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RES-2026-013RESOLUTION NO. 2 0 2 6 - 013 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (DEV2024-00058) (515 WEST KATELLA AVENUE) WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim (the "City Council") did receive a verified petition for a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, and Administrative Adjustment from Union Investments USA, LLC ("Applicant') to increase the number of hotel rooms at the Wyndham Hotel from the previously -approved 78 rooms to 107 rooms, and changes to 6,394 square feet accessory use areas (the "Project') on certain real property located at 515 West Katella Avenue 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 consists of a 0.97-acre parcel currently developed with a four- story hotel. The Property is designated for Commercial Recreation land uses in Figure LU-5 with special density limitations as described in Table LU-4 of the General Plan. The property is also located in the SP 92-2 (Anaheim Resort Specific Plan) ("ARSP") zone; and, WHEREAS, the Project includes the following land use entitlements: 1. An Amendment to Table LU-4 of the General Plan Land Use Element to create a new density category, "Medium Density (Modified B)" for the ARSP. 2. Amendment No. 18 to Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP) to create a new density category "Medium Density (Modified B)" to include in ARSP Exhibit 3.3-2 (Commercial Recreation (C-R) Development Density Plan) and depict the new designation on the subject property. The amendment would amend the text in ARSP Section 3.3.2 (Commercial Recreation (C-R) District Development Density) and Anaheim Municipal Code Section 18.116.060.020, Table 116-B (Hotel/Motel Room Density) to add the "Medium Density (Modified B)" category. 3. An Administrative Adjustment to allow a 28% reduction in the number of parking spaces required by the Code; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the General Plan Land Use Element would amend Table LU-4 (General Plan Density Provisions for Specific Plan Areas of the City) to create a new density category of "Medium Density (Modified B)" category to allow for up to 107 rooms and 6,394 accessory square feet; and WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as "CEQA"), the State of California Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; herein referred to as the "CEQA Guidelines"), the City is the "lead agency" for the preparation and consideration of environmental documents for the Project; and WHEREAS, an Initial Study in support of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) was prepared in accordance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines to evaluate the physical environmental impacts of the Project. The IS/MND was circulated for a 20-day public/responsible agency review on October 15, 2025 and again on November 7, 2025, and was also made available for review on the City's website. A complete hard copy of the IS/MND is on file and can be viewed in the Planning and Building Department of the City located on the First Floor of City Hall at 200 South Anaheim Boulevard. The complete copy of the IS/MND was also available on the Office of Planning and Research's CEQAnet database; and WHEREAS, in conformance with CEQA and CEQA Guidelines, a Mitigation Monitoring Program has been prepared for the Project and includes mitigation measures that are specific to the Project (herein referred to as "MMP No. 395"). A complete copy of MMP No. 395 is on file and can be viewed in the Planning Services Division of the City; and WHEREAS, the IS/MND and errata or other corrections, clarifications, and/or additions which do not alter the conclusions of the IS/MND shall be referred to herein collectively as the "Mitigated Negative Declaration" and together with MMP No. 395 prepared for the Project constitute the environmental documentation under and pursuant to CEQA, and the CEQA Guidelines and shall be referred to herein collectively as the "CEQA Documents"; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Anaheim Civic Center, Council Chamber, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, on December 1, 2025, 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 (Procedures) of the Code, to hear and consider evidence and testimony concerning the contents and sufficiency of the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the Project, and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, at said public hearing and based upon its independent review, analysis, and consideration of the environmental information contained in the Mitigated Negative Declaration, including MMP No. 395 (MMP No. 395), the Planning Commission found substantial evidence in the record to support its actions and did adopt its Resolution No. PC2025-041 finding and recommending that the City Council approve and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and MMP No. 395, and determine that (i) the Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for the Project in compliance with the requirements of CEQA and all applicable CEQA Guidelines; (ii) the Mitigated Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City; (iii) the Mitigated Negative Declaration is adequate to serve as the appropriate environmental documentation for the Project satisfying the requirements of CEQA; and (iv) no further environmental documentation needs to be prepared for CEQA for the Project; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, 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 the Project, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. PC2025-042 and recommended that the City Council approve and adopt the General Plan Amendment, in the form presented at the meeting at which this Resolution is adopted and incorporated herein by this reference, contingent upon and subject to the adoption by the City Council of (1) an ordinance approving Amendment No. 18 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 and the Zoning and Development Standards (Chapter 18.116 of Title 18) to create a new density category of "Medium Density (Modified B)' ; and (2) a resolution approving an administrative adjustment for a 28% reduction in Code -required parking for The Wyndham Hotel; and WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolution Nos. PC2025-041 and PC2025-042, summary of evidence and report of findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the City Council did fix the 241' day of February, 2026, as the time, and the City Council Chamber in the Civic Center as the place for a public hearing for the purpose of considering the Project, Mitigated Negative Declaration and MMP No. 395, and did give notice thereof in the manner and as provided by law and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.60 (Procedures) of the Code; and WHEREAS, on February 24, 2026, the City Council did hold and conduct such public hearing, give all persons interested therein an opportunity to be heard, and receive evidence and reports and did consider the Project, including recommendations of the Planning Commission, potential environmental impacts addressed in the Mitigated Negative Declaration and MMP No. 395; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2026-012, considered and approved by the City Council on February 24, 2026, concurrently with but prior in time to consideration of this Resolution, and based upon its independent review, analysis, and consideration of the environmental information contained in the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared in connection with the Project, the City Council has heretofore approved and adopted the Mitigated Negative Declaration and MMP No. 395, and determining that (i) the Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared in compliance with the requirements of CEQA and all applicable CEQA Guidelines; (ii) the Mitigated Negative Declaration and MMP No. 395 are adequate to serve as the appropriate environmental determination for the Project; and (iii) no further environmental documentation needs to be prepared for CEQA for the Project; and WHEREAS, this 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 with respect to the Project, specifically, with respect to the request for this General Plan Amendment, does hereby find and determine as follows: 1. The proposed amendment to the General Plan does not create inconsistencies with applicable goals and policies. The land use designation will remain as Commercial Recreation, which the existing hotel use is consistent with. Table LU-4 would be updated to create a new density category of "Medium Density (Modified B)", which will allow for a total of 107 rooms and 6,394 square feet of accessory uses, consistent with the mix of uses for the property. 2. The proposed amendment will not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience or welfare of the City. All modifications are interior improvements, and the remainder of the site will not change. Potential project impacts were analyzed under the Initial Study, which concluded that all potential impacts could be mitigated. The existing site was designed and constructed to meet City requirements and provides adequate access and on -site parking. The applicant is required to obtain building permits for the changes to the hotel room configurations and changes to the accessory uses on the first floor, ensuring compliance with applicable Building Code requirements. 3. The proposed amendment will maintain the balance of land uses within the City and will allow for an increase in hotel room density for the subject parcel and will create a new density category within the ARSP. There will be no change to the existing hotel use, which is consistent with the C-R designation and the surrounding uses in The Resort area. 4. The subject property is physically suitable to accommodate the proposed modification, including but not limited to, access, physical constraints, topography, provision of utilities, and compatibility with surrounding land uses. The amendment does not change the General Plan Land Use Map; rather, it updates the development intensity for the parcel. The Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the project concludes that the infrastructure capacity is sufficient to accommodate the proposed density increase, as no additional fixtures are proposed; 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 Resolution, that the facts stated in this Resolution 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 Resolution. The City Council expressly declares that it considered all evidence presented and reached these findings after due consideration of all evidence presented to it; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, pursuant to the findings approved and adopted by the Planning Commission in its Resolution No. PC2025-042 on December 1, 2025, the data and analysis set forth in the staff report and associated documents presented to it, testimony for and against the Project and the entitlements and comments by members of the City Council, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing, investigation and study made by itself and the above findings, the City Council of the City of Anaheim does hereby approve and adopt this General Plan Amendment pertaining to Table LU-4 to reflect the "Medium Density (Modified B)" density category set forth in Exhibit `B" to this Resolution, contingent upon and subject to (1) the adoption by the City Council of an ordinance approving Amendment No, 18 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 and the Zoning and Development Standards (Chapter 18.116 of Title 18) to create a new density category of "Medium Density (Modified B)"; and (2) resolution approving an administrative adjustment for a 28% reduction in Code -required parking for The Wyndham Hotel. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 24 day of February , 2026, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Leon, Balius, Rubalcava, Kurtz, Maahs and Meeks NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None CITY OF ANAHEIM MAYOR OF HA CITY OF ANAHEIM APN: 082-271 OS EXHIBIT "A" DES' \ O. 202.1-000-58 W KATELLA AVE Source: Recorded Tract Maps and/or City GIS Please note the accuracy is +:- two to five feet. EXHIBIT "B" "Excerpt of General Plan Table LU-4" TABLE LU-4: GENERAL PLAN DENSITY PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY (CONTINUED) Note No. 2: The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (ARSP) provides for the development of approximately 581.3 acres within The Anaheim Resort. The ARSP is divided into two development areas. Development Area No. 1 is referred to as the C-R (Commercial Recreation) District which allows for hotels, motels, convention and conference facilities, as well as restaurants, retail shops and entertainment facilities. Development Area No. 2 is referred to as the PR (Public Recreation) District which encompasses the Anaheim Convention Center and associated parking facilities and provides for the orderly use of City -owned property as well as the existing Anaheim Hilton Hotel. The C-R District includes four overlays. • The Mobilehome Park (MHP) Overlay, which encompasses existing mobilehome parks within the C-R District, provides development standards for mobilehome parks and regulations and procedures to mitigate relocation concerns and adverse effects of displacement upon mobilehome owners when a park is converted to another land use. • The Anaheim Resort Residential Overlay, which applies to focused areas of the Specific Plan, provides for the incorporation of residential uses into hotel developments when such uses are fully integrated into a minimum 300-room full -service hotel. • The Theme Park Overlay, which applies to focused areas of the Specific Plan, provides for development of the following: o Theme Park East Overlay • Temporary surface parking facilities; or, • Up to 3,348 hotel rooms; and, ■ Up to 840,000 square feet of theme park uses transferrable from the DRSP Theme Park District to the ARSP Theme Park East Overlay. o Theme Park West Overlay: ■ Up to 564 hotel rooms; and, • Up to 80,000 square feet of theme park uses transferrable from the DRSP Theme Park District to the ARSP Theme Park West Overlay. o Other uses — Hotel room density may be converted to other uses allowed by the C-R District. • The Parking Overlay, which applies to focused areas of the Specific Plan, provides for development of the following: o Parking Overlay (Manchester Avenue): ■ Temporary surface parking facilities; or, • Up to 1,116 hotel rooms and a portion of the parking spaces allocated to the East Parking Area of the DRSP. o Parking Overlay (Harbor Boulevard/Ball Road): ■ Temporary surface parking facilities; or, ■ Up to 534 hotel rooms and 5,700 parking spaces. o Other Uses. The Parking Overlay permits the same type of back -of -house uses, limited retail, and dining and entertainment uses allowed by the DRSP Theme Park District at the density designation for the parcel permitted by the C-R District. Hotel room density may be converted to other uses allowed bythe C-R District. The ARSP also identifies maximum development density designations in the C-R District. These designations are based upon hotel/motel development and allow up to 20% of each hotel/motel project gross square footage, excluding parking facilities, to be developed with integrated (i.e., included within the main hotel/motel complex) accessory uses. These accessory uses will reduce the otherwise maximum permitted hotel/motel density at the rate of one hotel/motel room per six hundred (600) gross square feet of accessory use. For properties proposed to be developed with permitted and conditionally permitted uses other than hotels/motels with accessory uses, the traffic generation characteristics of said uses shall not exceed those associated with the otherwise permitted hotel/motel (including accessory uses) density as determined by the City Traffic and Transportation Manager prior to Final Site Plan review and approval, if required by the ARSP, approval of a conditional use permit, or issuance of building permits. The maximum development density for each of the designations are as follows: • Low Density: up to 50 rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms per lot or parcel, whichever is greater; • Low -Medium Density: up to 75 rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms per lot or parcel, whichever is greater; • Low -Medium Density (Modified): up to 252 rooms and 75,593 square feet of accessory uses; • Medium Density: up to 100 rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms per lot or parcel, whichever is greater; • Medium Density (Modified): up to 345 rooms; • Medium Density (Modified A) up to 127 rooms; • Medium Density (Modified B) up to 107 rooms and 6,394 square feet of accessory uses; and • Convention Center (CC) Medium Density: up to 125 rooms per gross acre with trip generation characteristics mitigated to the equivalent of 100 rooms per gross acre or 75 rooms per lot or parcel, whichever is greater. For those parcels that are developed with hotel/motel rooms which exceed the maximum density designation, the number of rooms existing on the date of adoption of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Ordinance may be rebuilt or modified at their existing density. For projects that are developed in accordance with the Anaheim Resort Residential Overlay, the maximum number of dwelling units allowed shall be less than the number of hotel rooms proposed and such projects shall not create infrastructure impacts greater than the subject property's permitted hotel/motel density, as permitted by the property's underlying C-R District density designation unless otherwise mitigated through subsequent environmental analysis. The maximum development density for the PR District is up to: • 2,158,363 square feet of convention center/meeting space • 100,000 square feet of outdoor programmable space • 2,500 hotel rooms • 180,000 square feet of commercial space CLERK'S CERTIFICATE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Resolution No. 2026-013 adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council held on the 241h day of February, 2026 by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Leon, Balius, Kurtz, Rubalcava Maahs and Meeks NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 2511 day of February, 2026. TYCLEIRK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL)