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95-154 RESOLUTION NO. 95R-154 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND USE; PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE AND MANAGEMENT (CONSERVATION/OPEN SPACE) ELEMENTS THE ANAHEIM GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATED AS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 334. WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim, pursuant to the recommendations of the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim, adopted a General Plan for the City of Anaheim; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission by Resolution No. PC94-102 initiated General Plan Amendment No. 334 to establish consistency between the General Plan and the Development Areas identified in proposed Specific Plan 94-1 "Northeast Area Specific Plan"; and WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 334 is to amend the Land Use; Parks, Recreation and Community Services; and Environmental Resource and Management (Conservation/Open Space) Elements of the General Plan as set forth in the General Plan Amendment No. 334 maps presented to the Planning Commission and City Council at the respective public hearings relating to this matter, on file in the Planning Department of the City (the "Amendment No. 334 Maps") which are listed on Attachment 1 to this Resolution; and General Plan Amendment No. 334 further proposes to amend the text of the General Plan as set forth in Attachment 1, which Maps and Attachment are by this reference incorporated herein; and WHEREAS, the project area encompasses the area as identified on the Amendment No. 334 Maps, generally bounded by the Orange (57) and the Riverside (91) freeways, Orangethorpe Avenue and Imperial Highway, and includes the Canyon Industrial Area and properties within and surrounding the boundaries of Redevelopment Project Area Alpha (excluding the 26-acres located at the southwest corner of Tustin Avenue and La Palma Avenue, which are located within the boundaries of Specific Plan No. 88- 3, Santa Fe Pacific Plaza Specific Plan, also known as PacifiCenter); and WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 334 is further described as follows: 1) Land Use Element a) The City of Anaheim General Plan currently designates the Northeast Area for General Industrial, General Commercial, Water Use, and Open Space land uses. This amendment revises the Land Use Element text to recognize that the Northeast Area Specific Plan, as proposed, will establish building intensity designations (i.e., floor area ratios or FAR's) for each of the proposed Development Areas (Industrial, Industrial/Recycling Overlay, Expanded Industrial, La Palma Core, Transit Core, Commercial, and Open Space). The building intensity limits implemented by the FAR's will result in an area buildout significantly less than the existing land use scenario of the General Plan. b) This proposal further amends the General Plan by redesignating 17 areas within the Specific Plan 94-1 boundaries as follows as proposed on the Amendment No. 334 Maps (specifically, the map titled General Plan Amendment No. 334, Land Use Element, Exhibit A): Figure 1. General Industrial to Business Office/Service/Industrial: Approximately 113.5 acres generally located south of Miraloma Avenue, west of Tustin Avenue, north of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway and east of Miller Street. Figure 2. General Open Space to General Industrial: Approximately 30 acres generally located south of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway, west of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way and north of the Santa Ana River Channel. Figure 3. General Open Space to Conservation/Water Use: Approximately 11.9 acres generally located south of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway, west of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway and Tustin Avenue interchange, north of the Santa Ana River Channel and east of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way. Figure 4. General Open Space to General Commercial: Approximately 2.8 acres generally located south and east of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway and Tustin Avenue interchange. Figure 5. General Industrial to General Commercial: Approximately 11.3 acres generally located on the east side of Tustin Avenue between La Palma Avenue and the SR 91/Riverside Freeway. Figure 6. Conservation/Water Use and General Industrial to General Commercial and General Industrial: Approximately 8.0 acres generally located at the Tustin Avenue/Miraloma Avenue intersection, and north and west of said intersection. - 2 - Figure 7. Conservation/Water Use to General Commercial: Approximately 2.1 acres generally located between Orangethorpe Avenue and the Atwood Channel, and west of the City limits. Figure 8. (Deleted) Figure 9. General Industrial to Conservation/Water Use: Approximately 46.8 acres generally located south of La Jolla Street, west of the Carbon Creek Channel, north of Miraloma Avenue and east of Kraemer Boulevard. Figure 10. General Industrial to General Commercial: Approximately 10.7 acres generally located at all four legs of the Kraemer Boulevard/Miraloma Avenue intersection. Figure 11. General Industrial to General Commercial: Approximately 10.7 acres generally located at the northeast, southeast and southwest corners of the Red Gum Street/Miraloma Avenue intersection. Figure 12. General Industrial to General Commercial: Approximately 5.0 acres generally located at the northeast and southeast corners of the Blue Gum Street/Miraloma Avenue intersection. Figure 13. General Industrial to General Commercial: Approximately 56.8 acres generally located on both sides of Shepard Street, east of White Star Avenue, and between La Palma Avenue and the SR 91/Riverside Freeway. Figure 14. (Deleted) Figure 15. General Industrial to General Commercial: Approximately 11.7 acres generally located at all four legs of the La Palma Avenue/Richfield Road intersection. Figure 16. General Industrial to General Commercial: Approximately 23.8 acres generally located at all four legs of the La Palma Avenue/Lakeview Avenue intersection. Figure 17. General Industrial to Conservation/Water Use: Approximately 58.1 acres generally located south of La Palma Avenue, west of Fee Ana Street, north of the Santa Ana River Channel and approximately 570 feet east of the centerline of La Palma Avenue and Van Buren Street. Figure 18. General Industrial to General Commercial: Approximately 15.7 acres generally located on the south side of La Palma Avenue, approximately 468 feet west of the centerline of the La Palma Avenue and Imperial Highway intersection, and north of the Santa Ana River Channel. 2) Parks, Recreation and Community Services Element - This amendment revises Figure 5.1 "Park Facilities Plan" of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Element to delete the Community Park designation from a site located south of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway, west of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way and north of the Santa Ana River, as proposed on the Amendment No. 334 Maps (specifically, the maps entitled, General Plan Amendment No. 334, Parks and Schools, Exhibit A and General Plan Amendment No. 334, Land Use Element, Exhibit A). 3) Environmental Resource and Management (Conservation/Open Space) Element a. Open Space: This amendment deletes the Open Space designation (currently shown on the "Environmental Resources and Management Open Space/Conservation Element" map) from an approximately 38.7-acre area generally located south of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway, southeast and southwest of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway and Tustin Avenue interchange, and north of the Santa Ana River, as proposed on the Amendment No. 334 Maps (specifically, the maps titled General Plan Amendment No. 334, Environmental Resources and Management Open Space/Conservation Element, Exhibit A - Open Space, and General Plan Amendment No. 334, Land Use Element, Exhibit A). b. Conservation: This amendment modifies the Water Use areas currently shown on the "Environmental Resources and Management Open Space/Conservation Element" map in the General Plan, as follows: (1) Adds the Water Use designation to approximately 11.9 acres generally located south of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway, west of the SR 91/Riverside Freeway and Tustin Avenue interchange, north of the Santa Ana River Channel, and east of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right-of- way, as proposed on the Amendment No. 334 Maps 4 (specifically, the maps entitled, General Plan Amendment No. 334, Environmental Resources and Management Open Space/Conservation Element, Exhibit A - Water Related, and General Plan Amendment No. 334, Land Use Element, Exhibit A). (2) Adds the Water Use designation to the existing Sand and Gravel designation on the approximately 184-acre Warner Basin that is generally located east of Tustin Avenue, south of La Palma Avenue, west of Fee Ana Street and north of the Santa Ana River Channel, as proposed on the Amendment No. 334 Maps (specifically, the maps entitled, General Plan Amendment No. 334, Environmental Resources and Management Open Space/Conservation Element, Exhibit A - Sand and Gravel, and General Plan Amendment No. 334, Land Use Element, Exhibit A). AND WHEREAS, on the 1st day of May, 1995 (continued to May 15, 1995 and May 31, 1995), the City Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim did hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider General Plan Amendment No. 334; and WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the city Planning Commission did duly adopt its Resolution No. PC95-58 containing a report of its findings, a summary of the evidence presented at said hearing, and recommending that said Amendment to the General Plan designated as Amendment No. 334 be adopted by the City Council changing the Land Use; Parks, Recreation and Community Services and Environmental Resource and Management (Conservation/Open Space) Elements for the aforedescribed property as set forth in the Resolution and as shown on the Amendment No. 334 Maps; and WHEREAS, the City Council does find and determine that Amendment No. 334 changing the Land Use; Parks, Recreation and Community Development; and Circulation and Environmental Resource and Management (Conservation/Open Space) Elements for the aforedescribed property should be approved and concurs with the findings of the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, the City Council, in Resolution No. 95R-153, acting as a Responsible Agency, considered final EIR No. 317 as prepared and certified by the Redevelopment Agency, the Lead Agency, and approved and adopted the Statement of Findings of Fact (which includes the Rejection of Alternatives), adopted the Statement of Overriding Considerations, and, pursuant to Section 21081.6 of the Public Resources Code, adopted the Northeast Area Specific Plan No. 94-1 as the monitoring plan for the Project, finding that the Northeast Area Specific Plan incorporates measures to mitigate or avoid significant impacts on the environment and will itself act as effective mitigation for potential environmental impacts identified in the final EIR; and that said final EIR addressed the environmental impacts and mitigation measures associated with (i) General Plan Amendment No. 334 pertaining to the Land Use, Parks Recreation and Community Services and Environmental Resources and Management (Conservation/Open Space) Elements of the General Plan; and (ii) the Northeast Area Specific Plan No. 94-1 (Including Zoning and Development Standards, a Design Plan and Guidelines, and a Public Facilities Plan). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that Amendment No. 334 to the General Plan amending the Land Use, Parks, Recreation and Community Services and Circulation and Environmental Resource and Management (Conservation/Open Space) Elements for the aforedescribed property as shown on the Amendment No. 334 Maps and the text change set forth in Attachment 1 be, and the same are hereby, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Department be, and it is hereby, instructed to amend the General Plan text and Maps to conform to General Plan Amendment No. 334 as herein adopted and approved. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 22nd day of Auqust , 1995. MAYOR OF THE HEIM CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAH~M 12594.2\$MANN\October 4, 1995 -- 6 -- STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 95R-154 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council held on the 22nd day of August, 1995, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: Tait, Lopez, Zemel, Feldhaus, Daly NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 95R-154 on the 22nd day of August, 1995. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 22nd day of August, 1995. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 95R-154 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim on this August 22nd, 1995. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ~?T~CHHENT 1 A. General Plan Amendment No. 334 MaDs 1. General Plan Amendment No. 334, Land Use Element, Exhibit A; 2. General Plan Amendment No. 334, Parks and Schools, Exhibit A; 3. General Plan Amendment No. 334, Environmental Resources and Management Open Space/Conservation Element, Exhibit A - Open Space; 4. General Plan Amendment No. 334, Environmental Resources and Management Open Space/Conservation Element, Exhibit A - Water Related; and 5. General Plan Amendment No. 334, Environmental Resources and Management Open Space/Conservation Element, Exhibit A - Sand & Gravel. B. General Plan Amendment No. 334 Text Change At page 28 of the Land Use Element section of the General Plan, after the first paragraph under the heading "Industrial Distribution," insert the following: "The Northeast Area Specific Plan (SP No. 94- 1) is the implementing zone for the Canyon Industrial Area. As such, it regulates and establishes building intensity (Floor Area Ratios, or FARs) for each of the SP No. 94-1 development areas (Industrial, Industrial/Recycling Overlay, Expanded Industrial, La Palma Core, Transit Core, Commercial and Open Space) within the plan area."