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Resolution-PC 2010-106RESOLUTION NO. PC2010 -106 A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2008 -00471 PERTAINING TO SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF THE ANAHEIM GENERAL PLAN (REVISED PLATINUM TRIANGLE EXPANSION PROJECT) WHEREAS, the Platinum Triangle comprises approximately 820 acres located at the confluence of Interstate 5 and SR -57 Freeways in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, generally east of Interstate 5 Freeway, west of the Santa Ana River channel and SR -57 Freeway, south of the Southern California Edison easement, and north of the Anaheim City limit area. The Platinum Triangle encompasses the Angel Stadium of Anaheim, the Honda Center, the Grove of Anaheim, the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink Station, and surrounding residential and mixed use development, light industrial buildings, industrial parks, distribution facilities, offices, hotels, restaurants, and retail development; and WHEREAS, since 1996, the Anaheim City Council (the "City Council ") has approved several actions relating to the area encompassed by the Platinum Triangle; and WHEREAS, on May 30, 1996, the Anaheim City Planning Commission (the "Planning Commission ") certified Final Environmental Impact Report No. 320 and adopted Area Development Plan No. 120 for that portion of the Stadium property associated with the Sportstown Development. Area Development Plan No. 120, which entitled a total of 119,543 seats for new and/or renovated stadiums, 750,000 square feet of urban entertainment/retail uses, a 500 -room hotel (550,000 square feet), a 150,000- square -foot exhibition center, 250,000 square feet of office development and 15,570 on -site parking spaces. The Grove of Anaheim, the renovated Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and the Stadium Gateway Office Building were developed/ renovated under this plan; and WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, the City Council adopted the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan (MLUP). The boundaries for this MLUP were generally the same as those for the Platinum Triangle, with the exception that this MLUP included 15 acres adjacent to I -5 that are not a part of the current Platinum Triangle boundaries. As part of the approval process for the Anaheim Stadium Area MLUP, the City Council also certified Final Environmental Impact Report No. 321 and adopted Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106. Development within the Anaheim Stadium Area was implemented through the Sports Entertainment (SE) Overlay Zone, which permitted current uses to continue or expand within the provisions of the existing zoning, while providing those who may want to develop sports, entertainment, retail, and office uses with standards appropriate to those uses, including increased land use intensity. Implementation of this Overlay Zone was projected to result in a net loss of 491,303 square feet of industrial space and increases of 1,871,285 square feet of new office space, 452,026 square feet of new retail space, and 991,603 square feet of new hotel space. Projects that were developed under the SE Overlay Zone included the Ayers Hotel, the Arena Corporate Center, and the Westwood School of Technology; and -1- PC2010 -106 WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004, the City Council approved a comprehensive citywide General Plan and Zoning Code Update, which included a new vision for the Platinum Triangle. The General Plan Update changed the General Plan designations within the project area from Commercial Recreation and Business Office /Mixed Use /Industrial to Mixed -Use, Office - High, Office -Low, Industrial, Open Space and Institutional to provide opportunities for existing uses to transition to mixed -use, residential, office, and commercial uses. The General Plan Update also established the overall maximum development intensity for the Platinum Triangle, which permitted up to 9,175 dwelling units, 5,000,000 square feet of office space, 2,044,300 square feet of commercial uses, industrial development at a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.50, and institutional development at a maximum FAR of 3.0. In addition, the square footage /seats allocated to the existing Honda Center and all of the development intensity entitled by Area Development Plan No. 120 was incorporated into the Platinum Triangle Mixed -Use land use designation. Final Environmental Impact Report No. 330, which was prepared for the General Plan and Zoning Code Update and associated actions, analyzed the above development intensities on a citywide impact level and adopted mitigation monitoring programs, including an Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106 for the Platinum Triangle; and WHEREAS, in order to provide the implementation tools necessary to realize the City's new vision for the Platinum Triangle, on August 17, 2004, the City Council replaced the Anaheim Stadium Area MLUP with the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan (the "PTMLUP "), replaced the SE Overlay Zone with the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone, approved the form of the Standardized Platinum Triangle Development Agreement and approved associated zoning reclassifications. Under these updated zoning regulations, property owners desiring to develop under the PTMU Overlay Zone provisions are required to enter into a standardized Development Agreement with the City of Anaheim; and WHEREAS, on October 25, 2005, the City Council adopted and certified the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) No. 332 including Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106A for the PTMLUP and associated actions, which utilized Final Environmental Impact Report No. 321 (adopted for the Anaheim Stadium MLUP, as discussed above) and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106. At the present time, Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 332 serves as the primary environmental document for subsequent land use actions within the Platinum Triangle, including necessary infrastructure improvements and all local discretionary approvals requested to implement the PTMLUP, consistent with Section 15162 of the State CEQA Guidelines. The General Plan Amendment associated with Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 332 increased the allowable development intensity within the Platinum Triangle to 9,500 residential units; 5,000,000 square feet of office uses; and 2,254,400 square feet of commercial uses; and WHEREAS, since the approval and certification of Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 332, the majority of the permitted development intensity on private properties analyzed by said SEIR has been either developed, is under construction or has been designated for development under approved Development Agreements. In addition, City Council has approved two addendums to Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. -2- PC2010 -106 332 in conjunction with requests to increase the Platinum Triangle intensity by 67 residential units; 55,550 square feet of office development; and, 10,000 square feet of commercial uses. A project Environmental Impact Report has also been approved to increase the allowable development intensity by an additional 699 residential units to bring the total allowable development intensity within the Platinum Triangle to up to 10,266 residential units; 5,055,550 square feet of office uses; and 2,264,400 square feet of commercial uses; and WHEREAS, in order to increase the overall densities within the Platinum Triangle to accommodate market demands for increased densities, and to further the project objectives outlines above, on February 13, 2007, the City embarked upon a process to adopt a General Plan Amendment; amendments to the PTMLUP, PTMU Overlay Zone, and the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development; and related zoning reclassifications to increase the development intensities within the Platinum Triangle to up to 18,363 residential units; 5,657,847 square feet of commercial uses; 16,819,015 square feet of office uses; and 1,500,000 square feet of institutional uses (the "Platinum Triangle Expansion Project "); and WHEREAS, as required by law, the City prepared an environmental impact report in connection with the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project. The Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, DSEIR No. 334, and was first circulated for a 45 -day public review period from July 12, 2007 to August 27, 2007. On October 4, 2007, the City released the DSEIR No. 334 for an additional 45 -day public review. The recirculated DSEIR No. 334 contained minor revisions to the Project Description and additional traffic information based on comments received from the City of Orange and California Department of Transportation. Other minor revisions to the DSEIR were made based on other comments received on the previously circulated DSEIR No. 334. The recirculated FSEIR No. 334 was approved in December 2007 and reapproved in April 2008; and WHEREAS, following the approval of FSEIR No. 334, a lawsuit was filed challenging the adequacy of FSEIR No. 334. In consideration of the City's exemplary historical record in avoiding CEQA litigation and its commitment to proper environmental review, the City Council repealed the approval of the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, including FSEIR No. 334 and various related actions, and directed staff to prepare a new Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the project; and WHEREAS, on October 14, 2008, the City Council initiated (i) General Plan Amendment No. 2008 - 00471; (ii) Zoning Code Amendment No. 2008 - 00074; (iii) an amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan and the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form (MIS2008- 00283); (iv) Reclassification No. 2008- 00222; (v) Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 - 00339; and (vi) Water Supply Assessment (MIS2008- 00234) pertaining to the Platinum Triangle (collectively referred to herein as the "Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project "); and -3- PC2010 -106 WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 2008 -00471 proposes to amend the Anaheim General Plan as follows: 1. Land Use Element (a) Amend "Figure LU -4: Land Use Plan" of the Land Use Element of the General Plan as shown on Attachments "A-1" and "A -2" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. (b) Amend "Table LU -4: General Plan Density Provisions for Specific Areas of the City" of the Land Use Element of the General Plan as shown on Attachment "A -3" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. 2. Circulation Element (a) Amend "Figure C -1: Planned Roadway Network" of the Circulation Element of the General Plan as shown on Attachments "B -1" and "B -2" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. (b) Amend "Figure C -5: Existing and Proposed Bicycle Facilities" of the Circulation Element of the General Plan as shown on Attachments "C -1" and "C -2" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. 3. Green Element (a) Amend "Figure G -1: Green Plan" of the Green Element of the General Plan as shown on Attachments "D-1" and "D -2" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. 4. Public Services and Facilities Element (a) Amend "Figure PSF -1: Fire and Police Facilities Map" of the Public Services and Facilities Element of the General Plan as shown on Attachments "E-1" and "E -2" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Anaheim Civic Center, Council Chamber, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, on October 11, 2010, 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 the Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter 18.60, to hear and consider evidence for and against said General Plan Amendment and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and -4- PC2010 -106 WHEREAS, said Commission, after due consideration, inspection, investigation and study made by itself, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing, does hereby find and determine as follows: 1. That the evidence presented substantiates the need for the proposed amendments to the Anaheim General Plan as the proposed changes would result in additional development opportunities within the boundaries of the Platinum Triangle and provide appropriate street widths, consistent with the General Plan goals and policies for that area. 2. That the proposed amendments are consistent with the General Plan goals and policies. 3. That the proposed amendments maintain the internal consistency of the General 4. That the proposed amendments would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the City. 5. That the proposed amendments would maintain the balance of land uses within Plan. the City. 6. That the subject property proposed to be designated to new land uses, as depicted on Attachment A -2, 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 as said is intended for a mix of land uses. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL OUALITY ACT FINDING: The Planning Commission has reviewed the proposed General Plan Amendment, designated as General Plan Amendment No. 2008 - 00471, and does hereby find and determine, based upon its independent review and analyses of Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00339 ( "EIR No. 2008 - 00339 ") prepared in connection with the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, and the requirements of California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA "), that EIR No. 2008- 00339 is adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for said General Plan Amendment and satisfies all the requirements of CEQA, and the State CEQA Guidelines, and that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for the proposed General Plan Amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that pursuant to the above findings, the Planning Commission does hereby recommend that the Anaheim City Council adopt General Plan Amendment No. 2008 - 00471, as described above. -5- PC2010 -106 THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of October 11, 2010. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter 18.60 "Procedures" of the Anaheim Municip ode pertaining to appeal procedures and may be replaced by a City Council Resolution in t a an appeal. ATTEST: CHAIRMAI ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION • SENIOR CRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, Grace Medina, Senior Secretary for the Anaheim Planning Commission, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Anaheim Planning Commission held on October 11, 2010, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: AGARWAL, AMENT, FAESSEL, SEYMOUR NOES: COMMISSIONERS: RAMIREZ ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: KARAKI, PERSAUD IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 11"' day of October, 2010. SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM P ANNING COMMISSION -6- PC2010 -106 Existing Land Use Plan Figure LLB -4 {general Nan Designation !Mee Use Moe- lisw Olfos - Hip Industrial I .TI Wafer Was Ins0tretalial Open Space Pub]e Parks City of Anaheim, CA 11 Exhibit A -1 1h -7- === Lams Sheet Aerilgrmmnt —I— FIaIL 2d Paaruurn Tars nom:la y City Esur are 4 6af al Anat.xn Planning Do artncel Aptif 12. 2016 PC2010 -106 Proposed Land Use Plan Figure LU -4 General PIIan Resignation rasa use one- Law Mee- High rndlstrei r i msaiutormi Open saws - FLlyac Pals - hater Uses PLAT1HU City of Anaheim, C? Exhibit A -2 -8- === I,tAts 5trEst Ae 1gnmert Ralivsd 1 Ij F,= 'nm 'mange Boan:1 w i1 ctly Paunctary D CI1 DI Anahoun Planning Dapcanard Apcll 12. 211111 2124 PC2010 -106 Existing Description General Plan Location Land Use Designation The Platinum Triangle Area Mixed Use Office High and Office Low in Table LU-4 Permitted Density Up to 10,266 dwelling units at densities up to 100 dwelling units per acre; up 10 3,265,000 s.f. of office development; up to 2,254,400 s.f. of commercial development at a maximum FAR of 0.40. Up to 1,790,550 s.f. of office development and up l0 10,000 s.f. of commercial development and a maximum FAR of 0.50 for properties designated Office -Low Exhibit A -3 -9- Pro osed Description in Table LU-4 General Plan Location Land Use Permitted Density Designation Mixed Use Residential Commercial Office Institutional 18,909 4,909,682 9,862,166 1,500,000 Dwelling Units Square Feet Square Feet Square Feet The Platinum Triangle I Office -High and Square Office -Low 1 4,478,356 I Feet* Institutional 1 3.0 1 FAR Industrial 1 0.5 I FAR Open Space 1 0.1 1 FAR *The maximum FAR for properties designated Office -Low is 0.5; the maximum FAR for Properties designated Office -High is 2.0. PC2010 -106 Existing Planned Roadway Network FigLu C 1 Exhibit B -1 The Roadway Network Resort Srnartntreet = = 8 ::Lanes, Divided Stadhm Area Smartstreet to m r 8 Lanes, Divided 6 Lanes, Divided Meior Arterial = — J 8 Lanes, Diumrkd 6 Lanes, Divided City of Anaheim, CA Primary Arterial 6 Lanes, Divided 4 Lanes, Divided S and_aryArt a 1 G =-� 4 Lanes Gdfectar Street 2 LanES -10- —i—f Passenger and Commuter Rail Freeway M Platinum Triangle Boundary City Boundary C L ATE RI U N TROA © U CIni at Aria2wlm Planning Duponmant March 12. 21102 2124 PC2010 -106 Proposed Planned Roadway Network Figure C-1 The Roadway Network Rrmart Smartatreer © = 6Lanes, Divided Return Area Srnartstreet a - r B Lanes, Divided 6 Lanes, Divided Maier Arterial r 8 Lanes, Divided 6 Lanes, Divided City of Anaheim, CA Exhibit B -2 Frirn ^vArtel al 6 Lamea, Divided 4 Lanes, Divided SecondarvArteriaa r 4 Lames Cdfectar Street 2 Lanes — t—F P:sserier Sid Carrrluter Rail ▪ Freeway Platinum Ts ar.ee Bc mds.y City Esinafa y O T A LIE City or Ar nalm Planning 'Dapnr1m:nl Junua' 2a„ 2010 2124 1 PC2010 -106 Existing Bicycle Facilities Figure C -5 Existing Class 1 Bikeway Exisitng Class lI Bikeway Existing Class III Bikeway Existing Off Road Trail Proposed Off Road Trail Proposed Top Priority = Class 1 Bikeway Proposed 2nd Priority Class 1 Bikeway Proposed 3rd Priority Class I Bikeway City of Anaheim, CA Exhibit C -1 -12- Proposed Top Priority ' dime " . Class I1 Bikeway Proposed 2nd Priority Class II Bikeway Proposed 3rd Purity Class II Bikeway Proposed 'f op Priority .ii1"4.4" Class 111 Bikeway Proposed 2nd Priority Class III Bikeway Proposed 3rd Priority Class 1I1 Bikeway A m Existing Bicycle Parking Proposed Bicycle Parking Transit Station Park - and -Ride ParksiOpen Space School Platinum Triangle Boundary City Boundary a Cttj of Ana2 Planning n4part,-:o-.1 Januarj 21, 2010 2924 PC2010 -106 Proposed Bicycle Facilities Figure C-5 Exhibit C -2 Existing Class 1 Bikeway xisitng Class II Bikeway Existing Class III Bikeway Existing Off Road Trail Proposed Off Road Trail Proposed Top Priority Class 1 Bikeway Proposed 2nd Priority Class 1 Bikeway Proposed 3rd Priority Class 1 Bikeway City of Anaheim, CA Proposed Top Priority """"" Class II Bikeway Proposed 2nd Priority Class 11 Bikeway Proposed 3rd Pierity Class 11 Bikeway Proposed Top Priority . " 4 """ Class 111 Bikeway Proposed 2nd Priority Class 111 Bikeway Proposed 3rd Priority Class 111 Bikeway -13- trx Ex isti ng Bicycle Parking Proposed Bicycle Parking * Transit Station 0 Park -and -Ride Parks/Open Space School Platinum Triangle Boundary City Boundary 20 MP IBM 0 Fr Planning D6partmon1 January 21, 2010 2121 PC2010 -106 City of Anaheim, CA Existing Green Plan Figure G -1 ( ea, slow mmA.try Way 1 41 Pubic Parks Ogren S fas Water [uses 9 THE [ LLATO G U Exhibit D -1 Ora;szca AYc Park DeRdnocy Arm' -- taint, Porkorrisn nut Mournzin llil�Tnitl Q PLUiriumTrimeta llmaxia y Cry llormlary *RcsidcnLial areas aut.4de half ira'lc radius of Nciphborhaod ar Cummunity Park aa quartrz- mita radius of a Mini Park. r l ?X MC 1,C610 v rcci D City or Anarrara Planning Oniaaral-0[1 January 21, 2010 -14- PC2010 -106 Proposed Green Plan Figure G -i - Public Pub O Orme Space waSselks Q Pasit Deficiency Aim. &ai kl I lilting Pedewian and Mitatsin if4ilrLTatil Plain= Trianto f ounduy Ciry 1Hnrm3sry I I City of Anaheim, CA THE P IL AI1 EH J Exhibit D -2 R idenl:.al arms outside half -mile radius of Neightwrhoad or Community Park m quarter - mila radius of a Mini Past. Crrf of .4namm Planning LI cpaunaal January 29. 2010 -15- PC2010 -106 • North Net Fire Training Coital City of AnaiiGini CA Exhibit E -1 Existing Fire and Police Facilities Map Figure PSF -1 Patina Districts South East I I I 1 Ptatinurm Irian we !Soudan/ City I3a¢ndnry 'MaHOILE Q Cay of AnataAn Planning a:Wtl;.fuG OCaaar 9, 2010 s -16- PC2010 -106 tl Platinum TrianPte— 'Daze Planned Fire Stations (Ow station planned adro it Co Sania Cruz Street DS shown an Fignr PSF-t. The remaining Ma station locations will be naiad on Figur PSF-1 FoIntviin2, construction.) ■ North Net Fir Training Coact lnl LS F L a - {1 /7- City of A ahoam, CA Exhibit E -2 Proposed Fire and Police Facilities Map Figure PSF- Police Districts South M Platinum Triangle i3r unth y Fast n City Bauni iy 1 I T A Leis H e D Gty of Marron Plonning n:>_vtlaxi Octabar 4, 2010 - PC2010 -106