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RESOLUTION NO. PC2007-38
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDiNG THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT `
GENERAL PLANAMENDMENT N0.2006-00449 PERTAINING TO
THE LANp USE ELEMENT OF THE ANAHEIM GENERAC PLAN
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WHEREAS, the first Anaheim General Plan was adopted in 1963 and has been subsequently
amended over the years as conditions warrant; and that the City Council adopted a comprehensive update to
the General Plan on May 25, 2004; and
WHEREAS the adopted General Plan envisions an area of the City of Anaheim known as the
Platinum Triangle as a thriving economic centerthat providesresidents, visitors and employees with a variety of
housing, employment, shopping and entertainment opportunities that are accessedby arterial highways, transit
systems and pedestrian promenades (set forth in Goal 15.1 of the Land Use'Element); and
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 lnterstate 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; and
WHEREAS, the City did receive'a verified petition for General Plan Amendment No. 2006-
00449 requesting an amendment tothe Land Use Element of the General Plan to increase the maximum
number of dwelling units permitted in The Platinum Triangle from 9,500 to 9,821, which request was
subsequently reduced by the applicant in a letter dated April 10; 2007, to a total of 9,567, as further set forth in
Exhibit A(Table LU-4: General Plan Density Provisions for Specific Areas of the City), which exhibit is attached
hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Anaheim Civic
Center, Council Chamber, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, on April 30, 2007, at 2:30 p.m., notice of said public
hearing having been duly given as required by 1aw and in accordance with the provisions of the Anaheim
Municipal Code 18.60, to hear and consider evidence for and against said General Plan 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:
1. That evidence presented substantiates that the proposed amendment to the Land Use Element
of the Anaheim General Plan is necessary, and will further the goals of said Plan by providing residential land
uses consistent with the Mixed Use designation and maintaining the internal consistency of the General Plan.
2. That the proposed amendment would be consistent with and assist in the implementation of the
goals and policies for The Platinum Triangle pertaining to Mixed Use approved by the City Council as part of the
comprehensive General Plan Update on May 25, 2004.
3. The proposed amendment would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety,
convenience, or welfare of the citizens of the City and would maintain a balance of land uses within the City.
, 4. That no one indicated their presence at said public hearing in opposition; and that no
correspondence was received in opposition to subject petition.
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CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: That the Anaheim Planning
Commission has reviewed GeneralPlan Amendment Na 2006-00449 in conjunction:with Miscellaneous Case
Nos. 2007-00187, and Zoning Code Amendment Na 2007-00057 (collectively, the'`Discretionary Actions") and,
by its motion, based upon its independent review of all'evidence received at the publichearing, including an
Initial Study conducted pursuant to CEQA for the Discretionary Actions and a Second Addendum to previously-
certified FSEIR No. 332 (the "SecondAddendum") prepared for the Discretionary Actions did find, and further
recommends that the City Council, as lead agency for the Discretionary Actions, unless additional or contrary
information is received during the City CounciPs public hearing on the Project, determine and find, pursuant to
-the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), based upon the City CounciPs independent
review of the Initial Study and Second Addendum and the evidence received at the public hearing, that the
previously-certified FSEIR Na 332, together with its Second Addendum and Mitigation Monitoring Program Na
106A, are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for the Discretionary Actions and
satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA; and that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for
this General Plan Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BEJT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the above findings, the Anaheim Planning
Commission does hereby recommend that the City Council of the City of Anaheim adopt General Plan
Amendment No. 2006-00449, pertaining to the Land Use Element, to increase the maximum number of dwelling
units permifted in The Platinum Triangle from 9,500 to 9,567; as further sef forth in Exhibit A(Table LU-4: General
' Plan Density Provisions for Specific Areas of the City).
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the applicant is responsible for paying all charges related to the
processing of this discretionary case application within 15 days of the issuance of the final invoice. Failure to pay
all charges shall result in#he revocation of the approval of this application.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of April 30;
2007. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in C pter .60 "Proced es" f the Anaheim
Municipal Code pertaining to appeal procedures.
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CHAIRMAN, ANAHE PLANNING COMMISSION
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) '
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
' CITY OF ANAHEfM )
I, Eleanor Morris, Senior Secretary of 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 30, 2007, by the following vote of the members thereof: '
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BUFFA, EASTMAN, FAESSEL, KARAKI, ROMERO, VELASQUEZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT:-COMMISSIONERS: FLORES <
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~ day of ,
2007.
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION