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ACTION AGENDA
MEETING OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1991 AT 6:00 P.M.
ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT
PROCEDURE ZU EXPEDITE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. The proponents in applications which are not contested will have five
minutes to present their evidence. Additional time will be granted upon
request if, in the opinion of the Commission, such additional time will
produce evidence important to the Commission's consideration.
2. In contested applications, the proponents and opponent will each be given
ten minutes to present his case unless additional time is requested and the
complexity of the matter warrants. The Commission's considerations are not
determined by the length of time a participant speaks, but rather by what
he says.
3. Staff Reports are part of the evidence deemed received by the Commission in
each hearing. Copies are available to the public prior to the meeting.
4. The Commission will withhold questions until the public hearing is closed.
5. The Commission reserves the right to deviate from the foregoing if, in its
opinion, the ends of fairness to all concerned will be served.
6. All documents are presented to the Planning Commission for review in
connection with any hearing, including photographs or other acceptable
visual representations of non - documentary evidence, shall be retained by
the Commission for the public record and shall be available for public
inspections.
7. At the end of the scheduled hearings, members of the public will be allowed
to speak on items of interest which are within the jurisdiction of the
Planning Commission, and /or agenda items. Each speaker will be allotted a
maximum of five (5) minutes to speak.
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1a . E VVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 298
1b. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 317 (PORTIONS 1 AND 2)
1c. SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 90 -3 (INCLUDING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS AND A PUBLIC FACILITIES PLAN
OWNER: JAMES O'MALLEY, Coal Canyon Company,
25200 La Paz Road, Ste. 210, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
LOCATION: Subject property, which is described as the
1,546.5 -acre Coal Canyon property, is unincorporated
land located within the County of Orange in the City
of Anaheim's sphere -of- influence, and generally
bordered on the north by the Riverside Freeway
(SR -91) and the Coal Canyon Road interchange, on the
west by the Gypsum Canyon property (Mountain Park
development) recently approved by the Local Agency
Formation Commission (LAFCO) for annexation to the
City of Anaheim, on the south by unincorporated
property within the County of Orange in the City of
Orange's sphere -of- influence, and on the east by
unincorporated property within the City of Anaheim's
sphere -of- influence and by the Cleveland National
Forest.
REQUEST: General Plan Amendment No. 317 (Portions 1 and 2) is a
request for an amendment to the Land Use, Environmental Resource
and Management and Circulation Elements of the City of Anaheim
General Plan. Portion 1 (northerly 663 acres) is a
property -owner initiated request and Portion 2 (southerly 883.5
acres) is an Anaheim Planning Commission initiated request.
Also requested by the property owner is adoption of the Cypress
Canyon Specific Plan for the northerly 663 acres (Portion 1 of
GPA 317) to serve as preannexation zoning and subsequently
regulate the development of the site. A Fiscal Impact Report
has also been submitted as part of the project application.
A Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR No. 298) has been
prepared for the project and circulated for public /responsible
agency review in compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) and the State and City of Anaheim CEQA
Guidelines. A Response to Comments document has been prepared
to address the public /responsible agency comments on the Draft
EIR. At the time Draft EIR No. 298 was circulated for public
review, the original Cypress Canyon project acreage included the
entire 1,546.5 -acre Coal Canyon property. The southerly 883.5
acres has subsequently been acquired by the Nature Conservancy
(a non - profit organization acting on behalf of the State
Department of Fish and Game and the State Wildlife Conservation
Board) for the preservation of a Tecate cypress tree habitat
area. As a result of said sale, the applicant's proposed
General Plan Amendment (GPA 317 Portion 1) and the Cypress
Canyon Specific Plan project area have been reduced to 663
acres. The Planning Commission has initiated GPA 317 Portion 2
for the southerly 883.5 acres in order for the General Plan to
reflect the preservation of permanent open space for said area.
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The General Plan Amendment request includes, but is not limited
to, proposals which would amend the existing Land Use Map for
Portion 1 to establish revised boundaries and acreages for
Hillside Low and Hillside Low - Medium Density Residential,
school, park and open space land use designations, delete the
Hillside Estate Density Residential land use designation, add
the Medium Density Residential designation, increase residential
densities to allow for a maximum of 1,550 dwelling units,
decrease General Commercial acreage from 10 to 8 acres, delete
the Commercial Recreation designation, modify the location of
the fire station site and establish a site for an electrical
sub - station and for Portion 2 to delete the Hillside Estate
Density Residential, school and park designations and
redesignate said areas for open space uses; amend the existing
Circulation Map for Portion 1 to establish revised alignments
and road classifications for Coal Canyon Road, Oak Canyon Drive
and Santa Ana Canyon Road and add new collector roadways, and
for Portion 2 to delete the Coal Canyon Road designation; and,
amend the existing Environmental Resource and Management Map for
Portion 1 to establish revised locations and boundaries for the
neighborhood park, open space, and bikeway riding and hiking
trails and for Portion 2 to delete a neighborhood park
designation and establish revised boundaries for open space and
locations for trails.
The proposed Cypress Canyon Specific Plan No. SP90 -3 (including
Zoning and Development Standards and a Public Facilities Plan)
would provide for the development of up to 1,550 residential
dwelling units, 8 acres of commercial uses, one elementary
school, open space, and governmental uses and public
improvements including, but not limited to, streets, sewers,
public utilities, a fire station site, an electrical sub - station
site and one neighborhood park.
Related actions will include the Local Agency Formation
Commission's (LAFCO) consideration of an application to annex
the project area to the City of Anaheim, requests to the County
of Orange for consideration of amending the Master Plan of
Arterial Highways component of the County of Orange's General
Plan Transportation Element, request for a Development Agreement
between the City of Anaheim and Coal Canyon Company (the project
applicant), infrastructure financing programs, subdivision
plans, grading permits, and other actions related to the
proposed development of the Cypress Canyon Specific Plan
community.
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT RESOLUTION NO.
SPECIFIC PLAN RESOLUTION NO.
SPECIFIC PLAN ZONING AND
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS RESOLUTION NO.
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