Attachment 2 - Draft City Council Reclassification Ordinance [DRAFT] ATTACHMENT NO. 2
ORDINANCE NO. ________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING
THE ZONING MAP REFERRED TO IN TITLE 18 OF THE
ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ZONING
(DEV2019-00161)
(125 EAST BALL ROAD)
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim (the "Planning
Commission") did receive a verified petition for a Reclassification and Conditional Use Permits,
(collectively known as Development Application No. 2019-00161), to construct an approximately
67,715 square foot hotel with valet parking, and a detached 1,200 square foot walk-up/drive-
through restaurant, and an increase in the allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to 0.97 (the "Proposed
Project"), for that certain real property located at 125 E. Ball Road in the City of Anaheim, County
of Orange, State of California, as generally depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A and
incorporated herein by this reference (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Property is approximately 1.5 acres in size and consist of two parcels:
Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 234-161-26 zoned “C-G” General Commercial and located in
the “SABC” South Anaheim Boulevard Corridor Overlay Zone; and APN 234-161-04 zoned “I”
Industrial and located in the “SABC” South Anaheim Boulevard Corridor Overlay Zone; and the
entire Property is designated for General Commercial land uses in the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, this Reclassification is proposed in conjunction with a request for (i) approval
of a Conditional Use Permit to permit the construction of a an approximately 67,715 square foot
hotel; (ii) approval of a Conditional Use Permit to permit the construction of 1,200 square foot
walk-up/drive-through restaurant, (iii) approval of a Minor Conditional Use Permit to permit valet
parking, and (iv) approval of a Conditional Use Permit to permit a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 0.97;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing in the City of Anaheim
on December 4, 2023 at 5:00 p.m., notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required
by law and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.60 of the Code, to hear and consider
evidence and testimony for and against the Proposed Project and Mitigated Negative Declaration,
and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, after due inspection, investigation and study made by itself, and in its behalf,
and after due consideration of, and based upon, all evidence and reports offered at said hearing
relating to Proposed Project, the Planning Commission, by motion, recommended that the City
Council approve and adopt the proposed Reclassification, in the form presented at the meeting at
which this Ordinance is adopted and incorporated herein by this reference, contingent upon and
subject to the adoption by the City Council of a resolution approving the Conditional Use Permits;
and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of Planning Commission recommendation, the City Council did
fix the _______ day of ________________, 2023, as the time, and the City Council Chamber in
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the Civic Center, as the place, for a public hearing on the Proposed Project and the Mitigated
Negative Declaration and for the purpose of considering evidence for and against the Proposed
Project and the Mitigated Negative Declaration, and did give notice thereof in the manner and as
provided by law; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. ***-***, considered and approved by the City Council
concurrently with but prior in time to consideration of this resolution, the City Council found and
determined that (i) the Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for the Proposed Project in
compliance with the requirements of CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the City's CEQA
Procedures; and (ii) the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 388
is the appropriate environmental documentation for the Proposed Project; as found and
recommended by the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after due consideration, inspection, investigation, and study
made by itself, and after due consideration of, and based upon, all evidence and reports offered at
said hearing, does hereby find and determine as follows:
1. Reclassification of APN 234-161-04 to apply the “C-G” General Commercial
Zone is consistent with the Property’s General Commercial land use designation in the General
Plan.
2. The proposed reclassification is necessary and/or desirable for the orderly and
proper development of the community and is compatible with the neighboring properties, which
are developed with commercial uses to the north and west.
3. The proposed reclassification does properly relate to the zone and its permitted
uses locally established in close proximity to the Property and to the zones and their permitted uses
generally established throughout the community in that surrounding properties include commercial
uses in the “C-G” General Commercial Zone and industrial uses in the “I” Industrial Zone; and
WHEREAS, the City Council determines that the evidence in the record constitutes
substantial evidence to support the actions taken and the findings made in this Ordinance, that the
facts stated in this Ordinance are supported by substantial evidence in the record, including
testimony received at the public hearing, the staff presentations, the staff report and all materials
in the project files. There is no substantial evidence, nor are there other facts that negate the
findings made in this Ordinance. The City Council expressly declares that it considered all
evidence presented and reached these findings after due consideration of all evidence presented to
it.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That the Zoning Map referred to in Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the
same is hereby, amended by rezoning and reclassifying a portion of the subject Property, as
described above, to apply the “C-G” General Commercial Zone of the City of Anaheim.
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SECTION 2.
The City Zoning Map shall be, and the same is hereby, amended and the above-described
Property shall be excluded from the zone in which it is now situated and incorporated in and made
a part of the zone or zones as above set forth, and said City Zoning Map, as amended, is hereby
adopted and the Planning and Building Department is hereby directed to prepare a sectional zoning
map to be added to the City Zoning Map showing the changes hereby approved and adopted.
SECTION 3.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
printed once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of
general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Anaheim, and thirty (30) days from and
after its final passage, it shall take effect and be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Anaheim held on the ______ day of _________________, 20___, and thereafter
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the ______ day of
______________, 20___, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CITY OF ANAHEIM
By: _________________________________
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
______________________________________
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
EXHIBIT B
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM,
COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALJFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
APN 234-161-04:
THAT PORTION OF LOT 25 OF ANAHEIM EXTENSION, IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM,
COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON A MAP OF SURVEY
BY WILLIAM HAMEL, A COPY OF WHICH IS SHOWN IN BOOK 3, PAGES 162
THROUGH 164, INCLUSIVE, OF "LOS ANGELES COUNTY MAPS", IN THE OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 25, SAID CORNER
BEING ALSO THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINE OF LOS ANGELES STREET
WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 10 WEST, S. B.
B. AND M., AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP OF ANAHEIM EXTENSION; THENCE ALONG
THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 25 (CENTERLINE OF LOS ANGELES STREET)
NORTH 15° 30' 00" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 417.85 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF
THE LAND CONVEYED TO HERMAN HENRY BRUNS AND EDNA EMMA BRUNS, BY
DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 18, 1935 IN BOOK 792, PAGE 12 OF OFFICIAL
RECORDS; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE NORTH 74° 30' 00" EAST, A
DISTANCE OF 512.43 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0° 03' 00" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 539.27
FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID SECTION 15; THENCE ALONG
SAID SOUTHERLY LINE SOUTH 89° 57' 00" WEST TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE WESTERLY 300 FEET MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES
TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 25.
ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM, THE SOUTH 30.00 FEET.
ALSO EXCEPTING THE NORTHERLY 70.00 FEET.
ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL MINERALS AND ALL MINERAL RIGHTS OF
EVERY KIND AND CHARACTER NOW KNOWN TO EXIST OR HEREAFTER
DISCOVERED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE
FOREGOING, OIL, AND GAS RIGHTS THERETO, TOGETHER WITH THE SOLE,
EXCLUSIVE AND PERPETUAL RIGHT TO EXPLORE FOR, REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF
SAID MINERALS BY ANY MEANS OR METHODS SUITABLE BUT WITHOUT
ENTERING UPON OR USING THE SURFACE OF THE FIRST 500 FEET DEPTH
THEREOF, AS RESERVED BY MARION COLLINS AND DAVID COLLINS, IN DEED
RECORDED DECEMBER 14, 1954 IN BOOK 2896, PAGE 207 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.