99-038RESOLUTION N0. 99R-38
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 361 PERTAINING TO THE LAND
USE, CIRCULATION, AND SAFETY AND SEISMIC
ELEMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim did
adopt the Anaheim General Plan by Resolution No. 69R-644, showing
the general description and extent of possible future development
within the City; and that the General Plan has been amended from
time-to-time to update various elements thereof.
WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 361 is a City-
initiated amendment for the 807-acre Stadium Area (also identified
as the Anaheim Stadium Business Center) bounded by the Santa Ana
River on the east, the Anaheim City Limits on the south, the Santa
Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) on the west, and the Southern
California Edison Co. right-of-way on the north, and excluding the
area entitled under Environmental Impact Report No. 320 and Area
Development Plan No. 120 (Sportstown Anaheim).
WHEREAS, this general plan amendment proposes to amend
the Land Use, Circulation, and Safety and Seismic Elements of the
General Plan, as follows:
1. Land Use Element
(a) Re-designate the 807-acre Stadium Area from "Business
Office/Service/Industrial" and "General Commercial" to
"Business Office/Mixed Use/Industrial."
(b) Add the following text to the Land Use Element:
"The Business Office/Mixed Use/Industrial
land use category is intended to provide
for a range of land uses including
professional offices, hotels, retail,
restaurant and entertainment uses while
recognizing the viability of the area's
industrial base. The Stadium Area Master
Land Use Plan and the Sports Entertainment
Overlay (SE) Zone (`A(SE) Overlay Zone") are
the implementing policy and zoning
documents for this designation. The (SE)
Overlay Zone identifies development
districts with corresponding development
intensities expressed in Floor Area Ratio
(F.A.R.) The development districts are as
follows:
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FLOOR AREA RATIO
Katella Corridor District 0.5/1.0
Gene Autry District 0.40
Arrowhead Pond District 0.45/1.0
Gateway District 0.30/0.45/0.50
Existing District 0.30
(c) Add a development intensity exhibit to the Land Use
Element showing the development districts and F.A.R.s.
(d) Amend the Storm Drain and Sewer Maps to reflect
improvements described in the Public Services and Utilities
section of Environmental Impact Report No. 321 and Mitigation
Monitoring Program No. 106 to accommodate the development
intensity proposed by Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use
Plan ("Master Land Use Plan"), which was considered
concurrently with this general plan amendment.)
2. Circulation Element
The Circulation Element identifies a number of arterial
highways which serve the Stadium Area. In order to implement the
Master Land Use Plan and the (SE) Overlay Zone, a number of
modifications are proposed to the circulation system. These
modifications are needed to accommodate the enhanced landscaping
proposed in Section 4.0, Urban Design, of the Master Land Use Plan
and to accommodate an additional critical intersection. The
following is a list of the proposed amendments:
(a) Arterials
(1) Re-designate Katella Avenue between Lewis Street
and the Katella Avenue entrance to the Stadium
property from a Major Arterial Highway (120-foot
right-of-way) to a Stadium Area Smart Street (130-
144 feet of right-of-way) designation; and between
the Katella Avenue entrance to the Stadium property
and the eastern City Limits from a Major Arterial
Highway (120-foot right-of-way) to a Stadium Area
Smart Street (120-144 feet of right-of-way)
(2) Re-designate Lewis Street between Cerritos Avenue
and Orangewood Avenue from a Primary Arterial
Highway {106-foot right-of-way) to a Secondary
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Arterial Highway (90-foot right-of-way)
designation.
(3) Re-designate State College Boulevard between
Katella Avenue and Gene Autry Way from a Major
Arterial Highway (120-foot right-of-way) to a
Modified Major Arterial Highway (129-144 feet
right-of-way) designation; and from south of Babbit
Avenue to Katella Avenue from a Major Arterial
Highway (120-foot right-of-way) to a Modified Major
Arterial Highway (162-foot right-of-way)
designation.
(b) Critical Intersections
(1) Delete the Katella Avenue/Howell Avenue Critical
Intersection
(2) Add a State College Boulevard/Gene Autry Way
Critical Intersection
3. Safety and Seismic Element
The Safety and Seismic Element is intended to identify
major potential hazards associated with fires, geologic, seismic
and flood hazards and City resources and procedures by which to
prevent and respond to such hazards. General Plan Amendment No.
214, approved in 1987 for the Anaheim Stadium Business Center
proposed a new fire station in the Stadium Area near Gene Autry
Way and Lewis Street. Based on the proposed Master Land Use Plan
and the (SE) Overlay Zone, this fire station is no longer required
to serve existing and future development. Therefore, this Fire
Station designation is proposed for deletion.
WHEREAS, this general plan amendment is being considered
concurrently with the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan
and an amendment to Title 18 "Zoning" consisting of zoning and
development standards for the proposed Sports Entertainment
Overlay (SE) Zone and certain other Code amendments pertaining to
minimum structural and landscaped setbacks and permitted signs in
portions of the Stadium Area that are not zoned (SE) Overlay; and
WHEREAS, the Stadium Area is developed primarily with
light industrial uses, with other uses consisting of sports
facilities (the Edison International Field of Anaheim and the
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim), office buildings, commercial and
retail uses, restaurants (full-service, fast food and drive-
through), motels, government-owned parcels (the Joint Fire
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Training Center and the Orange County Katella Yard), parking,
agricultural and vacant land; and
WHEREAS, the predominant zoning is ML (Limited -
Industrial), with other zoning consisting of PR (Public
Recreational) for City-owned and adjacent properties, CO
(Commercial, Office and Professional), RS-A-43,000
(Residential/Agricultural) adjacent to the Santa Ana River, CL
(Commercial, Limited) and CH (Commercial, Heavy) on Anaheim Way
north of Katella Avenue; and that the Flood Plain Overlay (FP)
Zone impacts a portion of the area near the Santa Ana River; and
WHEREAS, this general plan amendment is consistent with
the underlying uses and zoning of the area, both existing and
proposed; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission did hold a public
~~ hearing and adopted its Resolution No. PC99-10 recommending
approval of General Plan Amendment No. 361; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Council did hold a public
hearing at the City Council Chambers, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard,
Anaheim, California, on March 2, 1999, 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 No. 361 in connection with Environmental Impact Report
No. 321, the Master Land Use Plan (including an Urban Design Plan,
Landscape Concept Plan, Conceptual Identity Plan and Design
Guidelines for the Sports Entertainment Overlay Zone), amendment
to Title 18 "Zoning" (including adding Zoning and Development
Standards for the Sports Entertainment (SE) Overlay Zone), and to
investigate and make findings in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, 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 HEREBY FIND:
1. That the Planning Commission determined to modify Figure
4 "Development Intensity Map" of Exhibit A to expand the
boundaries of the Gateway District to the east and south to
incorporate the southerly Existing District but to retain the
assigned F.A.R.s.
2. That the evidence presented substantiates the need for
amendments to the Anaheim General Plan and that, therefore, Exhibit
A, Figure 3 "Land Use Element Map," Figure 4 "Development Intensity
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Map" as amended, Figure 6 "Circulation Element Map," Figure 7
"Exceptions List to Arterial Highway Rights-of-Way," Figure 8 "Sewer
System Map, " and Figure 9 "Storm Drain System Map" are hereby adopted
re-designating subject area land uses and adding appropriate text,
adding a development intensity exhibit, amending the Storm Drain and
Sewer Maps, amending the Circulation Element, and amending the Safety
and Seismic Element.
3. That concurrently with this general plan amendment, the
City Council is adopting the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use
Plan and amendments to Title 18 "Zoning" (to add zoning and
development standards for a new Sports Entertainment (SE) Overlay
Zone, and certain other Code amendments pertaining to development
standards) which amendments will implement this General Plan
Amendment and the Master Land Use Plan.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: That the
- City Council of the City of Anaheim has certified and approved
Final Environmental Impact Report No. 321, including a Statement
of Findings and Facts and a Statement of Overriding
Considerations, and adopted Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to the
above findings, and based on the submitted documents and other
information presented as a part of the public hearing process, the
Anaheim City Council does hereby adopt General Plan Amendment No.
361, Exhibit A, Figure 3 "Land Use Element Map," Figure 9
"Development Intensity Map" as amended, Figure 6 "Circulation
Element Map," Figure 7 "Exceptions List to Arterial Highway
Rights-of-Way," Figure 8 "Sewer System Map," and Figure 9 "Storm
Drain System Map," copies of which are on file in the Planning
Department of the City of Anaheim.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted by the City Council
on March 2, 1999.
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MAYOR/ OF THE CITY OF A HEIM
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 99R-38 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the
Anaheim City Council held on the 2nd day of March, 1999, by the following vote of the members
thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Feldhaus, Kring, Tait, McCracken, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution
No. 99R-38 on the 2nd day of March, 1999.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of
Anaheim this 2nd day of March, 1999.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is
the original of Resolution No. 99R-38 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City
of Anaheim on March 2nd, 1999.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM