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A RESOLUTIQPI OF TH[ APIAHEIti CITY nLAhIPlIP~G COt7'1ISSIfih~ ADOPTItIG AND
RECOh1~1[i7DIllG TO Tli[ CITY ~OUtICIL OF TIIE CITY OF Ai~ANEIPI ADOPTI(~f~ OF
Ai~AHEI(1 GEP~ERAL PLAf~ At~9EP~D'1EtJT P~O. 1'9.
IJIIEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim did adont the Anaheir!
General Pl.an by P,esolut~on t•lo. 69R-G44, shoaiin~ the general descriation and extent of
land uses v~ithin the City and indicating the aresent belief of the Council as to
nossible future development and i~edevelonment of land a~ythin the City; and
liH[REAS, in view of the anticipated redevelonment of the ':enter Citv !1rea,
the City Council ar the City r~f Anaheim directed the Planning Den'.~rtment staff to
prepare an amendnent to tli~ ~nahein General Plan ~vhicF a~ould allo~+ for cnnsnlidation
of commercial uses, reso7~-e conf1icting land uses, and im~rove vehicular
access/circulatior~ in the ~enter City Area, beinn a ~ortion of the R~~develooeient
Prcject Area .'~lpha; and
idHcREAS, further, ~he Anaheim City Planning Comr~is~~on directed the Plannina
Jenartnent staff to prepare an anendment to the Anaheim ~eneral Plan aihich would
consider land use alterRatives for the Patt Street Areu, as requestad by~ the pro~erty
o~~mers and residents of said area; ~nd
l•11IEREAS, further, the City Council of the City o` Anaheam did receive a
verified Petition fo~~ Reclassification PJo. 75-76-5 and, follna~ing denial of said
oetition, did direct the Planning Uenartment staff to nre~are an amendr~ent to the
Anaheim General Plan to consider land ~se alternatives and the resultant traffic
imoacts for all or a ~ortion of the property consisting of aporsxi;^~ately 7 acres
located at the southeast corner of Lincoln Avenue and Gilbert Street; and
~JIIEP,EAS, further, the City Cour9cil of the City of Anaheim did receive a
verified Petition fior Reclassification Plo. 75-76-2 for nronerL!f consisting of
approxinately 19 acres located at the northeast corner ofImperial}~i~h~vaY and La
Palna Avenue and did direct the Planning Department starf to prepare an anendmeni to
the Anaheim General Plan tn clarify land use nolicy in the vicinity of said nrooerty,
said vicinity involvina aporoximately 420 ar,res of land extendinq fro~ the nronosed
aiignment of 4Jeir Canyon Zoad to aanrox~,nately 600 feet a~esLerly of Im~eri~l Hi~hway
and ~•:hich is generally bounded by ~~`angethorne Avenue/[s~eranza Road on the north and
~he Santa Ana River on the south, and beinq a aortion of the ado~ted Redevelooment
Hroject Area Alpha; and
41HEREAS, the Flanning Denartment deemed it ap~rooriate, nursuant to the
orovisions oF tlie Cal~fornia Environmental Quality Act, to nrenare Environmental
Ir~~act F;eDOrt "lo. lfia in conrection aiith a Generai Plan Amendment for the foreqoing
four areas under consideration; anci .
l•1HEREAS, the llnahein City Planning Commission did hold a rnihlic hearinn in
the Frenont Junior I~igh School Auditorium at G08 lJest Lincoln Avenue in the City of
anaheim, on February 2h, 197f, at 7:3n p.m., notice of said public hearinq having
been duly 9iven as required by lavi and in accordance with the orovisinns of the
Anaheim ^tunicipal Code:, to hear and consider eviGence for and aqainst the foreqoinn
four areas fur an amendrient to the Anaheim General Plan and E~vironmental Impact
lte~ort iJo. 168 in ccmjunction therewith, and to make `indinns anrl r?conmendations
tViereon; and
l•1fIEREAS, said (:orimission, arter due insoection, investigation and study made
by itself and in its belialf, and after due consideration n` all evidence and re~~orts
offered at said hearing., DOES f1EREQY FIiID:
1. That evidence tvas nresented at saicl public ~iearinn ~~~hich substantiates
the need for an amendment to the AnaheSm General Plan to reflect
changes in the land use and circulation elements relating to the four
areas hereinbefore clescribed. '
Z, That Exhibit "A" in connection ~•~ith Area I- Center City is
apnropriate. said exhibit shoti~~inq a land use and circulation
alternative that would accommodate the Redevelonment Conceot Plan.
;. That Exhibit "A" in connection ~~iith Ar2a II - Patt Street is
appropriate since it desinnates mediun-density residential uses as
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requ~sted bu the majoritv of the residents and prooerty owners in said
area and is consistent ~vith cxisting land uses.
A. That Exhibit °A" in connection with Are~ 1'!I - Lincoln Avenue/Gilbert
Street is appronriate And desi~nates the area for overall comnercial
land uses, said a1~ternate renresenting the most cemaatible land cse to
all of the surroundin~ ]and uses.
5. That Exhibit "fi" in connection with Area IV - La Pal~a Avenue/Imnerial
High~~iay is apnronriate, as ino~iified to eliminate an~ s~r~nerty ~vesterl,y
of Inperial Iliqh~•ia,y, since the sou~herl,y 11-acre nortion of the 1~-acre
arGel covered under Reclassification Plo. 75-76-?. is considered
appropriate for commercial develooment and the norther~y "-acre oortion
is considered aporopriate for medium-density resident~i+l develonment;
and, further, the remainin~ arreaqe irclu~ed in Area IU is beinn
considered in this Anendment for the purnose of brinn~n~ the Anaheim
General Plan up-to-date with existinq develo~ment on the oronerty.
tJOt•!, 711EREFORE, PE TT RESOLVED that Environmental Imoact Report I~lo. lfi•°,,
having been considered if~is date by the Anaheim City Flanning Cor,imission and
evidence, both ~iritten and oral, havin2 been presented to sun~lement s~,id draft EIR
No. 163, the Pl~nnin9 Cornission believes that said dr~rt EI~ t~o. 158 does confcrm to
the City and State Guidelines and the State of California Environmental QualitY Act
and, based upon such infornation, does hereby recommend to the Citv Council that t1i?y
certify said EIR No. 16;3 is in compliance with said Environmental 4'~~ality Act.
EE IT FUR?~IER RESOLVEJ that, oursuant to the foreqoin~ findinns, the An~heim
City Planning Connission does adopt and recommend to the City Council of the Citv of
Anaheim adootion of General Plan An°ndment No. 139 and, snec~fically, that Exhibit
"A" be adopted for Area I- Center Cit~~, that Exhibit ".A" be adonted for Areh II -
Patt Street, that Exhibit "A" be adonted for Area III - Lincoln Avenue/Gilbert
Street, and that Exhibit "a", as modified to elinirate any ~ropertY westerlY o`
Imperial Higharay, be adoot~d for Area IV - La Palma AvenueJimperial Hinht~ray, said
Exhibits being on file ir the Offic:e o~ the Planninq Denartment.
THE FOP,EGOIiI~ RESOLUTIOt! is signed and annroved by me this ?.~th day af
February, 1976.
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CH (!, N I;E P iIN tl~ ,~ ~ S.!
ATTEST:
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SE' 'CRE~ T'NfZY, A~~All~f1 CITY PL ilflIrlS CO'ViISSIUtI
STATE OF CALIFOItflIA )
COUNTY OF OI;AIJGE )ss.
CITY OF AP~AHEIt9 )
I, Patricia B. Scanlai~, Secretary o` the City Planninq Commission of the
Cit.y of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoinq resolution t~~as oassed and
adopted at a meetin9 of the City Planninn Conmission of the City or Anaheir~, held on
February 2a, 1976, at 7:30 p.m., by the follo~~~in!1 vnte o` the members thereof:
AYES: C014~tISSIOtlERS: DAR?IES, NERf3ST, I:IfIG, tAORL[Y, TOLAft
NOES: COPiP1ISSI0flERS: r'ARAt10
AGSEi~T: CO'1t•1ISSIOhJERS: JOH'rJSO(I
IN l•IIThJESS iJl!EREOF, I have hereunto set ny hand this 7nth day of Februarv,
1976.
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