RES-2007-016RESOLUTION NO. 2007 -016
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM APPROVING ADJUSTMENT NO. 1 TO THE
PLATINUM TRIANGLE MASTER LAND USE PLAN
(MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2006 00160)
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004, the City Council of the City of Anaheim adopted
Resolution No. 2004 -95 approving General Plan Amendment No. 2004 -00419 in conjunction with
the approval of Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004 00029, Reclassification No. 2004 00117,
Amendment No. 5 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92 -2 (SPN 2004 00023), Amendment
No. 2 to the Northeast Area Specific Plan No. 94 -1 (SPN 2004 00024), and other related actions; and
adopted Resolution No. 2004 -94 certifying Final EIR No. 330, adopting a Statement of Findings and
Facts and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and adopting the Mitigation Monitoring
Programs (Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 122 for the General Plan and Zoning Code Update,
the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106 for The Platinum Triangle and
the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0085a for the Anaheim Resort
Expansion Area) associated with the project "Final EIR No. 330 and
WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 2004 -00419 provided for a
comprehensive citywide General Plan Update which included redesignating land use designations
within an approximately 820 -acre area generally bounded by the Santa Ana River on the east, the
Anaheim City limits on the south, the Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) on the west and the Southern
California Edison Company right -of -way on the north (referred to as "The Platinum Triangle from
Commercial Recreation and Business Office/Mixed Use/Industrial to Mixed Use, Office High,
Office Low, Industrial, Open Space and Institutional, generally corresponding to the property subject
to the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan, except for approximately 15 acres adjacent to
the east side of the Santa Ana (I -5) Freeway, north of Katella Avenue and further depicted in
Attachment A to Resolution No. PC2004 -82; and
WHEREAS, the adopted General Plan envisions The Platinum Triangle as a thriving
economic center that provides residents, visitors and employees with a variety of housing,
employment, shopping and entertainment opportunities that are accessed by arterial highways, transit
systems and pedestrian promenades (set forth in Goal 15.1 of the Land Use Element); and
WHEREAS, the recently adopted General Plan includes policies in the Land Use
Element and the Community Design Element to implement the vision for The Platinum Triangle
including providing for more detailed planning efforts to guide the future development of The
Platinum Triangle; encouraging mixed -use projects integrating retail, office and higher density
residential land uses; encouraging a regional inter -modal transportation hub in proximity to Angel
Stadium of Anaheim; maximizing and capitalizing upon the view corridor from the Santa Ana (I -5)
and Orange (SR -57) Freeways; maximizing views and recreation and development opportunities
afforded by the area's proximity to the Santa Ana River; developing a comprehensive Mixed -Use
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Overlay Zone and Design Guidelines to implement the vision for The Platinum Triangle; providing
for a mix of quality, high density urban housing that is integrated into the area through carefully
maintained pedestrian streets, transit connections, and arterial access; developing a Public Realm
Landscape and Identity Program to enhance the visibility and sense of arrival into The Platinum
Triangle through peripheral view corridors, gateways, and specialized landscaping; developing a
strong pedestrian orientation throughout the area, including wide sidewalks, pedestrian paths,
gathering places, ground -floor retail, and street -level landscaping; encouraging extensive office
development along the highly visible periphery of the area to provide a quality employment center;
developing criteria for comprehensive property management agreements for multiple family
residential projects to ensure proper maintenance as the area develops; and, identifying and pursuing
opportunities for open space areas that serve the recreational needs of Platinum Triangle residents
and employees; and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2004, the City Council of the City of Anaheim adopted
The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan by Resolution No. 2004 -178 and The Platinum
Triangle Standardized Development Agreement by Resolution No. 2004 -179 and on August 24,
2004, the City Council adopted the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone by
Ordinance No. 5935; and
WHEREAS, the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan provides for the
implementation of the General Plan vision, goals and policies for The Platinum Triangle and will
serve as a blueprint for future development and street improvements within The Platinum Triangle,
including setting forth planning principles, development intensities, conceptual street, park and
potential new signalized intersection locations and streetscape designs including, but not limited to,
landscaping, lighting fixtures and street furniture and by identifying the existing Amtrack/Metrolink
Station and the conceptual Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) location;
and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did receive a verified petition
for an adjustment to The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to amend exhibits pertaining to
light fixture standards, street trees and groundcover for Market Street and the Connector Streets
within the A -Town Metro project; and further, that the Anaheim Planning Director has initiated a
request that said adjustment to The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan also apply to the
remainder of the Mixed Use Districts within The Platinum Triangle, and adding appendices
including standard details for newspaper racks; the Platinum Triangle Median and Parkway Planting
Matrix; and, A -Town Metro Public Realm and Identity Program (hereinafter collectively referred to
as "Adjustment No. 1 to The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan and
WHEREAS, the subject property encompassed by Adjustment No. 1 to The Platinum
Triangle Master Land Use Plan includes approximately 41.4 acres generally located between Katella
Avenue and Gene Autry Way, extending from State College Boulevard to just west of South Betmor
Lane within The Platinum Triangle, with frontage of approximately 1,626 feet on Katella Avenue,
located approximately 366 feet west of the centerline of State College Boulevard; frontage of
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approximately 453 feet on State College Boulevard, located approximately 201 feet south of the
centerline of Katella Avenue; and, frontage of approximately 850 feet on Gene Autry Way, located
approximately 844 feet west of the centerline of State College Boulevard, referred to as "A -Town
Metro project site," and the remainder of the Mixed Use Districts within The Platinum Triangle as
identified in Figure 5: Mixed Use Districts of The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the
Civic Center in the City of Anaheim on November 27, 2006, at 2:30 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 Adjustment
No. 1 to The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to investigate and make findings and
recommendations in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, on November 27, 2006, said Commission, after due inspection,
investigation and study made by itself and in its behalf, and after due consideration of all oral and
written evidence and reports offered at said hearing, did adopt its Resolution No. PC2006 -109
finding and recommending that the City Council approve Adjustment No. 1 to The Platinum
Triangle Master Land Use Plan (Miscellaneous Permit No. 2006 00160) based upon the findings and
facts as set forth in Resolution No. PC2006 -109; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Planning Commission has reviewed Adjustment No. 1 to
The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan (Miscellaneous Case No. 2006 00160) and did
recommend, by its motion, that the City Council, based on its independent review of the Initial Study
prepared in connection with Adjustment No. 1 to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan
(Miscellaneous Permit No. 2006 00160), and the requirements of California Environmental Quality
Act "CEQA including Section 21166 of the California Public Resources Code and Section 15162
of the CEQA Guidelines, and unless additional or contrary information is received during the public
meeting, find and determine, that Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 332 "FSEIR
No. 332 and its Addendum, including Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No.
106A and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 138, are adequate to serve as the required environmental
documentation for the proposed Adjustment and satisfy all the requirements of CEQA; and that no
further environmental documentation need be prepared for Adjustment No. 1 to the Platinum
Triangle Master Land Use Plan (Miscellaneous Permit No. 2006 00160); and
WHEREAS, on January 30, 2007, the City Council held a duly noticed public
hearing, gave all persons interested therein an opportunity to be heard, and independently reviewed
and considered the evidence presented in the Staff Report to the City Council, including the
recommendations and findings of the Anaheim City Planning Commission as set forth in Planning
Commission Resolution No. PC2006 -109, and the oral and written evidence presented at the City
Council public hearing; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council, after due consideration of the recommendations and
findings of the Anaheim City Planning Commission, and all evidence, testimony and reports offered
at said hearing, does hereby declare and find as follows:
1. That, by its Resolution No. PC2006 -109, the Planning Commission has
recommended that City Council approve Adjustment No. 1 to The Platinum Triangle Master Land
Use Plan.
2. That said adjustment to The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan is
consistent with the vision, goals and policies for the development of The Platinum Triangle as set
forth in the City of Anaheim General Plan.
3. That the proposed adjustments to The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use
Plan are consistent with the goals and intent set forth in The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use
Plan.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
"CEQA the City Council, as lead agency for the adjustment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land
Use Plan (Miscellaneous Case No. 2006 00160), by motion, does find and determine, based upon its
independent review of the previously- certified FSEIR No. 332 and its Addendum, including
Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106A and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 138, that there are no
changes to the originally approved Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan or A -Town Metro
project that would result in significant adverse environmental impacts not otherwise addressed in the
previously- certified environmental documents, and that the previously certified FSEIR No. 332 and
its Addendum, including Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106A and Mitigation Monitoring Plan
No. 138, are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for the Project and
satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA, and that no further environmental documentation need be
prepared for Adjustment No. 1 to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anaheim City Council does
hereby approve Adjustment No. 1 to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan (Miscellaneous
Case No. 2006 00160), to include revisions contained in The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use
Plan on file this date in the Planning Department of the City of Anaheim and incorporated herein by
this reference.
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THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim this 30th day of January 2007, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Pringle, Council Members Sidhu, Hernandez, Galloway, Kring
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NpNE
ATTEST:
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