Resolution-PC 2012-030RESOLUTION NO. PC2012 -030
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AMEND THE
PLATINUM TRIANGLE MASTER LAND USE PLAN
(MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2012- 00535)
(DEV2010- 00043A)
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 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 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
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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
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 PIan (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
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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, 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 April 23, 2012, the applicant requested amendments to subsections 4.2.1
(Katella Avenue) and 4.2.5 (Douglass Road) of Section 4.2 of Chapter 4 of the PTMLUP as further
described in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing on April 23, 2012,
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
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:
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1. The Planning Commission has recommended that the City Council approve said
amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to revise the Landscape Concept Plan and
Cross Sections for Katella Avenue and Douglass Road.
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 QUALITY 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 Environmental Impact Report
No. 343 and Addendum prepared in connection with the Anaheim Regional Intermodal Center, and the
requirements of California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA "), unless additional or contrary
information is received during the public meeting, find and determine that Previously - Certified
Environmental Impact Report No. 343 and Addendum 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 subsections 4.2.1 (Katella Avenue) and 4.2.5
(Douglass Road) of Section 4.2 of Chapter 4 of the PTMLUP as further described in Exhibit A.
ATTEST:
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
April 23, 2012. Said resolution is subject to the ap
"Procedures" of the Anaheim Municipal Code p
City Council Resolution in the event of an appe
SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
CHAIRMAN, ANAHEIM PL ING COMMISSION
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rovisions set forth in Chapter 18.60
to appeal procedures and may be replaced by a
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I. Eleanor Morris, 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 April 23, 2012, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: AGARWAL, BOSTWICK, FAESSEL, LIEBERMAN.
PERSAUD, SEYMOUR
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: RAMIREZ
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 23 day of April, 2012.
SECRETARY. ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
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Exhibit "A"
Additions are shown in red bold and deletions are shown in red strikcthrough.
4.2.1 Katella Avenue
The central feature of Katella Avenue, between the Santa Ana Freeway and the entrance to Angel
Stadium of Anaheim, The City National Grove of Anaheim and the AmtraklMetrolink station, is the
grove -style planting of Date Palms. This planting continues the treatment of Katella Avenue in The
Anaheim Resort west of the Santa Ana Freeway.
Mass plantings of Agapanthus, a purple flowering shrub, provide a low shrub under -story for the Date
Palms located in the parkway. A second row of matching Date Palms will be planted in the setback area
in six -foot square cut -outs. The maintenance of the setback area is the responsibility of the property
owner. The median will also consist of Date Palms, with flowering vines such as Bougainvillea `San
Diego Red' attached to the trunk of the tree in combination with alternate mass plantings of Agapanthus
shrubs and Star Jasmine ground cover. Adjacent to ground floor commercial uses, the setback area will
be paved to provide pedestrian access.
The landscaping for Katella Avenue changes near the railroad grade separation and further east to the
City limits. Along this section of Katella Avenue, the Date Palms are eliminated within the
Pedestrian /Landscape Realm and large scaled Mexican Fun single row of Date Palms are planted within
the parkways.
4.2.5 Douglass Road
North of Katella Avenue, Douglass Road will contain four travel lanes and bike lanes. The street
landscape will consist of a double row of Mexican Fan Palms in the parkway and setback areas.
Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea) will be attached to the base of the palm trunks and yellow and orange
Daylilies or a similar low red flowering shrub will be planted at the base of the palm trees. Adjacent to
the Honda Center, the median will be a painted median to allow for better traffic flow in and out of the
Honda Center and Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Figure 33). North of the Honda Center, the median will
be a raised median planted with a single row of green canopy trees and a single species of massed
flowering groundcover.
South of Katella Avenue, the strectscapc design will be determined as part of the developmefit
process for ARTIC Douglass Road will include up to eight travel lanes at the Katella Avenue
intersection. The median will not be landscaped to allow for better traffic flow in and out of the
Anaheim Regional Transportation Center and Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The street
landscape will consist of a row of Mexican Fan Palms in the parkway and Canopy Tree
(Chinese Flame Tree or similar canopy tree) within the setback area (Figure 33a). On the west
side of Douglass Road, south of the ARTIC entrance intersection, no sidewalk is planned due
to the narrow railroad bridge span.
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