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A RESOI~UTTON OH THE AN~1EiEIM CI2'X PLANNTNG CpMM2>SION
RECOMMENI)xNG 11PI~ROVAL AF REQUEST FC~R AMENDMF'NT 'i'O
OI~DINANCE NO. 4SEi1 PE~2TAINtNG TO
SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 67-1
'Tki~: fIIGHT,APlDS AT ANAHEibi HILLS
WHEREAS, the City Co~.incil elppi-oved The Highlands at An~zheim Hills
Specific Plan on Jurie 23, 1987, Ordinanre No. 48fi1 (ro impl~ment t1~e Sp~cific
Plan 'Lone) O11 Auc~uat :.~,, 19£s7. The Highlandr~ <Zt RnahE~im Eii11s Sperific Flan
(sP 8%-1), which includ~~ a Public Faciliti.Q~ Plan, ?.~ int~r~ded to provide for
the deve.l~pment of a tr~tal of 815 acres to inr.l.udP up to 2, 147 resj.ciQntial
unf.ts, 8 acrPO of comrtiercial uoey, a park si.te, an 8 acre e.lQmentary ec.h~ol
sitr_ ~nd appra.cim..t 1~ ?.92 acrc~s of open apace; snd
4rF1EREAS, on October 16, 1990, tha City ^.ouncil approved Amendment No.
2 to f.he Highlanas at An,lheim Hills Specific Plan (':~ ~~r~vide for the expangion
of th~ park site to inelude a~proximately or.e (1) addit.tonal acre of usable
park opacp}, followtng deni~l bf the Planninq Cornmiseiun.
WHEFtEA>, C~nclition D:o. 43 of Ordi;~rince No. :861 cux•rently reads xs
followe;
"Thah• priar to the i~~uance of the ?U1st build.ng permit i_n thP
firat plza~e of dc~velrprnent, development of t}ie 5-ac:re (iner.eac+ed to 6
acrEa) park site ~ha~l begi.n anc] be cleveloped to City Park Department
~L•andards, subjECt t~ Park D~partment approval, and r_onnisY.enL• with
facilities r~rovided for other s.imilar 5 acre iieighbor.hood parlcs within
the City. The ~~ark oite develc~pment must be completcd within anc year
f.rom the iasuanc:a ot the 201at bui.l.di.ng pE~rmit. Such improvements
must include, but ohall noY, be limit~d tn, irric3ation, laiidscaping
(.includinq turf, rrer.:n and ground covers), walkwlys, a chilclrcn's play
equi~,ment area 1nd i±icn:c ir~iprov~n~c~ntc~."
~r1HEREAS, t•hEa pc>>titioner req~.ieats an amendm~nt Y.o Cor~dition P7o. 43
pertaininy t•o t;tio eomplc tio~t ciat•ce of the prcposed 6 aere p<--L~k s.'ttE~.
WFfEREAS, t;h:~ City Plannir~g ComrniH~l~n did hold a pu~lic hear..tng at thQ
Civic Centc~r i.n ;he C.ity of Anahe~m on May 20, 1991, at 1:30 p.ra., notice ~£
saici publi.c hparing hzving been cl.uly given as rNquired by law ar.d i-i acco•rdance
wit:h the provieions ~f che AnutiPim Munic.i~al Code, Chapter if3.03, 'r,u hear znd
con~ider av.ide.~ncA for and ag~tnet r~aid proponed c.~~nditic.~nal. use pc.~r.mi: and to
inveatigate anr] make Eindin~.Zn ~.nd recommendatic~~~~s in connc~r.tion ther4with; and
that s~i~l puhlic hearing ~.vas rvntinuecZ to th~ :,une 1'~, 1991 Pl:nning Commission
meetiny; anc9
WHE:Rx'AS, ~aid C~mmi~:sior~, after duc i.n~~ertion, inveo*_~,;ati-,n and
ttkudy rr.ade by it~elf. and in it~ behal~, ar~d afte~r. due con3ide~-atCu~ ot :~l.t
evirjc~ncr~ ~and reports atfereci ~r, rs~id hc~.irir.g, doeo fi.nr.i a;~d det ~rminF! *.h~
fol.l.owi.nr, facte:
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1. ihat the property covered by the Spc~r.ific Plan has uniqu~ si.te
character.ietica sucti ~.s topograph~~, location ~r surroundi.ngs wt~ich are enhanced
by apocial land use and d~vAlapment ei:andardo.
2. That ~he Specific Plan is consi~tent wit2i L•h~ goale and p~,~li.r,ifl~
cE the Genc~ral Plan and 41].ttl ttie pur.ponee, standar~s and ].and use c~uidelir,~s
contained the.reir~.
3. That the Sp~cific P11n will reaul.t in dQVelopment af a dn~irable
churacker which w:l.ll be compatiblP ~~ith er.isting and propc~c~d clevel:~pment in
the sur~ourYding nQlyhbor~:~oocl.
4, Th~t the Specific Plan cont.r.ibutes ta a balanc~ cf ].and uaen.
5. That l:he 5p~=.cific Ylar. re~per.t:~ ~n~-ironmentz! and aesthetic
re~ourcea canei.stent with economi.c realttizs.
6. That the propoaed amenclment is con3istent w.ith the go~~1s and
objeci:ivee of thF Iiighlan:~s at Anaheim Hill.s Specifi.c Ylan (SP£i7-1) and the
Anaheim GE~rieral Plan.
FNVIitONMEt7TAI~ IMPACT ANAI,YSIS: Tl~ai: c.nvi.ronmental Impact Report No.
273 for The Hiyhlands at Anah~im fiill.s Spoci.fic Y].3n (. ~F17-1} certified by the
City CoUncil on Ju:-e 23, 19f37, addras~es th~ environmental impacts and
mit~.yation mPaflures associated wi~h the re~idential development of The
Hi.ghlando at A~taheim HilJ.a and tt~er~F.ore, EIR N~. 273 ia adequate to serve aa
the raquired environrnental documentation for aubject r~c~uest.
NUW, TH~RCFORL BE TT RGSOLVED tha~ the Anaheim City Planning
Commiaai~ri does hF~r~b~f amend Condition No. 43 of or.diiianco No. 4861 to read a.s
follow~:
"That prior to the isauance of t!~e 201et building perm.i': in the fir:st
pha~e ot development, develupment of tt~e 6-acre park site chali begin and
be devel.ope•i io City Park Depar.tment etandard~, aubject ro '~ark Department
approval, an~] consistent with iacilities provicled for other ^j:~ilar 6 ac~~o
nFighborhood parks wi.tr~in the City. The park aite development muat be
c~mpleted witt:in twent~ ,~nvBll (27} monthe after LSE:Ua11CP. of thg 201st
b~9.lding p~rmi.t, with an a9ditiorial three (3) mcnth maintr..nance peri.od.
~uch improvc:menta ~m;~r. include, but Rhall not k~e limited ta, irrigatior,,
landscaping (incluciing ~:~~:f., tre~a and y~•ound covar~s), walkways s
~hilc9ren' a I~lay equipment ar.e2. and picni.c improve~~ents,
THE FOREGOING I2l3S0I,'J'P.T.UN w1e adopted aG the Pl.anning Commiasion
meeting of June 17, 19~1•. , ,
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COCJNTY OF qR}1NGE ) as.
CITY OF ANAEIEIM )
:[, Janet L. Jpny~n, ~ecrotary af the Anah~im Ci.ty Flanning
Comroiesinn, do her.eby cartify that the forggoing reso].ution was passed and
ad~pted at ~ meeting of the Anatieim City Plar~ning Commission held an June 17,
1991, by the fallawi.ng vote of the members therPOf:
AYES: COMMTS5IUNER~: BUUA5, BQYUSTIJN, FELUHAUS, H~LLY~R, EiENNINGER,
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NOES: COM2•fISSTONERS: NON7:
}1EiSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
J:N WITNFsSS WIiLREOP', I have hereunto ~sEt my han~l this 16r~ day
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