2004-098RESOLUTION NO. 2004R- 98
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM APPROVINO AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SPECIFIC
PLAN NO. 94-1 FOR THE NORTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN
AND AMENDING AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 95R-155
ACCORDINGLY.
WHEREAS, on August 22, 1995 the City Council of the City of Anaheim approved
Resolution No. 95R-155 to approve Specific Plan No. 94-1, the Northeast Area Specific Plan, for
the 2,645-acre area generally bounded by the Riverside (SR-91) Freeway on the south, the Orange
(SR-57) Freeway on the west, Orangethorpe Avenue on the north and Imperial Highway on the east;
and that on September 12, 1995 the City Council adopted Ordinance Nos. 5517 and 5518 to add
Chapter 1 g. 110 "Specific Plan No. 94-1 (SP 94-1) - Northeast Area" to the Anaheim Municipal Code
relating to zoning and development standards for the Northeast Area Specific Plan, and to amend
the Zoning Map by incorporating said 2,645-acre area into the SP 94-1 Zone; and
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1996 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5563 amending
Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 to permit service stations and automotive vehicle repair as
conditional uses in Development Area 4 "Transit Core" of the Northeast Area Specific Plan
("Adjustment No. 1"); and
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1996 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5564 amending
Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 to permit service stations and automotive vehicle repair as
conditional uses in Development Area 4 "Transit Core" of the Northeast Area Specific Plan
("Adjustment No. 2"); and
WHEREAS, on June 11, 1996 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5565
amending Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 pertaining to eating and drinking establishments
in the Northeast Area Specific Plan ("Adjustment No. 3"); and
WHEREAS, on August 20, 1996 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5574
amending Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 relating to deleting a time limitation for churches
in the Northeast, Area Specific Plan ("Adjustment No. 4"); and
WHEREAS, on January 11, 2000 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5714
amending Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 relating to self service laundries in the Northeast
Area Specific Plan ("Adjustment No. 5"); and
WHEREAS, on April 18, 2000 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5728
amending Ordinance No. 5518 and Chapter 18.110 to amend the boundaries of Development Area
5 (Commercial Area) and Development Area 2 (Expanded Industrial Area) at the northwest comer
of La Palma Avenue and Hancock Street in the Northeast Area Specific Plan ("Amendment No. 1 ");
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WHEREAS, on April 24, 2001 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5761
amending Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 relating to asphalt and concrete processing in the
Northeast Area Specific Plan ("Adjustment No. 6"); and
WHEREAS, on May 1,2002 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5767 amending
Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 relating to requirements for freeway-oriented signs in the
Northeast Area Specific Plan ("Adjustment No. 7"); and
WHEREAS, on August 6, 2002 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5817
amending Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 to allow hospitals as conditional uses
Development Area 3 (La Palma Core) and Development Area 4 (Transit Core) in the Northeast Area
Specific Plan ("Adjustment No. 8"); and
WHEREAS, on June 17, 2003 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5865
amending Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 to allow new vehicle conversions in
Development Area 3 (La Palma Core) in the Northeast Area Specific Plan ("Adjustment No..9");
and
WHEREAS, this City-initiated petition for Amendment No. 2 to the Anaheim
Northeast Area Specific Plan (Anaheim Canyon Business Center) relating to five areas is as follows:
(A) Thirteen (13) properties situated on 23.77 acres with frontages on White Star Avenue, Armando
Street, La Mesa Street, and Kraemer Place. Property addresses include 1000-1010, 1040, 1021, 1050
- 1086, and 1041 North Kraemer Place; 2671, 3025 - 3035 East La Mesa Avenue; 2929 - 2931 East
White Star Avenue; 1015, 1020, 1030 -1045, and i050 North Armando Street (from DA 5 to DA
2); (B) One (1), 3.91-acre property located at the southeast corner of La Palma Avenue and Shepard
Street, having frontages of 283 feet on the south side of La Palma Avenue and 585 feet on the east
side of Shepard Street. Property address is 3210 East La Palma Avenue (from DA 5 to DA 2)
(deleted); (C) Three (3) properties situated on 16.99 acres located 1,698 feet east of the centerline
of Shepard Street, having a frontage of 461 feet on the south side of La Palma Avenue and a
maximum depth of 1,180 feet. Property addresses include 3362, 3364, and 3366 - 3370 East La
Palma Avenue (from DA 3 to DA 5); (D) Eleven (11) properties situated on 4.42 acres located on
the north of La Palma Avenue, east of Lakeview Avenue, and at the southeast comer of La Palma
Avenue and Lakeview Avenue, including four (4) properties located 276 feet east of the centerline
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of Lakeview Avenue and having a frontage of 331 feet on the north side of La Palma Avenue, and
seven (7) properties located at the southeast comer of La Palma Avenue and Lakeview Avenue,
having a frontage of 689 feet on the south side of La Palma Avenue, and 197 feet on the east side
of Lakeview Avenue. Property addresses include 4506, 4510, 4520, 4527, 4530, 4531, 4545, 4600,
4601 and 4616 - 4618 East La Palma Avenue (from DA 5 to DA 2); and, (E) Three (3) properties
situated on 15 acres located 578 feet west of the centerline of Imperial Highway, having a frontage
of 561 feet on the south side of La Palma Avenue. Property addresses include 5500, 5510, and 5620
East La Palma Avenue (from DA 5 to DA 2).
WHEREAS, as part of the General Plan Update, the General Plan land use
· designations for the area are proposed.to change from General Commercial and General Industrial
to General Industrial, General Commercial, and Office Low; and that this amendment 'to the
Northeast Area Specific Plan would amend the development,area boundaries to reflect the revised
General Plan land use designations.
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Civic
Center in the City of Anaheim on April 19, 2004, at 1:30 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 18.03, to hear and consider evidence for and against said proposed Amendment No.
2 and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, The Anaheim City Planning Commission, after due consideration,
inspection, investigation and study made by itself and on its behalf, and after due consideration of
all evidence and reports offered at said hearing, did adopt its Resolution No. PC2004-49 finding an
recommending City Council adoption of Amendment No. 2 to Specific Plan No. 94-1 - amending
various development area boundaries as specifically shown on Attachment A (a copy of which is
available in the Planning Department), which is attached to this Resolution and incorporated herein;
and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolution, summary of evidence, report of findings
and recommendations of the Anaheim City Planning Commission, the City Council did fix the 25th
of May, 2004, as the time, and the City Council Chambers in the Civic Center as the place for a
public hearing on said proposed Amendment No. 2 to Specific Plan No. 94-1 and did give notice
thereof in the manner and as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did duly hold and conduct said public hearing and did
give all persons interested therein an opportunity to be heard, and did receive evidence, testimony
and reports, and the recommendations and findings of the Anaheim City Planning Commission, as
set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. PC2004-49, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA"), on May 25, 2004, the Anaheim City Council, by its Resolution No. 2004R- , certified
Final Environmental Impact Report No. 330, adopting Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding
Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 122 for General Plan Amendment No.
2004-00419, the.amended monitoring program described as Mitigation Monitoring Program No.
112 for The Platinum Triangle, and the amended monitoring program described as Mitigation
Monitoring Program No. 85a for The Anaheim Resort; determined that said Final Environmental
Impact Report No. 320 fully complies with CEQA, reflects the independent judgment of the City
Council, and is adequate to serve as the environmental documentation for (i) General Plan
Amendment No. 2004-00419, (ii) Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004-00029, (iii) Reclassification
No. 2004-00117, (iv) Amendment No. 5 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2, (v)
Amendment No. 2 to the Northeast Area Specific Plan No. 94-1, and (vii) future discretionary
actions described in Environmental Impact Report No. 330; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after due consideration of the recommendations and
· findings of the Anaheim City Planning Commission set forth in Planning Commission Resolution
No. PC 2004-49, and all evidence, testimony and reports offered at said hearing, does hereby find:
1. That Development Area 2 is intended to provide for increased opportunities
for a mix of light industrial, corporate headquarters, and research and development uses with
essential support services at strategic locations; and that the underlying base zone used for land uses
and development standards is ML (Limited Industrial).
2. That Development Area 3 is intended to provide for opportunities for the
development of a mix of land uses designed to take advantage of the excellent Riverside (SR-91)
Freeway visibility and proximity to the commuter rail station at La Palma and Tustin Avenues, in
addition to increased opportunities for a mix of light industrial, corporate headquarters, and research
and development uses with essential support services at strategic locations; and that the underlying
base zone for this area is the ML (Limited Industrial).
3. That Development Area 5 is intended to provide for and encourage the orderly
development of commercial retail areas throughout the Specific Plan Area which serve the demand
for a wide variety of goods and services; and that the underlying base zone used for land uses. and
development standards and is CL (Commercial, Limited).
5. That the proposed amendment is consistent with the goals and policies of the
Anaheim General Plan and with the purposes, standards, and land use guidelines therein, and will
encourage high quality development compatible with the surrounding area.
6. That the proposed amendment will result in development of desirable
character and will contribute to a balance of land uses, which will be compatible with existing and
proposed development in the surrounding neighborhood.
7. That the proposed amendment respects environmental and aesthetic resources
consistent with zoning and development standards and with economic realities.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Specific Plan No. 94-1 to reclassify
said properties as described above and to amend certain exhibits in the Specific Plan document
accordingly.
N(SW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, Resolution No. 95R-155 adopting
Specific Plan No. 94-1, be and the same is hereby amended to amend the Specific Plan, including
but not limited to Exhibit No. 4 and all applicable exhibits thereto, as shown on Attachment A
(Amendment No. 2).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that projects shall be subject to compliance with the
mitigation measures included in Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 122 in conformance with the
requirements of Section 21081.6 of the California Public Resources Code.
'Attachment A
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ATTACHMENT "A"
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Subject Properties
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SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT NO. SPN 2004-00024
(AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE NORTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 94-1)
CITY-INITIATED REQUEST TO AMEND THE NORTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN (SP94-1) AND ITS
ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT AREA BOUNDARIES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REVISED
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATIONS PROPOSED AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE,
AS FOLLOWS: (A) FROM DA 5 (COMMERCIAL) TO DA 2 (EXPANDED INDUSTRIAL); (B) FROM DA 5
(COMMERCIAL) TO DA 2 (EXPANDED INDUSTRIAL); NOTE: STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THIS
PORTION OF THE REQUEST BE DELETED. (C) FROM DA 3 (LA PALMA CORE) TO DA 5
(COMMERCIAL); (D) FROM DA 5 (COMMERCIAL) TO DA 2 (EXPANDED INDUSTRIAL); AND, (E)
FROM DA 5 (COMMERCIAL) TO DA 2 (EXPANDED INDUSTRIAL).
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, except as expressly amended herein,
Resolution No. 95R-155 and Specific Plan No. 94-1, as previously amended, shall remain in full
force and effect.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 25 day of May ,2004, and
thereafter passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 25 day of
May ,2004, by the following roll call vote:
AYES'
Mayor Pringle, Council Members Tait, Chavez, McCracken
NOES' None
ABSENT:
Council Member Hernandez
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
cr~¥ CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAI-IEnV~
54282.1 \sim\May 18, 2004
MAY. AHEIM