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RESOLUTION NO. PC2003-171
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
ADOPTING AND RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2003-00415 PERTAINING TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT
WHEREAS, the 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, the petitioner has requested an amendment to the Land Use Element of the
General Plan to redesignate certain property consisting of 5.7 acres located on the south side of the SR-
91/Riverside Freeway at the northeast terminus of Via Cortez, and having a frontage of 161 feet on the
terminus of Via Cortez and being located 837 feet north of the centerline of Santa Ana Canyon Road,
from the Hillside Low-Medium Density Residential land use designation to the General Commercial land
use designation; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the
Anaheim Civic Center, Council Chamber, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, on December 15, 2003, 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, to hear and consider evidence for and against said General
Plan Amendment and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith;
and
WHEREAS, said Commission, after due consideration, inspection, investigation and
study made by itself, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing,
DOES HEREBY FIND:
1. That the proposed General Commercial land use designation is consistent with the
adjacent and nearby General Commercial land use designation to the west and southwest of subject
property.
2. That the subject property is not a viable residential site due to development constraints
such as easements, concrete flood control channels, and the size and shape of the property adjacent to
the SR 91/Riverside Freeway.
3. That the evidence presented substantiates the need for an amendment to the Anaheim
General Plan and that, therefore, Exhibit A should be adopted redesignating subject property from the
Hillside Low-Medium Density Residential land use designation to the General Commercial land use
designation.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: That the Anaheim City
Planning Commission has reviewed the proposal to amend the Land Use Element of the General Plan to
change the current land use designation of certain property consisting of the northwesterly 3.9 acres of a
5.7-acre property located on tf~e south side of the SR-91/Riverside Freeway at the northeast terminus of
Via Cortez, having a frontage of 161 feet on the northeast terminus of Via Cortez and a maximum depth
of 1,370 feet and being located 837 feet north of the centerline of Santa Ana Canyon Road, from the
Hillside Low-Medium Density Residential land use designation to the General Commercial land use
designation; and does hereby approve the Mitigated Negative Declaration, including Mitigation
Monitoring Plan No. 122 for the Caliber Motors Mercedes-Benz Sales Facility, upon finding that it has
considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration together with any comments received during the public
review process and further finding on the basis of the initial study and any comments received that there
is no evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the above findings, the
Anaheim City Planning Commission does hereby adopt and recommend to the City Council of the City of
Anaheim adoption of General Plan Amendment No. 2003-00415 pertaining to the Land Use Element,
Exhibit A, to redesignate the study area from the Hillside Low-Medium Density Residential land use
designation to the General Commercial land use designation.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
December 15, 2003. ,
RPERSON, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
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SECRETARY, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Eleanor Morris, Senior Secretary of the Anaheim City Planning Commission, do hereby
- certify that the foregoing resolufrorr was passed arrd adopted at a meeting o~ the Anaheim City Pfarrrring
Commission held on December 15, 2003, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BOSTWICK, BUFFA, EASTMAN, FLORES, O'CONNELL, VANDERBILT
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: ROMERO
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~3 s"~- day of
~~mber , 2003.
SECRETARY, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
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