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RESOl.UTION NQ. PC2005-130 .
A RESOLUTION OF THEANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
- RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL`AMEND A PORTION OF
CHAPTER 18.20 `PLATINUM TRIANGLE MIXED USE (PTMU) OVERLAY ZONE" AND CHAPTER 18.92
°~DEFINITIONS"
' (ZONING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 2005-00042)
WHEREAS, the Zoning Code was originally adopted in 1929 and has been updated a number
of times overthe years; and '
WHEREAS, pursuanf to Chapter 18.76 (Zoning Amendments) of the Anaheim Municipal Code„
provisions of Title 18 may be amended whenever the public necessity and convenience and the general
welfare require; when adopted by an ordinance of the City Council in #he manner prescribed by law; 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 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 ratio of 0.50 and institutional development at a maximum floor area
_ ratio of 3.0; and :
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2004, the City Council of the City of Anaheim adopted The
Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan by Resolution No.2004-178 and The Platinum Triangle
Standardized Development Agreement by Resolution Na 2004-179 and on August 24, 2004, the City
Council adopted the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone by Ordinance No. 5935; and '
WHEREAS, the Zoning Code implements the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission makes recommendations to the City Council
regarding Zoning Code Amendments; and
WHEREAS, on August 22, 2005, the Anaheim Planning Commission approved and
recommended approval of applications pertaining to The Platinum Triangle including General Plan
Amendment No. 2004-00420, Zoning Code Amendment No: 2004-00036; Miscellaneous Case No. 2004-
00089 to amend The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan; Miscellaneous Case No. 2005-00114 to
amend The Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement, Miscellaneous Case No. 2005-
00115 to rescind in-part of the Resolution of Intent pertaining to reclassification of the North Net Fire
Training Center site and Reclassification No. 2004-00134 (scheduled for City Council consideration on
September 27, 2005); and ,
WHEREAS Zoning Code Amendment Na 2004-00036 identified above included an
adjustment to the boundaries of the mixed-use districts to include the North Net Fire Training Center in the
PTMU Overlay Zone Gateway District and add 325 units to said district (321 of said units would be
designated for the North Net Fire Training Center); a modification to the PTMU Overlay Zone commercial
density to add 210,100 square feet of additional commercial square footage (190,100 square feet of this
square footage would be designated for future required ground floor commercial uses on Market Street and
Gene Autry Way in the Katella and Gene Autry Districts and 20,000 square feet for other commercial uses _
in the Katella District); and, additional technical refinements and clarifications, including, but not limited to,
refinements to density descriptions to reflect the above-noted changes and other City Code requirements,
and '
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WHEREAS, Zoning Code Amendment No. 2005-00042 is a request to amend Chapters
18.20 (PTMU Overlay} and 18.92 (Definitions) of Title ,18 (Zoning Code) of the Anaheim Municipal'Code to ;
add educational institutions and `condominium hotels as authorized uses subject to the approval of a
conditional use permit, amend the minimum size of balconies and add a definition for condominium hotels,
which amendments are attached hereto specifically marked in Exhibit 1(educational institutions and
condominium hotels provisions) and Exliibit 2(definition of condominium hotel) to this Resolution, and
which are incorporated herein bythis;reference as if set forfh in full; and
WHEREAS, the applicant had submitted a request to amend Chapter 18.20 to modify park
Jand dedication provisions; however, the applicant subsequently withdrew said request; and
: WHEREAS; the City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Civic Center in
the City of Anaheim on September 7, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., notice of said public hea~ing having been duly
given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of the Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter
18.60 (Procedures), to hear and consider evidence for and against theproposed Platinum Triangle Mixed
Use Overlay Zone amendments and to investigafe and make findings and recommendations in connection
therewith; antl
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Planning Commission, having reviewed and considered the
amendments to Chapter 18.20 (Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay Zone) and Chapter 18.92 (Definitions) of
the Zoning Code (Zoning Code Amendment No.'2005-00042) has determined that the public necessity and
convenience and the general welfare require its amendment based upon the following findings
1. That the proposed amendments to the PTMU Overlay'Zone are consistent with the Planning
Commission's resolutions recommending that the City Council adopt General Plan Amendment No. 2005-:
' 00434, Miscellaneous Case Nos. 2005-00111 and 2005-00116 to amend The Platinum Triangle Master ,
Land Use Plan and rescind a resolution of intent to the O-H (High Intensify Office) Zone, Reclassification
No. 2005-00164, Conditional Use Permit No. 2005-04999 and Development Agreement No. 2005-00008,
2. That the proposed amendments implement the Anaheim General Plan and provide for ~.
potential school opportunities, condominium hotel uses and refinements to high-rise residential tower
standards in the PTMU Overlay Zone as set forth in the staff report to the Planning Commission dated
September 7, 2005;
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: That the Anaheim Planning
Commission has reviewed Zoning Code Amendment No. 2005-00042 in conjunction with General Plan
Amendment No. 2005-00434, Reclassification No. 2005-00164, Miscellaneous Case Nos. 2005-00111, and
2005-00116, Conditional Use Permit No. 2005-Q4999 and Development Agreement No. 2005-00008
(collectively, the "Project Discretionary Actions") and; by its motion, based upon its independent review of
all evitlence received at the public hearing, including an Initial Study conducted pursuant to CEQA for the
Project Discretionary Actions (the "Initiat Stud}~') and an Addendum to FSEIR Na 332 (the "Addendum")
prepared for the Project Discretionary Actions did find, and further recommend that the City Council, as
lead agency for the Project, unless additional or contrary information is received during the City CounciPs
public hearing on the Project and pending City CounciPs certification of FSEIR No. 332 along with adoption
of a Statement of Findings and Fact, a Statement of Overriding Consideration and the Updated and
Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106A, (scheduled for City Council consideration on September
27, 2005), determine and find, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA"), based upon the City CounciPs independent review of the Initial Study and Addendum and #he
evidence received at the pubfic hearing, that the certified FSEIR No. 332, together with its Addendum and
Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 138, are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for
the Project Discretionary Actions and satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA, and that no further
environmental documentation need be prepared for this Zoning Code Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anaheim Planning Commission does
hereby recommend that an ordinance be prepared reflecting the proposed amendments to Chapter 18.20
(Platinum Triangle Mixed Use OverlayZone) and Chapter 18.92 (Definitions) of the Zoning Code (Zoning
Code Amendment No. 2005-00042) and that the City Counci(approve said Ordinance.
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THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
September 7, 2005. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter 18.60,
"Procedures"'ofthe Anaheim Municipal Code pertaining to appeal pr cedures.
CHAIRMAN'PRO TEMPORE,ANA EIM PLANNING COMMISSION `
' ATTEST: ,
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. :
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
1, Eleanor Morris, Senior Secretary of the Anaheim Planning Commission, do hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Anaheim Planning Commission
held on September 7, 2005, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: - COMMISSIONERS: BUFFA, FLORES, KARAKI, PEREZ, ROMERO, VELASQUEZ '
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: EASTMAN '
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~ day of
nc.~a~e.r , 2005.
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION