Resolution-PC 2006-31i •
RESOLUTION NO. PC2006-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION .
ADOPTING AND RECOMMENDING TOTHE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT N0. 2006-00441 PERTAINING TO
THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT, PLANNED ROADWAY NETWORK :
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Council did adopt the Anaheim General Plan byResolution Na
69R-644, showing the general description and extent of possible future development within the City; and
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004, the City Council, by its Resolution Na 2004-95, adopted a
comprehensive update to the General Plan for the Cityof Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, as part of the comprehensive update to the Anaheim General Plan, the density in
the Mountain ParkSpecific Plan No. 90-4 area, at the request of the property owner, was reduced from T,966
residential dwelling units to 2,500 residential dwelling units and the land uses were amended to provide for a fire
station, a park site, a school site, trails and open space; and .
WHEREAS, on August 23, 2005, the City Council, by Ordinance Nos. !5993 and 5994 did
approve Amendment No. 1 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan Na 90-4, providing for the Specific Plan land
uses and density to be consistent with the updated General Plan designations; and
WHEREAS, on August 22, 2005, the Orange County Transportation Authority, $oard of
Directors approved the City of Orange's request to amend the Master Pfan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) to
remove and/or modify several roadway designations on the MPAH and as part of said approval, the planned
extension of Jamboree Road from its current terminus in the City of Orange at Santiago Road to the planned
extension of Weir Canyon Road in the City of Anaheim in the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90-4 area was
removed from the MPAH; and
WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 2006-00441 is a city-initiated amendment to the
Circulation Element of the General Plan, Figure C-1, Planned Roadway Network to remove a planned Hillside
Secondary Arteriat roadway (identified as Jamboree Road) from the Planned Roadway Network; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Anaheim Civic .
Center, Council Chamber, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, on March 20, 2006, at 2:30 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 amendment is consistent with the goals and policies set forth in the General Plan for the Hill
and Canyon Area. .
2. That the Mountain Park Specific Plan area was previously-identified on the Anaheim General Pfan for .
development of up to 7,966 residential dwelling units, 179 acres of commercial uses, schools, parks, public
facilities, hiking and riding trails and open space areas, and, that as part of the comprehensive General Plan
Update approved by the City Council in May, 2004, the Mountain Park Specific Plan area was redesignated for
a maximum of up to 2,500 residential dwelling units, a fire station, a park site, a school site, trails and open
space.
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3. That the City Council adopted Amendment No. 1 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90-4 in August, ,
2005 to provide for land uses and density consistent viritfi the updated General Plan.
4. That the Orange County Transportation Authority approved an amendment to the Master Plan of Arterial
Highways removing Jamboree Road from its current terminus in the City of Orange at Santiago Road to the
planned extension of Weir Canyon Road in the City of Anaheim.
5. That the proposed amendment maintains the internal consistency of the General' Plan and would be
consistenYwith the amended MPAH.
6. The proposed amendment would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience,
or welfare of the City.
7. The proposed amendment would maintain the balance of land uses within the City. '
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAC QUAL(TY ACT FINDING: That the Anaheim Planning
Commission has reviewed the proposal to amend the Circulation Element of the General Plan, Figure C-1;
Planned Roadway Network to remove a planned Hillside Secondary Arterial roadway (identified as Jamboree
Road) from the Planned Roadway Network Map; and did recommend; by motion, that the City Council based on ,:-
its independent review of the Initial Study prepared in connection with the proposed General Plan Amendment
No. 2006-00441 and unless'additional or contrary information`is received during the public hearing, find and
determine, based upon said Initial Study and any evidence received at the public meeting, that no additional
significant effect will result from the proposed modifications, no new mitigation measures or alternative wii( be
required and that the proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2006-00441 is within the scope of the Final '
Environmental Impact Report No. 331 and Supplemental EIR No. 1278/EIR No. 1716, and that the previously-
certified Environmental Impact Report No. 331 and Supplemental EIR No. 1278/EIR No. 1716 is in compliance
with the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State and City CEQA Guidelines and is
adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for the proposed Amendment and satisfy all the
requirements of CEQA; and that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for the proposed
General Plan Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant 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. 2006-00441 pertaining to the Circulation Element as set forth in Exhibit "A° to this
Resolution.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
March 20, 2006. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter 18.60, "Procedures" of
the Anaheim Municipal Code pertaining to appeal procedures. ~
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CHAIRMAN, ANAH~IM PLANNING COMMISSION ~~
ATTEST:
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
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STATE OF CAUFORNIA ')
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
March 20, 2006, by the followingvote of the members thereof: '
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BUFFA, EASTMAN, FLORES, PEREZ, ROMERO, VELASQUEZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE '
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONERS: KARAKI
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this y~ day of 1r1, ,
2006.
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM FLANNING COMMISSION