Resolution-PC 2007-69. •
RESOLUTION NO. PC2007-69
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2006-00446 PERTAINING 70
: THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE ANAHEIM ,GENERAL PLAN
' (THE PLATINUM TRIANGLE)
' WHEREAS, the first Anaheim General Plan was adopted in 1963 and has been subsequently
amended over;the ears as conditions warrant; and that the City Council adopted a comprehensive update to _
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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 center that provides residents, visitors and employees with a variety of
housing, employment, shopping and entertainment opporfunities 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 Platinum Triangle comprises approximatefy 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; and . ''
WHEREAS, the City did receive a verified petition for General Plan Amendment No. 2006-
00446 requesting an amendment to the Land Use Element of the General Plan`to amend Table LU-4: Generai
Plan Density Provisions'for Specific Areas of the City to increase the maximum number of dwelling units :
permitted in The Platinum Triangle from 9,567 to 10,266; and
WHEREAS, the City did also receive in conjunction with the request for General Plan
Amendment Na 2006-00446, requests for Miscellaneous Case Na 2006-00162 (Amendmentto The Platinum
Triangle Master Land Use Plan), Zoning Code Amendment No. 2007-00054, Conditional Use Permit No. 2006-
05134, Development Agreement No. 2006-00004, and Tentative Tract Map No.17089; and,
WHEREAS,"pursuant to Chapter 18.68 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, provisions of the
General Plan may be amended whenever the public necessity and convenience and the general welfare require
such amendment when adopted by a resolution of the City Council in the manner prescribed by law; and '
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Anaheim Civic
Center, Council Chamber, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, on July 9, 2007; at 2:30p.m., notice of said public
hearing having been duly given as required by taw and in accordance with the provisions of the Anaheim
Municipal Code 18.60, #o 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
mads by itself, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing, bOES 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 pe~taining to Mixed Use approved by the City Council as part of the
comprehensive General Plan Update on May 25, 2004.
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3. The proposed amendment would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety,
convenience, or welfare of the citizens of tiie City and would maintain a'balance of land uses within the City.;
4. That no one indicated theirpresence at said public hearing in opposition; and that no
correspondence was received in opposition to subject petition. That two people spoke with concerns pertaining
to the request. '
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYACT FINDING: The Anaheim Planning ' '
Commission by Resolution No. PC2007-68, did certify Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2006-00335,
` adopt Findings of Facf and a Statement of Overriding Considerations in connection therewith, adopt Mitigation
Monitoring Program No. 143 and determine that said Final Environmental Impact Report No: 2006-00335 fully
complies with CEQA, reflects the independent judgment of the Planning Commission and is adequate to serve
as the environmental documentation fior General Plan Amendment No: 2006-00446, Miscellaneous Case Na
2006-00162 (Amendment to The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan), Zoning Code Amendment Na
2007-00054, Conditional Use Permit No: 2006-05134, Development Agreement No. 2006-00004, and Tentative
Tract Map No. 17089.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT 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: 2006-00446, amending Table LU-4: General Plan Density Proyisions for Specific Areas of the
City; of the Land Use Element of the General Plan, to increase the maximum number of dwelling units'permitted in
The Platinum Triangle from 9,567 to 10,266:
' THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of July 9, 2007.
Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter 18.60 "Procedures" of'the Anaheim
Municipal Codepertaining to appeal procedures.
CHAI MAN,. NAHEIM PLANN COMMISSION
ATTEST: : _
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Eleanor Morris, Senior Secretary of the Anaheim Planning Commission, do fiereby certify that
the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Anaheim Planning Commission held on
, July 9, 2007,-by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISS{ONERS: BUFFA, EASTMAN, FAESSEL, KARAKI,' ROMERO, VELASQUEZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ASSENT: COMMISSIONERS: FLORES
W WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this o2 ~T" day of _~~c,.~_,
2007. ~
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING'COMMISSION
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