RES-2007-022RESOLUTION NO. 2 0 0 7 0 2 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM ADOPTING AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE
MOUNTAIN PARK SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 90 -4 (SPN2006-
00046) AND AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -177
ACCORDINGLY
WHEREAS, on August 27, 1991, the City Council of the City of Anaheim
adopted Resolution Nos. 91R-263 and 91R-264 approving the Mountain Park Specific Plan No.
90 -4 (including a Public Facilities Plan and Zoning and Development Standards) to provide for
the development of an approximate 3,179 -acre site (the "Mountain Park area located within the
County of Orange in the City of Anaheim's sphere -of- influence, which Specific Plan includes
zoning and development standards, design guidelines and a public facilities plan, and permits the
development of up to 7,966 residential dwelling units, 179 acres of commercial uses, schools,
parks and public facilities and provides for hiking and riding trails and open space areas; and
WHEREAS, on September 10, 1991, the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
5253 to reclassify the property to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4 Zone and Ordinance
No. 5254 to establish the zoning and development standards for the specific plan, designated as
Chapter 18.76 of the Anaheim Municipal Code (currently, Chapter 18.112); and
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2004 -94
certifying Final Environmental Impact Report No. 330 and Mitigation Monitoring Program 122
and Resolution No. 2004 -95 amending the General Plan for the City of Anaheim, which included
amendments to the Mountain Park Specific Plan land uses. The amendments for the Mountain
Park area included redesignating the property to the Low Medium Density Residential and Low
Medium Hillside Density Residential land use designations and limiting the maximum number of
units to 2,500 dwelling units (485 dwelling units maximum in the Low Medium Hillside
designation and 2,015 dwelling units maximum in the Low Medium Density Residential land use
designation) and further allowing for the development of a fire station site, a park site, a school
site, trails and open space; and
WHEREAS, on August 23, 2005, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2005-
175 certifying Environmental Impact Report No. 331 and Mitigation Monitoring Program No.
137 and Resolution No. 2005 -177 approving Amendment No. 1 to the Mountain Park Specific
Plan No. 90 -4 to provide for the development of 2,500 residential units, a fire station site, a
school site, a concession store /interpretive center, a public trail staging area, public trails, a
public community park site and open space, subject to certain conditions of approval; and
WHEREAS, on September 27, 2005, the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
5993 to reclassify certain property to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4 Zone, subject to
certain conditions of approval, and Ordinance No. 5994 to amend the zoning and development
standards for the specific plan, designated as Chapter 18.112 of the Anaheim Municipal; and
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WHEREAS, on May 9, 2006, adopted Resolution No. 2006 -89 approving
Amendment No. 2 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4 to amend certain conditions of
approval relating to fiscal impacts and public financing mechanism, as required by Condition
Nos. 77 and 78 of Resolution No. 2005 -177 and Ordinance No. 5993, respectively, pertaining to
Amendment No. 1 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did receive a verified
Petition for Amendment No. 3 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4 (hereinafter referred
to as the "Project Actions to amend certain exhibits to said Specific Plan No. 90 -4 as follows:
1. Amend Exhibit 6 (Vehicular Circulation Plan and Section Key Map) to
remove the roundabout and the eastbound private street connecting to Development Area 5, as
shown on Attachment No. 1, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
2. Amend Exhibit 7C (Road Sections F H) to modify Road Section H from a 2-
lane road to a 4 -lane road, as shown on Attachment No. 2, attached hereto and incorporated
herein by this reference.
3. Delete Exhibit 7J (Traffic Calming Features) in its entirety.
4. Amend Exhibit 8A (Landscape Concept Plan) to remove the eastbound private
street connecting to Development Area 5, as shown on Attachment No. 3, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference.
5. Amend Exhibit 8B (Manufactured Slopes) to remove the eastbound private
street connecting to Development Area 5, as shown on Attachment No. 4, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference.
6. Amend Exhibit 12A (Grading Concept and Section Key Map) to remove the
eastbound private street connecting to Development Area 5, as shown on Attachment No. 5,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2007, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did
hold a public hearing upon Amendment No. 3 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4,
notice of said hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 18.60, to hear and consider evidence for and against said Specific Plan
Amendment and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith;
and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission has reviewed the Project
Actions, and did find and determine, by its Motion, that the City Council, based upon its
independent review and consideration of previously- certified FEIR No. 331 and Mitigation
Monitoring Program No. 137, together with Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 137b, and the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act "CEQA including Section 21166
of the California Public Resources Code and Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines, and unless
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additional or contrary information is received during the public meeting, find and determine that
previously certified FEIR No. 331 and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 137, together with
Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 137b, are adequate to serve as the required environmental
documentation for the Project Actions and satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA, and that no
further environmental documentation need be prepared for the Project Actions; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did
adopt its Resolution No. PC2007 -2 containing a report of its findings, a summary of the evidence
presented at said hearing, and recommending that Amendment No. 3 to the Mountain Park
Specific Plan No. 90 -4 be adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolution No. PC2007 -2, summary of
evidence, report of findings and recommendations of the Anaheim City Planning Commission,
the City Council did fix the 13th day of February, 2007, as the time, and the City Council
Chamber in the Civic Center as the place for a public hearing on said proposed Amendment No.
3 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4 and did give notice thereof in the manner and as
provided by law; and
WHEREAS, on February 13, 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. PC2007 -2, and the oral and written evidence
presented at the City Council public hearing; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of CEQA, the City Council, as lead
agency for the Project Actions, by its motion, did find and determine, based upon its independent
review and consideration of previously certified FEIR No. 331 and Mitigation Monitoring
Program No. 137, together with Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 137b conducted pursuant to
CEQA for the Project Actions, and the requirements of CEQA, including Section 21166 of the
California Public Resources Code and Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines, and the evidence
received at the public hearing, that previously certified FEIR No. 331 and Mitigation Monitoring
Program No. 137, together with Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 137b, are adequate to serve as
the required environmental documentation for the Project Actions and satisfy all of the
requirements of CEQA, and that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for
the Project Actions; and
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 the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4, as amended, has unique site
characteristics such as topography, location or surroundings as described in the Specific Plan
identified as Exhibit A on file in the City of Anaheim Planning Department and in Volume II of
FEIR No. 331 that are enhanced by special land use and development standards; and
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2. That Amendment No. 3 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4 is
consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the Anaheim General Plan, including the
standards and land use guidelines provided therein; and
3. That Amendment No. 3 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4 would
permit the development of land uses which are compatible with proposed development in
surrounding neighborhoods; and, that future development of the property would be enhanced by
the special land use and development standards set forth in the Mountain Park Specific Plan No.
90 -4, as amended; and
4. That the specific plan respects environmental, aesthetic and historic resources
consistent with economic realities.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend certain exhibits in Mountain Park
Specific Plan No. 90 -4, as described above.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Anaheim that Amendment No. 3 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90 -4 be, and the same is
hereby, approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, except as expressly amended herein,
Resolution No. 2005 -177 and Specific Plan 90 -4 shall remain in full force and effect.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Anaheim this 13th day of Fuary 2007, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Pringle, Council Members Hernandez, Sidhu, Galloway,
Kring
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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