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` A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMlSSION
THAT PETITION FOR RECLASSIFICATION NO. 2004-00130 BE GRANTED, UNCONDITIONALLY
' 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 Na 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 Resolufion Na 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 Gode 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 ("Finai EIR No. 330"); and
WHEREAS, Generat Plan Amendment No. 2004-00419 provided for a comprehensive
citywide General Plan Update which included redesignating land uses within an approximately 820-acre area
generaily bounded b.y the Santa Ana River on the east, the Anaheim City limits on the south, the Santa Ana
Freeway Qnterstate 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 #he 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
WHEREAS, the recently 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 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;
WHEREAS, the adopted General Plan establishes a maximum development intensity for
The Platinum Triangle for up to 9,175 dwelling units (at an intensity of up to 100 dwelling units per acre),
5,000,000 square feet of office space, slighfly over Z,000,000 square feet of commercial uses, industrial
development at a maximum floor area ratio of 0.50 and institutional development at a maximurtl fl0or area
ratio of 3.0; and
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WHEREAS, on July 12, 2004, the Anaheim City Planning Commission approved a motion to
initiate the following applications and proceedings: Zoning Gode Amendment No. 2004-00032 to replace the
(SE) (Sports Entertainment) Overlay Zone with the (PTMU) (Platinum Triangle Mixed Use) OverlayZone
(including rescinding Resolution No. PC2000-14, which approved the (SE) Overlay Zone); Miscellaneous
Case Nos. 2004=00082, 2004-00083, 2004-00084 and 2004-00085 to replace the Anaheim Stadium Area
Master Land Use Plan with The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan (including rescinding Resolution
No. 99R-39, which approved the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan) and to adopt a standard
Development Agreement to apply to development within the PTMU Overlay Zone; and, Reclassification Nos.
2004-00127, 2004-00128, 2004-00129 and 2004-00130 to reclassify properties within The Platinum Triangle
to fhe {PTMU) (Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone and the O-H (High intensity Office) and O-L (Low ~
Intensity Office) Zones to reflect General Plan designations (the "Proposed Actions"); and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission's July 12, 2004 motion did include
initiation of a petition for Reclassification No. 2004-00130 for certain real property situated in the City of
Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, described as follows
AREA A
PARCEL A OF THAT CERTAIN LOT LfNE ADJUSTMENT PLAT NO. 123, AS DESCRIBED
IN PARCEL 1 AND 2 OF SAID LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT, RECORDED JANUARY;7, 1985
AS ' INSTRUMENT NO. 85-004456, OFFICIAL RECORDS, ~RANGE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA.
AREA B :
PARCEL 1: LOT 4 AND THE EAST 46 FEET OF LOT 5 OF THE TRAVIS TRACT, AS
SHOWN ON A MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 5, PAGE 120 OF MISCELLANEOUS" '
RECORDS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CAUFORNIA.
EXCEPTING FROM SAID LOT 4 THAT PORTION, LYING EASTERLY OF THE
' CENTERLINE OF THE 40 FOOT COUNTY ROAD SECOND DESCRIBED IN THE DEED
FROM B.R. DOUGLASS AND OTHERS TO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, RECORDED
OCTOBER 7, 19261N BOOK 682, PAGE 109 OF DEEDS.
ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION DESCRIBED IN THE FINAL ORDER
OF CONDEMNATION BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, A CERTIFIED COPY OF WHICH
WAS RECORDED NOVEMBER 2, 1964 IN BOOK 7285, PAGE 833 OF OFFICIAL ,
RECORDS. ~
ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION AS DESCRIBED IN THE FINAL
ORDER OF CONDEMNATION BY THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, CA, A CERTIFIED COPY
OF WHICH WAS RECORDED AUGUST 30, 1965 IN BOOK 7648, PAGE 943 OF OFFICIAL
RECORDS. ,
ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE LAND DESCRIBED IN THAT CERTAIN AMENDED
FINAL ORDER OF CONDEMNATION, SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. 178586[Y], A
CERTIFIED COPY OF WHICH WAS RECORDED APRIL 5, 1972 IN BOOK 10069, PAGE
290 OF SAID OFFICIAL RECORDS.
PARCEL 2: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT Y OF i'HE VAN DE
GRAAF TRACT, AS SHOWN ON A MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 4, PAGE 440 OF '
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SAID POINT
BEING 1443.6 FEE7 EAST OF THE POINT WHERE THE SOUTH LINE OF SAfD LOT Y
PRODUCED WEST, INTERSECTS THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE RANCHO
SANTIAGO DE SANTA ANA; THENCE NORTH 1012.35 FEET TO THE SOUTH I.INE OF
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ~
ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY 455.9 FEET; THENCE SOUTH
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1~904.25 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT Y; THENCE WEST 447,0 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION THEREOF DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT ~N THE EAST LINE OF THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY
DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED JUNE 20, 1928 IN BOOK 169, PAGE 417 OF
' OFFICIAL RECORDS, WHfCH SAID POINT OF BEGINNING IS DiSTANT SOUTH,
MEASURED ALONG THE SAID EAST LWE 81 FEET FROM THE CENTER OF THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD .AND RUNNING THENCE SAID POINT OF BEGINNING
SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE 25 FEE7; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES EAST 20 FEET;
THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES NORTH 25 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES WEST 20~
FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ,
- ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION AS DESCRIBED IN THE FINAL
ORDER OF CONDEMNATION BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; A CERTIFIED COPY OF
WHICH WAS RECORDED NOVEMBER 2, 1964 JN BOOK 7285, PAGE 833 OF OFFICIAL
RECORDS.
ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE LAND DESCRIBED IN THAT CERTAIN AMENDED
FINAL ORDER OF CONDEMNATION, SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. 178586, A
CERTIFIED COPY OF WHICH WAS RECORDED APRIL'' 5, 1972 IN BOOK 10069, PAGE
290 OF SAID OFFiCIAL RECORDS.
AREA C
PARCELS 1 THROUGH 9, INCLUSIVE OF PARCEL MAP NO. 97-187, IN THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM, COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CAUFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON A MAP ON
FILE IN BOOK 304, PAGES 31 TO 36 INCLUSIVE OF PARCEL MAPS, RECORDS OF
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing af the Civic Center in
the City of Anaheim on August 9, 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 Municipai Code, Chapters 18.60
(Procedures) and 18.76 (Zoning Amendments); to hear and consider evidence for and against said proposed
reclassification and to investigate and make findings. and recommendations in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, said Commission, after due inspection, investigation and study made by itself
and in its behalf, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing, does find
and determine the following facts:
1. That the proposed reclassification of certain properties, including removing the (SE) (Sports
Entertainment Overlay) Zone, is as follows
Area A- from the I(SE) (Industrial - Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone to the I(PTMU) (Industrial -
Platinum 7riangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone on an approximately 3.7-acre rectangularfy shaped
proper~y having a frontage of 287 feet on the west side of State College Boulevard and a depth of
556 feet, being located 335 feet north of the centerline of Orangewood Avenue, and further
described as 2045 South State College Boulevard;
Area B- from the I(SE) (Industrial - Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone to the O-L (Low lntensity Office)
Zone on an approximately 8.7-acre triangularly shaped parcel located at the southwest corner of
Cerritos Avenue and Douglass Road and adjoining the State Route 57/Orange Freeway on the
west, having a frontage of 1,474 feet on the west side of Douglass Road and a maximum depth of
513 feet, and further described as 1501-1551 South Douglass Road; and,
Area C- from the O-L (SE) (Low Intensity Office - Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone to the 0-L (Low
Intensity Dffice) Zone orr an approximately 24.5-acre irregularly shaped parcel having a frontage of
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1,120 feet on the east side of Douglass Road and a maximum depth of 1130 feet, and being
Iocated 1,081 feet north of the centerline of Katella Avenue.
2. That the Land Use Efement of the Anaheim General Plan designates the property in Area A''
for Mixed-Use, and the properties in Areas B and C for Office-Low.
3. That no development shall occur on the above-described properties that exceeds the
' maximum amounts analyzed by Environmental lmpact Report No; 330, and further described below:
(a) Area A is within the Gateway District of The Platinum Triangfe as indicated on Figure 5 of The
Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan. The maximum allowable development for this district
shall be no greater than five hundred thirty thousand (530,000) square feet of office uses; fifty
thousand (50,000) square feet of commercial uses; and one thousand seven hundred fifty (1,750)
dwelling units. ;
(b) Areas B and C are designated Office Low by the General Plan. The maximum allowable office
development within The Platinum Triangle in that portion of The Platinum Triangle designated
Office-Low and/or-0ffice-High by the General Plan shall be no greater than one miiiion seven
hundred thirty five thousand (1,735,000} square feet.
4. That the proposed reclassification of subject properties is necessary and/or desirable for the
orderly and proper development of the community.
5. That the proposed reclassification of subject properties does properly relate to the zones and
their permitted uses locally established in close proximity to subject properties and to the zones and their '
permitted uses generally established throughout the community.
6. That 3 people spoke in opposition to the subject request; 2 people spoke with concerns but
were not in opposition or in favor, and one person spoke unrelated to the subject request.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: That the Anaheim City Planning
Commission has reviewed the proposal to reclassify various properties as follows: Area A- from the I(SE)
(Industrial - Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone to the I(PTMU) (Industrial - Platinum Triangle Mixed Use
Overlay) Zone on an approximately 3.7-acre rectangularly shaped property having a frontage of 287 feet on
the west side of State College Boulevard and a depth of 556 feet, beinglocated 335 feet north of the
centerline of Orangewood Avenue, and further described as 2045 South State College Boulevard, Area 6-
from the I(SE) (Industrial - Sports Entertainment Overlay) zone to the O-L (Low Intensity Office) Zone on an
approximately 8.7-acre triangularly shaped parcel located at the southwest corner of Cerritos Avenue and
Douglass Road and adjoining the State Route 57/Orange Freeway on the west, having a frontage of 1,474
feet on the west side of Douglass Road and a maximum depth of 513 feet, and further described as 1501- _
1551 South Douglass Road; and Area C- from the O-~ (SE) (Low Intensity Office - Sports Entertainment
Overlay) Zone to the O-L (Low Intensity Office) Zone on an approximately 24.5-acre irregularly shaped
parcel having a frontage of 1,120 feet on the east side of Douglass Road and a maximum depth of 1,130
feet, and being located 1,081 feet north of the centerline of Katella Avenue (Reclassification No. 2004- -
00130) in conjunction with the proposed Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004-00032, Miscellaneous Case .
Nos. 2004-00082, 2004-00083, 2004-00084 and 2004-00085 and Reclassification Nos. 2004-00127, 2004-
00128 and 2004-00129; and did recommend, by motion, that the City Council, as lead agency for the
Proposed Actions, based upon its independent review of the Initial Study prepared in connection with the
Proposed Actions (Zoning Code Amendment No. 2004-00032, Miscellaneous Case Nos. 2004-00082, 2004-
00083, 2004-00084 and 2004-00085 and Reclassification Nos. 2004-00127, 2004-00128, 2004=00129 and
2004-00130) and analysis whether the Proposed Actions may cause any additional significant effect on the
environment which was not previously examined in FEIR No. 330, and associated Mitigation Monitoring
Programs, unless additional or contrary information is received during the public hearing, find and determine,
based upon said Initial Study and the evidence received at the public hearing, that no additional significant
effect will result from the proposal; no new mitigation measures or alternatives may be required; that the
Proposed Actions are within the Scope of FEIR Na 330; thaf the previously-certified Final EIR No. 330 and
the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106 for The Platinum Triangle are in
compliance with CEQA and the State and City GEQA Guidelines and are adequate to serve as the required
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environmental documentation for the Proposed Actions, including the subject proposal, and satisfy all of the
requirements of CEQA; and, that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for the
Proposed Actions.' Moreover, as individual development projects and infrastructure improvements are
proposed to implement The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan; the PTMU Overlay Zone and the 0-H
and O-L Zones, Initial Studies for those projects shall be prepared in compliance with CEQA requirements to
determine whether additional enVironmental documentation'will need to be prepared.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anaheim City Planning Commission does
hereby approve the subject Petition for Reclassification to authorize an amendment to the Zoning Map of the
Anaheim Municipal Code to reclassify the above-described properties, unconditionaliy; as follows:
(a) To exclude Area A from the I(SE) (IndustCial - Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone and to incorporate
said property into the 1(PTMU) (Industrial - Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone;
(b) To exciude Area B from the I(SE) (Industrial - Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone and to incorporate
said property into the 0-L (Low Intensity Office) Zone; and,
(c) To exclude Area C from the O-L (SE) (Low Intensity Office - Sports Entertainment Overlay) Zone and
~ to incorporate said property into the 0-L (Low Intensity Office) Zone.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall not constitute a rezoning of, or a
commitment by the City to rezone, the subject property; any such rezoning shall require an ordinance of the
City Council, which shall be a legislative act, which may be approved or denied by the City Council at its sole
discretion as set forth in Section 18:76.070 (Effect of City Council's Failure to Adopt Rezoning Ordinance) of
the Anaheim Municipal Code.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
August 9, 2004. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter 18.60 (Procedures) of
the Anaheim Municipal Code pertaining to appeal procedures and may b placed by a C Council
resolution in the event of an appeaL ~
CHAIRPERSON, ANAHEIM C Y PLANNING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Eleanor Morris, Senior Secretary of the Anaheim City Planning Commission, do hereby
certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Anaheim City Planning
Commission held on August 9, 2004, by the following vote of the members thereof: .
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BUFFA, EASTMAN, FLORES, O'CONNELL, ROMERO, VELASQUEZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS:
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: VANDERBILT-LINARES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~~o ~' day of
, 2004. ~
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