accordingly, the Second Addendum is hereby approved and adopted.
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THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
February 23, 2015.
OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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SECRETARY, PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Eleanor Morris, Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Planning
Commission of the City of Anaheim held on February 23, 2015, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: AGARWAL, BOSTWICK, CALDWELL, DALATI,
LIEBERMAN, RAMIREZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: SEYMOUR
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 23 day of
February 2015.
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SECRETARY, PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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CHAIRMAN PRO- TEMPORE, PLANNING COMMISSION