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RESOLUTION NO. PC2004-80
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RESCINDTHE RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO
' THE SE (SPORTSENTERTAINMENT) OVERLAY ZONE (RESOLUTION NO. PC2000-14)
.(MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2004-00082).
WHEREAS, on February 14, 2000, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No.
PC2000-14 amending Resolution No. PC2000-9 in its entirety, hunc pro tunc, adopted in connection with
Reclassification No. 99-0015 for real property situated in the City of Ahaheim, County of Orange, State of
California, described as those certain properties located in he approximately 807 acres bounded by the
Santa Ana River on the. east, the Anaheim City limits on the south, the Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) on
the west, and the Southern California Edison Company right-of-way on the north, and known as the."Anaheim
Stadium Area" and further depicted in Attachment A to this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, said Resolution provided for the exclusion of the above-described properties from
the."CO" Commercial, Office and Professional Zone, "CL" Commercial, limited Zone, "CH" Commercial, Heavy
Zone, "ML" Limited Industrial Zone, "PR" Public Recreational Zone and "RS-A-43,000" Residential/Agricultural
Zone, and to incorporate said described properties into the "CO(SE)" Commercial, Office and Professional-
Sports Entertainment Overlay Zone, "GC(SE)" Commercial, Limited-Sports Entertainment Overlay Zone,
"CH(SE)" Commercial, Heavy-Sports Entertainment Overlay Zone, "ML(SE): Limited Industrial-Sports
Entertainment Overlay Zone, "PRISE}" Public Recreational-Sports Entertainment Overlay Zone and "RS-A-
43,000(SE)" Residential/Agricultural-Sports Entertainment Overlay Zone; and
WHEREAS, upon reclassification, each of the above properties would be subject to the land use
and development standards established by Chapter 18.50 (now Chapter 18.20) "Sports Entertainment Overlay
(SE) Zone" of the Anaheim Municipal Code for the underlying Development District; 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 uses 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 Ana
Freeway (Interstate 5) on the west and the Southern California Edison Company right-of-way on the north
(referred to "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 for approximately 15 acres
adjacent to the east side of the Santa Ana (I-5) Freeway, north of Katella Avenue; 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 (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 include 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
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view corridor from the Santa Ana (I-5) and Orange (SR-57) Freeways; maximizing views and recreation and
development opportunities afforded 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 IdentityProgram to enhance the visibility and sense of arrival into The Platinum Triangle
through peripheral view corridors, gateways, and specialized landscapirig; 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 for comprehensive property
management agreements for multiple-family residential projects to ensure proper maintenance as the area
develops and identify and pursue opportunities for open space areas that serve the recreational needs of
.Platinum Triangle residents and employees;
WHEREAS, the adopted General Plan' establishes a maximum 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 maximum floor area: ration 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 following applications and proceedings: Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004-00032 to replace the
(SE) (Sports Entertainment) Overlay Zone with the (PTMU) (Platinum Triangle Mixed Use) 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 (including rescinding Resolution
No. 99R-39, which approved the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan) 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 (Low
Intensity Office) Zones to reflect General Plan designations (the "Proposed Actions"); and
WHEREAS, the City's Planning Consultant, City Staff and the City Attorney's Office have
prepared a proposed replacement to Chapter 18.20, entitled "Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay Zone",
designated as Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004-00032, copies of which have been provided to the
Anaheim City Planning Commission, including certain corrections and omissions thereto which are set forth
in the Staff Report to the Planning Commission dated August 9, 2004, attached as Attachment "A" to
Planning Commission Resolution No. PC2004-79; and
WHEREAS, the Platinum Triangle Overlay Zone will, if adopted, amend Chapter 18.20
"Sports Entertainment Overlay (SE) Zone" of the Anaheim Municipal Code, in its entirety; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Civic Center 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 state law, to hear and consider evidence for and
against the Platinum Triangle Overlay Zone and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in
connection therewith; and
1. That the adopted (SE) Sports Entertainment Overlay Zone is not consistent with the Goals
and Policies and vision for The Platinum Triangle set forth in the recently adopted citywide comprehensive
General Plan Update (General Plan Amendment No. 2004-00419).
2. That rescinding the resolution of intent to reclassify the above-described properties to the
(SE) Sports Entertainment Overlay Zone is required in conjunction with adoption of the new Platinum
Triangle Mixed Use Overlay Zone for The Platinum Triangle to implement General Plan Goals and Policies.
3. That, by Resolution No. PC2004-7 ,Planning Commission has recommended that the City
Council amend the Zoning Code to replace the (SE (Sports. Entertainment) Overlay Zone (Ordinance No,
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5673 pertaining to Chapter 20 of Title 18 of the Anaheim .Municipal. Code) with the (PTMU) (Platinum
Triangle Mixed Use) Overlay Zone.
4. That, by Resolution No. PC2004-86, Planhing Commission has recommended that the City
Council approve Reclassification No. 2004-00130 to reclassify certain properties described in said
Resolution that have finalized to the (SE) Overlay Zone to the following Zones: I(SE) (Industrial -Sports
Entertainment Overlay) to I {PTMU) (Industrial -Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone; I(SE)
I(Industrial -Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone to O-L (Low Intensity Office) Zone; and, 0-L (SE) (Office
Low- Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone to O-L (Low Intensity Office) Zone to be consistent with the
correspohding General Plah designations for the subject properties.
5 That 3 people spoke in opposition to the subject request; 2 people spoke with concerns but
were not in opposition or in favor, and one person spoke unrelated to the subject request.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: That the Anaheim City Planning
Commission has reviewed the proposal to rescind the resolution of intent to the (SE) (Sports Entertainment
Overlay) Zone (Resolution N0. PC2000-14) (Miscellaneous Case No. 2004-00082) in conjunction with the
proposed Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004-00032, Miscellaneous Case Nos. 2004-00084 and 2004-00085
and Reclassification Nos. 2004-00127, 2004-00128, 2004-00129 and 2004-00130; and did recommend, by
motion, that the City Council, as lead agency for the Proposed Actions, based upon its independent review of
the Initial Study prepared in connection with the Proposed Actions (Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004-00032,
Miscellaneous Case Nos. 2004-00082, 2004-00083, 2004-00084 and 2004-00085 and Reclassification Nos.
2004-00.127, 2004-00128, 2004-00129 and 2004-00130) and analysis 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 additiona( or contrary information is received during the
public hearing, 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 maybe required, and that the Proposed Actions are within the Scope of FEIR No. 330, and that the
previously-certified Final EIR No. 330 and the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106 for
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 Actions, including the subject
proposal, and satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA; 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 Use 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anaheim City Planning Commission does
hereby recommend to the City Council that Resolution No. PC2000-14 approving a resolution of intent to the
(SE) (Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone be rescinded.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
August 9, 2004. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter 18.60 "Procedures",
"Zoning Provisions -General" of the Anaheim Municipal Code p ing to appeal dures and may be
replaced by a City Council Resolution in the event of an e
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HAIRPERSON, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
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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 resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Anaheim City Planning
Commission held on August 9, 2004, by the followingvote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BUFFA, EASTMAN, FLORES, O'CONNELL, ROMERO, VELASQUEZ
NOES:: COMMISSIONERS:
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS:.. VANDERBILT-LINARES
1N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this " day of
' , C~ n~ , 2004.
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
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THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE) WITH THE (PTMU) Scale: Graphic
(PLATINUM TRIANGLE MIXED USE OVERLAY) ZONE.
MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2004-00085
APPROVE AS TO THE FORM OF THE STANDARD
PLATINUM TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
"'r "< MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2004-00082
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RESCIND THE RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO
THE (SE) (SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT OVERLAY)
ZONE (RESOLUTION NO. PC2000-14).
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^'y ,, ZONING CODE AMENDMENT N0. 2004.00032
AMEND THE ZONING CODE TO REPLACE THE (SE) vaaeaa m
e The Platinum Triangle
(SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT OVERLAY) ZONE (ORDINANCE maoeeaP
NO. 5673 PERTAINING TO CHAPTER 20 OF TITLE 18 OF Date: August 9, 2004