Resolution-PC 2021-036
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RESOLUTION NO. PC2021-036
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVE AND ADOPT PROPOSED
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
(DEV2021-00203)
(SANTA ANA REORGANIZATION PROJECT)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim (the "City Council") intends
to re-designate that certain real property located within City of Orange along the Santa Ana River
from approximately 1,000 feet south of Katella Avenue to 1,000 feet south of Orangewood
Avenue, east of the Anaheim/Orange city boundary to the top of the western levee of the Santa
Ana River, as generally depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A1 and Exhibit A2 and
incorporated herein by this reference (the "Property") to facilitate the realignment of said Property;
and
WHEREAS, the Property is approximately 8.34 acres in size and the majority of
the Property is not designated within the Zoning Map of the Anaheim Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the proposed General Plan Amendment proposes to amend "Figure
LU-4: Land Use Plan” of the Land Use Element of the Anaheim General Plan to re-designate Area
1 and 1A from Open Space to Mixed-Used Urban Core General Plan Land use and Area 2 from
Open Space to Parks General Plan land use, as generally depicted on the map attached hereto as
Exhibit B1 and Exhibit B2; and
WHEREAS, the proposed General Plan Amendment is proposed in conjunction
with a zoning reclassification of Area 1, Area 1A, and Area 2 to the “PR” Public Recreational
Zone and remaining portions of the subject properties encompassed within the Property to the
“OS” Open Space zone, as generally depicted on the maps attached hereto as Exhibit C1 and
Exhibit C2 and shall be referred to herein collectively as the "Proposed Project"; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as
“CEQA”), the State of California Guidelines for the Implementation of the California
Environmental Quality Act (commencing with Section 15000 of Title 14 of the California Code
of Regulations; herein referred to as the "CEQA Guidelines"), and the City's Local CEQA
Procedures, the City is the "lead agency" for the preparation and consideration of environmental
documents for the Proposed Project; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15367, the City has discretionary
authority over the Proposed Project and is the Lead Agency in the preparation of Addendum No.
9 (“Addendum”) to the previously-certified Platinum Triangle Expansion Project Subsequent
Environmental Impact Report No. 339 for the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project
(“SEIR No. 339”), and its subsequent addenda, and any additional environmental documentation
required for the Proposed Project. The Addendum utilizes analysis from the previously-certified
SEIR No. 339, which was certified by the Anaheim City Council on October 26, 2010. In addition,
since approval of SEIR No. 339, eight addenda to SEIR No. 339 have been prepared related to
various projects developed since adoption of FSEIR No. 339. The Addendum collectively refers
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to the previously-certified Platinum Triangle Expansion Project Subsequent Environmental Impact
Report No. 339 for the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, and its subsequent addenda
as the “Certified EIR”. The Addendum compares the Proposed Project's effects with the analysis
in the Certified EIR and assists the Lead Agency in the evaluation of potential environmental
impacts of the Proposed Project. Mitigation measures from the Updated and Modified Mitigation
Monitoring Program No. 106C, referred to as “MMP No. 106C” or “Mitigation Measures from
SEIR No. 339”, from the Certified EIR that are applicable to the Proposed Project are included in
the Addendum; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission finds and determines that an addendum pursuant to
Section 15164 (Addendum to an EIR or Negative Declaration) of the CEQA Guidelines is the
appropriate environmental review for this request under CEQA; and, that the Proposed Project
requires preparation of an Addendum to a previously-certified EIR if some changes or additions
are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a
subsequent EIR have occurred; and
WHEREAS, based upon the analysis included in the Addendum to the Certified EIR
prepared in connection with the Proposed Project, the Planning Commission has concluded that
the Proposed Project will not result in new significant impacts or substantial increases in the
severity of previously identified significant impacts and no supplemental or subsequent
environmental review is required; and
WHEREAS, Addendum No. 9 addresses the environmental effects associated only with
the changes in environmental setting or circumstances since certification of SEIR No. 339, and its
subsequent addenda, and the conclusions of the analysis in Addendum No. 9 are not substantially
different from those made in SEIR No. 339, and its subsequent addenda, and the same unavoidable
significant impacts identified in SEIR No. 339, and its subsequent addenda, remain and no new
significant impacts will result and no substantial increase in severity of impacts will result from
those previously identified in SEIR No. 339, and its subsequent addenda; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after due consideration, inspection,
investigation and study made by itself, and after due consideration of, and based upon, all evidence
and reports offered at said hearing, does hereby find:
1. That the proposed General Plan Amendment maintains the internal
consistency of the General Plan, as the Proposed Project is consistent with the
objectives of the Land Use Element which include planning for and accommodating
projected growth to enhance the quality of life for residents; and
2. That the proposed General Plan Amendment would not be
detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the City
in that the proposed amendment to the Anaheim General Plan would clarify land
use designations to provide the public with a reliable estimate of the type and
intensity of future development; and
3. That the proposed General Plan Amendment would maintain the
balance of land uses within the City because the proposed amendment would ensure
compatibility between adjacent land uses by allowing the City to apply Zoning
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policies and study potential uses to reduce the potential for land use conflicts within
the project area; and
4. That the Property is physically suitable to accommodate the
proposed modification, including but not limited to, access, physical constraints,
topography, provision of utilities, and compatibility with surrounding land uses
because the Property is anticipated to be served by the City of Anaheim upon
annexation and reclassification of the Property and future development proposals
will be required to comply with development standards required by the General
Plan and implementing Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determines that the evidence in the record
constitutes substantial evidence to support the actions taken and the findings made in this
Resolution, that the facts stated in this Resolution are supported by substantial evidence in the
record, including testimony received at the public hearing, the staff presentations, the staff report
and all materials in the project files. There is no substantial evidence, nor are there other facts, that
negate the findings made in this Resolution. The Planning Commission expressly declares that it
considered all evidence presented and reached these findings after due consideration of all
evidence presented to it.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, based upon the aforesaid findings and
determinations, the Planning Commission does hereby recommend that the City Council of the
City of Anaheim approve and adopt the proposed General Plan Amendment.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Laverne Ortiz, Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim, do hereby
certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Planning
Commission of the City of Anaheim held on November 8, 2021, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: CHAIRPERSON: MEEKS, COMMISSIONERS: KEYS, KRING, VADODARIA,
WHITE, PEREZ
NOES: COMMISSIONERS:
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of November, 2021.
SECRETARY, PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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Exhibt A1
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Exhibt A2
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Exhibt B1
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Exhibt B2
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Exhibt C1
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Exhibt C2