Resolution-PC 2005-47. •
RESOLUTION NO.: PC2005-47
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
ADOPTING AND RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. GPA 2005-00427PERTAINING TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT
WHEREAS, on December 94, 2004, the Anaheim City Council approved a memorandum of
understanding with the County of Orange stipulating that the City would pursue a process that may lead to '
annexation of County lslands (i:e., pockets of land #hat are surrounded by but not within any city's boundaries)
4-AN-6, 4-AN-7, and 4-AN-8 into the City of Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim has an adopted General Plan, which was updated by the City
Council on May 25 2005, by its Resolution No. 2004-95; and
WHEREAS, on March 7, 2005, the Anaheim Planning Commission directed'staff to initiate an
amendment to the Land Use Element of the Anaheim General Plan to redesignate certain reaf properties
comprising an approximately 5.5 acre area adjacent to the east side of Gilbert Street, 276 feet south of the
- centerline of Ball Road, as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto and labeled "LAND USE ELEMENT, General
P1an Amendment No. 2006-00427, Area No: S" (hereinafter described as "Area No. 8"), from'the Low Density
Residential land use designation to the Medium Density Residential land use designation; and .
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 18.68 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, provisions of the
General Plan may be amended whenever the public necessity and convenience and the general welfare require
such amendment when adopted by a resolution of the City Council in the manner prescribed by law; and
WHEREAS, on April 18, 2005, at 6:00 p.m., the Anaheim Planning Commission did hold a
public hearing at the Anaheim Civic Center, Co~ncil Chamber, 200 SouthAnaheim Boulevard, notice of said
public hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance wi4h the provisions of Chapter
18.60 "Procedures" of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to hear and consider evidence for and against said General
Plan Amendment No. 2005-00427 and to investigate and make findings and recommendafions 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 evidence presented substantiates the need for an amendment to the Anaheim General
Plan and that, therefore, Area No. 8 should be redesignated in said General Plan for Medium Density
Residential land uses.
2. That the proposed amendment maintains the internal consistency of the General Plan.
3." That the proposed amendment would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety,
convenience, or weffare of the City.
4. That the proposed amendment' would maintain the balance of land uses within the City.
5. That the subject properties are physically suitable to accommodate the proposed modification,
including but not limited to access, physical constraints, topography, provisions of utilities; and compatibility with
surrounding land uses.
6. Thaf 3 people indicated their presence at the public hearing in opposition to the proposal,
1 letter was received in opposition; and 2 people relayed their concerns/questions to the proposaL'
Cr\PC2005-047 -1- PC2005-47
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CALIFORNIAENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: That the Anaheim Planning
Commission has reviewed the proposai to amend'the Land Use Element of the General Plan to redesignate
Area No. 8 from the Low Density Residential designation to the Medium Density Residential or less intense ,
designation; and did recommend, that the City Council; based on its independent review of the Initial Study and
unlessadditional or contrary information is received during the public meeting, approve the Mitigated Negative
Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 133 as modified by the Planning Commission to include
refinements to Mitigation Measure 5.6-3 and find and determine that based upon said initial Study and any
evidence received at the public meeting, that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a
significanteffect on the environment that cannot be mitigated to a level of insignificance as identified in the
Mitigated Negative Deciaration, that no new mitigation measures or alternatives will be required beyond those
identified in Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 133, and that the MitigafedNegative Declaration and Mitigation
Monitoring Program No. 133 are in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (uCEQA") and the
State and City CEQA Guidelines and are adequate'to serve as the required environmental documentation for
the proposed Amendment and satisfy all requirements of CEQA; and thaf no further environmental
documentation need be prepared for the proposed General Plan Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuanf to the above findings, the Anaheim
Planning Commission does hereby adopt and recommend to the City Council of the City of Anaheim adoption of
General Plan Amendment No. 2005-00427, to redesignate Area Na 8 from the'Low'DensityResidenfiaFland
use designation to the Medium Density Residential land use designation.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted af the Planning Commission meeting of
April 18, 2005.
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CHAIR , ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION '
ATTEST:
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, 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
April 18, 2005, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BUFFA, EASTMAN, FLORES, PEREZ, VELASQUEZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
VACANT: COMMISSIONERS: TWO VACANCIES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, { have hereunto set my hand this ~~ day of ,
2005.
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LAND USE ELEMENT :
General Plan Amendment No. 2005-00427
Area No. 8
Existing :
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LAND USE ELEMENT
General Plan Amendment No. 2005-00427
Area No. 8
Exhibit A
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