2004-178RESOLUTION NO.2004-178
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM APPROVING THE PLATINUM TRIANGLE MASTER
LAND USE PLAN (MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2004-00084).
WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, the City Council of the City of Anaheim adopted
Resolution No. 99R-39 approving the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan and certifying
Environmental Impact Report No. 321, adopting a Statement of Findings and Facts and a Statement
of Overriding Considerations, and adopting Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106 for the area
surrounding and including the Angel Stadium of Anaheim and the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim,
bounded by the Santa Ana River on the east, the Anaheim City limits on the south, the Santa Aha
Freeway (Interstate 5 ) on the west. and the Southern California Edison Company right-of-way to the
north; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, the City Council of the City of Anaheim adopted
Resolution No. 99R-39 approving the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan and certi~ing
~ 1, adopting a Statement of Findings and Facts and a Statement
Environmental Impact Report No. ' '~
of Overriding Considerations, and adopting Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106 in conjunction
with its adoption of Resolution No. 99R-38 approving General Plan Amendment No. 361
re-designating the Anaheim Stadium Business Center as "Business Office/Mixed Use/Industrial" and
making certain amendments to the Circulation Element and to the Safety and Seismic Safety
Element; and
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004, the City Council of the City of Anaheim adopted
Resolution No. 2004-95 approving General Plan Amendment No. 2004-00419 in conjunction with
the approval of Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004-00029, Reclassification No. 2004-00117,
Amendment No. 5 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (SPN 2004-00023), Amendment
No. 2 to the Northeast Area Specific Plan No. 94-1 (SPN 2004-00024), and other related actions;
and adopted Resolution No. 2004-94 certifying Final EIR No. 330, adopting a Statement of Findings
and Facts and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and adopting the Mitigation Monitoring
Programs {Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 122 for the General Plan and Zoning Code Update,
the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106 for The Platinum Triangle and
the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0085a for the Anaheim Resort
Expansion Area) associated with the project ("Final EIR No. 330"); and
WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 2004-00419 provided for a
comprehensive citywide General Plan Update which included redesignating land use designations
within an approximately 820-acre area generally bounded by the Santa Ana River on the east, the
Anaheim City limits on the south, the Santa Aha Freeway (Interstate 5) on the west and the Southern
Califbrnia Edison Company right-of-way on the north (referred to as "The Platinum Triangle") from
Commercial Recreation and Business Office/Mixed Use/Industrial to Mixed Use, Office High,
Office Low, Industrial, Open Space and Institutional, generally corresponding to the property subject
to the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan, except lbr approximately 15 acres a4iacent to
the east side of the Santa Ana (I-5} Freeway, north of Katella Avenue and further depicted in
Attachment A to this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the recently adopted General Plan envisions The Platinum Triangle as
a thriving economic center that provides residents, visitors and employees with a variety of housing,
employment, shopping and entertainment opportunities that are accessed by arterial highways, transit
systems and pedestrian promenades las set forth in Goal 15.1 of the Land Use Element): and
WHEREAS, the recently adopted General Plan includes policies in the Land Use
Element and the Community Design Element to implement the vision for The Platinum Triangle
including providing for more detailed planning efforts to guide the future development of The
Platinum Triangle; encouraging mixed-use projects integrating retail, office and higher density
residential land uses: encouraging a regional inter-modal transportation hub in proximity to Angel
Stadium of Anaheim; maximizing and capitalizing upon the view corridor from the Santa Aha (I-5)
and Orange (SR-57t Freeways: maximizing views and recreation and development opportunities
afibrded by the area's proximity to the Santa Ana River; developing a comprehensive Mixed-Use
Overlay Zone and Design Guidelines to implement the vision for The Platinum Triangle; providing
for a mix of quality, high-density urban housing that is integrated into the area through carefully
maintained pedestrian streets, transit connections, and arterial access; developing a Public Realm
Landscape and Identity Program to enhance the visibility and sense of arrival into The Platinum
Triangle through peripheral view corridors, gateways, and specialized landscaping; developing a
strong pedestrian orientation throughout the area, including wide sidewalks, pedestrian paths,
gathering places, ground-floor retail, and street-level landscaping: encouraging extensive office
development along the highly visible periphery of the area to provide a quality employment center;
developing criteria t~br comprehensive property management agreements for multiple-family
residential projects to ensure proper maintenance as the area develops; and, identifying and pursuing
opportunities lbr open space areas that serw'e the recreational needs of Platinum Triangle residents
and employees; and
WH ER LAS, the adopted General Plan establishes a maxirnum development intensity
for The Platinum Triangle for up to 9,175 dwelling units (at an intensity of up to 100 dwelling units
per acre}, 5,000,000 square feet of office space, slightly over 2.000,000 square feet of commercial
uses. industrial development at a maximurn floor area ratio of 0.50 and institutional development
at a maximum floor area ratio of 3.0: and
WHEREAS, on July 12.2004, the Anaheim City Planning Commission approved a
motion to initiate the tbllowing applications and proceedings: Zoning Code Amendment No.
2()04-0(}032 to replace the (SE) (Sports Entertainment) Overlay Zone with the (PTMU) (Platinum
Triangle Mixed Uset Overlay Zone (including rescinding Resolution No. PC2000-14, which
approved the (SE) Overlay Zone): Miscellaneous Case Nos. 2004-00082, 2004-00083, 2004-00084
and 2004-00085 to replace the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan with The Platinum
Triangle Master Land Use Plan l including rescinding Resolution No. 99R-39, which approved the
Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan l and to adopt a standard Development Agreement to
apply to development within the PTMU Overlay Zone; and, Reclassification Nos. 2004-00127,
2004-00128, 2004-00129 and 2004-00130 to reclassify properties within The Platinum Triangle to
the (PTMU) (Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone and the O-H (High Intensity Office) and
O-L tLow Intensity Office) Zones to reflect General Plan designations ("Proposed Actions"); and
WHEREAS, the City's Planning Consultant, City Staffand the City Attorney's Office
have prepared the proposed Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, designated as Miscellaneous
Case No. 2004-00084, copies of which were provided to the Anaheim City Planning Commission
and City Council on July 30, 2004 and are on file in the City of Anaheim Planning Department; and
WHEREAS, The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, has been prepared to
replace the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan approved pursuant to City Council
Resolution 99R-39: and
WHEREAS. the City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Civic
('enter in the City of Anaheim on August 9, 2004 at 1:30 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, Chapters 18.60 (Procedures), to hear and consider evidence for and against said proposed
request to approve The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan and to investigate and make
findings and recommendations in connection therewith: and
WHEREAS, on August 9.2004, said Commission, after due inspection, investigation
and study made by itself and in its behalf, and after due consideration of all oral and written evidence
and reports offered at said hearing, did adopt its Resolution No. PC2004-82 finding and
recommending that the City Council (a) as lead agency for the Proposed Actions, find that the
previously-certified Final EIR No. 330 and the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring
Program No. 106 l'br The Platinum Triangle are in compliance with CEQA and the State and City
CEQA Guidelines and are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for the
proposed project actions based upon the findings set forth in said Resolution and (b) recommending
that the City Council approve The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan based upon the the
findings and facts, and recommending certain amendments to said Plan, as set forth in Resolution
No. PC2004-82: and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2004, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing,
gave all persons interested therein an opportunity to be heard, and independently reviewed and
considered the evidence presented in the Staff Report to the City Council dated August 11, 2004,
including the recommendations and findings of the Anaheim City Planning Commission as set forth
in Planning Commission Resolution No. PC2004-82 and oral and written evidence presented at the
City Council public hearing; and
WHEREAS. pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA"), on August 17, 2004. the Anaheim City Council, as lead agency for the Proposed Actions,
based upon the Initial Study' prepared in connection with the Proposed Actions (Zoning Code
Amendment No. 2004-00032, Miscellaneous Case Nos. 2004-00083, 2004-00084 and 2004-00085
and Reclassification Nos. 2004-00127, 2004-00128, 2004-00129 and 2004-00130) did consider
whether the Proposed Actions may cause any additional significant effect on the environment which
was not previously examined in FEIR No. 330, and associated Mitigation Monitoring Programs,
unless additional or contrary information is received during the public hearing, by motion, did find
and determine& based upon said Initial Study and the evidence received at the public hearing, that
no additional significant effect will result from the proposal; no new mitigation measures or
alternatives are required; that the Proposed Actions are within the Scope of FEIR No. 330; that the
previously-certified Final EIR No. 330 and the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring
Program No. 106 flor The Platinum Triangle are in compliance with CEQA and the State and City
CEQA Guidelines and are adequate to serYe as the required environmental documentation for the
Proposed Actions, including the subject proposal, and satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA; and,
that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for the Proposed Actions. Moreover.
as individual development projects and infrastructure improvements are proposed to implement The
Platinum Triangle Master Land Llse Plan, the PTMU Overlay Zone and the O-H and O-L Zones,
Initial Studies for those projects shall be prepared in compliance with CEQA requirements to
determine whether additional environmental documentation will need to be prepared: and
WHEREAS, the City' Council, after due consideration of the recommendations and
findings of the Anaheim City Planning Commission, and all evidence, testimony' and reports offered
at said hearing, does hereby' declare and find as follows:
1. That the City Council has adopted its Resolution No. 2004-95 approving General Plan
Amendment Not 2004-00419 which provided for a comprehensive citywide General Plan Update
and included a redesignation of The Platinum Triangle area from Commercial Recreation and
Business Office/Mixed Use/Industrial to Mixed Use, Office High, Office Low, Industrial, Open
Space and Institutional land uses and set forth a vision and goals and policies lbr the development
of The Platinum Triangle.
2. That the adopted Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan is not consistent with
the vision and goals and policies tbr The Platinum Triangle set forth in the recently adopted citywide
comprehensive General Plan Update iGeneral Plan Amendment No. 2004-00419) and, that, by
Resolution No. PC2004-82, the Commission recommended to the City Council that Resolution No.
99R-39 approving the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Plan be rescinded.
3. That the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, dated August 9, 2004, includes
all modifications recommended by the Planning Commission as set tbrth in its Resolution No.
PC2004-82, copies of which are on file in the Planning Department and in the City Clerk's Office
(the "Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan").
4. That the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan implements the General Plan
vision, goals and policies for The Platinum Triangle and will serve as a blueprint for Future
development and street improvements within The Platinum Triangle, including setting forth planning
principles, development intensities, conceptual street, park and potential new signalized intersection
locations and streetscape designs including, but not limited to, landscaping, lighting fixtures and
street furniture and by identifying the existing Amtrack/Metrolink Station and the conceptual
Anaheim Regional Transportation lntermodal Center (ARTIC)location.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anaheim City Council does
hereby approve The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, including the modifications
recommended by the Planning Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Anaheim does
hereby' find and determine that this Resolution is conditioned upon and will take effect upon the
effective date of Ordinance No. 5935 establishing the PTMU Overlay Zone.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim this 17th day of August. 2004, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Pringle, Council Members Chavez, Hernandez, McCracken
NOES: none
,ABSENT: none
ABSTAIN'
Council Member Tait
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