PC 87-103RESOLUTION N0. PC87-103
A RFS~JLUTION UE '1'EiE ANAFIEIM CITY PLANNTNG COMMISSION ADO[~TING
APID R~COMMLNlltvG Tp THL CI'rX COUNCIL 0~ TF13 CI'PY UE ANAHEIM ADOPmION
UE' GGNGRAL PLAN AMENDMCNT NG. 223 ~ LANU UaE E4~MFNT
WNERFAS, the ~it1 Council. oE the C.ity o£ Anahcim did adopt the
Anaheim Ceneeal P.l~n by Re~oJ~~ion No. 69R-644, ,howing the general
d~scriPtion and ex~ent of ~oss.ible future deaeloprrent wi~hin Lhe City; ar.d
WHEREAS, the Gencral P.lan Pr~vid~s ~r- oE£icial guide £or future
de~el.opmenL• of ~he hil.l and eznyon ~.3rea and is intectr3ed to pco~note an
arr.angement of land use, highways and public ser.vice~ which pcovide sequenced
development and adec~uate pro~~i5ions for timed public impr.ovements; and
proposes the g~neral usaye o~ land and specifies a range of de~~elo~menL•
interisity and denCity; an.9
WHE~iEA5, pursuant k~~ a request from th~ pcoperty-~wner for a General
Plan s~udy, in conjunction wi.th a requesr for a review and approval oE
Reclassffication edo. 86-07-19 For Plannec9 Gommiinity Zoning, staff prepared a
General P1an Amendment for the 591.3 acre Oak fiills Ranch located 1.1 miles
soul:heast uf Weir Canyan Road a~d the Rivcrsid~ L'reeway Int;ersection and
bounded o~ th~ north by the Walluce Ranc'~, west b~ the Highlands at Ana;~eim
Hi114 pro~erty, and 5outh and ea3t by the Trvin~ Company p~operty; ai~d
'r~HEREAS, the P:~anning De~artment deemed it ap~ropt.iate, puCSUant to
the pr~visiun~, cE the Calitornia L•'nvironmental ~~ualiry Act, khat an
Pnvir.onmentAl im~~act repor.t b~~ preparf:~ and t;nvir.onmen~al ImpacL- Repart No.
2~1 has been ~ubmitted; and
WHFREAS, the Anaheim City P2anni.ng Commissior. di~i hold a public
hearinq at the Anaheim Civi.r_ Center, Counci.l c;:~.:,,,~er, :00 South Anaheim
F3oulevard, on kebruary 2, 1987, at 1:3U ~.m., notice of. said publ.ic n~azring
having benn duly given as :e,uired by law and in a~:cordance with the
provision~ of tt~e Anr,heim Municipal Cod~, to hear and corisider evidence Eor
~nd ayain~t saici Ge~era:l P.tan Ames~dm~nt and to inves~igate and make f.indings
anii cecommend-.sCion~ in connection therewith; anc: said C~ublic h~ rin~~ having
br;en ccntinued ~n r_h~ meel•i.ng ui Aoril 27, 19~7; and
'v1lif.REAS, :~aid Cummission, aft?r due r.vnaic~~raf:ion, ins~ectLon,
investi~3aL•ion and stud~ made by it,elE, an~l af~er due c~nslderation o~ a.Ll
evidenre and re~~~rts offerecl at said he~~riny, DOGS HEREHY FIl1D:
1. nat the rity C;uuncll upproveci G~ner~l. ~.lan Amendment Tio. 188 0~~
Ocrober, 9, 1984, f.oc the ~ubjecL• study arPa (Oak Hi11s Ranch)
eonais~tiny oC a~Esc~ximately 60U acr~s, 3ubject Co ~onditions not tU
exc:~~ed '2,188 dwelling uni~s, to ue in r.omp.If•,nce wiCh Title t7
ZSUbdivisiuns) and Titiie lb (Zoning) of tt;e Anahei.m hiunicipal Code,
and to be monitnred t~o en:3ure conr_inued fi$G~.I bt7],df14P.
:t. 7~hat ce~idential land ur,e densikie3 proE.,osed fo~ the perimetPr of
suby~ct sCudy area ;OAf: Hills Ftanch) ~re g~nerally c~n~iuten: with
c;u:rent ~erimpt~r denstkies Eor those immediately ~~djar.er.t r.~nch
areas,
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3. ThaL• t;he pcoE~osa.l is for a higli imaye residential cc~mmuni.~y offering
a vari~ty of housinc~ ~ensities and i~ousing types, community
facilicie~, supnort retail and exiensive acc:es~ible Upen sPace anc3
this G~neca~ Plan Am~ndmtnt woifl.d be cnmpatible and complimentary to
land u~es permitted in the gencra.l ar.~:a.
4. Tha~ Che proposed land uGes an~3 res:identi~l der.~ity ranges are in
keeping wi~h ~he exisl:i.ng Genetial Plan, and t~ euse3 ~ and densitie3
this Gene~a.l Ylan Ame~idment is a shiFting
wir.hin th~e property to ~tovide for a more sophisticated 1Fve2 of.
I,J.arining .
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5. 'rhat evi.dence was presenl:er.i ~~h.ich substantiate~ the ne~~ for an
amendment to the Anah~i.m General P1an, and it is deemed appropriate
that Gxhi.bit A••• Amer-ded, be adopted designating su~~ect acea to
Hillside I.uw Densir_y Resiciential; F;il.l.side i~ow-Medium Den~ity
Residenti~.l, H~~ll:~ide Medium Densi~y Residentiai, General Commeccl~l,
and G~ner.al O~E:n Space and al~o incluc3ing a pazk siLe and an
elernentary schoal siLe.
E;NVIRCNt4ENTAL ;h1PACT I'2NDING: Tha~ af.ter consid~ring Draft
~;nviroi~mental Impact Reoort No. 281 for tt~e propo::ed G~neral. Plan Amendr,ienr
and ~lanned Commun.ity Zone Cor rhe O~k Hi.?ls Ranch and reviewing evidence,
both rrritten an~ oral, pr~~enred to supplement DraEt F:I22 No. 281, the Planninc~
Comrni.ss3.on finds that:
(a) EIR No. 2~]. is in com~liance with the Ca.lif.or.nia Environmental
Qudlity Ac~ ac~d l-.he State and Cil:y Guidel.ines;
(b) EIR t~o. 281 identi.f:ies the following ini~act~ which are considerec~ to
b~a t~oth un7voi~lable and advecse in nature and not fully miL•igat~ed to
a level of insignitiicance:
o nevelopm~nt wi!1 r~move siyni.Eicar-t biological habitat i.nclud;ng
areas oi high, tnuderate and low sensitiviL•y.
o Fic~ service acce~~ must be ~~rovided via Weir C~nyon koad or
,er.rano Avenue. In additi.on, u~le~s Ser[ano Avenus is
con3tr.ucL•.r~3 linking Tempoc~,ry Eire otation r~o. 9 t~ L•he border of
Uak Hills Rancti prior to the deve;.opment o~ Oak Hi11s Ranc~h,
resp~nap L•ime for paramedic units to Oak Hi-1g Ranch may be
appr.oximately lU minutes.
o VEhic:ular trir:~ and enecgy censum~ticn generated by uses on-site
will produce air pol.lutant ~mi:ssiuns and wi 11 k,~ curr,ulatively
:;igniEicant in com'oination with other r+imilar. dEVelopm~nts in the
air basfn.
a U~~zlopmenL• will alter 88a oL the natucal tonogrAphy and will
pokentia.lly l.re;~act views irom ofE-site includin~,~ Weir Canyon,
o~~n ~E~ace areas o:~ the Itvin~ ~r.operty k.o the south and in ~che
E;iyhl.:~n;~s ~rupertf to the wec`
o Proposed la~~~3 use~ will -:c-sume energy wh~~~~ conaidered in
c.ombination w;th other develupments i.n r.he region.
c~ Propasec] laac3 u:~es in the nuuthwe~tPrn ~SOrtinn of the :~ite do not
c~i~f~~m to thA County of. Urange General Pl~~n which calls £or
ded:car.ion of 45 ~ acres to ttis: Cuunty for inclusion in thr~
proposed Weir Canyon Regi.una~ P~ark.
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(c) AND FUF.THER, that the Planning Commission does hereby flnd tha~ the •;
bene£its aE ~he pcoj~a~ hav~ beer. balaneec~ against tbe u~:avnfdable
et~vironmental impacl-.s and, pursuant tu the provisions o~ Section
15093 u~ the State CEQA Guicaelines, the accureence of the signiticant
environmental eEEerts id~nti~ied i.n EIR No. 281 a3 set korth above,
m1y be permitted withnut further mit.iqatii~n due to the foliowing
overrtiding consi~3erations:
(1) cconomic, socia.l and pt~ysical cons~iderations make it infeasible
to elimina~e a11 of the significant environmental impacts of ~he
projet;t wtiicli ha,ve been idenritied in GIR No. 281;
(2) Such environmental im~a~:ts wili be reduced by compliance with
City co~~es, po.liciPS and procedures,
(3) The project will. bring subskan~ia.l benefits to the ci.ticens of
Anahaim by providing em~loyment and permitL•is~~~ the c1ev~~lopmerit of
a vuriety ~f. high-quality resici~ntial denG.i~:ies ranc7 ~zs{:l typea Ca
assist in mtaeL-ing deman~~~ for housing,
(4 ) M,iL•:i.qati~~n measur.es h•:,vc•: ~ een incor~~orated i,7~.u the pr.oject to
re:;~ce thF rnajority of ~,~va;:onment~~l iinpacts t:o an acceptab3.e
level.
I~` Th~ref'ore, the Planning Commissi,on recommends that the Ciky Counr.il
~~~ certify Environmenta]. Impact Reporr No. 2$.l Eor Che Oak Hi].ls Ranch planned
Communi~y Zone ar~ Genera.l F1an ?!~nendment and :~dopt Che Statement o~
Overriding Considerat?.nn~.
' P70W, THEREE'URE, 9E IT RESOGVGU, that ~ursuant to the £oregoinc3
' findings, the A~aheim City Planninq Comm:ission does tiereby adopr and rec~mmend
to tne Ci.ty Cnuncil o.[ thn Ci.`.y of Anataeim adoption oE Gener.al P1An Amendment
No, 22:i •- Land Use F.lemEnL, ~xhibi.t A- Amended, subject ta th~ Lollow.i.ng
' rondi~i~ns:
a. That the appr~val of L-he :;ubject amendmer~e does no~ guara~:tee the
development of 2,176 dwelling uni~s but provides Eoc a range of f.rom
0 ro 2,17Ei dwelling units, with the actual number of units to be
determ.ined ~y the Ci~y at the ti.me oE the approval oE khe Planned
Comtnunit:y (pC) 2oning and subd.ivision a;~proval.
b. That the fu~ure developm~~-its withi^ the ~ttbject amenclmen.e area shall
conEorm with all of the requirertients Uf the Anaheim Mun.ici~al C~dA
Title Eighl•.een-Zoning (i.e, setbacF;s, par~ing, builciing hei~~hL•s,
etc.).
c. That the Euture develo~mer-ts witlli.n the subject arnendment area shall
contorm with a.ll requirements of the Anaheim Plunicipa.l Code ritie
~ 5evcnteen-Land Develooment and Ite3ources (i.e. yrading, subdivision,
~ etc.).
. d. That the 3jJ~~1C8!1L' •ast.~uli:~h a mcc:hanism to ~rovide an an-going
~' moni~oring ~~nd transmittal af inEormati~n to the City concerninq
~'' fiscal im~~act oE f.uCure deveiopments :rithin the ~ubject am~nr]ment
acna.
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TH~ l'OREGOIN3 RG50LU'tI~JN is ~igr~ed
of Apri.l, 1987. .~
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CHAIRMAN~ A
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SLCRE7.'A Y~ ANAHEIM C7T~' PLANNIN~ COMM'iSSION
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CUIlIVP.Y O[' ORANGE ) 5~.
C.T.TY OF l~NAHEIM )
and approved by me this 27th day
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NAFIE~ rTTY~ YI~AN/F (3 CCMMISSIUt~
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I, Gdith f.. Harri.s, ~ecretary of 'th~ Ana?~eim c:itY~ Planning
Commission, do hereby certify that th~ to~•egoinu resolutior, was passed and
adopted at a meetin~ ot tl~e Ar.ah~im City Plar~niny Com,iai~~ion he.ld on April 27,
1987, by the ~ollowing vote cf the members ther~of:
AYE;3: CUMMISSIONERS: SCUAS, FRY, [~IFRI3ST, uA"vJICI(I, MC BURNCY, MESSE
NOl3S: COMMTSSIONERS: NC~NG
ADS'PAIN: COMMTSSIONERS: LA CGAIRF:
.TN WITNF.SS WFiEREOF, I have h~reunto set my t~and this 27th day of:
Apri.l, 1.987, r ~ _
SEC:RC'.~AR'i ANAHEIM CI'PY PLA NING COMMISSION
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