The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 1.0: Executive ...

The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan

Section 1.0: Executive Summary

The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 1.0: Executive Summary

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1.1 Purpose of the Specific Plan

1.2 Organization of the

Specific Plan Document

The purpose of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan is to provide for the development of an international multi-day vacation destination resort on 489.7 acres in the City of Anaheim’s Anaheim Resort. The overall goal is to change the existing Disneyland theme park area from a day-orient- ed attraction to a multi-day destination resort by integrat- ing the Specific Plan’s existing and proposed theme parks, hotels, and visitor-serving facilities into an exciting, appeal- ing, unified resort environment. To achieve this, the Plan contains a land use plan, a public facilities plan, a design plan, and zoning and development standards which de- scribe how the Plan’s goal will be realized. It creates five new planning districts—a Theme Park District, a Hotel District, Parking District, a Future Expansion District and District A—and a C-R Overlay and an Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay which provide the regulations and guidelines to assure that the planning area will become the high quality destination resort envisioned. The Plan will permit development of a new theme park, additional hotels and entertainment areas, new parking facilities, and an internal transportations system. The Plan also permits the existing Disneyland theme park to continue to be modified with new attractions and other improvements. Further, the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay provides for the development of a Lifestyle Retail and Entertainment Complex subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended. The Specific Plan is divided into ten sections. Section 1.0, The Executive Summary, is a brief overview of the proposed plan. Section 2.0, the Planning Context, discusses the purpose of the Specific Plan, the City planning policies that af- fect development of the Specific Plan area, the authority and scope of the Specific Plan, and its relationship to other City planning documents. Section 3.0 contains the Land Use Plan and describes existing land uses and conditions within the Specific Plan area, and describes each of the proposed Land Use Districts. Section 4.0 contains the Public Facili- ties Plan. In Section 5.0, the Design Plan establishes the design criteria for the Specific Plan area. Section 6.0, General Plan Consistency, describes how the Specific Plan is consistent with the City’s adopted General Plan. Section 7.0 contains the detailed Zoning and Development Standards that will control development within the Specific Plan area. Sec- tion 8.0 compares the development standards contained in


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1.3 Existing Setting 1.4 Implementing the

General Plan

the Plan to existing City regulations. Section 9.0 and 10.0, contain a legal description of the Specific Plan area and a description of the General Plan amendments that have been adopted in connection with The Disneyland Resort and Anaheim Resort Specific Plans. In the Final Specific Plan, the appendix will contain the Specific Plan conditions of approval and the Mitigation Monitoring Program. Fold-out maps located in the back of this document show the Development Plan for The Disneyland Resort, Maximum Permitted Structural Heights, and Existing Structures to Remain. The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area is located within the Anaheim Resort, a portion of the City of Anaheim spe- cially designated by the City’s General Plan for recreation and tourist/convention-related activities along with related uses. The Anaheim Resort itself contains approximately 1,078 acres. It is generally located southwest of Interstate 5 between the West Street/Ball Road interchange and Chapman Avenue, though a portion is located north of the Interstate 5/Harbor Boulevard interchange. The Disney- land Resort Specific Plan area includes approximately 489.7 acres and refers to the area covered by the Specific Plan as shown to the left and in Exhibit 1.6.6b—The Dis- neyland Resort Development Plan. In addition to the Specific Plan, planning efforts have been completed for the remaining 588.3 acres in The Anaheim Re- sort. The City has adopted The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (Specific Plan No. 92-2) and the Hotel Circle Specific Plan (Specific Plan No. 93.1). Together, the three Specific Plans, which have been prepared to complement one another by incorporating similar zoning and development standards, design guidelines, streetscape and signage programs and infrastructure improvements, will guide the development and enhancement of the balance of The Anaheim Resort. In addition to the Specific Plans, the City Council also adopted The Anaheim Resort Identity Program and The Anaheim Re- sort Public Realm Landscape Program to provide for the streetscape elements and landscape plans that will be implemented in The Anaheim Resort public rights-of-way. The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan implements the City’s General Plan by addressing the pertinent goals, policies and objectives of the General Plan. A complete discussion of the relationship between this Specific Plan and the Anaheim General Plan is found in Section 6.0, ‘General Plan Consis-tency.’


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1.5 Project Goals

Especially relevant to development of the Disneyland Re- sort Specific Plan are the following General Plan policies: • To maintain and encourage Anaheim’s position as a na-tionally recognized tourist, convention and recreation center; • To increase sales tax yields and further enhance the eco-nomic base of the community, thereby lessening the tax burden on real property; • To encourage the development of quality facilities which complement conventions, family entertainment, and recreation within appropriate areas of the community; and, • To maintain the integrity of the Commercial Recreation Area (now generally referred to as The Anaheim Resort) by permitting only compatible land uses within this designated area. These General Plan policies will be implemented through the following overall goals of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan: • To reconfirm and enhance Southern California as one of the world’s greatest tourist destinations; • To transform the existing Disneyland theme park from a primarily day-use activity into a multi-day destination resort for use by Southern California metropolitan area resi- dents, as well as visitors form around the world; • To promote the goals of the Anaheim General Plan by en-hancing visitor-serving commercial uses in the City and to provide a catalyst for the economic and physical enhancement of Anaheim; • To create a fully integrated resort that increases visitation levels and generates an economic base capable of support- ing project components consistent with the objectives of the City; • To maintain and enhance the economic vitality of the City of Anaheim and Orange County by providing business and job opportunities associated with the construction and op-eration of The Disneyland Resort;


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1.6 Summary of

Districts

• To enhance The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area by providing a wider range of attractions, hotel accommoda- tions, restaurants, shopping opportunities, and public parking; • To develop public/private cooperation and partnership which utilizes the private sector to fund vitally needed im-provements to benefit the public; • To accommodate existing and anticipated traffic through implementation of an innovative transportation and parking plan, including convenient access to parking facilities from freeways, use of conveyance systems to shuttle visitors from parking facilities and hotels to area attractions, and provision of pedestrian walkways throughout The Disney- land Resort; • To lay a foundation for future economic expansion; and, • To minimize environmental impacts through comprehen-sive site development guidelines. The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan establishes five land use districts: the Theme Park District, the Hotel District, the Parking District, the Future Expansion District and Dis- trict A. In addition, the Specific Plan establishes a C-R Overlay, which allows certain parcels to become part of the overall Resort development or to be developed with the uses set forth in Chapter 18.116 (Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2) of the Anaheim Municipal Code as it currently ex- ists or may be amended in the future. The Specific Plan ad-ditionally establishes the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay which encompasses District A and the portion of the Parking Dis- trict (East Parking Area)/C-R Overlay south of Disney Way and provides for the development of the Anaheim GardenWalk Lifestyle Retail and Entertainment complex subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended. Exhibit 1.6.6b shows the District boundaries. The five land use Districts will be linked together by a network of pedestrian promenades and plazas, as well as a park-like area that serves as a transition between the theme parks and resort hotels. The Plan provides for extensive transportation system improvements, including improved access to and from Interstate 5, and new peripheral public parking facilities. Once visitors have left their cars, a trans-portation system and a network of pedestrian walkways will


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transport guests throughout The Disneyland Resort. The character of the Specific Plan area will be established with extensive landscaping within the public street rights-of- way, along pedestrian promenades, within building set- backs, and inside the theme parks. This landscaping will create a unifying identity for the Specific Plan area that will be integrated with the surrounding Anaheim Resort. The following is a summary of each of the Districts and the C-R and Anaheim GardenWalk Overlays planned for The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area. 1.6.1 Theme Park District The 292-acre Theme Park District will include the existing 136-acre Disneyland theme park, the proposed 147-acre theme park, associated administration and back-of-house facilities, parking, ticketing, retail, dining, and entertainment facilities. In addition, the plan provides for up to 1000 hotel rooms to be located within the Theme Park District. Any of the 1000 rooms not developed in the Theme Park District may be developed in the adjacent Hotel District. Up to 350,000 square feet of Theme Park District development can be located in the Theme Park District and/or Hotel Dis-trict for retail entertainment center uses. Visitors will arrive at the Theme Park District by a pedestrian and/or transportation system(s) from the public parking facilities located in the Theme Park, Hotel, and Parking Dis-tricts, a monorail system which will connect to the Hotel District, and an extensive system of pedestrian walkways which will connect the Theme Park District with other areas of the proposed project, as well as the remainder of the Ana-heim Resort, including the Anaheim Convention Center and the surrounding hotel/motel and visitor-serving uses. The hotels within the Theme Park District will have separate parking facilities with access only from West Street, which will be renamed Disneyland Drive between Interstate 5 and Katella Avenue and which will be realigned between Ball Road and Katella Avenue. Bus and shuttle vehicles will have access to a public drop-off area on the west side of Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way or adjacent or internal to the East Parking Area, or other accessible location to the Theme Park District.


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1.6.2 Hotel District The 97-acre Hotel District will be located between West Street/Disneyland Drive and Walnut Street north of Katella Avenue. The Plan proposes 4,600 hotel rooms, including 1,000 rooms remaining in the existing Disneyland Hotel which may undergo extensive renovation. In addition, as previously indicated in the description of the Theme Park District, any of the 1,000 rooms not constructed in the Theme Park District may instead be constructed in the Ho- tel District, bringing the maximum permitted number of hotel rooms within the Hotel District to 5,600 rooms. Further, the Plan provides for up to 300,000 square feet of support retail/restaurant and 200,000 square feet of meeting space associated with the hotels. As previously indicated, up to 350,000 square feet of Theme Park District development can be located in the Theme Park District and/or Hotel Dis-trict for retail entertainment center uses. The retail enter-tainment center may straddle West Street/Disneyland Drive. Parking for the Theme Park and hotels will be provided in parking facilities in this District. The primary visitor access to the Hotel District will come from West Street/Disneyland Drive. Secondary access will be provided from Cerritos Ave-nue (renamed Magic Way), via West Street/Disneyland Drive. Access to the Hotel District from Walnut Street will be limited to hotel service vehicles and emergency vehicles only via the existing service vehicle entrance to the Disneyland Hotel. 1.6.3 Parking District The 57.1-acre Parking District will contain public day-use parking facilities in the West Parking Area and in the East Parking Area. They will primarily accommodate visitor and employee parking for The Disneyland Resort. The parking facilities can also accommodate parking for the Anaheim Convention Center. The public parking facilities have been designed for peak at-tendance days at the theme parks; they can accommodate up to 34,300 total parking spaces in the parking areas in the Theme Park, Hotel, and/or Parking Districts. The parking facility in the West Parking Area will be located in the northwest corner of the Specific Plan area adjacent to Wal- nut Street. Accommodating up to 16,700 spaces, the maximum height of this six-level parking facility will be 65 feet.


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Primary access to this facility will be via ramp connections to the southbound off- and northbound on-ramps of Inter- state 5 at the West Street/Disneyland Drive exit. Generally the parking facility in the East Parking Area will be located near Disney Way, Clementine Street and Manchester Avenue. This facility may accommodate up to 17,600 spaces in a seven-level facility with a maximum height of 75 feet. Primary access for both visitors and Disneyland Resort em-ployees to this facility will be from both northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 5 via Disney Way, and Katella Avenue. Additional access may be available from Clementine Street or Manchester Avenue. Other parking facilities are discussed in the next section. The facilities in the Parking District will be connected to the Theme Park District (and, potentially to the Future Expan- sion District) by a pedestrian and/or transportation system(s) that will move visitors and employees to the theme park entrance plazas. 1.6.3.5 District A The Specific Plan proposes that the approximate 18.9-acre District A be developed with the same uses permitted or conditionally permitted under The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2, Zoning and Development Standards (Chap-

ter 18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code). Additional de-scription of District A is located in Section 3.3.3.5, ‘District A.’

1.6.4 Future Expansion District The Specific Plan proposes that the 24.7-acre Future Ex- pansion District be used for parking facilities. These facilities would include surface parking for 2,800 cars, and structured parking for 2,300 cars in a parking facility located adjacent to Haster Street at the east side of the District. Development regulations contained in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards,’ also provide for other types of visitor-serving development within the Future Expansion District consistent with the intent of the Anaheim Resort. With the exception of the permitted parking facilities, all de-velopment in the Future Expansion District will be subject to further environmental review prior to development.


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1.6.5 C-R Overlay The C-R Overlay is a special provision of the Specific Plan that allows certain parcels the ability to be developed with the uses permitted by the base District or to be developed with the uses permitted or conditionally permitted by the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2, Zoning and Devel-opment Standards (Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim Munici- pal Code). Additional description of the C-R Overlay is located in Section 3.3.5, ‘C-R Overlay.’ 1.6.5.5 Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay encompasses District A and the portion of the Parking District (East Parking Area)/C-R Overlay south of Disney Way (approximately 29.1 acres). This Overlay is a special provision of the Specific Plan that provides for the development of the Anaheim GardenWalk project subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended. The Anaheim GardenWalk project includes the following: 590,265 gross square feet of specialty retail/dining/entertainment uses, including movie theaters; 1,628 hotel rooms/suites (including up to 500 Vacation Ownership Resort units) and 278,817 gross square feet of hotel accessory uses ; and parking facilities with up to 4,800 striped parking spaces and 15 bus parking spaces with a 7,700 gross square foot bus terminal/transportation center for airport transport and to/from sightseeing venues. The Anaheim GardenWalk project will be an integrated development to be constructed in two areas (Areas A and B, as identified in Exhibit 1.6.6d). Area A encompasses approximately 20.3 acres of the project site, with 460,115 square feet of specialty retail, restaurants, and entertainment uses, including movie theaters; 1,266 hotel rooms (including up to 400 vacation ownership units) and 216,820 square feet of hotel accessory uses, a transportation center, and 3,200 parking spaces. The main retail concourse and 3,076 parking spaces will be developed first, followed by the hotels and the remaining 124 parking stalls. The remaining 8.8 acres (Area B) would be developed as a subsequent phase with up to 130,150 square feet of specialty retail, restaurants and entertainment uses, 362 hotel rooms (including up to 100 vacation ownership units) and 61,997 square feet of hotel accessory uses, and 1,600 parking spaces.


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1.6.6 Development Plan The map and accompanying table on these pages is The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Development Plan. It shows the location of each of the five Districts within the Specific Plan area and The Anaheim Resort. It is accompa- nied by a table that summarized the proposed development.

Development Area Summary Development Area Name Land Use Area

(acres) Existing &

Proposed Development

Theme Park District (Development Area I)

Existing Disneyland Planned Disneyland and Back- of-

house uses Administration Building Administration Building Parking New Theme Park & Back-of-house

Uses Hotel Rooms Parking for Hotels & Theme Park

Uses Theme Park Parking

136

9

147

2,600,000 900,000 475,000

2,300 3,350,000

(2) (2)

5,000

sf sf sf spaces sf (2 & 3) rooms spaces spaces (4)

Hotel District (Development Area 2)

Hotel Rooms (inc 1,000 existing rooms)

Retail / Restaurant Parking Spaces (inc. 570 existing

spaces) Meeting Room /Convention Space

97 5,600 300,000

9,930 200,000

rooms (2) sf (1) Spaces (2 & 3) sf (1)

Parking District (Development Area 3)

East Parking Area West Parking Area

30.1 (5) 27

17,600 16,700

Spaces (3 & 4) Spaces (3)

Future Expansion District (Development Area 4)

Theme Park Parking Spaces

24.7 0 5,100

sf spaces (3)

District A (Development Area 5)

Commercial Recreation Uses 18.9 (7) rooms

Combined total existing and proposed

489.7

7,825,000 5,600

51,630

sf rooms spaces

C-R Overlay (5) within Theme Park District within Hotel District within Parking District East Parking Area within Future Expansion District Subtotal

19.5 0.5

30.1

1.1

51.2

Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay (8) within Parking District East Parking Area / C-R Overlay within District A Subtotal

10.2 18.9

29.1

Notes: (1) Includes existing and anticipated new development to service existing & new hotels (2) Up to 1,000 rooms with their accompanying parking may be constructed within the Theme Park District and up to 350,000 square feet of a retail entertainment center may be constructed in the Theme Park and/or Hotel District(s) (3) Number of spaces will be determined by the provisions of section 7.0, “Zoning and Development Standards” (4) Up to 5,000 of the guest parking spaces identified for the East Parking Area may be located in the Theme Park District (5) The C-R Overlay may be developed with hotel rooms or visitor-serving uses and / or parking facilities: see Section 3.5.5 ”C-R Overlay’ (6) Zoning and Development Standards permit theme park uses in the Future Expansion District (7) Up to 75 hotel rooms per gross acre are permitted in District A (8) The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay as amended may be developed with the Anaheim GardenWalk project subject to the approval of

Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended, or with uses set forth in District A or the Parking District (East Parking Area )/ C-R Overlay (refer to Exhibit 3.3.6b)

Exhibit 1.6.6a – The Disneyland Resort Development Area Summary Tabulation


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1.7 Implementing the Specific Plan

The sketches, diagrams, and plans included in this Specific Plan are intended to convey the overall design intent of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan; they are not the final plans or drawings that will be reviewed by the City. In many cases, additional planning, design, review and approval will be required by the City prior to the issuance of building permits. During the reviews provided for by the Plan, modification to some of these design concepts may be necessary in order to accommodate new or changing conditions unforeseen in this Specific Plan. This kind of modification is a normal part of the development process and will be permitted if the basic intent of the Specific Plan is preserved. Section 7.0, ‘Zoning Regulations and Standards’ sets forth the parameters within which modifications may be considered. In addition, in order to convey the design intent of the Plan, the trees and other plants shown in sketches and cross-sections have been drawn to show their sizes at maturity.

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