Resolution-PC 2007-124. •
RESOLUTION NO. PC2007-124
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NO. 4 TQ
THE NORTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 94-1
AND AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 95R-155 ACCORDINGLY
WHEREAS, on April 29, 1986, City Council of the City of Anaheim adopted
Ordinance No. 4709 to establish uniform procedures for the adoption and implementation of
Specific Plans for the coordination of future development within the City, and "Zoning and
Development Standards" when the Specific Plan includes zoning regulations and development
standards to be substituted for existing zoning under the Zoning Code, which "Zoning and
Development Standards" shall be adopted by ordinance independent of the rest of the Specific
Plan; and
WHEREAS, on August 22, 1995 the City Council of the City of Anaheim approved
Resolution No. 95R-155 to 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 Imperial Highway on the
east; and that on September 12, 1995 the City Council adopted Ordinance Nos. 5517 and 5518 to
add Chapter 18.110 "Specific Plan No. 94-1 (SP 94-1) - Northeast Area" to the Ana.heim
Municipal Code relating to zoning and development standards for the Northeast Area Specific
Plan, and to amend the Zoning Map by incorporating said 2,645-acre area into the SP 94-1 Zone;
and
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1996 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5563
amending Ordinance No. 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 No. 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 1 l, 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 1 l, 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
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WHEREAS, on April 18, 2000 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5728
amending Ordinance No. 5518 and Chapter 18.110 to amend the boundaries of Development Area
5(Commercial Area) and Development Area 2(Expanded 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
WHEREAS, on August 6, 2002 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5817
amending Ordinance No. 5517 and Chapter 18.110 to allow hospitals as conditional uses
Development Area 3(La Palma Core) and Development Axea 4(Transit Core) in the Northeast
Area Specific Plan ("Adjustment No. 8"); and
WHEREAS, 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");
and
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2004 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5923
amending Ordinance No. 5518 and Chapter 18.110 to amend the Northeast Area Specific Plan 94-
1 and certain Development Area boundaries ("Amendment No. 2"); and
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2007 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 6033
amending Ordinance No. 5518 and Chapter 18.110 to amend the Northeast Area Specific Plan 94-
1 and certain Development Area boundaries ("Amendment No. 3"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapters 18.68 and 18.72 of the Anaheim Municipal Code,
Milan Garrison, as authorized agent for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, submitted a letter of request
for Amendment No. 4 to The Northeast Area Specific Plan (SPN2007-00048) to adjust the
boundaries of Development Area 4 of Specific Plan No. 94-1, Northeast Area Zone; and
WHEREAS, the Northeast Area Specific Plan consists of a 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 Imperial Highway on the east; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Civic
Center in the City of Anaheim on October 15, 2007, 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. 4 and to investigate and ma.ke findings and recommendations in connection
therewith; and
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WHEREAS, after due consideration, inspection, investigation and study made by
itself and in its behalf, and after due consideration of the information provided in the Specific Plan
document and other information and evidence received during the public hearing process, the
Planning Commission does hereby find:
1. That Development Area 4 is intended to provide for the development of business
and professional office uses, including offices and corporate headquarters, and retail uses, and
further, to recognize the unique development potential offered by a nearby commuter rail station.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. That the proposed boundary adjustment is better suited for the master planned
medical office and hospital campus consistent with the surrounding area.
5. That the proposed amendment respects environmental and aesthetic resources
consistent with zoning and development standards and with economic realities.
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004, the Anaheim City Council, by its Resolution No.
2004-94, certified Final Environmental Impact Report No. 330, adopting Findings of Fact and
Statement of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 122 for General Plan
Amendment No. 2004-00419, the amended monitoring program described as Mitigation
Monitoring Program No. 112 for The Platinum Triangle, and the amended monitoring program
described as Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85a for The Anaheim Resort; determined that
said Final Environmental Impact Report No. 330 fully complies with CEQA, reflects the
independent judgment of the City Council, and is adequate to serve as the environmental
documentation for (i) General Plan Amendment No. 2004-00419, (ii) Zoning Code Amendment
No. 2004-00029, (iii) Reclassification No. 2004-00117, (iv) Amendment No. 5 to the Anaheim
Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2, (v) Amendment No. 2 to the Northeast Area Specific Plan No. 94-1,
and (vii) future discretionary actions described in Environmental Impact Report No. 330, such as
Amendment No. 3 to the Northeast Area Specific Plan No. 94-1; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the above findings, the
Anaheim City Planning Commission does hereby recommend that the City Council, by ordinance,
adopt Amendment No. 4 to The Northeast Area Specific Plan No. 94-1; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, except as expressly amended herein,
Resolution No. 95R-155 and Specific Plan No. 94-1, as previously amended, shall remain in full
force and effect.
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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 or prior to the issuance of building permits for this project, whichever
occurs first. 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 October 15, 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 Council Resolution in the event of an appeal.
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CHAIRMA , AN'AHEIM PLA; ~ 1NG COMMISSION
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ARY, ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Grace Medina, 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 October 15, 2007, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: AGARWAL, BUFFA, EASTMAN, FAESSEL,
KARAI~I, ROMERO, VELASQUEZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
1N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~G~( /~-- day of
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