Resolution-PC 98-96RESOLUTION NO. PC98-96
A RE°' ~.UTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDINC :=.~ tENDMENT TO CHAPTER 18.74 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNI~IPAL CODE
PERTAINIiVG TO SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 90-1
(AMENDMEN i NO. 3 TO THE ANAHEIM HILLS FF_STIVAL S1~ECIFIC PLAN)
WIIEREAS, on March 27, i990, the Anaheim City Councii adopted an ordinance ta arnend
the Anaheim Municipal Code by adding a new Chapter 18.74 to establish Zoning and Developm2nt
Standards for the Anaheim Hills Festival Specific Plan No. 90-1 ("SP 90-1"); and that City Council
subsequently adopted two amendments thereto (Amendment Nos. 1 and 2); and
WHEREAS, SP 90-1 currently permits approximately 533,950 sq. ft. of retail space, a 4,000
sq. ft. service station, a 3?,U00 sq. ft. theater, a 150-room hotel with a 7,500 sq. ft. freesianding restaurant
and a 240,000 sq. ft. business commercial area in four Development Areas (nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4) on 85
acres; and that the current Master Site Plan for Development Area 4 specifies 240,000 sq. ft. of o~ce
area; and
WHEREAS, Subsection (b) of Section 18.74.040.060 of Chapfer 18.74, pertaining to
Conditional Uses in Development Area 4(Business Commercial Development Area), currertly reads:
"(b) Conditional Uses. The following uses and substantially similar uscs shall be
permitted with a conditional use permit:
1. Community recreational facilities:'
WHEREAS, the petitioner reGuests Amendment No. 3 to SP 90-1 in order to permit senior
ci;izens' apartments in Development Area 4 in connection with approval of a cenditional use permit; and
WHEREAS, the following deveiopment standards are recommended for senior citizens'
housing in Development Area 4 of SP 90-1:
MINIMUM LOTAREA:
MINIMUM LOTAREA/DWELLING UNIT:
MINIMUM FLOOR AREA. DWELLING UNIT:
A4AXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT:
MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE:
A4INIMUM STRUCTURAL SETBACK:
17.1 acres (`.e., entire DevelopmentArea 4)
2,875 sq. ft. per dwelling unit
(maximum density = 15.2 dwelling units/acre)
One bedroom unit: 700 sq. ft.
Two bedroom unit: 875 sq. ft.
35 feet (3 stories), with
no roof mounted equipment permitted
10% of the building site
Along Festival Drive: 50 feet
From Single-family ~esidential
zone boundaries: 90 feet
Between buildings: 20 feet
From Develapment Area 3
(Visitor Commercial Development
Area) boundary line: SO feet
MINIMUM WIDTH OF PEDESTRIAN
WALKWAYS:
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NiiNIMUM F2ECREATION/LEISURE AREA: 750 sq, ft./ dwelling unit, with
minimum 4,000 sq. ft. of indoor recreation room area
MINIMUM RATIO OF AFFORDABLE UNITS: 50% of the total number of developed dwelling unifs, with
20% of the dwelling units designated at 50% of the
Adjusted A4edian Income, snd the remaining 30% of the
dwelling units designated at 60% of the Adjusted Median
Income
PERMITTED IDENTIFICATION 3IGNAGE: Maximum three 20 sq. ft. monumert signs for the two
main entrance driveways
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at ihe Civic Center in
the City of Anaheim on June 22, 1998, at 1:30 p.m., notice of said public hearing having been duly given
as required by law and in accordance with the provisions oP the Anaheirn Municipal Code, Chapter 18.03,
to hear and consider evidence for and against said proposed amendment and to investigate and make
findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and that said hearin~ was continued from the
meeting of June 8, 1998, for preparation of development standards for senior r,itizens' apartment projects;
and
WHEREAS, said Commission, after due inspection, investigation and study made by itself
and in its behalf, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing, does find
and determine the following facts:
1. That the proposed amendment to SP 9U-1, to conditionally permit senior citizens' apartment
projects in Development Area 4(Business Commercial Development Area) of The Anaheim Hills Festival
Specific Plan, is similar to existing Z~ning Code standards which conditionally permit senior citizens'
apartments elsewhere in comparable commercial zones; and, therefore, the proposal is analogous to a
commercial use and is consistent with the listed permitted and conditionally permitted commercial uses in
SP 90-1.
2. That the property proposed for Amendment (Vo. 3 to The Anaheim Hills Specific Plan has
unique site characteristics such as topography, location or surroundinc~s which are enhanced by special
land use and development standards.
3. That Amendment No. 3 is consistent with the goals and policies of the Anaheim General
Plan and with the purposes, standards and land use guidelines therein.
4. That Amendment No. 3 results in deveiopment of desirable character which will be
compatibie with existing and proposed development in tiie surrounding neighborhood.
5. That Amendment No. 3 contributes to a balance of iand uses.
6. That Amendment No. 3 respects environrr,ental and aesthetic resourcas consistent with
economic realities.
7. That, as noted in Attachment No. 1 to Item No. 2 of the Staff Report to the Planning
Commission dated June 22, 1998, some of the recommended development for senior citizer~~ housing will
replace existing stan~ards found elsewhere in the Zoning Code.
8. That no one indicated their presence at itie public hearing in opposition to the proposal; and
that no corrESpondence was received iii opposition to the subject proposal.
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CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL C~UALITY ACT FINDING: That th2 Anaheim City
Planning Commission has reviewed the proposai ta amend Chapter 18.74 of the Anaheim Municipal Code
(the Zoning and Development Standards which impiement SP 90-1), also identified as Amendment No. 3
to SP90-1, to conditionally permit senior citizens' apartment projects in Development Area 4(Business
Commercial Development Area) of SP 90-1; and does hereby determine that previously-certified EIR No.
300 is adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for subject request.
NOW, THERF_FORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anaheim City ~lanning Commission does
hereby amend Subsection .060 of Section 18.74.040 of Chapter 18.74, in its entirety, to read as follows:
.060 Development Area 4 - Business Commercisl L'avelopment Area.
Development Area 4 is designed to accommodate office uses including conference and
convention centers together with retail and food service uses, or to provide for the
development of senior citizens' apartment housing. In addition to the applicable non-
conflicting portions of Section IV-D-2 of the Anaheim Hills Final Specific Plan docment
and the Zoning Code, the following regulations shall govern this area:
(a) Permitted Uses. In addition to the uses permitted in Section IV-D-2,
the following uses and substantially similar uses shall be permitted in
Development Area 4:
Conference and Convention Centers.
Corporate Headquarters.
(b) Conditional Uses. The following uses and substantially similar uses
shall be permitted with a conditional use permit:
Community Recreation Facilities
Senior Citizens' Housing, subject to all of the restrictions and
regulations of Chapter 18.32 (RM-2400 Residential Multiple-
Family) and Chapter 18.98 (Criteria and Standards for Senior
Citizens' Apartment Projects) except as provided beiow:
(i) Minimum lot area shall be 17.1 acres (i.e., the entire
Development Area 4 sitc-).
(ii) Minimum lot area per dwelling unit shall be two thousand
eight hundred sevFnty five (2,875) square feet per
dwelling unit fo~ a maximum density of fifteen and two
tenths (15.2) dwelling units per acre.
(iii) Min~mum floor area per dwelling unit shall be:
One (1) bedroom unit: seven hundred (700}
square feet.
Two (2) bedroom unit: eight hundred seventy
five (875) square feet.
(iv} Maximum building height shall be thirty five (35) feet or
three (3) stories), whictiever is less, with~...no roof
mounted equipment being permitted. "
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(~) Maximum fot coverage shall be limited to ten percent
(10%) of the building site.
(vi) Minimum structural setbacks shall be:
Fifty (50) feet from Festival Drive.
Ninety (90) feet from abutting single-famiiy
residential zone boundaries.
Twenty (20) feet between separate buildings.
Eighty (80) feet from Development Area 3
boundaries.
(vii) Minimum width of pedestrian walkways shall be five (a)
feet.
(viii) Minimum recreational/leisure area shall be seven
hundred fifty (75U) square feet per dwe;ling unit, with a
minimum four thousand (4,000) square feet of fndoor
recreation room area being provided.
(ix) Required affordable units shall be a minimum of forty
nine (50%) of the total number of developed dwelling
units, with twenty percent (20%) of the dwelling units
designated at fifty percent (50%) of the Adjusted Median
Income and the remaining thirfy percent (3Q%) of the
dwelling units designated at sixty percent (60%) of the
Adjusted Median Income.
(x) Permitted identification signage for tho complex shall be
limited to a total of three (3), twenty (20) square feet
each mon~ment signs for the two (2) main entrance
~riveways.
(c} Bultd~ng Height. The maximum building height shall be forty five (45)
feet ur three (3) stories, whichever is less, exc;uding architectural
projections and properly screened roof-mounted equipment which may
extend up to five (5) feet, for a total of fifty (50) feet.
(d) improvement oF Setbacks. A minimum landscaped area of ten (10)
feet shall be provided along Festivai Drive.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
June 22, 1998,
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Al'fEST:
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SECRET RY, AN HEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
GOUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHcIM )
I, Margarita Solorio, Secretary of the Anahe(m City Planning Commission, do hereby certify
that the foregoing rESOluti~n was passed and ~dopted at a meeting of the Anaheim City Pianning
~ommission held ort June 22, 1998, by the following vQte of the members thereof:
AYi:S: COM~LIISSIONER&: BOS7WICK, BOYDSTUN, BRISTOI., NAPOLES, PERAZA, W~LLIAMS
NOES: COMMISSIOAtERS: NONE
ABSE~i; COMMISSION~RS: NONE
ABSTA±N; COM?AISu~ONEF3: HENNINGER
fN W~TNESS Vl~'H~REOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~~ day of
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SECRETARY, A~HEIM CITY PLANNING GOMMISSION
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