Resolution-PC 2021-005RESOLUTION NO. PC2021-005
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING RECLASSIFICATION
NO. 2016-00297 AND MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
(DEV2016-00074)
(3175 WEST BALL ROAD)
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim (the "Planning
Commission") did receive a verified petition to rezone or reclassify that certain real property
generally located on the northeast corner of Ball Road and Western Avenue and commonly
referred to as 3175 West Ball Road in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California,
as generally depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this
reference (the "Property") from the "C-G" General CommercialZoneto the “RM-4” Multiple-
Family Residential Zone, which reclassification is designated as Reclassification No. 2016-00297;
and
WHEREAS, the Property is approximately 0.36 acres in size and is currently vacant
and is located in the"C-G" General CommercialZone. The Anaheim General Plan designates the
Propertyfor“Neighborhood Center” land uses; and
WHEREAS, Reclassification No. 2016-00297is proposed in conjunction witha
request (i) General Plan Amendment No. 2016-00510 to redesignate the property from General
Commercialto MediumDensity Residential; and (ii) Administrative Adjustment No. 2020-00444
to permit an 11-unit, attached multiple-family residential project with reduced setbacks. General
Plan Amendment No. 2016-00510, Reclassification No. 2016-00297, and Administrative
AdjustmentNo. 2020-00444shall be referred to herein collectively as the "Proposed Project"; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed a State of
Emergency in California as a result of the threat of COVID-19. On March 17, 2020, Governor
Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 (superseding the Brown Act-related provisions of
Executive Order N-25-20 issued on March 12, 2020), which allows a local legislative body to hold
public meetings via teleconferencing and to make public meetings accessible telephonically or
otherwise electronically to all members of the public seeking to observe and to address the local
legislative body; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20 the Planning Commission did
hold a teleconferencing public hearing at the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim on August 31,
and October 12, 2020, and continued the item without discussion; the Planning Commission did
hold a teleconferencing public hearing at the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim on and January
20, 2021 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 Chapter 18.60 of the Code, to hear and consider evidence and
testimony for and against the Proposed Project and to investigate and make findings and
recommendations in connection therewith; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (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 (herein referred to as the "CEQA Guidelines"), and the City's Local CEQA Procedures,
the City is the "lead agency" for the preparation and consideration of environmental documents
for "projects", as that term is defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, a draft Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared in accordance
with CEQA, the CEQA Guidelines and the City's Local CEQA Procedure Manual to evaluate the
physical environmental impacts of the Proposed Project. The Mitigated Negative Declaration was
circulated for a 20-day public/responsible agency review on July 9, 2020, and was also made
available for review on the City's website at www.anaheim.net. A complete copy of the Mitigated
Negative Declaration is on file and can be viewed in the Planning and Building Department of the
City located on the First Floor of City Hall at 200 South Anaheim Boulevard. Copies of said
document were also available for purchase; and
WHEREAS, the City gave notice of its intent to adopt the Mitigated Negative
Declaration to (a) the public pursuant to Section 15072(b) of the CEQA Guidelines, (b) those
individuals and organizations, if any, that previously submitted written requests for notice pursuant
to Section 15072(b) of the CEQA Guidelines, (c) responsible and trustee and other agencies with
jurisdiction over resources that will be affected by the Proposed Project pursuant to Section
15073(c) of the CEQA Guidelines, and (d) the Clerk of the County of Orange pursuant to Section
15072(a) of the CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after due inspection, investigation and
study made by itself and in its behalf, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports
offered at said hearing, does find and determine the following facts:
1. Reclassification of the Property from the "C-G" General Commercial Zone to
the “RM-4” Multiple-Family Residential Zone is consistent with the Property’s proposed Medium
Density Residential land use designation in the General Plan, now pending.
2. The proposed reclassification of the Property is necessary and/or desirable for
the orderly and proper development of the community and is compatible with the neighboring
properties to the north, south, east and west, which are developed with multiple-family residential
and commercial land uses because it is a Goal of the General Plan to provide high-quality housing,
and the surrounding properties are developled with compatible residential land uses and
complementary commercial uses.
3. The proposed reclassification of the Property does properly relate to the zone
and its permitted uses locally established in close proximity to the Property and to the zones and
their permitted uses generally established throughout the community in that surrounding properties
include commercial uses within the “C-G” General Commercial Zone, office uses within the “T”
Transition Zone, and multiple-family residential uses in the “RM-4” and Multiple-Family
Residential Zones; and
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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 January 20, 2021, by the followingvote of the
members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: ARMSTRONG, KEYS, LIEBERMAN,
MULLEADY, VADODARIA
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: MEEKS, WHITE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20 day of January, 2021.
SECRETARY, PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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