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Resolution-PC2025-039RESOLUTION NO. PC2025-039 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MINOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE OC VIBE MURAL PLAN AND DETERMINING THAT THE PREVIOUSLY -CERTIFIED FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 339, ADDENDA NO. 11 AND ADDENDA NO. 13, SERVE AS THE APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (DEV2024-00077) (1715 SOUTH DOUGLASS ROAD) WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim (the "Planning Commission") did receive a verified application from Anaheim Real Estate Partners, LLC for the approval of Development Project No. 2024-00077 (the "Proposed Project") on certain real property located at 1715 South Douglass Road in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, as generally depicted on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the "Property"); and WHEREAS, the Property is approximately 3.23 acres in size in the Transit District of the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan. The development standards and regulations of Chapter 18.20 (Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone) of the Anaheim Municipal Code (the "Code") applies to the Proposed Project. The Property is designated on the Land Use Element of the General Plan for Mixed -Use Urban Core land uses; and WHEREAS, on September 27, 2022 and October 4, 2022, the City Council approved Addendum No. 11 to the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 339 (FSEIR No. 339) associated with the OCVIBE Mixed Use Project, including General Plan Amendment No. 2020-00532; Miscellaneous Case No. 2020-00739; Reclassification No. 2020-00333; Zoning Code Amendment No. 2020-00174; Development Agreement No. 2020-00004 including Master Site Plan (Miscellaneous Case No. 2020-00751), a request for Density Bonus and Development Incentives, and Deviation from Engineering Standard Details; Final Site Plan No. 2020-00004; Final Site Plan No. 2020-00005; Final Site Plan No. 2020-00006; Final Site Plan No. 2020-00007; Final Site Plan No. 2020-00008; Conditional Use Permit No. 2010-05492 Amendment; Conditional Use Permit; Minor Conditional Use Permit; and Tentative Tract Map No. 19153, including Street Name Change; and WHEREAS, on October 29, 2024 and November 13, 2024, the City Council approved Addendum No. 13 (Development Project No. 2023-00050) to FSEIR No. 339 associated with Amendment No. 1 to the OCVIBE Master Site Plan, including a General Plan Amendment, a Bicycle Master Plan amendment, a Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan amendment, a Master Site Plan amendment, a Zoning Code amendment, an Amended and Restated Development Agreement No. 2020-00004, a Conditional Use Permit amendment, and a Minor Conditional Use Permit amendment (herein referred to as the "Original MCUP"); and WHEREAS, the Original MCUP permitted Valet Parking, the OCVIBE Coordinated Sign Program, and the OCVIBE Mural Plan which allowed murals throughout the OCVIBE Mixed Use Project subject to the conditions of approval that were in the Original MCUP, as set forth in Exhibit B of City Council Resolution No. 2024-113, and shall be referred to herein as the "Previous Conditions of Approval"; and WHEREAS, the Proposed Project would demolish five existing industrial buildings and retain one existing industrial building to construct a seven -level parking structure with 1,840 parking stalls, a digital advertising display, murals, and associated landscaping and hardscaping. The Proposed Project includes the following land use entitlements: 1. A Final Site Plan which encompasses approximately 3.23 acres in the Transit District adjacent to Douglass Road, to construct a seven -story, 1,840-stall parking structure called Parking Deck A. 2. A Minor Amendment to the OCVIBE Master Site Plan (MIS2020-00751) to reflect the changes proposed for Parking Deck A. 3. A Minor Conditional Use Permit for reduced structural setbacks along Douglass Road and SR-57. 4. A Minor Conditional Use Permit amendment to modify the OCVIBE Mural Plan for one additional mural; and WHEREAS, Section 18.60.080 (Planning Director Reviews) of Chapter 18.60 (Procedures) of the Anaheim Municipal Code provides that, when multiple discretionary land use applications are submitted for concurrent Planning Commission review and approval, and one or more of such applications requires Planning and Building Department Director review and approval, all such applications shall be subject to full review and approval by the Planning Commission as the granting authority; and WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as "CEQA"), the State of California Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; herein referred to as the "CEQA Guidelines"), the City is the "lead agency" for the preparation and consideration of environmental documents for the Proposed Project; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim on November 17, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., with notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.60 of the Code, to hear and consider evidence for and against the Proposed Project and to investigate and make findings in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission finds and determines that previously -certified FSEIR No. 339 and its Addenda, including Addendum No. 11, Addendum No. 13, and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 383 (MMP No. 383), prepared for the OCVIBE Mixed -Use Project in compliance with the requirements of CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines; and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program No. 106C (MMP No. 106C); and other previously -approved - 2 - PC2025-039 environmental documents for development in the Platinum Triangle area, serve as the appropriate environmental documentation in connection with the Proposed Project (collectively the "CEQA Documents"); that the approved mitigation measures continue to be appropriate for the project; that no further environmental documentation needs to be prepared under CEQA for the Proposed Project; and WHEREAS, none of the conditions described in Sections 15162 or 15163 of the State CEQA Guidelines calling for the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR or negative declaration have occurred, specifically: 1. There have not been any substantial changes in the Proposed Project that require major revisions of the CEQA Documents because of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. 2. There have not been any substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which the Proposed Project is undertaken that require major revisions of the CEQA Documents due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. 3. There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time FSEIR No. 339 was certified as complete or the other CEQA Documents were adopted, that shows any of the following: (a) the Proposed Project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in FSEIR No. 339 or the other CEQA Documents; (b) significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in FSEIR No. 339 or the other CEQA Documents; (c) mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would, in fact, be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the Proposed Project, but the Owner declines to adopt the mitigation measures or alternatives; or (d) mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in FSEIR No. 339 or the other CEQA Documents would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the Owner decline to adopt the mitigation measures or alternatives; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after due inspection, investigation and study made by itself and in its behalf, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing with respect to the request for an amendment to a Minor Conditional Use Permit, does find and determine the following facts: 1. The underlying zoning designation and General Plan land use designation have not changed since the approval of the OCVIBE Mixed Use Project in 2022, which included the Proposed Project as a component of the OCVIBE Master Site Plan. 2. The MCUP amendment to modify the OCVIBE Mural Plan would not require any new waivers of code requirements. While the Proposed Project includes reduction in setbacks in the final site plan, that request is not a component of the MCUP amendment to the OCVIBE Mural Plan. 3. The MCUP amendment modifies one existing condition of approval to reference the formal name of the OCVIBE Mural Plan, thereby maintaining equivalency and clarifying the condition's effectiveness. -3- PC2025-039 4. The MCUP amendment to the OCVIBE Mural Plan includes a minor modification to add one mural on the elevator core wall along the east fagade of Parking Deck A. The applicant submitted an exhibit that summarizes the change that will be reflected in the OCVIBE Mural Plan. 5. The nature of the approved use would not change as the OCVIBE Mural Plan previously authorized murals as part of the overall development of public art in the OCVIBE proj ect. 6. The addition of a single mural would not intensify the land use of the OCVIBE project as the mural is an aesthetic enhancement that would not generate new activities, traffic, or noise. 7. The project would continue to comply with all applicable building, fire, and safety codes. Therefore, the setback reduction would not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, nor materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determines that the evidence in the record constitutes substantial evidence to support the actions taken and the findings made in this Resolution, that the facts stated in this Resolution are supported by substantial evidence in the record, including testimony received at the public hearing, the staff presentation, the staff report and all materials in the project files. There is no substantial evidence, nor are there other facts, that negate the findings made in this Resolution. The Planning Commission expressly declares that it considered all evidence presented and reached these findings after due consideration of all evidence presented to it. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, pursuant to the above findings, the Planning Commission does hereby approve the amendment to the Minor Conditional Use Permit, in the form presented at this meeting, contingent upon and subject to (1) the adoption of resolutions to approve a Final Site Plan to construct a seven -story, 1,840-stall parking structure, a Minor Amendment to the OCVIBE Master Site Plan to reflect the changes, and a Minor Conditional Use Permit for reduced setbacks along Douglass Road and SR-57; and (2) the condition of approval set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, which replaces in its entirety Condition No. 3 of the Previous Conditions of Approval in the Original MCUP set forth in Exhibit B of City Council Resolution No. 2024-113 which are hereby found to be a necessary prerequisite to the proposed use of the Property in order to preserve the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Anaheim. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission does hereby find and determine that adoption of this Resolution is expressly predicated upon compliance with each and all of the conditions hereinabove set forth. Should any such condition, or any part thereof, be declared invalid or unenforceable by the final judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, then this Resolution, and any approvals herein contained, shall be deemed null and void. - 4 - PC2025-039 THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of November 17, 2025. OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM W1 - 5 - PC2025-039 EXHIBIT A PROPERTY - 232-071-02 232-071-03 ' E KATELLA AVE A o 75 150 ■w1 s Source: Recorded Tract Maps and/or City GIS. Please note the accuracy is +/- two to five feet_ - 6- PC2025-039 EXHIBIT `B" CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL NO. CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL REVIEW BY 1 That final plans showing the location, size, height and area of Planning and any proposed mural depicted on the OCVIBE Mural Plan shall Building be submitted to the Planning and Building Director for review Department, and approval prior to installation. Any future alterations or Planning Services change out shall be submitted for review and approval for Division compliance with the approved Minor Conditional Use Permit. PC2025-039 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, Bridgette Bambrick, Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim held on November 17, 2025, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: Commissioners Abdulrahman, Castro, Kelly, Lieberman, Perez, Tran-Martin, and Walker. NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here et hand this 17th day of November 2025. SECkE--TAR�PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM PC2025-039