Resolution-PC 94-11RE~QLUTIpN NO PC9a-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE AP:AHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
INITIATING APPLICA'fIONS FOR GENEF;AL PLAN AMENDMENT NQ. 336 AND
THE DISNEYLANI~ RESORT SPECIFIC PIJ~N N0. 92-1
AMENDMENT N0. 1
WHEREAS, on June 29, 1993, ?he Cfty Councfl per Ordinance Nos. 537~ and 5378, adopted
The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Nu. 92-1 encompassing four planning districts - a Theme Park Oistrict,
a Hotel District, a Parkinfl District, and a F'uture Expansion District - and A C-R Overlay which allows certaln
parcels to become part of tho overall Resort doveloprnent or to be doveloped with the usos set iortl~ in the
C•R (Commer~lal Recreatlon) Zone as it currontly exists or rnay be amendod In the future; and
WMEREAS, on Docembor 30,1993, Disney qevelopment Company submitted a lotter requesting
the Planning Commission to inftiate an amendment to tho ~ity of Anahe(m General plen and The Disneyland
Rosort Specific Plan for a rectar~gularly-shaped parcel of land consfstin~ of approximataly 9 ar,res at the
southeast cornor of Freedman Way and Harbor Boulevard in the C(ty of Anaheim within the bot;ndariss of
The Disneyland Resort Speciffc Plan Parking District, East Parkfng Area/C-R Overlay and further described
as the Anaheim Plaza Hotel; and
WHEREAS, tho Planning C:ommission is authorizeci to initiate applications for reviow of general
plan amendmonts and specific ptans; and
WHEREAS, the Disneyland Resort Speciffc Plan No. 92-1 Amendment No. 1 is proposod to
redesignate subJect 9 acres from "Parking District" to "District A" (Dfstrict A is identifieci as Development Area
5 on the revised Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Development Plan in Attachment C of the January 24,199a
statf report to the Flanning Commission). Said amendment Incliades the removal of D(strict A acreage from
tho C-R Overlay and the East Parking Area Optfon, and the removal of pubifc parking facilitios as n permltted
use in Distrlct A. Similar to the C-R Overlay, District A would permit developmont of permitted and
condilionally permitted uses aliowed by the existing C•R (Commercial Recreation) 2one as set forth In
Chapter 18.48 0( the Anahefm Municipal Code, as it currently exists or may be amended or supersed4d in
tfio future. Said amendment also Includes text and exh(bit revisfons in The I~isneyland Resurt Specific Plan
document to refloct the new District A and rnvisions to thn Specific Plan ;~ssociated thorewith; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Element of the City of Anahoim Generat F'lan currontly refars to 7i~e
Disnoyland Resort and doscrfbos four land use distr(cts (Theme Pari<, Hotel, P~rking and Futuro Expansion
Area) as weli as the C-R Overlay. General Plan Amendment No. 336 is proposed to amend the I.and Use
Eleirient to rovise the descrlption of 7he Oisn~yland Resort to re(lect the redesignatfon of the approximate
9-acre portion of the Parking D(strict to "D(str(ct A." District A would continu~ to be designated for medlum
denslty de~delopment aliowing up to 75 hotel/motel rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms per parcei, whfchevor
is c~reater; however, it would no longer be dasiynated for public parking facility i~ses. Hotel/mote! accessory
uses would continue to bo allowed as well as othor visitor-serving uses; nnd
WHEREAS, on January 24, 1994, the Anahoim City Planning Commissian cons(dered the
aforernentionsd mattor as a Raports anr~ Recommendacions item r~nd atter due study made by itself a-id in
its behalf, and after due concfderation of all c~vidence and reports o(fered does hereby ((nd and detormino
the following facts:
1. That this request is in accordanco with a Settlement Agreome~it between the City, the
Walt Disney Company, Disney Dovelopr,iont Company and Pryovest Corporation, dbn Anaheim Plaza Hotal;
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2, That safd Agreement, appro~~ed bythe City Councii an January 11, 1994, rerulred Disney
Development Company to propare and submit, tor City initfation, a prapased amendrnent to SpecHic Plan
No, 92-i to (1) dolet~ the reference tn "parking" tn tho nomenclature usecl to descrfbo the Spealfic Plan
District in which the Anaheim Plaza Hotel property is located and (2) remove Gption 1(the east•west
configuration) for the eastern publlc parking facility trom Speciflc Plan No. 92-';
3. That, in said agreemont, tF~e City Councll agreed to consider, but is under no nbiigatlon
to apnrove, the proposed amantlments to Spacffic plan No, 92-1; and
4. That the arnandment to the Genoral Plan Is proposed to retlect the changes pr~posed In
the Speciflc Plan.
NOW TM~REFORE, BE IY RESO WED, that the Anaheim City Planning Commission does heroby
initlatc~ the appiicatfons for General Plan Amendrnent No. 336 and The Disneyland Resort Specific Plnn No.
92-t Amondmont No. 1 for the purpose of presonting the proposed amendments for Rtudy And
consideration.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commisslon meeting of
January 24, 1994. ~ , ~ ~ ~
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CHAIRMAN, ANAHEItit CI7Y PLAN~G (.OMMISSION
ATTEST:
S RETARY, AN IM CIT'/ PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss,
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Janet L. Jensen, Secretary of the Anaheim City Plann(ng Commisslon, do heraby cortify that
ttie foregoing resolutfan was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Anaheim Clty Planning Commisslon
held on January 24, 1994, by tl~e following vote ot the members thoreof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS:
NOES: GOMMISSIONEAS:
ABSEN7: COMMISSIONERS:
1994.
BOYDSTUN, CALDWELL, MAYER, MESSE, P~RAZA, TAIT
HENNINGER
NONE
IN WITNESSWHEREOF, I have hareunto set my hand this,~~day of~/~~.~~
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CRETAPY, ANAH~I ClTY PLANNING COMMIS510N
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