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: RESOLUTION NO. PC2006-67
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
NO. 3T0 THE NORTHEASTAREASPECIFlC PtAN NO. 94-1, INCLUDING
RECLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM DEVELOPMENT
AREA 5"COMMERCIAL AREA'° TO DEVECOPMENT AREA 1"INDUSTRIAL
AREA"
WHEREAS, on August 22, 1995, the City Council of the City of Anaheim approved Resolution
Na 95R-155 ta 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 lmperial Highway on the east; and that on September 12, 1995 the
Gity Council adopted Ordinance Nos. 5517 and 5518 to add Chapter 18.110 "Specific Plan Na 94-1(SP 94-1)
- Northeast Area" to the Anaheim Municipal Code relating to zoning and development standards for the
NortheastArea Specific Plan, and #o amend'the Zoning Map by incorporating said 2,645-acre area into the SP
' 94-1 zone
- WHEREAS; on June 4, 1996, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5563 amending
Ordinance Na 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 Na. 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. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 to amend the boundaries of Development Area 5(Commercial Area)
and Development Area 1(Industrial Area) at the northwest corner of La Palma Avenue and Hancock Street in
the Northeast Area Specific Plan ("Amendment No. 1"); and
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
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WHEREAS; on August 6, 2002, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5817 amending
Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110'to allow hospitals as conditionat uses Development Area 3(La Palma
Core) and Deyelopment Area 4(Transit Core) in the Northeast Area Specific Plan ("Adjustment No. 8"); and ,
WHEREA8, 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");
WHEREAS; on June 8, 2004, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5923 amending Ordinance
No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 to amend the Northeast Area Specific Plan (SP94-9 ) and its associated
Development Area (DA) boundaries to be consistent with the revised General Plan land use designations
proposed as part of the General Plan Update (Amendment No. 2).
' WHEREAS, this is a City-initiated petition for Amendment No. 3 to the Anaheim Northeast '
Area Specific Plan (Anaheim Canyon Business Center) to amend the Development Area boundaries for nine
(9) properties'situated on 8.8 acres with frontages on Miraloma Avenue and Red Gum Street. Property
addresses include 1260, 1310, 1320, 1330 and.1340 North Red Gum Avenue and 2926, 2940, 2983 and 2985
East Miraloma Avenue.
WHEREAS, as part of the General Plan Amendment No. 2005-00431, the General Plan land use'
designation for the area is proposed to change from General Commercial to General Industrial; and 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 July 10, 2006, at 2:30 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 18.60, to hear
and consider evidence for and against said proposed Amendment No. 3 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 Development Area 1 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 "P'
(Industrial).
2. 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
"CG" (General Commercial).
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Given that the intersection of Miraloma Avenue and Red Gum Street is not a major
intersection, the subject properties are unlikely to attract quality commercial development in the future and are,
therefore, better suited for industrial development consistent with the surrounding area.
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6. That the proposed amendment respects environmental and aesthetic resources consistent
with zoning and development standards arid "with economic realities.
WHEREAS, On May 25, 2004, the Anaheim City Council certified Final Environmental Impact
Report No. 330 ("FEIR No. 330") under Resolution No. 2004-94, and determined that said Final Environmental
Impact Report fully complies with'the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and is adequate to serve
as the environmental documentation for General Plan AmendmentNo. 2005-00431 and for future discretionary -
actions described in Environmen4al Impact Repork No. 330, including follow-up actions'to correct errors and
omissions in the new General Plan where necessary; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, pursuant to the above findings, the Anaheim
City Planning Commission does hereby recommend that the City Council of the` City of Anaheim adopt an
ordinance to reclassify the subject properties from Development Area 5"Commercial Area" to Development
Area 1"IndustrialArea" of SpecificPlan No. 94-1.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
July 10~ 2006.
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CH AHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
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SENIOR BECRETARY, ANAHEIM 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
he~d on July 10, 2006, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BUFFA, EAS7MAN, FAESSEL, FLORES, ROMERO, VELASQUEZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: KARAKI
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~ day of
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
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