Resolution-PC 2011-014RESOLUTION NO. PC2011 -014
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AMEND THE PLATINUM
TRIANGLE MASTER LAND USE PLAN
(MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2011- 00493)
(BRE PROPERTIES INC.)
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 City National
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 1 -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 boundaries of the Anaheim Stadium
Area Master Land Use Plan 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 Triangle. The
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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 intensities 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 (FEIR) 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 June 7, 2005, City Council approved three Development Agreements to
govern the development of an approximate 14.64 -acre project on three parcels located within the
Platinum Triangle at 1515 East Katella Avenue (Development Agreement No. 2005- 00001), 1781 South
Campton Avenue (Development Agreement No. 2005 - 00002), and 1551 East Wright Circle
(Development Agreement No. 2005 - 00003); and determined that previously- certified FEIR No. 330; the
Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Development Agreement Nos. 2005- 00001, 2005 -00002
and 2005 - 00003; and, Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 128 were adequate to serve as the required
environmental documentation for the proposed project; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 2005, the City Council approved amendments to the General
Plan, the PTMLUP, and the PTMU Overlay Zone to increase the allowable development intensities
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 certified Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report
(FSEIR) No. 332 including Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106A for the
PTMLUP as the required environmental documentation for said amendments; and
WHEREAS, following the certification of FSEIR No. 332, the City Council approved two
addendums to FSEIR 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 was also approved to increase the allowable development
intensities 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
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WHEREAS, on February 13, 2007, the City embarked upon a process to amend the
General Plan, the PTMLUP, the PTMU Overlay Zone, the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development
Agreement, and related zoning reclassifications to increase the allowable 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 Council certified Final Subsequent
Environmental Impact Report for the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project (FSEIR No. 334), including
Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106B for the PTMLUP, in December 2007 and
again in April as the required environmental documentation for said amendments and related zoning
reclassifications; 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 26, 2010, the City Council approved amendments to the General
Plan, the PTMLUP, the PTMU Overlay Zone, and related zoning reclassifications to increase the
allowable development intensities within the PTMU Overlay Zone to up to 18,909 residential units;
14,340,522 square feet of office uses; and 4,909,682 square feet of commercial uses; and 1,500.000
square feet of institutional uses, and Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the Revised
Platinum Triangle Expansion Project (FSIER No. 339), including Updated and Modified Mitigation
Monitoring Plan No. 106C for the PTMLUP as the required environmental documentation for said
amendments and related zoning reclassifications; and
WHEREAS, on December 16, 2010, BRE Properties Inc. requested cancellation of
Development Agreements Nos. 2005 -00002 and 2005 - 00003, as subsequently amended; and submitted
an application for the approval of (i) Development Agreement No. 2010 -00004 to permit the construction
of 400 residential units within two 4 -story buildings, and (ii) an amendment to subsection 4.2.11 of
Section 4.2 of Chapter 4 of the PTMLUP and the PTMU Overlay Zone to allow diagonal parking on
Connector Streets subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer. A complete copy of the
amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan is on file and can be viewed in the City
Planning Department; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing on March 14, 2011,
pertaining to said amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, 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 amendment and to
investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and
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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. The Planning Commission has recommended that the City Council approve said
amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to allow diagonal parking on Connection
Streets subject to the review and approval by the City Engineer.
2. The proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan 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.
3. The proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan is consistent
with the goals and policies established for the PTMLUP.
4. That the proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan will result
in development of desirable character that will be compatible with existing and proposed development in
the surrounding area.
5. That the proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan respects
environmental, aesthetic and historic resources consistent with economic realities.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL OUALITY ACT FINDING: The Planning
Commission has reviewed said amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan and the
requirements of California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA "), and does hereby find and determine,
based upon its independent review and analyses of previously- certified FSEIR No. 339, the previously -
approved Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for Development Agreement Nos. 2005 - 00001, 2005-
00002 and 2005- 00003, and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 302, that these documents are adequate to
serve as the required environmental documentation for said amendment and satisfy all the requirements
of CEQA, and the State CEQA Guidelines, and that no further environmental documentation need be
prepared for said amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission does hereby
recommend that the City Council approve an amendment to subsection 4.2.11 of Section 4.2 of Chapter 4
of the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to allow diagonal parking on Connector Streets subject to
the review and approval of the City Engineer.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master
Land Use Plan is granted subject to the approval and adoption of Zoning Code Amendment No. 2011-
00098 and Development Agreement No. 2010 - 00004, now pending.
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THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
March 14, 201 1. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter 18.60
"Procedures" of the Anaheim Municipal Code pertaining to ap rocedures and may be replaced by a
City Council Resolution in the event of an appeal.
ATTEST:
SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM }
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CHAIRMAN, r` HEIM 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 March 14, 201 1, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: FAESSEL, PERSAUD, RAMIREZ, SEYMOUR
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONERS: AGARWAL
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: AMENT, KARAKI
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14 day of March, 2011.
SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
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