Resolution-PC2025-046RESOLUTION NO. PC2025-046
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED MINOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE OCVIBE
COORDINATED SIGN PROGRAM AND OCVIBE 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
(DEV2025-00013)
(2625 AND 2725 EAST KATELLA AVENUE)
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. 2025-00013 (the "Proposed Project") on certain real
property located at 2625 and 2725 East Katella Avenue 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 4.5 acres in size in the Arena 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 signage 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, on November 17, 2025, the Planning Commission approved Development
Project No. DEV2024-0077 for Parking Deck A for a Minor Conditional Use Permit amendment
to the Mural Plan that substituted Condition No. 3 of the Previous Condition of Approval, as set
forth in Exhibit B of Planning Resolution No. 2025-039, and shall be referred to herein as the
"Amended Condition of Approval No. 3"; and
WHEREAS, the Proposed Project would demolish an existing surface parking lot on the
south and east sides of the Honda Center to be replaced by a new activity area consisting of a hotel,
entertainment venues, public spaces, murals, and associated landscaping and hardscaping. The
Proposed Project includes the following land use entitlements:
1. A Final Site Plan which encompasses approximately 4.5 acres in the Arena District
at the northwest corner of Katella Avenue and River Road, to construct new entertainment venues;
a sixteen -story, 320-room hotel with ancillary uses; and publicly accessible outdoor terraces and
garden spaces known as South Plaza.
2. A Minor Amendment to the OCVIBE Master Site Plan (MIS2020-00751) to reflect
the changes proposed for South Plaza.
3. A Minor Conditional Use Permit for an electronic message board sign.
4. A Minor Conditional Use Permit amendment to modify the OCVIBE Coordinated
Sign Program and OCVIBE Mural Plan for updated signage size, quantity, and locations resulting
from updated building footprints in South Plaza.
5. An Administrative Adjustment to permit fewer hotel parking spaces.
6. A Variance to permit fewer trees on Katella Avenue; 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
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Civic Center in the
City of Anaheim on December 1, 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
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:
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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 Coordinated Sign Program and
OCVIBE Mural Plan will not require any new waivers of code requirements. While the
development includes a variance for landscaping in the final site plan, that request is not a
component of the MCUP amendment to the OCVIBE Coordinated Sign Program and OCVIBE
Mural Plan. These changes do not make changes to the approved site plan for the OCVIBE Master
Site Plan.
3. The MCUP amendment to the OCVIBE Coordinated Sign Program and OCVIBE
Mural Plan will not substitute or amend any conditions of approval.
4. The MCUP amendment does not propose substantive changes to the approved site
plan. It includes amendments to the previous approval to reflect the Advertising, Identity, and
Wayfmding signage size, quantity, and locations resulting from updated building footprints in
South Plaza in the OCVIBE Coordinated Sign Program. Additionally, a modification to the
OCVIBE Mural Plan is requested to reflect changes in the location and size of approved murals.
5. The nature of the approved use will not change as the OCVIBE Coordinated Sign
Program and OCVIBE Mural Plan previously authorized murals as part of the overall development
of public art in the OCVIBE project.
6. The modification and addition of updated signage will not intensify the land use of
the OCVIBE project as signage are necessary for tenant identification and aesthetic enhancement
that will not generate new activities, traffic, or noise.
7. The MCUP amendment to the OCVIBE Coordinated Sign Program and OCVIBE
Mural Plan reflect changes in the location, quantity, and size of previously approved signage.
However, updated signage maintains the general intent consistent with the OCVIBE Coordinated
Sign Program and OCVIBE Mural Plan when the OCVIBE Mixed Use Project was approved by
the City Council in 2022. FSEIR No. 339 and subsequent Addenda adequately analyzed the
anticipated effects of the proposed signage, and therefore, no new or substantially greater
environmental impact will result in the completion of the Proposed Project; 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 new entertainment venues; a sixteen -story, 320-room hotel
with ancillary uses and publicly accessible outdoor terraces and garden spaces known as South
Plaza, a Minor Conditional Use Permit for an electronic message board, an Administrative
Adjustment to permit fewer hotel parking spaces, and a Variance to permit fewer trees on Katella
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Avenue; and (2) the conditions of approval set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated
herein by this reference, which replaces in its entirety Condition No. 1, 2, and 4 of the Previous
Conditions of Approval in the Original MCUP set forth in Exhibit B of City Council Resolution
No. 2024-113 and carries forward Amended Condition of Approval No. 3 set forth in Exhibit B of
Planning Commission Resolution No. 2025-039, 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.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Planning Commission meeting of
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EXHIBIT "A"
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EXHIBIT `B"
AMENDMENT TO MINOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OCVIBE
COORDINATED SIGN PROGRAM AND OCVIBE MURAL PLAN
(DEV2025-00013)
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.
2
Proposed signs shall be in accordance with the OCVIBE
Planning and
Coordinated Sign Program. Modifications to the number, size
Building
and/ or location of proposed signs visible from the public right
Department,
of way shall be submitted for review and approval by the
Planning Services
Planning and Division Building Director to determine
compliance with the design intent of the OCVIBE
Coordinated Sign Program
3
Additional advertising signs oriented toward the public right
Planning and
of way shall not be permitted except for those signs identified
Building
in the Arena Special Sign District, Transit Special Sign
Department,
District, and/or OCVIBE Coordinated Sign Program.
Planning Services
4
Prior to the commencement of any valet operations, a Valet
Planning and
Operations Plan shall be submitted to the Traffic Engineering
Building
and Planning Services Divisions for review and approval.
Department,
Valet operations on each property shall be operated in
Planning Services
accordance with the Valet Operations Plan submitted as part
of the application. Any changes to the Valet Operations
Public Works
Plan(s) shall be subject to review and approval by the Planning
Department,
Director and Traffic Engineer to determine that the change(s)
Traffic Engineering
would not have a negative impact to the adjacent streets and
Division
surrounding uses. The plan shall be consistent with the overall
Parking Management Plan for the project.
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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 December 1, 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 hereunto
hand this I" day of December 2025.
SECRETAR"Y-, PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
PC2025-046