PC 66-84RESOLUTIOPJ N0~ PC66-R4
A RESOLUTION QF "i;: '':ITy PLANNING QIMMISSIOIJ OF 7HE CITY OF ANAHe'IM REODMMEIdDING
TO THE CT ~ f~U:,~IL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIN, THAT GENERAL PLAN AMENDNE,n'
N0. R6 BE F,PPROVED RELOCATI~'G THE FIRE STATIOt7 SYh1BOL FRON ITS
DCISTING LOCATION NEAR fi11CLID STREEI AND CRESCEIJT AVE"dUE
TO T'rIE EAST SIDE OF LOARA STREEf APPROXIA'~ATELY N~IDWkY
BET'J~'EEN NORTH STREEi At~'D CATALPp AVEt!UE, THERETO
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of AnahEirr did adopt a::aneral Plan By Resolut.on
Ido~ 63R-R69y showing tne generai description and extent of land i:~es and t}ie Circulation
Element- Highway Riqi~ts-of-Way within L'ne City, and indicatir.g ti.e present belief of the
Council as to possible future developn:ent and r•e-development of tiie lanC within the Ci;y; and
WHEREAS, the City Pianning Ccrnmission did 'nold a pub;ic ._arin~ at the City Hall in
the City of Anaheirn on Septe~r.ber 12, 1966, at 2:OU 0~ cloc;: ~„h'., notice of said public
~~earinq havin9 been ouiy given as required oy !aw and in -, ~rdance wiLi~ ~!ie provisions of
the Ananeim Municipal Code, to hear and consider evidence ';r and anainst said ArT;endment
to ti~e General Plan, proposing to relocate t.f:N Fire Stat9 nesignation presently locatad
r.ear Euclid Street and Crescent Avenue to the east side -; i~ara Street, approa:imately
rnidway bet~•;een )Jortn Street and Caralpa Rvenue, and to investinate ar.d nal:e findinos and
recor.°~ ~ndations in connection there~Nitii; ard -
WHEREAS, said Commission after d~e inspection, ir,vestiqation, ,:nd stud~~ c,~de by itself
and in its L'eh~if, and afi,er due tonsideration of ,ill evid~~nce and reoorts offe:ed at saici
hearing, DO'eS HcRIIY FL':D
1. Tiiat the City Council e~:presseo ?he City's intenf:ion to abandon tlie efistinc,
locatio:~ of a fire station site at the sou;i~west corner of Euclid Street ,ind
Vlest.mont Drive due to e:{treme 'rarfic pi•obler..s i^ close proxin,ity to ti~e site
th~i cn~ld hinder fire figt~tinq ~E~erations.
?. That when the Crescent Avenue overcro=sinq of t.i~e S~~nta An,~ Frr.e~.vay is cnropleted
the:e w•:11 be a larqA overlap of t:~, fi:e sta;ion service areas,
~. That there is a critica] need ~cr ridequate ::re fini,'in~ facilit.:es in .3nd
around the hiqh value cor;mercial concentrat;^n at ?i.~ intersecti^n ~f euclid
Street and Crescent. Avenue.
~:. That an analysis by the C';ief o: tf~e rire DA:~art~:en• anci ti;a A~1;,inis:t~ative
o`fice indir,a±es that, the e,ide on 'i~e east ~ide of Loara Strnet .~pproxiir,ate:•;
midv;ay between ;dorth Street and Ca~_..;pa ~voul~i he ~,,, ~idequat~ ]o~ ' ior ;~or the
Facility.
.• That ~ City Iveiqhborhood P,::F; i;~ locr~teci in close uroxi~~.;ry ~o ti~e proE,~sed
~ire _,tation site, said pai•~.:nr, i:~~~~inn ~~n1y ene access t~ the pat';~:, th,:~
beinn ;'ror,~ ;:orth Stre~t, and every e`Fort sf~ould be made by the City t~~
prcvide some forr.~ o; .;~ldltinnc;l acress to ?'r~e exis!:r;n pa:k si;u.
b. That Uec~use ti~e proposed rire station ~.~iil] Le located ir a resi.iential ,+rea,
the surrounding~ of the f:re ..`ation s:~nuld be r;;ainta:ne~: in a par4:-li~e
app~arance.
7. T}~at one person appeared er.pressinn concern :f~at ti~r_ ex.istinn oar~: site tisill
be further isolated fror:; ti,e c~enera] public u:e, o~rause of its inexcessir,ility,
and t.hat }.i.r- f'ic~z <_t;,tion . i;e r:ir~i,t destro~ ti~e appe-,rr:nce o, ~he
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NOW, THEREFOREy BE IT RESOLVED that the City Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim
does hereby recommend to the City Council that General Pian Amendment No. R6 be approved,
relocating the fire station symbol which is near Euclid Street and Cre=~ent Avenue to the
east side oF Loara Street appror.imately midway between North Street a~d Catalpa Avenue.
BE IT FURTHc'R RESOLVcD that the City Council make every effort to provide additional
access to the existing park site, and that the fire station site be maintained in a park-
like atmosphere.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTiON is signed and approved by me tnis 22nd day of September,
• 1966.
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CH IRMAN AfJAHEIM CITY PLAN NG ~ iSSION
ATTEST:
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SF_CRETARY ANAHEIh1 CITY PLP.NNIiJG ~MNISSION
STATE OF CALIF~R~IIA )
~UN7Y OF ORANGE ) sso
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Ann Krebs, Secretary of the City Plannino Commission o: the City of Anaheim do hereby
certify that the foregoing resolution vaas passed and adopted at a meeting of the City Planning
Commission of the City of Anaheim, neld on September 12, 1966, at 2:00 0`cloch P.N~, by the
following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COMMISSIO;;ERS: Allred, Farano, Gauer, Herbst, Mungall, Rowland, Camo.
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ~~!one.
~ ABSENT: OJMMISSIOIdERS: iJone.
_ IN WITNESS WHEREO:, I have iiereunto set my hand this 22nd day of September, 1966.
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SECRFI'ARY ANAHEIM CITY PLkNNING ~MNiISSION
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