Resolution-PC 2010-107RESOLUTION NO. PC2010 -107
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
APPROVING RECLASSIFICATION NO. 2008 - 00222, UNCONDITIONALLY
(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
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
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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.
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
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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
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WHEREAS, Reclassification No. 2008 -0022 proposes to rezone or reclassify
certain properties as follows:
1. Those certain properties as shown on Exhibit A -1, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, from the I (Industrial) Zone to the I (PTMU Overlay)
(Industrial — Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone.
2. Those certain properties as shown on Exhibit A -2, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, as follows: (i) Area 1 from the C -G (General Commercial)
Zone to the C -G (PTMU Overlay) (General Commercial — Platinum Triangle Mixed Use
(PTMU) Overlay) Zone; (ii) Area 2 from the I (Industrial) Zone to the I (PTMU Overlay)
(Industrial — Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone; and (iii) Area 3 from the O-
L (Low Intensity Office) Zone to 0-L (PTMU Overlay) (Low Intensity Office - Platinum
Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone.
3. Those certain properties as shown on Exhibit A -3, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, from the I (Industrial) Zone to the I (PTMU Overlay)
(Industrial — Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone.
4. Those certain properties as shown on Exhibit A -4, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, as follows: (i) Area 1 from the I (Industrial) Zone to the I
(PTMU Overlay) (Industrial — Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone; and (ii)
Area 2 from the 0-L (Low Intensity Office) Zone to 0-L (PTMU Overlay) (Low Intensity Office
- Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone.
5. Those certain properties as shown on Exhibit A -5, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, as follows: (i) Area 1 from the I (Industrial) Zone to the I
(PTMU Overlay) (Industrial — Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone; (ii) Area 2
from the C -G (General Commercial) Zone to the C -G (PTMU Overlay) (General Commercial —
Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone; and (iii) Area 3 from the 0-L (Low
Intensity Office) Zone to 0-L (PTMU Overlay) (Low Intensity Office - Platinum Triangle Mixed
Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone.
6. Those certain properties as shown on Exhibit A -6, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, from the SP (Semi- Public) Zone to the SP (PTMU
Overlay) (Semi- Public — Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone.
7. Those certain properties as shown on Exhibit A -7, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, from the 0-L (Low Intensity Office) Zone to 0-L (PTMU
Overlay) (Low Intensity Office - Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone.
8. Those certain properties as shown on Exhibit A -8, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, as follows: (i) Area 1 from the I (Industrial) Zone to the I
(PTMU Overlay) (Industrial — Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone; and (ii)
Area 2 from the O -H (High Intensity Office) Zone to O -H (PTMU Overlay) (High Intensity
Office - Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay) Zone.
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing pertaining to
Reclassification No. 2008 - 00222, notice of said 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 Reclassification and to investigate and make
findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and
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 this City- initiated proposal will establish a resolution of intent to reclassify
certain properties within the Platinum Triangle as described above.
2. That Reclassification No. 2008 -00222 is being considered in conjunction with (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) Subsequent Environmental
Impact Report No. 2008 - 00339; and (v) Water Supply Assessment (MIS2008- 00234).
3. That the proposed Reclassification No. 2008 -00222 is consistent with the goals
and policies established for the development of the Platinum Triangle as set forth in the City of
Anaheim General Plan.
4. That the proposed Reclassification No. 2008 -00222 is consistent with the goals
and policies established for the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan.
5. That the proposed reclassification of subject property is necessary and /or
desirable for the orderly and proper development of the community.
6. That the proposed reclassification of subject property does properly relate to the
zones and their permitted uses locally established within and immediately surrounding the
Platinum Triangle and to the zones and their permitted uses generally established throughout the
community.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: The Planning
Commission has reviewed the proposed Reclassification, designated as Reclassification No.
2008 - 00222, 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 Reclassification and
satisfies all the requirements of CEQA, and the State CEQA Guidelines, and that no further
environmental documentation need be prepared for the proposed Reclassification.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission does
hereby approve Reclassification No. 2008 -00222 to authorize an amendment to the Zoning Map
of the Anaheim Municipal Code to reclassify those certain properties within the Platinum
Triangle as described above, unconditionally.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the approval of Reclassification No. 2008-
0222 is contingent upon the approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2008 - 00471; Zoning
Code Amendment No. 2008 - 00074; and the amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land
Use Plan (MIS2008- 00283), now pending.
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 Municipal • e - •ertaini g to appeal procedures and
may be replaced by a City Council Resolution in th of . apycal.
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
2010.
CHAIRMAN, • N EIM PLANNING COMMISSION
SENIOR CRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
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,
SENIOR SECTARY, ANAHEIM PLAN COMMISSION
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