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1982-125 RESOLUTION NO. 82R-125 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2288 WITH A WAIVER OF MINIMUM OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. r-. WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim did receive an application for a conditional use permit from THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, owner, and C~D III, a California general partnership, agent, to permit an eleve~-story (plus mezzanine), 160 foot high, 1600 room hotel and related uses, including on- premise sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, with a waiver of the minimum number, design and type of off-street parking spaces, on certain real property owned by the City of Anaheim situated in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, more particularly described as set forth on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing upon said application on January 25, 1982, in the Council Chambers of the Anaheim Civic Center in the City of Anaheim, notices of which public hearing were duly given as required by the provi- sions of Title 18, Chapter l8.03 of the Anaheim Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, on February 8, 1982, said Commission, after due inspection, investigation and studies made by itself and in its be- half and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing, did adopt its Resolution No. PC82-l6, granting Conditional Use Permit No. 2288 with a waiver of minimum off-street parking requirements; and WHEREAS, within the time prescribed by law, the City Council, on its own motion, caused the review of said Planning commission action at a duly noticed public hearing on February l6, 1982, notices of which public hearing were given in the manner re- quired by the provisions of Title l8, Chapter 18.03 of the Anaheim Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, at the time and place fixed for said public hearing, the City Council did duly hold and conduct such public hearing and did give all persons interested therein an opportunity to be heard and did receive reports and evidence, both oral and documentary; and .r-. WHEREAS, the City Council bereby finds, after careful consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said public hearing, as follows: -l- '4'" ~ 1. That the proposed use is properly one for which a conditional use permit is authorized by the Anaheim Municipal Code for the following reasons: /- a. The real property which is the subject of said con- ditional use permit application is owned by the City of Anaheim and is located in the "PR" Public Recreational Zone of the City of Anaheim. b. Section l8.86.050 of the Anaheim Municipal Code provides that the City may allow such buildings, structures and uses in the "PR" Public Recreational Zone as the City Councilor Planning Commission, by resolution, determines are for the benefit of the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Anaheim provided a conditional use permit is obtained therefor subject to the conditions and required showings of Section l8.03.030 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. c. The City Council hereby determines that the proposed hotel and accessory uses which are the subject matter of this con- ditional use permit application are for the benefit of the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Anaheim. d. Parking complexes and parking lots which constitute a portion of the proposed hotel use are a permitted use in the "PR" Public Recreational Zone of the City of Anaheim pursuant to Section 18.86.020 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. 2. That the proposed use will not adversely affect the ad- Jo~ning land uses and the growth and development of the area in which it is proposed to be located for the following reasons: a. The surrounding land uses are mainly urbanized with relatively few undeveloped parcels remaining in the area. b. Existing land uses in the area include, among other uses, the Anaheim Convention Center, the Inn at the Park Hotel, the Marriott Hotel, Disneyland, the Jolly Roger Inn, the Quality Inn, the Holiday Inn and restaurant, numerous other commercial and hotel/ motel uses, the Riviera Mobilehome Park, an agricultural site of approximately 56 acres, an 8.6 acre commercial site, the Disneyland Hotel, the l6.5 acre Sherwood Village residential condominium development and other single-family residential properties. c. Adjoining land uses are hotel/motel, Anaheim Convention Center, Jolly Roger Inn, Inn at the Park and the Marriott Hotel. i' -........ d. The adjoining land uses are commercial recreational, public recreational, and tourist-oriented which uses are compatible with the proposed project. -2- - .~ e. Impacts to the residential areas south and west of the project site will be mitigated by the commercial land uses adjoining the project which provide a buffer between the project site and the residential areas. ,."",--.." f. The proposed project will provide economic benefits to surrounding restaurants, financial institutions, service stations, retail facilities, and the Anaheim Convention Center. 3. That the size and shape of the site proposed for the use is adequate to allow the full development of the proposed use in a manner not detrimental to the particular area nor to the peace, health, safety and general welfare for the following reasons: a. The project site is apwroximately 8.68 acres of land currently devoted to surface parking lots for the Anaheim Convention Center. b. Current off-street parking spaces which are displaced by the proposed project will be substantially replaced by a multi- level parking structure of 1534 spaces together with an additional 3,266 off-street parking spaces to be provided in connection with the proposed use. c. The total floor area for the hotel and accessory uses will be l,297,626 square feet. d. The project design will allow for future expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center in a so~therly direction if warranted. e. The hotel tower will be visible from much of the surrounding area but will not be detrimental to the area due to the compatible nature of the adjoining land uses and the distance of the project from residential areas. f. The proposed hotel will have a favorable impact on the adjacent Anaheim Convention Center and the general welfare by provid- ing a large number of guest rooms and support facilities in proximity to the Convention Center which should improve the ability of the Convention Center to attract major conventions to the City. 4. That the traffic generated by the proposed use will not impose an undue burden upon the streets and highways designed and improved to carry the traffic in the area for the following reasons: ,"'--'" a. The project has a planned frontage and access on Convention Way. Convention Way is an east-west street of three lanes in each direction with raised, landscaped medians and left- turn lanes. No parking at any time signs are posted on both sides of the roadway. Convention Way currently terminates at Harbor Boulevard on the east and the Anaheim Convention Center on the west. Convention Way is located approximately one-quarter mile south of Katella Avenue. -3- .. :. b. Harbor Boulevard has three through lanes in each direction with raised, paved medians and left-turn lanes at spec- ific locations. North of Disneyland, Harbor Boulevard narrows to two lanes in each direction across the Interstate 5 overcross- ing. South of Katella Avenue, Harbor Boulevard is striped for three lanes in each direction. At the intersection of Harbor and ~- Katella, single left-turn lanes are provided on all approaches. Right turns are executed from the rightmost lane with through and right-turning traffic combined. c. Katella Avenue, east of Harbor Boulevard has three through travel lanes in each direction with a two-way median left- turn lane transitioning to a raised median creating the left-turn lane for westbound Katella onto southbound Harbor. Between Harbor and West Street, Katella continues three lanes in each direction with a virtually continuous raised, paved median with breaks at only a few points, including the entrances to Disneyland and the Convention Center. West of West Street, Katella Avenue transitions from three lanes to two lanes in each direction with a two-way median left-turn lane west of Walnut Street. d. Orangewood Avenue is an east-west street predomin- ately serving residential areas southerly of the project site. West of West Street, Orangewood provides one-lane of traffic in each direction with parking on both sides of the street. East of West Street, Orangewood is striped to provide one through lane in each direction with parking on both sides of the roadway and a two- way median left-turn lane. Residences front directly on Orangewood and have direct driveway access to the street. East of Mallul Drive, the roadway widens to two travel lanes in each direction with a two-way median left-turn lane and no parking permitted. e. Chapman Avenue is an east-west street located south of Orangewood Avenue. Chapman provides access through the City of Garden Grove and the City of Orange with only the northeast quad- rant of the Chapman/Harbor Boulevard intersection lying within the City of Anaheim. Chapman provides two travel lanes in each direction with separate left-turn lanes at Harbor Boulevard. Parking is per- mitted on both sides of the street. f. Euclid Street, located west of the project site, extends north-south through the City of Anaheim, through Fullerton north of the Riverside Freeway and on through Garden Grove to the south and beyond. Euclid is primarily a four-lane street with separate left-turn lanes and parking on both sides. g. The project is estimated to generate a total of l6,800 daily vehicle trips and l,l70 trips during the p.m. peak ~- hour based on the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) trip generation rates. -4- h. Convention Way serves as access for the Anaheim Marriott Hotel, the Anaheim Convention Center and the proposed project. All traffic using Convention Way must also use Harbor Boulevard. A majority of this traffic from Convention Way, an estimated 70 percent, travels north on Harbor toward Katella Avenue. ~ i. Cumulative project area traffic generation has the greatest impact on the intersections of Harbor and Katella and Harbor and Convention Way. Improvements will be made to the inter- section of Harbor and Katella as a condition of approval of this permit in order to minimize traffic impacts occurring at that loca- tion. Said improvements shall include turn lane storage facilities, signing, channelization and removal of on-street parking on Katella Avenue. j. Traffic delays and congiestion on the area streets will increase but will not constitute an undue burden upon the streets and highways due to implementation of the aforesaid improvements and mitigating measures. 5. That the granting of this conditional use permit under the conditions imposed will not be detrimental to the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Anaheim for the following reasons: a. The additional traffic volume generated by the project will not substantially alter the existing traffic noise environment in the project area except along Convention Way. Even along Convention Way, however, no adverse traffic noise impacts are anticipated to affect the project or land uses south of Convention Way. b. The project is consistent with the Air Quality Management Plan for the South Coast Air Basin since the proposed site is an 8.68 acre parking lot (urban land use) which will be converted to a commercial hotel (urban land use). The contribution of the project to the estimated air quality emissions of the 1987 Orange County emission inventory is less than one half of one per- cent. ,--... c. The project will be constructed in conformance with all applicable building codes to ensure maximum protection against fire hazards. Fire protection features will include smoke de- tectors, water reservoir and automated sprinkler systems wherever required by the building code. Fire retardant building and land- scaping materials will be used wherever possible. The City of Anaheim Fire Marshal will review future detailed plans prior to issuance of building permits with regard to building design and accessibility of emergency fire equipment. -5- - ~ ~ ......-.. d. The central Anaheim police facility is located approximately 1.75 miles north of the project site. Response to calls can be answered by an area police car within three minutes. The impact on police service is expected to be minor and no in- crease in manpower or equipment is anticipated. Police service will be enhanced through review of the security system and circu- ~'- lation aspects of the project by the Police Department prior to final construction plan approval. provisions for adequate lighting along streets, parking structure and walkways will be made to the satisfaction of the Police Department. e. Increased traffic generated by the project will be mitigated by project design and revisions to traffic signalization and street improvements within the project area as hereinabove specified. f. The City of Anaheim Public Utilities Department has determined that current service systems are adequate to serve the project's water and electrical demands. g. The project can be expected to generate approxi- mately 2,l90 tons of solid waste per year which can be accommo- dated by existing landfill sites in the vicinity. h. The Southern California Gas Company has indicated that the project will not create a significant impact upon the company's existing service facilities. i. The project is projected to generate approximately 86.3 million gallons of wastewater per year. Sewer line improve- ments shall be made in conjunction with said project, which will significantly reduce the impact of the project on existing sewer facilities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that Conditional Use Permit No. 2288 be, and the same ~s hereby, granted permitting an eleven-story (plus mezzanine), l60 foot high, l600 room hotel and related uses, including on- premises sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, on the here- inabove described real property with a waiver of the following provisions of the Anaheim Municipal Code: SECTION l8.06.050 and SECTION 18.06.060 - Minimum number, design and type of parking spaces. (3488 spaces required; 3266 spaces proposed as follows: l054 standard spaces (8 1/2'x19'), 724 small car spaces (7 1/2Ix15'), 874 tandem standard spaces, and 614 tandem small car spaces) A"""'~'- -6- '..... .'..--1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that the aforesaid waiver of minimum number, design and type of off-street parking spaces is granted based upon the following findings of fact: 1. That there are special circumstances applicable to the ~, property, including size, shape, topography, location or surround- ings, which do not apply to other property under identical zoning classification in the vicinity for the following reasons: a. The project will be the only hotel located within the "PR" Public Recreational Zone of the City of Anaheim and will be located immediately adjacent to, and upon the same property as, the Anaheim Convention Center. b. The minimum off-street parking requirement is calcu- lated by adding up the code specified parking requirement for each individual use within the hotel project as if each were a separate unrelated use, to wit: 1600 guest rooms - 960 spaces; food service areas - 234 spaces; lounge/bar - 56 spaces; retail uses - 135 spaces; multi-function room - 837 spaces; ballroom - 837 spaces; and meeting rooms - 429 spaces. c. Special circumstances are present with regard to parking for said hotel project since it is a multi-function hotel complex which will have many overlapping uses with a substantial number of hotel guests using the other related uses for Which a separate parking requirement has been calculated. A Parking Code Review Study was recently prepared for the City of Anaheim by Linscott, Law and Greenspan, Inc., Engineers, which addresses and recognizes this problem of overlapping uses in connection with multi-function hotel complexes and reCommends that parking require- ments for such facilities, be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Since the proposed hotel is a convention-oriented hotel, a signi- ficant number of overlapping uses can be anticipated which will obviate the necessity for the amount of off-street parking spaces which would otherwise be required. d. The project will provide a total of 3266 parking spaces on-site (94% of the code requirement) in as-level, 50 foot high parking structure located adjacemt to the north wall of the proposed hotel. l054 spaces will meet standard code requirements; 874 spaces will be of standard size but will be tandem (one located behind another) spaces; 724 spaces will be small car (7 l/2'x15') spaces; and 614 spaces will be small car tandem spaces. Valet or attendent parking services will be provided by the hotel in connec- tion with the use of the tandem spaces. ..~ -7- = - ..I- ~-" e. The location of the project in proximity to the Anaheim Convention Center provides special circumstances justify- ing the utilization of small-car parking spaces. A study conducted by PRC Voorhees indicates the following percentage of small cars being parked on a typical day at each of the following facilities: Anaheim Convention Center - 36%; Disneyland Hotel -39%; and Marriott Hotel - 51%. It is further found that a significant number of convention guests and convention-oriented hotel guests arrive by rental cars. The percentage of small cars that are currently being rented by various rental agencies are as follows: National - 40%; Budget - 30%; and Hertz - 40%. Therefore, the provision for 42.49% of the spaces in the project to be small-car spaces is reasonable due to location of the project and its convention-oriented nature. 2. That, because of the special circumstances shown above, strict application of the zoning code deprives the property of privileges enjoyed by other property under identical zoning classi- fication in the vicinity for the following reasons: a. Similar, or more significant parking waivers, have been granted by the City of Anaheim fo~ other properties in the commercial-recreation area and within the same vicinity on the basis that a substantial number of guests may arrive and depart by means of public transit rather than personal vehicle and that park- ing requirements are duplicated for various uses within a convention- oriented hotel complex. b. Three similar parking waivers were approved for properties in the same vicinity in 1981 as follows: i. Conditional Use Permit No. 2130 permitted a lOOO-room hotel with a waiver of 32% of the required parking spaces. (This project wa!s the Wrather/Hilton Hotel project Which was never constructed.) 11. Conditional Use Per!mit No. 2265 permitted a 300-room expansion of the Marriott Hotel with a waiver of 25% of the required minimum parking. iii. Conditional Use Permit No. 2282 permitted a 90-room expansion of the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge with a waiver of lO% of the required minimum parking. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said conditional use permit and waiver of minimum off-street parking requirements be, and the same is hereby, granted subject to all of the following conditions: .,..-... -8- . 1. That a qualified archeologist and/or paleontologist shall be retained on site, as needed, to monitor grading operations on subject property. ~, 2. That the traffic signal assessment fee for commercial buildings shall be paid in an amount determined by the City Council (Ordinance No. 3896). 3. That a bond, certificate of deposit, letter of credit or cash in the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) shall be posted with the City of Anaheim to gua'rantee improvements at the intersection of Katella Avenue and Harbor Boulevard. Said improve- ments shall include turn lane storage facilities, signing, channel- ization and removal of on-street parking on Katella Avenue. 4. That the number, type, and location of replacement parking spaces for the Anaheim Convention Center shall be subject to the review and approval of the Anaheim City Council. 5. That a Development Phasing Plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the Convention Center Authority. Said plan shall set forth an acceptable schedule interfacing construction ac- tivities with Convention Center activities. 6. That a Parking Security and Control Program for operation of the proposed parking structures (proposed hotel and Convention Center replacement parking) shall be submitted to the City Police Department for review and approval. 7. That an Emergency Access Plan shall be submitted to the Fire Chief for review and approval. 8. That a detailed Traffic and Parking Operations Plan shall be submitted to the City Traffic Engin!eer for review and approval. Said plan shall address location of construction fencing, haul routes, parking access, traffic restrictions, temporary median access and lane closures, modification of bus routes, emergency access, location of flagmen and construction signing an,d marking. 9. That a construction truck routing plan for the construction phase of the hotel, hotel parking and Convention Center replacement parking shall be submitted to the City Engineer for review and approval. 10. That a comprehensive Signing Plan for vehicular and pedes- trian circulation shall be submitted to the City Traffic Engineer for review and approval. .~ ll. That the design and location of all taxi and bus loading and unloading areas shall be subject to review and approval by the City Traffic Engineer. l2. That an on-site secondary water system shall be reviewed and approved by the Public Utilities Department. -9- .. - 13. That trash storage areas shall be provided in accordance with approved plans on file with the Office of the Executive Director of Public Works. ~..,.., l4. That the developer shall confer with the City to construct the necessary sewer line improvements to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. IS. That subject property shall be developed substantially in accordance with plans and specificatiGns on file with the City of Anaheim marked Exhibit Nos. 1 through 2l provided, however, that all parking spaces designated as "standard" shall have minimum dimensions of 8 l/2 I x19' . 16. That the proposed hotel shall comply with all signing re- quirements of the "CR" (Commercial, Recreation) Zone. No sign or other advertising devices shall be placed so as to exceed the height permitted by the Height Standard Guideline for such zone (156 feet at subject location). 17. That appropriate water assessment fees as determined by the Office of Utilities General Manager shall be paid by the devel- oper to the City of Anaheim prior to the issuance of a building permit. 18. That prior to the issuance Qf building permits, the developer of subject property shall s~bmit a letter requesting termination of Conditional Use Permit No. 2130. 19. That Conditions No.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ll, and l2, above-mentioned, shall be complied with prior to the commencement of the activity authorized under this resolution, or prior to the time that the building permit is issued, or within a period of one year from date hereof, whichever occurs first, or such further time as the Planning Commission may grant. 20. That Condition No. 10, l3, l4, l5, l6, 17, and 18, above- mentioned, shall be complied with prior to final building and zoning inspections. 2l. That the developer shall prQvide and maintain a televi- sion antenna or cable system, without charge to the residents, to assure satisfactory television reception to any residences which are unable to receive a satisfactory level of television signals as a result of interference caused by the project structures. ~ -10- JI. ..... THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 9th day of March,-. 1982. ~... ATTEST: ~11'd~ CITY LEU OF. E .. F ANAHEIM JJ.j(J:fm ..".".....,. ". .~ -'- -11- ............. STArE OF CALIFORNIA ) COutn'Y OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 82R-l25 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 9th day of March, 1982, by the following vote ,of the m~mbers thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Overholt, Kaywood, Bay, Roth and Seymour NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 82R-125 on the 9th day of March, 1982. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 9th day of March, 1982. c~~~ (SEAL) I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 82R-125 duly passed and adopted by the Anaheim City Council on March 9, 1982. ~/jJ~ ITY CLERK .~. ,J.