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RES LU71~N. No. Pcsa•1~
A RESOLUTIt~N OF THE ANAHEIM CIIY PI.ANNING COMMISSION
RE~OMMENDING CI7Y COUNCIL ADOPTION OI' 7H~
ANAHEIM REu0R1' PUBLIC REALM LANQSCAPE PROGAAM
WHEREAS, In 1989, the City of Anaheim initlated the Commercial Recreation Area
Enhanaemont Program and TrunsportAtion/Land Use Strategy Plen. The ~oal of the Cfry's offorts was to
address the neAd for visual enhancement and Infrastructure improvements In the Commercial Rocreatlon
Area. Specifically, the Commercial Recreation Area Enhancement Program'ss gnal was to comprehansively
address signage, landscaping, and other land use and site development issues. The Transportation/Is~nd
Uso Strategy Plan's goal was to assess existing and future transportation conditions and recommend
Improvements commensurate wfth land use intensfffcatlon proJections over the next 2U years, In 1990, in
connection with these studiea, the City Councll adopted a revised C-R Zoning Urciinsnce and established
Design Guidelinas tor the area. ?he Commercial Recreation Area l~as be~an redesignated tha Anahelm
Resort; and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Resort encompasses approximately 1,046 acres wlilr,h are
de~ignatad on the City of Anaheim Gener~l F~lan for Commerclal Recr~tlon 1.3nd lises (the Anaheim Resort
boundaries are shown in Attachment A to this Resolution which is Incarporated herein); and
WHEREAS, In 1993, the ~City Cauncil approved the bisneyland Resort Specific Plan and
EIR, a proposal for approximatoly 489.7 acres In tPie Anaheim Resort ta devolop an intematlonal multi-day
resort Includir~~ a second theme park, hot~al rooms, internal transportation systems, publfc parking facilities,
administretive ofiices and ongoing modificati~n of the existinp Disnoyland thome park. In 19J4, the City
Council subsequently approve~ the Hotel Circle SpecHic Plan to provlde for a development of 700 new
hotel rooms on approx(r~iately 6.8 acres in the Anahoim Resort; and
~NFi~REAS, in order to provfda a long range comprE~hensfve plan for future davelopment
for the remaining prc~pertios in tho An~heim Resort and to further im~lement thd goals of the above-noted
stud(o~, City staff began work in 1991 on the Anahelm R~.~sort Specific Plan end EIR; and
WHEREAS, on August ~3, 1994, tho Plann(ng Commission recommonded that the City
Councll adopt t~~e Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2; and
WHER~AS, the ~lnahalm Resort Public Realm Landscape Program (on filo with tlio
Planning Depa~tment) is intendtxl to set forth the landscape concepts proposed for the public streets (or
Public Noalm) within or bordering the Rnahoim Resort. SpecKic deta~ls show~ing how the concepts will be
implemented are shown in the Anaheim Resort Spccitfc Plan and The Disneyland Aesort Spacific Plan
respective Design Plnns (Sectipn 5.0 of e~ch document). The design concept varies (or each of these
streets and is dependent upon the purpose of the street. Followin4 is e description of tha landscape
concepts used to develop this program:
(A) Unitv and ONersitv - landscape plant~ng has been designed to create an overall i~nity,
while allowing dbersfty to creata distinct differences between places.
(Bj Use Plent Material to Cr~ate Scale - it is ImpoRAnt that the scale of landbcape materials
reflect the scele oi the place they are intended to enhance.
(C) Establis,r~ Recoanizabl@~1!'eetsy~p~S~@~i~l - ~Nithin th9 Publlc Roalm, londscape
elements are propos~d to Inctude trees and shrubs, as well as man-mede olements such
as light f~tures or banner poles, in regular pattorns to astablish order and a recognizable
geometry. 7he patterns w" vary to create different effe:ts and will help to differentiAie
one locztion or straet from another.
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;D) ~efine ~ Plent Palatt@ • The Program Incorporates by referenGe the plant palett~s In the
Anahelm Resort SpeclHc Plan and The Disneyland Resart Spocific Plan whfch Identify ~
Iist of preposecl plarit materials to be usAd ir+ the Public Raalm (those Iists are located in
Sectl~ns 5.83 and 5.8~~ respectfvely of each document and provide not only the Public
Realm plant palette, b~~t also the Sotback and Prlvate Roalm palettes).
(E) • r n scaae to Crf ate Doath - To r,reate an illusi~n of great~r depth in narrow spaces
and add further variety, landscape is proposed to be planted In vertica! and horizontel
layers. Vertfcal layers will include varying helghts of plant materials r~nd other landscape
elements. Horizontal leiyers wfll be established by distinct, but complementary, plantin~
areas (I.e., parkways, building setback areas).
(F) rontrast Plent_ Material ~'gr f~iver~fty and Balance - Ta create diversfty, one plant rnaterial
will be contrasted with another.
(G) c°~°rtui ,~,~nts ~q~ n~.i~.S.~i e a Fa~tive Atmosnherg - Using color(ul pl~nt materlals such
as flowering treos anrJ shrubs will hel~ create a festNe, cheertul atmosphere. Whgro
appropriate and subject to the approval of the City, flowering trees may be used aFti street
treos, ~and flawering shrub~ end 9roundcovers will be plantecl wlthln sotback areas. The
preferrecf aolors for flc~vering plants wfl! be deeply colored reds, oranges, yollows and
purple~ with a Iimited use uf pale colars.
WHEREAS, the Landscrape Concept Diagram in tha Anaheim Resort Public Realrn
Landscape Program dc~cument shows how these prfnc~ples have been applied and landacape cross
sectfons and elovatlons in the Program ~locument iilustrate the landscape treacment for oach of the streets
which efther border or are within tho baundaries of the Anaheim Resort; and
WHERF/1S, tho approval of thl~ p;ogram will help transfarm the area In:o a mare
pedestrian friondly, gerden-like settinp. 'fogeth~r with~ the Anaheim Rasort Idantky Program, implementation
of those concepts will create an Inviting, reson charactor for the area; end
WF~EREAS, tha City has caused 4o be propered and has independently reviewed an
envfronmentsl impact report (EIR Mo. 313) for Generel Plan Amendment No. 333, the Anaheim Resnrt
Specific Plon No. 92-2, the Anahelm ResoK Identity Program, tho Anahoim Resort Public Roalm Landscape
Program, and the Anaheim Rosort Nonconiormfng Signa~e Prograrr~, in accordance wfth requlrements of
the Calfiornla Environmental ~uallty Act, Pubifc Resources Cafe Sectlon 21000 g~. The drak of El~i
No. 313 was made avai~ablg for a 45-day public reviow poriod ending „uly 29, 1994, and the F{nal E~R lVc~.
313, including written responses t¢ public c,omments, was made ava{lablo for publfa revfew on August 1~~,
1994; and
WHEREAS, tho City Planning Comml3sion did hold a special pubUc heuring at the Civic
Center in the City of An~heim on August 29, 1894, at 10:30 a.m., no~itce of sald special public hearing
having been duly given as required by law and In accordance with the pruvisiona of the Anaheim Municipal
Coda, Chapter 18.03, to hear and consider evidence for end against sAid proposed:
Envirortmental Impact Report No. 313
Goneral Plan Amendment No. 333
'fhe Anaheim Resort SpocHic P~an No. 92•2 (Including Zoning and DevRlopment Standerds,
a Desfgn Plan and Gufdelines, and a Public Fac{Iities Plan)
Tno Anaheim Resurt Identity Program
The Anaheim Resort Public Realm LAndscape Program
The Anaheim Resort Nonconformin~ Signage Progran•~
and to investigatA ard make 1lndinps and recun~mendations In r.onnection therAwith; and
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WHEREAS, the Ciry Planring Commission hac, hy motlon, recommAndad that the Ciry
Council certHy E!R No. 393, and adapt a Statemont of Findinga and F~cts and e Statement of Ave-riding
Considerations; and,
NOW, THERE~ORE, BE 17 RESOWED that bassd on the foregofng (~c~ts, after due
inspection, lnvestigatlon and study made by Itsolf and In tts bo~~~lf and having considored all evldence,
reports, and proJect refinement~ presented during th~ publlc hearing process, the AnaFielm Clty Plannin6
Commisalon does hereby recommond that thc~ Ciry Councll Adopt the Anahelm Reaort Public Realm
Landscape Program,
THE FOREGOINC RESOLUTION wxs adopted a! the ?lanning Commiselon meeting of
August 29, 1994. 1 ~
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CHAIRV/OMAN ANAHEIM GITY PLAN G COMMISSION
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SECRETAR , ANAWEINI CITY PI.ANNING COMMISSI4N
STA7E OF CALIFOANIA )
COUN'fY OF ORANGE ) ss.
ClTY OF ANAHEIM )
I, Edith L. liarris, Secretary of the Anaheirn City Planning Commission, db hereby certify
tfiat tho foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a rneoting of tho Anahelm City Planning
C~mmissfon held on August 29, 1P94, by the followinp voto of the members thereof;
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: B~YDSTUN, CALDWEI_L, HENNINGER, MAYER, PERA7A, TAIT
NOES: COMMISSlONERS: NONE
ABSENT: C0~IMISSIONERS: MESSE
IIJ WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto aet my hend thls ~~~"- day of
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