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RESOLUTION NO. PC2007-79
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING
THAT THE CITY COUNCfL RESCIND,IN PART, RESOLIJTION N0: 2004-180 AND '
THAT PETITION FOR RECLASSIFICATION N0. 2007-00207 BE GRANTED, UNCONDITIONALLY
(2210-2220 EAST ORANGEWOOD AVENUE AND 2130 AND 2231 DUPONT DRIVE)
WHEREAS, The Platinum Triangie comprises approximately 820 acres located at the
confluence of the Interstate 5 Freeway and the SR-57 Freeway in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State
of California,' generaAy east of the interstate 5 freeway, west of the Santa Ana River channel and SR-57
Freeway, west of,the Santa Ana River channel and SR-57 Freeway, south of the Southern California Edison
easement; and the north of the Anaheim City limit area and which area is further depicted in Figure "LU-5: Areas '
of the City with Special Density Limitations" of the City of Anaheim General Plan and which Figure is
incorporated herein as if setforth in full; and
WHEREAS, on August 17,'`2004, the City Council of#he City of Anaheim adopted The Platinum ,
Triangle Mastertand Use Plan by its Resolution No.2004-178 and The Platinum Triangle Standardized
Development Agreement by its Resolution No. 2004-179, and on Augusf 24, 2004, the City Council adopted the
Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone by Ordinance No. 5935; and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2004, the City Council did adopt its Resolution tVo: 2004-180
approving Reclassification No. 2004-00127, declaring and indicating its intention to amend the Zoning Map'of
the City of Anaheim and #o rezone and reclassify certain properties; as described therein, from the l(Industrial),
GG (General Commercial), 0-L (Low lntensity Office) and:PR (Public Recreational) Zones to the 0-H (High
Intensity Office) Zone; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did receive a verified petition for (i)
General Plan Amendment No. 2006-00445 to amend the Land Use Element of the General Plan to increase the
maximum office square footage permitted in The Platinum Triangle and to remove the maximum floor area ratio
(FAR) in 7he Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overtay Zone, Orangewood District, (ii) Miscellaneous Case
No. 2007-00202 to amend The Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to establish the Orangewood District,
(iii) Zoning Code Amendment No. 2007-00057 to amend the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay
Zone (Chapter 18.20 of the Anaheim Municipal Code) to establish the Orangewood District, (iv) Conditional Use
Permit No. 2007-05222 to construct a 20-story, 311-foot, high-rise office building and to permit sales of alcoholic
beverages for on-premises consumption in a proposed restaurant, (v) Reclassification No. 2007-00207, and (vi) .
approve and adopt Development Agreement No. 2007-00001; and
WHEREAS, Reclassification No. 2007-00207 requests that the Anaheim City Planning
Commission recommend that the City Council rescind, in part, Resolution No. 2004-180 pertaining to ,
Reclassification No. 2004-00127 as it pertains to the subject property, and reclassify the subject property from
the I(Industrial) Zone to the I(PTMU Overlay) (Industrial - Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone; and
WHEREAS, the subject property encompassed by Reclassification No. 2007-00207 comprises
approximately 3.8-acres of real property Iocated in The Platinum T~iangle, as more particularly described in
Exhibit °A° attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, generally known as 2210-2220 East
Orangewood Avenue and 2130 and 2231 Dupont Drive; and
WHEREAS, on July 23, 2007, the Anaheim City Planning Commission did hold a: public hearing
pertaining to Reclassification No. 2007-00207, notice of said hearing having been duly given as requiretl 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 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 Mearing, does find and '
determine the following facts:
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1. `That subject property, whicli comp~ises approximately 3.8-acres, is currently developed with
industrial buildings; and that the Land Use Element of the Anaheim Generai Plan designates the property for
, Office-High land uses.
2. That rescinding, in part, the resolution of intent to reclassify the above-described property,to the
0-H (High intensity Office) Zone is required in conjunction with the proposed reclassification of the subject
property to thel(PTMU Overlay) (Industrial - Platinum Sriangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone.
3. That General Pian Amendment No. 2006=00445 to amend the Land Use Element of the Generaf
Plan to increase the maximum office square footage permitted in The Platinum Triangle and to remove the :
maximum floor area ratio (FAR) in The Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone, Orangewood
District; Miscellaneous Case No: 2007-00202 to amend ThePlatinum Triangle Master Land Use Pfan to
establish the Orangewood District; Zoning Code AmendmentNo. 2007-00057 to amend the Platinum Triangle
Mixed Use (PTMU) Overiay Zone (Chapter 18.20 of the Anaheim Municipal Code) to establish the Orangewood
District; Conditional Use Permit No: 2007-05222 to construct a 20-story, 311-foot, high-rise o~ce building and to '
permit sales of alcoholicbeverages#or on-premises consumption in a proposed restaurant; and approve and
adopt'Development Agreement No. 2007-00001 are being considered in conjunction with Reclassification No.
2007-00207:
4. That the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan and the PTMU Overlay Zone, as proposed for
amendment, designate the'subject property as "I (PTMU Overlay) (lndustriai - Platinum Triangle Mixed Use `
Qverlay) Zone, Orangewood District."
5. That the Anaheim General Plan designates subject property for Office High land uses and the
proposed 1(PTMU Overlay) (Industrial - Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone is an appropriate
implementation zone for this land use designation as the proposed establishment of the Orangewood District
implements the Office High land use designation.
6. That the proposed reclassification of subject property is necessary and/or desirable for the
orderly and proper development of the community.
7. That the proposed reclassification of subject property does properly relate to the zones and their
permitted uses locally established in close proximity to subject property and to the zones and their permitted-
uses generally established throughout the community because it would result in a residential project that is
consistent with the type of housing envisioned for the area.
8. That no one indicated their presence at said public hearing in opposition; and that no
correspondence was received in opposition to subject petition. A person spoke`about issues and a person
spoke with concerns pertaining to the subject request, and a letter of concern was received.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDING: That the Anaheim City Planning
Commission has reviewed Reclassification No. 2007-00207 and, by its motion, did find and determine and
recommend that the City Council find and determine, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental
Quality Act ("CEQA"), and based upon its independent review and consideration of an Initial Study/Addendum
conducted pursuant to CEQA for Reclassification No. 2007-00207, and the requirements of CEQA, including
Section 21166 of the California Public Resources Code and Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines, and the
evidence received at the public hearing, that previously-certified FSEIR No. 332 and the Third Addendum to
FSEIR 332, together with the Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106A for The Platinum
Triangle, and Mitigation Monitoring Plan Na 145, are adequate to serve as the required environmental
documentation for Reclassification No. 2007-00207 and satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA, and that no
further environmental documentation need be prepared for said Reclassification.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anaheim City Planning Commission does hereby
recommend that the City Council rescind, in part, Resolution No. 2004-180 pertaining to Reclassification No.
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2004-00.127 as it pertains to the subject property, and reciassify the subject property from the I(Industrial) Zone
`to the l(PTMU Overlay) (Industrial - Platinum Triarigle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Anaheim Planning Commission does hereby approve the
subject petition forReclassification to authorize an amendment to the Zoning Map of the Anaheim Municipai
Code fo exclude the above-descri6ed property,from the I(Industria{) Zone and to incorporate said described
property into the l(PTMU) (Industrial- Platinum Triangle Mixed Use Overlay) Zone.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED that the approvat of Reciassification No: 2007-0207 is contingent
upon the approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2006-00445, Amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master
Land Use Pian (Miscellaneous Case No. 2007-00202), and Zoning Code Amendment Na'2007-00060, now
pending.
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 Cify Council at its sole
discretion.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the applicant is responsible for paying alf charges related to
the processing of this discretionary case application within 15 days of the issuance of the finaf invoice or prior to
the issuance of building permits for this project, whicheVer occurs ~rst. Failure to pay all charges shall result in
delays in the issuance of required permits or the revocation of the approval of this application.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of July 23,
2007. 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 be replaced by a City Councit Resolution in the event
of an appeaL
CHAIR AN, AHEIM PLANNI OMMISSION
ATTEST:
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SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM PLANNWG COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
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
July 23, 2007, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BUFFA, EASTMAN, FAESSEL, KARAKI, VELASQUEZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMlSSIONERS:. FLORES, ROMERO
IN WITNESS WMEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this f 3~ day of d ~~ vS ~