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THIRD PUBLIC HEARING - PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN ~
JULY 15, 1963 - 7 P.M.
PRESENT - CHAIRMAN: ~4uN~n~~
COMMISSIONERS: ALLRED~ CAMP~ CHAVOSo GAUER~ MUNGALL~ PEBLEY~
PERRY~ ROWLAND _. . .
ABSENT - COMMISSIONERS: SioEs
~~,L - PLANNING D~RECTOR: RICHARD A. REESE
PLANNING COORD-NATOR: ALLAN SHOFF
UEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY: FURMAN ROBERTS
COMMISSION SECRETARY: ANN KREBS
CHAIRMAN MUNGALL OPENED THE THIRD PUBL~C HEARING ON THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AND
NOTED THAT SINCE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING ON FE8RUARY 250 1963~ THE COMMISSION HAD
HELD NUMEROUS WORK SESS~ONS TO REVIEW THE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS OFFERED AT THE
FIRST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. CHAIRMAN MUNGALL NOTED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE THIRD
HEARING WAS TO RECEIVE FINAL TESTIMONY RELATED TO THE PLAN PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION~S
CONSIDERING IT FOR ADOPTION AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
CHAIRUTAN MUNGALL REQUESTED THAT PLANNING DIRECTOR RICHARD REESE REV~EW THE PLAN.
PLANNING DIRECTOR RICHARO R~ESc SUGGESTED THAT RATHER THAN REPEATING A COMPRE~
HENSIVE REVtEW OF THE ENTIRE PLAN AND TEXT AS HAD BEEN DONE FOR TfiE FIRST 7W0
PUBLIC HEARINGSp THAT THE COMMISSION REVIEWo OISCU55 AND MAKE A DETERMINATION OF
THE MAJOR POLICV RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL PIAN SO THAT THERE MIGHT BE A FINAL
REVIEW OF THESE CRITICAL ITEMS PRIOR TO ANY RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
REFERRING TO THE PRINTED TEXT OF THE GENERAL PLAN~ MR. REESE NOTED THAT THE UNDER-
LINED ASSUMPTIONS OF THE PLAN RELATED TO THE CONTINUED GROMTII OF ORANGE COUNTY AND
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM WERE ST~~L VALID~ AND HAD RECENTLV BEEN RECONFIRMED BY BOTH
THE STANFORD RESEARCH ~NSTITUTE~S UPDATING OF THE ORANGE 1980 REPORT FOR THE
BOARD OF $UPERVISORS AND THE RECENT ECONOMICS RESEARCH ASSOCIATES REPORT ON THE
ANAHEIM ~ENTER CITY AREA. AL50 NEIGHBORING CITIES MERE ENGAGED IN PLANNING PRO-
GRAMS AND THAT THE CITIES OF BUENA PARK~ ORANGE AND PLACENTIA NAVE RECENTLY COM-
PLETED AND ADOPTEO GENERAL PLANS. THE CITIES OF STANTON AND WESTMINSTER ARE
CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN GENERAL PLAN PROGRAMS. THE COMMUNITY GOALS SECTION OF THE
TEXT MAS REVIEMED AND THE COMMi5510N CONCURRED IN THE STATED GOAtS OF (1) MAIN-
TAININ6 THE BASICALLY LOW DENSITY CHARACTER~STIC OF ANAHEIM LIVING AREA AND
PROVIDIN~ THOSE AREAS WITH A FULL RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES~ (2) ENCOURAGE THE
CONTINUED DEYE~OPMENT OF ANAHEIM AS A REGIONAI. INDUSTRtAI AND EMPLOYMENT CENTER AND
PRESERVE THE HIGH INTEORITY OF THE CITY~S INDUSTRIAL AREA~ (3) TO ENCOURAGE THE
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF ANAHEIM AS A TOURISTo RECREATION9 AND CONVENTION CENTER.
THE COMM~SSION THEN REVIEWED THE RESIDENTIALo INDUSTRIAL9 COMMERCIAL~ COMMUNITY
FACILITIES AND CIRCULATION ELEMENTS OF THE ~ENERAL P~AN.
THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES WERE REAFFIRMED BY TIIE PLANNING
COMMISSION. IT WAS NO7ED THAT THESE PROPOSALS, INCLUDING THE MnINTENANCE OF EX-
C~USIVE SIN~LE FAMILY AREAS WHILE AT THE SAME T~ME PROVIDING FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY
DEVE~OPMENTS IN THOSE~AREAS CONS~'DERED APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH DEVELOPMENT. THE
COMMISSION REVIEWED THE MULTIPIE FAMILY AREAS ANALV515 WHICN HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY
REVIEWED AT THE COFiMiS510N'WORK SESSION"AND 1T WAS NOTED THAT THE GENERAL PLAN
PROPOSED SOME 1458 NET ACRES OF LAND FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. OF THIS
616 ACRES WERE PRESENTLY DEVELOPED~ 179 ACRES WERE ZONED BUT STILI VACANT~ AN
ADDIT~ONAL 363 ACRES WERE VACANT LAND PROPOS£D FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY 3Y THE
GENERAL PLAN~ OR A TOTAL OF 542 NET ACRES VACANT AND AVAILABI.E FOR IMMEDIATE
DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITIONy 300 ACRES OF LAND WERE PROPOSED FOR RE~U;3E FOR
MULTIPLE FAMILY IN THE CENTER CITV AREA.
MIIiTIpLE-FAMILY PROPOSALS OF THE GENERAL PLAN
(34 S0. M~. AREA~
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EX~S7ING LAND USE.. .........
VACANT LAND COMMITTED BY ZONING ACTIONS..........
VACANT LAND PROPOSED BY GENERAL PLAN .............
PARCELS LESS THAN 3 ACRES IN SIZE ..............
PARCELS OVER 3 ACRES IN SIZE .............
CENTRAL AREA LAND NOW IN SINGLE FAMILY USE.......
NET ACRES PERCENT
616 42.0
179 12.2
236) (16.1
300 20.4
TOTAL MULTIPLE-FAMILY PROPOSAL ................... 1468 100.0
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MINUTES~ CITY PLAFii3i~^la i:~,:'•~:i~~.:+e:y~ JULY 15~ 1963~ CONTINUED
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THE LAND CONSUMPT i~itt ;~i~' +.;t'~.'[ I PL£ FAM I LY DEVE~OPMENT S I NCE 1957 WAS REV I EWED
AND IT FIAS NOTED TH'4" n;A;i'4' +~ti~ THE ERA DENSITY ASSUMPTION OF 20 UNITS PER G!<O55
ACRE~ 51 ACRES HAD BEtN 6EV1E10?ED IN 1957~ 89 ACRES IN 1958~ 146 ACRES IN 1959~
68 ACRES IN 1960~ 103 ACRES IN 1961 AND 99 ACRES IN 1962.
THE COMMISSION .THEN REVIEWED THE MAPS PREPARED BY THE PLANNtNG DEPARTMENT 5'~AFF
INDICATING AL~ VACANT PARCElS OF LAND IN 'HE 34 SQUARE MILE AREA AND PARCELS
EITHER DEVELOPED OR PROPOSED FOR MULTIPIE FAMIL~ bEVELOPMENT. IT WAS NOTED
THAT A7 THE COMMISSION WORK SESSION EACH VACANT PARCEL OF LAND HAD BEEN REVIEWED
AND A SPECIFIC DETERMINATION MADE AS TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE GENERA~ PLAN PRO-
POSAL.
THE COMMISSION REAFFIRMED ITS RECOMMENUED POLICY THAT THE INTEGRITY OF LOW
DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS BE P.ETAINED AND THAT THE LOGICAL EXTENSION OF EXIST~NG
LOW DENSITY PAT7ERN5 IN UNDEVELOPED AREAS BE ENCOURAGED WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
THE COMMt5510N AL50 REAFFIRMED ITS POLICY RECOMMENDATION THAT MULT~PLE FaMILY
DEVELOPMENTS BE PROPOSED FOR~ AND ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP~ (1) WHERE EXIST~NG
DEVELOPMENTS INDICATE A LOGICAL ROUNCING OUT OR FILL~NG IN OF AREAS FIRMLV
ESTABLISFiED AROUND SHOPPING CENTERS AND ALONG ARTER~AL HIGHWAYS~ (2) ON DEEP
LOT S~TUATIONS NHERE NORMAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT ~5 DIFFICULT~ (3~ ON THOSE
HIGHNAY FRONTAGE LOCATIONS WHERE INTERNAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT HAS RESULTED
IN REMAINING STRIPS OF LOTS FRONTING ON THE HiGHWAY~ AND (4j IN THE CENTER CITY
AREA MHERE A LOGICAL TRANSITION FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO MUITIPLE FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED. DURING THE ~OMMI55lON f2EVIEW OF THE VACANT LANDS~
MANY AREAS NOT THEN PROFOSED FOR MULTIP . fAMILV DEVELOPMENT HAD BEEN CHANGED TO
SUCH A PROPOSALo AND THE COMMISSION REC~nFIRMEI TFiEIK FEELING THAT THE GENERAL
PLAN PROPOSALS FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY DEV'_:QPMENT NOW REPRESEkTED ALL SUCH AREAS
CONSIDERED TO BE APPvZOPRIATE FOR THAT USE AT THE PRESENT TIME. THEY ALSO
cMpWpg[~rn TNer r{ie pni~gy REG4MMFNDA7tON DOES NOT CLOSE THE DOOR TO MULTIPLE
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER AREAS BUT THAT EACH APPLICATION WOULD HAVE TO BE
CONSIDERED ON IT5 OWN MERITS WHEN SPECIFiC PROPOSALS NERE MADE. IT WAS
NOTED THAT THE RESIbENT1AL PROPOSALS AND DENSITIES OF THE GENERAL PIAN WOULD
RESULT IN A FUTURE POPULATION WITHIN THE 34 SQUARE MILE AREA OF NEARLY 225~000
PERSONS.
COMMISS~ONER ROWLAND COMMENTED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE ERA CENTER CITY REPORT.
HE FELT THE COMMISSION SHOULD GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO THE PROPOSALS FOR
H16HER DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT~ UP TO 60 UNITS PER ACRE~ AND THAT
THIS M16HT BE CARR~ED OUT THROUGH A NEW R-4 20NE. COMMISSIONER CHAVOS CONCURRED
NITH COMMISSIONER ROWLAND'S STATEMENTS AND FELT THAT ENCOURAGEMENT OF H14HER
DENSITY APARTMENTS IN THE CENTER CITY AREA MI~HT OFFER DEVELOPERS NEM AREAS FOR
MULTIPLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND LESSEN THE DEMAMD FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY ENCROACH-
MENT INTO LOW DENSITY AREAS.
COMMISSIONER CAMP ALSO CONCURRED IN COMMISSIONER ROWLAND'S STATEMENT AND FELT
THAT THE 60 UNITS PER ACRE DENSITY WOULD BE MORE REALISTIC IN TERMS OF INCOR-
PORATIN~ REAL USE FOR MULTI-STORY DEVELOPNENT.
AF7ER FURTHER REVIEM AND DISCUSS~ONo COMMISSIONER CHAVOS OFFEREA A MOTION
REQUESTIN6 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE AN R~4 ZONE NH~CH MI6HT ENCOURAGE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER DENSITY MULTIPLE Fi1MILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTER
CITY AREA. COMMISSIONER ROWLAND SECONDED THE MOTtON. MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS NOTED THAT THE URBAN RENEWAL COMMITSEE HAD SUBMITTED THE ERA REroRT TO
THE CITY COUNC~L AND THAT THE COUNCIL HAD ACCEPTED THE REPORT AND HAD FURTHER
DIRECTED THE COMMITTEE TO PROCEED WITH THE PHYSICAL PLANNIN~ STAGES OF THE
CENTER CITY PROGRAM AND TNAT THE NEW R-4 20NE MIGHT REFLECT BOTH THE ECONOMIC
AND PLANNIN6 PROPOSALS OF THE CENTER CITY PROGRAM.
THE PLANNINd COMMISSION REVIENED AND CONFIRMED THf OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES -•
RELATED TO THE CIT`!~5 -NDUSTR{AL AREAS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SOUT{iEA57 AND
NORTHEAST INOJSTRIAL AREAS WERE TMO OF THE MOST DESIRABLE INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS
{N ORANGE COUNTY. THE COMMISStON DECIDED TO TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION ON THE
INDUSTRIAL AREn PROPOSALS PENDING COMPLETION AND PRESENTATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL
AREAS REANALYSIS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 19~ 1963.
THE COMMISSION REVIENED AND CONFIRMED THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES RELATED 70
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PLAN PROVIDES FOR NEIaHBORH00D
COMMUNITY AND REfiIONAL SHOPPIN(i CENTERS~ IN ADDITION TO SPECIAL SHOPPIN6
CENTERS WHICH MILL BE ADEQUATE TO PROVIDE A FULL RAiiGs OF SERVICES TO THE PRO~
JECTED 225~000 POPULATION. ONE POLICY PROPOSAL IS TO DISCOURAOE STRIP TYPE
RETAIL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN FAVOR Of PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER TYPES OF
DEVELOPMENT.
THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN INCREASINa NUMBER OF
REQUESTS FOR THE CONVERSION OF RESIDENYIAL STRUCTURES TO COMMERCIAL TYPE USES
ALONa ARTERIA~ HIOHNAYS. COMMISSIONER PERRY OBSERVED THAT THIS COULD PRESENT
A REAL PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE~ AND THAT A STUDY~ CITY~NIDE ~N SCOPE~ SHOULD BE
CONDUCTED TO aIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AS TO HOM THIS PROBLEM MIOHT BE RESOLVED
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MINUTES, CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, JULY 15, 1963, CONTONUED 1661-c
IN A MANNER BENEFICIAL TO THE CIYY. THE COMMlS510N OBSERVED THAT THERE MERE A
GREA7 NUMBER OF SUCH AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CfTY AND THA7 IN MANY CASES IT WAS
OBVIOUS THAT A REAL USE FOR COMFIERCIAL PURPOSES WAS UN~ESIRABLE AND WOULD BE
DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE AREA AS WELL AS RESULT IN AN UNSIQHTLY
CONDITION ALONG THE CITY~S ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS. THE AREA ALONG BROOKHURST $TREET~
NORTH OF LINCOLN WAS REFERRED TO AS A MOST UNDES!RA9LE EXRM?LE. THE CQWWlSSlOu
DISCUSSED VARIOUS WAYS OF SO~VlNG THIS PROBLEM~ INCLUDING THE ERECTION OF MASONRY
WALLS ALONCs,~THE HIG!lWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO ENHANCE THE INTEGRITY OF THE RE51-
DENTIAL ENYIR~NMENT ON THE PARTICULAR LOTS IN ADDiTION TO THE PERMITTINO OF
RECREATIONAL USES WITHIN THESE ENCLOSED FRONT YARD AREAS~ THE CONVERTING OF
SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURES TO MU~TIPLE FAMILY UNITS IN ADDITION TO THE ERECTION
OF A MASONRY WALL~ AND 7HE ACTUAL CONVERSION OF STRUCTURES FOR COMMERCIA~ USE
IN APPROPRIATE AREAS. THE LATTER MAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST DIFFICULT SINCE
THERE WERE INHERENT`PROBLEMS OF PARKING AND THE EXPENSE OF CONVERTIN~ FROM A
RESIDENTIAL TO A COMMERC~AL STRUCTURE. IT NAS NOTED THAT SUCCESSFUL CONVERSIONS
IN TOWN HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AT GREAT EXPENSE A~D WOULD BE CQNSIDERED THE
EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE AS TO MHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED.
THE COMM15510N RECONFIRMED THEIR BELIEF THAT WHERE SUCH CONVERSIONS MIOHT TAKE
P~ACE~ THE BEST POLICY IS TO REMOVE THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND ERECT NEW
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES MITH ADEQUATE AND EFFICIENT PARKIN6 AREAS.
IT WAS AL50 NOTED THAT THE URBAN RENEWAI AGENCY MIGHT CONSIDER A CITY~-WIDE
REHABII.ITATION PROGRAM VHICH COULD tNCLUDE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO MAINTAIN THE
RESIDENTIAL INTEGRITY OF HOMES ALONG ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS. LACK OF INERTIA ON THE
PART OF THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES TO WORK IN A COOPERATIVE MANNER TOWARD
A PROPER SOLUTION WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WHICH THE URBAN RENEWAL
A6ENCY M~aHT RESOLVE THROUf3H A RENA8ILITATION PROGRAM.
AN EXCEPT(ON TO THE STRIP COMMERCIAL RULE WAS THE AUTOMOBILE SALES AND SERVtCE
AREAS A~ONG LOS QNGELES STREET. THE COMMI~SION Osg~Rycn TH/i;T T,ye a~iTnung~~r
SA~ES AREA WAS EXTENDING SOUTH OF BALL ROAD ALONd THE EAST SIDE OF LOS ANaELES
STREET. THE COMM15510N FELT THAT THE BASIC INDUSTRIAL ARE(• PROPOSAL SHOULD
BE RETAINED ON THE GENERAI PLAN AND THAT THESE USES SHOULD GE CONSIDERED AS
CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS 50 THAT THE HI~H SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL AREA MIGHT BE CONTINUED ALONG LOS ANGELES AND BALI. ROAD.
THE COMMISSION STATED THAT AT THE WORK SESSIONS TWO CHANOES HAD BEEN MADE TO
THE PLAN (1) THE RELOCATION OF THE PROPOSED NEICaHBORH00D SHOPPING CENTER FROM
BEACH AND LINCOLN TO LINCOLN AND DALEo AND (2) THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPINO
CENTER SYMBOL AT STATE COLLEGE AND BALL ROAD HAD BEEN CHANGEO TO THE NORTNEAST
CORNER TO MORE ACCURATELY REPRESENT A RECENT ZONING ACTION ON THAT PROPER'...
ONE OF THE MAJOR PROPOSALS OF THE PLAN IS FOR THE COMMERCIAL RECREATION DEVELOP-
MENT IN THE DISNEYLAND AREA. IT k~i.5 NOTED THAT THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL HAD
ALREADY ADOPTEDo BY RESOLUTIONo A POLICY (iOVERNIN~ THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT
PERMITTED IN THIS AREA. THE COMMISSION NOTED THAT THE COMMERCIAL RECREATION
AREA POLICY HAD BEEN RECENTLY UPDATED TO PERMIT HIOH RISE OFFICE BUILDINOS ON
A FREENAY FRONTAGE LOCATION TO ENCOURAGE A YEAR ROUND ECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR THE
FACILIT-ES WITHIN THIS AREA.
ANOTHER MAJOR PROPOSAL IS FOR T~#IE'DEVEL'OPMENT OF BUSINE55 AND PROFESSIONAL
OFFICE CENTERS TO PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
IT WAS NOTED THAT PROPOSALS FOR THE CENTER CITY AREA ARE MERELY A REFLECTION
OF fiEF1ER'AL12ED ZONING PATTERNS AT THE PRESENT TIME~ AND THAT TNE CENTER CITY
PROORAM UNDER THE COUNCIL APPOINTED CITIZENS URBAN RENEWAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WOULD RECOMMEND pRECISE PLAN PROPOSALS WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY BE REFLECTED ON
TNE GENERAL PLAN. IT WAS THOUGHT TNAT SUCH AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN MIQHT TAKE
PLACE AT THE FIRST ANNUAL REVIEN~ PRIOR TO JULY 1~ 1964.
COMNUNITY FAC(LITIES PROPOSAic
ALTHOUaH SCROOL FACtLITIES ARE THE RESPONSIBItITY-OF THE VARIOUS SCHOOL DIS-
TRICTS~ 1T WAS NOTED SHAT THE GENERAL PLAN HAS SERVED AS A DUIDE TO THEIR
IOCATION SINCE 1958. BASED ON THE PRESENT GENERAI PLAN RESIDENTIAL PROPOSAlS
AND DENSITIES~ THE PLAN INDICATED A NEED FOR ONE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SITE~ ONE JUNIORHIGH SCHOOL SITE AND NO ADDITIONAL SENIOR HIQH SCHOOL.91TE5.
SINCE COMPLETION OF THE PLAN FOR PRESENTATION TO THE COMM15510N~ THE HIOH SCHOOL
DISTRICT REVISED ITS STUDENTS PER SCHOOL STANDARD WHICH RESULTED IN A REQUIRE-
MENT FOR TWO JUNIOR HIOH SCHOOLS RATHER THAN ONE. FACILITIES ARE PRESENTLY
BEINI} ACPUIREG IN THE VICINITY pF SOUTH AND EAST STREETS' ANO LOARA AND
BROA6MAY~ AND THE COMMISSION INSTRUCTED THE STAFF TO CHANGE TN~ PLAN TO INDICATE
THESE SI7E5.
BASED ON THE 1959 CITIZENS CAPITAL IMPROVEMeNT COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS,
THE CITY HAD ACQUIRED A PARK SYSTEM CONTAINING 19 SITES. GENERAL PLAN PROPOSALS
INCLUDE'THE ADD1710N OF THREE NEW PARK SITES PLUS THE EXPANSION OF THREE OTHERS
TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FACIL171E5 FOR THE PROJECTED POPULATION. IN ADDITION~
THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE LAND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE WHERE THE PLAN '
PROPOSES A JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATION FACILITIES ON SCHOOL S~TES. THE
MAJOR LONG RAN(iE PARK DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IS FOR A„RIVERVIEW PARK~ EXTENDING
ALONG THE WEST BANK OF THE SANTA ANA RIVER FROM BALL ROAD NORTHEASTERLY INTO
THE SANTA ANA CANYON. IT WAS NOTED THAT SUCH A FACILITY MHEN FULLY DEVELOPED
MOULD TURN TNE SAND PITS AND EXCAVA710N AREAS ALONG THE RIVER INTO A POSITIVE
COMMLLN~TY ASSET PS WELL AS MAXIMIZE THE OPEN SPACE POTEWTIAL OF THE R~VER BED
ITSELF:
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MINUTES, C17Y PLANNING COMMISSION, Ju~Y 15, 1963, CONTINUED 1661-n
IT WAS NOTED THAT WHEN THE NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY AREA IS TOTALLY DEV~LOPED FOR
UR9AN PURPOSES THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ORANGE GROVES OR AGRICULTURAL LANDS TO
?ROVIDE OPEN SPACE REL~EF FROM THE URBAN CONGESTION.
THE GOLDEN GATE PARK ~N SAN FRANCISCO WAS REFERRED TO AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
4P£`: ,°.FnCC ^nELi'c~ FROi+i AN iFIPEHSiVE IYEVELOPMEtJT PqTTERN.
THE CITIZENS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED A LIBRARY SYSTEM IN-
CLUDING A MAIN L~BRARY AND THREE BRANCHES. (T WAS NOTED THAT THE ELVA HASKETT
BRANCH LIBRARY HAD BEEN COMPLETEDa AND THAT THE MAIN LIBRARY MAS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AND THAT THE SITES FOR THE OTHER TWO L19RARIES MERE BEING ACQUIRED.
ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO TNO ERRORS IN THE TEXT. THE COMMISSION ORDERED THE
FOLLOWING CORRECT~ONS: THAT „LIBRARY COMMISSION~ BE CHANGED TO READ NLIBRARY
BOARD„ AND nMATTIE LOU MAXWELLM LIBRARY BE CHANGED TO READ NELVA HASKETT LIBRARY~.
A NET MORK OF NINE FIRE STATIONS BASED ON THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS
STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED BY THE 1959 CIT12EN5 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
WAS NEARING COMPLETION. THE ADDITION OF THREE SITES NOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE
SERVICE TO ALL AREAS.
CI_RCULATION FACILITIE PROPOCeLS
YHE~PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND CONFIRMED THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS,RELATED TO THE CIRCULATION FACILITIES. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE
CIRCULATION ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN~ MARTERIAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS~ AND
°HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY„~ HAD BEEN ADOPTED IN 1960 BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 6111.
MR. A~LAN SHOFF~ PLANNIN~ COORDINATOR9 PRESENTED A MAP INDICATING THE PROPOSED
CHANGES FROM THE ADOPTED CIRCULATION ELEMENT. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GENERAL
PLAN FOR THE HILL AND CANYON AREASy LYING EAST AND SOUTH OF THE SAti7A ANA RIVER.
uq_ _~u:_p ~`~ "Q~~~~~ o~~ ~~q~ WBRk Hnu aEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO THE
INDUSTRIAL AREAS REANALYSIS A5516NMENT. THE PRESENT GENERAL PLANo PROPOSED FOR
ADOPTION AT THIS TIMEP COVERED ON~Y THE 34 SQUARE MILE AREA NEST AND NORTH OF THE
SANTA ANA RIVER. THE ARTERIAI HIGHNAYS INDICATED ON THE HlLL AND CANYON AREAS
HERE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONI.Y AT 7HI5 TIME IN THE SAME MANNER AS LAND USE
PROPOSAlS FOR SURROUNDING CITIES WERE INCLUDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES.
COMMISSIONER CHAVOS REQUESTED INFORMATION AS TO THE ROUTE 171 FREEWAY. MR.
REESE STATED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD HELD MEETINOS WITH THE STATE UIVISION OF
HIGHMAYS AND TMAT A MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND EN8INEERING PERSONNEL OF ALL
CITIES AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED FREEWAY WOULD BE HELD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE
STATE HAD ASSURED THE ClTY THAT NE WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FUtLY IN THE
REVIEM OF THE DATA AND ITS STUDIES LEADINO TO THE PRECISE ALIGNMENT. IT
APPEARED THAT IT WOULD BE WEIL OY~R A YEAR BEFORE THE STUDIES MOULD BE
COMPLETED.
VACANT LAND PROPOSeIe
THE COMMISSION REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED THE pROPOSED USE OF VACANT LAN,~ FOR THE
PRESENT CITY AND FOR THE 34 SQUARE MILE AREA~ AS INDICATED ON THE tiENERAL PLAN.
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MINUTES~ CITY PLANNING COMMISSION~ .JULY 15s 1963o CONTINUED 1661-E
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSED THE PORTION OF THE TEXT RELATED TO THE
USE OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND EXPLORED THE VARIOUS MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTING
THE VAR~OUS PLAN PROPOSALS.
MR. REESE NOTED THAT UPON ADUPTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN~ THE COMMUNITY IS RE-
QUIRED TO REVIEW IT ANNUALLY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES WHICH KEEP IT A CURRENT
DOCUMENT~ THAT TO BE EFFECTIVE THE PLAN MUST BE FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF REFLECTING
COMMUNITY GROMTH AND CHANGED CONDITIONS. THE FIRST ANNUAL REVIEM WOULD
NECESSARILY BE COMPIETED PRIOR TO THE 1964-65 BUDGET SO THAT THE GENERAI PLAN
DATA MIGHT BE USED BY A~L DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR ANNUAL AND LONG-RANGE BUDGET
PROJECTIONS.
THE COMMISSION REVIENED AND DISCUSSED THE AMENDMENT PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN THE
STATE PLANNING ACT. TyE COMMI55lON lNSTRUCTED THAT THOSE CASES MHERE THERE MAS
AN OBVIOUS DEVIATION FF'OM THE GENERAL PLAN PROPOSALo THE STAFF SHOULD ADVERTISE
FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PIAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ADVERTISING FOR
THE RECLASSIFICATION 50 THAT THE APPLICANT WILL NOT BE DELAYED BEFORE THE
PLANNING COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION NOTED THAT IF THERE MAS A DIFFERENCE OF
OPINION AS TO WMETHER OR NOT AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN SHOULD OR
SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH A CERTAIN APPLICATtONo THAT THE
COMMISSION NOULC MAKE THE DETERMINATION. IF A MATTER HAD BEEN ADVERTISED AND
THE COMM~SSION FHLT IT WAS UNNECESSARY' THE MATTER COULD BE TERMINATED BY THE
COMM15510N. ON THE OTHER HAND9 IF THEY FELT THAT AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED~ THEY COULD CONTiNUE THE ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS TO PERMIT TIME
FOR THE REQUIRED ~\DVERTISINa. IT WAS A~50 EMPHASIZED THAT THE SYMBOLS OF THE
GENERAL PLAN SHOULD BE INTERPkETED AS BEING GENERAL IN NATURE ANO. WHERE MINOR
DEVIATIONS FROM THE PLAN PROpO5AL5 MERE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
WITHOUT A FORMAL AMENUMEN~' T;• THE GENERAL PLAN DOCUMENTY THAT THESE MATTERS
SHOULD ALL BE REFERRED T^ ~':':: PLANNING STAFF FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF
APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS TO 1HE GENERAL PLAN MAP ~N CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANNUAL
REVIEIdS' S0 THAT TNE MAP MIGHT REFLECT AS NEARLV AS POSSIBLE THE CURRENT
DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THE COMMUNITY. ;
THE COMMISSION NOTED THAT THE PRIME MEANS OF IMPLEMENTIN6 THE POLICIES Ii.LUSTRATED
ON THE GENERAL PLAN WERE PRECISE PLANS~ NEN GODES AND ORDINANCES WHICH REFLECTED
THE ADOPTED POLICIES AND THE LONG RANGE PROGRAMMIN6 OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED TNG NATURE OF PRECI5E PLANS AND NOTED THAT PRECISE
PLAN STUDIES WOULD BE NECESSARY TO ANSWER THE DETAILED AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS
OF SPECIFIC AREASo THAT IT WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THE ~OMMISSION TO ATTEMPT TO
SOLVE THESE MITH THE GENERAL PLAN. THE CENTER CITY S JDY WAS INDICATED AS ONE
OF THESE PRECISE PLAN AREAS. HARBOR BOULEVARD IS ALSG NOTED AS A PRECISE P~AN
STUDY AREA AS MELL AS THE MANY OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHERE HOMES
FRONTIN(i ON ARTERIAL HI(iHWAYS PRES6NTED DIFFICUIT DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS. IN,
ADDITIONo IT WAS NOTED THAT THE URBAN RENEWAL COMMITTEF NAS REVIEWING PRECISE
PLAN STUDIES OF THE VARIOUS CEEP LOT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMISSION NOTED THAT THE NUMEROUS PLANNING STUD165 WHICH HAD BEEN PRE- .
PARED COULD~ AFTER THE ADOPTtON OF THE GENERAL PLAN9 BE ADOPT'ED AS PRECISE
PLANS.
THE COMMISSION OBSERVED THAT MANY OF THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ILLUSTRATED ON
THE GENERAL PLAN HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO EFFECT. THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT
HAD BEEN ADOPTED AND IN EFFECT SINCE 1960~ THE COMMERCIAL-RECREATION AREA
POLICY HAD BEEN ADOPTED AND IN EFFECT SINCE .JU~Y 19629 THE POLICY RELATED TO
INDUSTRIAL AREAS HAD BEEN ADOPTED AND IN EFFECT SINCE 1962~ AND NEW M~1 AND
M-2 ZONES HAD BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE FEBRUARY 1963o AND THE NEW C-O ZONE HAD BEEN
RECENTLY ADOPTED BY THE PLANNINO COMMISSION AND WOUL~ BE BEFORE THE C1TY
COUNCIL ON JULY 23~ 1963. MR. REESE NOTED THAT SIGNIFICANT PROGRE55 HAD BEEN
MADE ON NEM MULTIPLE FAMiLY ZONES AND A SET OF STANDARDS FOR PLANNED RESI~
DENTIAL DEYELOPMENTS. • •• • • •
THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THE USE OF THE GENERAL PLAN AS A GUIDE TO THE
PROGRAMMING OF MAJOR PUBLIC FACILITI£S AND NOTED THAT AS THE PLAN GtVES AN
INDICATION AS TO FUTURE POPULATION DENSITIES AMD LAND USE PATTERNSy IT SERVES
AS A GUIDE FOR LONG-RANGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT P~JGRAMS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY
APPLICABLE TO THE U~DEVELOPED HILL AND CANYON AREAS.
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CHAIRMAN MUNGA~L STATED THAT HE FELT THE REVIEW HAD BEEN VERY ENLIGHTENING
AND COMPREHENSIVE AND HAD AFFORDED THE COMN.ISSION AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW '.
THE DECISIONS REACHED AT VARIOUS WORK SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE PAST MONTHS.
HE THEN ~NQUIRED IF ANY INTERESTED PERSONS WISHED TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION:
MR. JOHN B. THOMPSON~ 335 WEST ORANGEWOOD~ STATED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN
THE DEVEL~PMENT OF THE PROPERtIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ORANGENOODn EAST OF
HARBOR~ JUST SOUTH OF THE COMMERCIAL-RECREATION AREA. HE NOTED THAT THE
PLAN INDICATED MULTIPLE FAMILV PROPOSAL FOR THiS AREA AND STATED HE WAS GLAD
TO HEAR THE COMMISSION DID NOT CONSIDER THE PLAN TO BE A RIuID DOCUMENT '
WHICH MOULD PRECLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL RECREATION TYPE USES ON
HIS PROPER7Y AND THAT HE NOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR SUCH A USE AT AMY
TIME IN THE FUTURE. .
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