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The model predicts that system pressures within the vicinity of DRA are above 45 pounds per square inch (psi) and pipe velocities are below 3 feet per second (fps) under PHD conditions for both water scenarios, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
Fire flow analysis was performed at the hydrants within the DRA under MDD condition. The aggregate fire flow requirement for DRA is assumed to be 4000 gpm per City’s 2020 WMP. The model predicts the available fire flows at hydrants within the DRA meeting the minimum pressure criterion of 20 psi and maximum velocity criterion of 10 fps.
Figures 3 and 4 shows the available fire flows at hydrants for each scenario. Model results indicate that majority of the hydrants within DRA can provide 4000 gpm or more meeting the Design Guideline. There are some localized fire flow deficiencies, especially on dead-end pipes. For example, hydrants on the 10-inch main in Harbor Blvd near the Toy Story Lot would not be able to provide 4,000 gpm of fire flow by meeting the City’s velocity criterion, as shown in Figures 5 and
6. Depending on the final configuration of the required water service connections as well as fire flow requirements, these deficiencies may or may not need to be mitigated. Therefore, hydraulic analysis is recommended for any significant proposed development project within the DRA to determine the adequacy of existing and proposed facilities.
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5 Local Fire Flow Analysis at Hydrants on
Harbor Blvd near Toy Store
for Scenario 1
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Harbor Blvd near Toy Store
for Scenario 2
Attachment A
WATER SCENARIO 1 3,2643.66 million SF theme park 534 Keys ARSP ARSP Park demand = 491 gpd/ksf
Hotel demand = 195 gpd/key Hotel = 0.65 mgd
Park = 1.80 mgd
Hotel = 0.64 mgd
*Anywhere in Theme Park District
(worst case west of DLD) Hotel = 0.22 mgd Hotel = 0.10 mgd WATER SCENARIO 2 3,264 2.43 million SF theme park 1,412
0.39 million SF theme park 0.84 million SF theme park 534 Keys Hotel = 0.10 mgd Park = 1.19 mgd
Hotel = 0.28 mgd Hotel = 0.22 mgd
Park = 0.19 mgd
Hotel = 0.36 mgd
Park = 0.41 mgd
Hotel = 0.65 mgd
Park demand = 491 gpd/ksf
Hotel demand = 195 gpd/key
0.40 mgd
0.79 mgd 1.00 mgd 0.12 mgd 0.1 mgd 0.22 mgd 0.65 mgd
Scenario 1 A1 A2 A3 A4
0.24 mgd
0.48 mgd 0.60 mgd
0.07 mgd
0.1 mgd
0.22 mgd
1.06 mgd
Scenario 2 A1 A2 A3 A4
0.55 mgd Added Area 5 - 4.3 ac A5
0.13 mgd 0.08 mgd
A5 335 Zone 270 Zone
Added Area 5 - 4.3 ac 335 Zone 270 Zone
Appendix I
Noise and Vibration Analysis
OPERATIONAL AND CONSTRUCTION NOISE AND VIBRATION
IMPACT ANALYSIS
September 6, 2023
Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Project Location .......................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Project Description...................................................................................................................................1
1.2.1 The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan .............................................................................................6
1.2.2 Anaheim Resort Specific Plan .....................................................................................................10
1.2.3 Project Changes with DisneylandForward ..................................................................................14
1.3 Characteristics of Noise..........................................................................................................................18
1.4 Characteristics of Vibration....................................................................................................................21
2.0 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK..............................................................................................................................22
2.1 Applicable State Noise Standards ..........................................................................................................22
2.2 City of Anaheim General Plan – Noise Element .....................................................................................23
2.3 City of Anaheim Municipal Code – Noise Ordinance .............................................................................25
2.4 Project Requirements Summary ............................................................................................................26
3.0 PROJECT IMPACT ANALYSIS ..............................................................................................................................26
3.1 Methodology..........................................................................................................................................26
3.2 Existing Operational Source Levels ........................................................................................................28
3.3 Significance Thresholds..........................................................................................................................34
3.3.1 City of Anaheim Environmental Checklist...................................................................................34
3.3.2 Standard Requirements..............................................................................................................35
3.4 Threshold 1. Would the project result in generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies?................................36
3.4.1 New Impact from EIR No. 311; No New Impact from SEIR No. 340 – Project Impact Significant and Unavoidable. ..................................................................................................................36
3.4.2 Construction Noise .....................................................................................................................36
3.4.3 Future Operational Noise Levels.................................................................................................40
3.4.4 Future Traffic Noise Levels..........................................................................................................48
3.5 Threshold 2. Would the Project result in generation of excessive ground-borne vibration or groundborne noise levels? ..........................................................................................................................50
3.5.1 Construction Vibration................................................................................................................50
3.6 Threshold 3. For a project located within the vicinity of a private airstrip or an airport land use plan (Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center or Fullerton Municipal Airport), would the project expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels? .........................52
3.7 Cumulative Impacts................................................................................................................................52
3.8 Mitigation Program................................................................................................................................53
3.8.1 Mitigation Measures...................................................................................................................54
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
This report evaluates potential operational and construction noise impacts associated with the DisneylandForward Project (“Project”), an update to The Disneyland® Resort Project, which would allow the transfer of uses permitted under The Disneyland Resort Project to other areas of the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (“DRSP”) and properties within The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (“ARSP”) owned or controlled by Walt Disney Parks & Resorts U.S., Inc. or other subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney ARSP Properties”, and, collectively with Disney’s properties in the DRSP, “Disney Property” or “Disney Properties”). The Project would not increase the amount of development or hotel rooms currently allowed in the DRSP and analyzed in Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) No. 311, which the City of Anaheim (“City”) certified in 1993, or the number of hotel rooms currently allowed in the ARSP and analyzed in Supplemental EIR No. 340, which the City certified in 2012. However, the Project would allow an increase of 4,376 theme park-related parking spaces in the ARSP.
1.1 Project Location
The Project is located entirely within the City in Orange County, California, within an area known as The Anaheim Resort®, a 1,078-acre portion of the City especially designated by the City’s General Plan for Commercial Recreation land uses and which is intended to provide for tourist and entertainment-related industries, such as theme parks, hotels, tourist-oriented retail, movie theaters, and other visitor-serving facilities. The Project is located generally west of the U.S. Interstate 5 corridor, south of Vermont Avenue, east of Walnut Street, and north of Chapman Avenue within the City. Interstate 5 provides regional access to the Project site, with Harbor Boulevard, Katella Avenue and Disneyland Drive providing local access.
1.2 Project Description
The Project would allow the transfer of uses permitted under The Disneyland Resort Project to other areas of the DRSP and Disney ARSP Properties. The Project would not increase the amount of development or hotel rooms currently allowed in the DRSP and analyzed in EIR No. 311 or the number of hotel rooms currently allowed in the ARSP. However, the Project would allow an increase of 4,376 theme park-related parking spaces in the ARSP. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the existing and proposed land use plans for the Project Site. The project’s existing and proposed densities are shown in Table 1 and Table 2.
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Figure 1 – Current Development Districts
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Figure 2 – Proposed DRSP Development Districts and ARSP Overlays DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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Table 1 – Uses Currently Allowed Under DRSP/ARSP For Disney Properties Disney DRSP Property
Maximum Allowable
Development Under DRSP Existing Development1 Remaining Entitlement 1 Hotel District Uses (97 acres)
Hotel Rooms 5,600 hotel rooms 2,342 hotel rooms2 3,258 hotel rooms Hotel Retail/Restaurant 300,000 sf 159,549 sf 140,451 sf Hotel Meeting Space 200,000 sf 161,220 sf 38,780 sf
Parking Spaces 9,930 spaces 5,885 spaces 4,045 spaces
Theme Park District (292 acres)
Theme Park 6,850,000 sf 3,192,885 sf3 3,657,115 sf
Administration Building 475,000 sf 305,430 sf 169,570 sf Administration Building
Parking 2,300 spaces 1,545 spaces 755 spaces
Parking District (57.1 acres)
East Parking Area 17,600 spaces 2,179 spaces4 15,421 spaces West Parking Area 16,700 spaces 16,298 spaces 402 spaces Future Expansion District (24.7 acres)
Parking Area 5,100 spaces 2,529 spaces 2,571 spaces
Disney ARSP Properties
Maximum Allowable
Development Under ARSP Existing Development1 Remaining Entitlement1 C-R District Uses (75.4 acres)
1515 S. Manchester Ave
1585 S. Manchester Ave
1530 S. Harbor Blvd
(14.88 acres)
1,116 hotel rooms (75 rooms
per gross acre or 75 rooms per
lot or parcel, whichever is
greater)
Cast Member parking (1,261
spaces – temporary parking
lot initially approved on May
8, 2019, and an approximately
67,424-square foot office
building
1,116 hotel rooms
1900 S. Harbor Blvd
(44.66 acres)
3,348 hotel rooms (75 rooms
per gross acre or 75 rooms per
lot or parcel, whichever is
greater)5
Toy Story Parking Lot (4,635
spaces-temporary parking lot
approved through June 26,
2024)
3,348 hotel rooms
333 W. Ball Road
(10.69 acres)
534 hotel rooms (50 rooms
per gross acre or 75 rooms per
lot or parcel, whichever is
greater)
Cast Member parking (1,324
spaces) 534 hotel rooms
1717 S. Disneyland Drive
(5.15 acres)
564 hotel rooms (50 rooms
per gross acre or 75 rooms per
lot or parcel, whichever is
greater)6
Paradise Pier Hotel (489
rooms and approximately
17,619 square feet in ancillary
commercial uses)
45 hotel rooms
1 These numbers are as of the date of the Notice of Preparation, October 21, 2021; over the course of this environmental review process, these numbers may change due to ongoing development efforts based on current entitlements. 2 Hotel rooms include Vacation Ownership Resort (VOR) units at the Grand Californian Hotel and the Disneyland Hotel. 3 This amount includes the existing 246,702 sf of retail, dining and entertainment in Downtown Disney as of the NOP. The DRSP allows up to 350,000 sf of retail, dining and entertainment sf in either the Theme Park or Hotel District. 4 This amount includes the existing 842 spaces in the Ball Cast Member Lot. The DRSP allows up to 5,000 parking spaces identified for the East Parking Area to be located in the Theme Park District. 5 Acreage for density excludes ultimate public right-of-way for Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way. 6 The Paradise Pier Hotel property is comprised of two parcels: a 4.48-acre parcel that includes 489 hotel rooms and a 0.67-acre property that is allowed 75 hotel rooms.
Source: City of Anaheim 2021.
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Table 2 – Proposed Development Summary For Disney Properties Disney DRSP Property Maximum Allowable Development Under DRSP Theme Park District – 389 acres
Hotel Rooms Up to 5,600 hotel rooms3
Hotel Retail/Restaurant Up to 300,000 sf
Hotel Meeting Space Up to 200,000 sf
Parking for Hotel Uses Up to 9,930 spaces
Theme Park District Retail Entertainment Up to 350,000 sf1 Theme Park and Back-of-house Uses Up to 6,850,000 sf1,5 Administration Building 475,000 sf
Administration Building Parking 2,300 spaces
Theme Park Parking 5,000 spaces2
Parking District – 57.1 acres
East Parking Area (30.1 acres) Up to 17,600 spaces2
West Parking Area (27 acres) Up to 16,700 spaces
Southeast District – 24.7 acres
Theme Park Up to 390,000 sf5
Hotel Rooms Up to 1,852 hotel rooms3
Parking 5,100 spaces
Total Maximum Allowable Development
7,825,000 sf
5,600 rooms
51,630 spaces
Disney ARSP Properties8 Maximum Allowable Development Under ARSP Parking Overlay4 – 25.57 acres
1515 S. Manchester Ave
1585 S. Manchester Ave
1530 S. Harbor Blvd
A portion of the parking spaces allocated to the East Parking Area of the DRSP and up to 1,116 hotel rooms
333 W. Ball Road Up to 5,700 parking spaces and up to 534 hotel rooms6 Theme Park East Overlay – 52.6 acres7
1900 S. Harbor Blvd Up to 840,000 sf of theme park uses and up to 3,348 hotel rooms5 Theme Park West Overlay – 5.15 acres
1717 S. Disneyland Drive Up to 80,000 sf of theme park uses and up 564 hotel rooms5 Notes:
1 Up to 350,000 sf of the theme park and back-of-house sf may be developed as Retail, Dining and Entertainment sf. 2 Up to 5,000 parking spaces may be constructed within the Theme Park District; however, an equivalent number of potential parking spaces would be removed from the allotment for the East Parking Area.
3 Up to 1,852 hotel rooms may be constructed in the Southeast District; however, an equivalent number of potential hotel rooms would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum number of hotel rooms would not exceed 5,600. 4 For any square footage for back-of-house uses or limited retail, dining and entertainment uses, the traffic generation characteristics of said uses shall not exceed those associated with the otherwise permitted hotel/motel (including accessory uses) density as determined by the City Traffic and Transportation Manager prior to approval of building plans. Further, the proposed development shall not result in infrastructure impacts greater than those associated with the property's permitted hotel/motel density, unless such impacts are duly analyzed and mitigated pursuant to subsequent environmental review (such impacts shall be determined through a sewer and traffic impact analysis to be submitted to the City Engineer). Additional infrastructure studies may be required as determined by the Planning Director.
5 Theme park sf may be constructed in the Southeast District, the Theme Park East Overlay and the Theme Park West Overlay; however, an equivalent number of potential theme park sf would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum theme park sf would not exceed 6,850,000 sf.
The amount of restaurant sf in the Southeast District, the Theme Park East Overlay and the Theme Park West Overlay shall be further limited to up to 20 percent of the allotted theme park square footage in each District/Overlay. 6 Up to 5,700 parking spaces includes the number of existing spaces (1,324 spaces) plus additional spaces (4,376 spaces). 7 The planned extensions of Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way are proposed to be removed as part of the Project; therefore, the total acreage for the Theme Park East Overlay has been adjusted to include the acreages associated with these street rights-of-way; however, the maximum intensity of up to 3,348 hotel rooms would not change.
8 Actual acres for hotel density to be determined by a licensed Civil Engineer/Land Surveyor.
Source: WDI 2021.
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1.2.1 The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
The City analyzed the environmental impacts of The Disneyland Resort Project, including the adoption of the DRSP, EIR No. 311, which was certified by the City in 1993 along with the adoption of Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0067. In 1996, in conjunction with an amendment to The Disneyland Resort Project, the City approved an Addendum to EIR No. 311, including a Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 0067.
As detailed in Table 1, Uses Currently Allowed Under DRSP/ARSP For Disney Properties, and shown on Figure 1, Current Development Districts, the DRSP, as previously amended, currently allows the following development:
• Theme Park District: up to 6,850,000 square feet of theme park uses, up to 1,025 hotel rooms, and up to 475,000 square feet of administration buildings with up to 2,300 associated parking spaces; • Hotel District: up to 5,600 hotel rooms (including the 1,025 hotel rooms which have been constructed in the Theme Park District), up to 300,000 square feet of retail/restaurant uses, up to 9,930 parking spaces, and up to 200,000 square feet of meeting rooms/convention space; • Theme Park District/Hotel District: up to 350,000 square feet of the theme park square footage allowed in the Theme Park District may be developed as a retail entertainment center in the Hotel District; • Parking District, East Parking Area: up to 17,600 parking spaces, including up to 5,000 parking spaces that may be located in the Theme Park District;
• Parking District, West Parking Area: up to 16,700 parking spaces; and • Future Expansion District: up to 5,100 parking spaces.
As of the date of the Notice of Preparation of this Subsequent EIR, October 21, 2021, Disney has developed approximately 45 percent of the approved square footage for theme park uses.
EIR No. 311 Noise Analysis
As part of EIR No. 311, a noise analysis assessed the existing noise levels in the project vicinity, predicted future noise conditions, and compared expected noise levels with relevant standards and criteria to determine the impacts of The Disneyland Resort Project. The noise analysis conducted field noise measurements and performed a detailed analysis. The City reviewed and approved the noise analysis, which reviewed the various noise sources contributing to the environment of the proposed Disneyland Resort, including motor vehicle traffic, occasional aircraft overflights, pedestrians, fireworks from the existing Disneyland theme park, rides and outdoor attractions. The noise analysis found that the major source of noise contributing to the overall ambient noise levels surrounding the park was vehicular traffic along Interstate 5, Katella Avenue, Harbor Boulevard, Ball Road, West Street/Disneyland Drive, Walnut Street, and Cerritos Avenue.
Within the noise analysis, the “Community Ambient Noise Degradation” section defined impact criteria based on the degradation of the existing ambient noise environment. It was considered “generally not significant” if there were no noise sensitive uses surrounding the project site, or if increases in community noise level with the DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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implementation of The Disneyland Resort Project were expected to be 3 dB or less at noise-sensitive locations while abiding by local ordinances and standards. Noise-sensitive uses included residences, motels, hotels, public meeting rooms, auditoriums, schools, churches, libraries, hospitals, amphitheaters, and parks. The 3 dBA increase was based on assessment of human reaction to different noise level increases, finding that a 3 dBA change will be perceived by most people. If the increase in noise exposure level was greater than 3 dBA, the significance of impact was dependent on the existing ambient noise level and the presence of noise-sensitive sites. Noise impacts were considered “possibly significant” if the project would increase noise exposure levels by 5 dBA or greater. Noise impacts were considered “generally significant” if the project would exceed local ordinances or standards, increase the community noise levels by 6 to 10 dBA in built-up areas, or increase levels by 10 dBA or more in rural areas.
EIR No. 311 reviewed various environmental noise impacts, separated into construction and operational impacts.
EIR No. 311 assessed construction period impacts from noise generated by grading and construction equipment as part of the Construction Impacts section of the EIR.
Regarding operational impacts, EIR No. 311 reviewed the project’s future traffic-related noise impacts to the project area along roadways and noise generated by activities within the park boundaries, including fireworks shows, traffic and amphitheater shows. The assessment of a permanent increase in noise level due to traffic found that the noise levels increased less than 3 dBA along all roadways, except for a select few. At locations where the increase exceeded 3 dBA, the noise analysis found that contributions from project-related noise would be less than 0.4 dBA for those roadway segments. Consequently, the noise level changes attributable to traffic from the project were not considered significant.
For operational noise, several project design features were incorporated. The project design features included several noise reducing design considerations to limit disturbance from these impacts. Lower-noise-producing fireworks displays at WESTCOT Center would minimize noise from the 11:00pm fireworks shows. Noise from parking facilities was reduced by the provision of convenient access to the parking facilities, the inclusion of 3’-6” outside barrier walls on each level, the use of textured deck surfaces to reduce tire squealing, and tiering the parking facility in the West Parking Area above the 4th floor to provide greater distance from receptors. Project design features and noise reducing features are covered in greater detail below as proposed mitigation measures.
Regarding construction noise impacts, EIR No. 311 found that construction noise would affect the ambient noise levels in and around the DRSP area over the entire period of project construction. Construction activities during all three construction phases were expected to cause annoyance to noise-sensitive land uses in the surrounding area for periods when construction equipment would be operating near the edge of the property closer to off-site sensitive receptors. EIR No. 311 noted that construction noise was exempt from compliance with the City noise ordinance between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and construction noise levels between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. were required to comply with Anaheim Municipal Code (60 dBA at the property line).
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In summary, EIR No. 311 found The Disneyland Resort Project would not result in significant operational or construction noise impacts with implementation of the following mitigation measures (MMs) and project design features (PDFs) to limit the impact of operational (Mitigation Measures 3.5-#) and construction noise (Mitigation Measures 3.8-#) to noise-sensitive receptors:
MM 3.5-1: The applicant shall implement all project design features or the environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
MM 3.5-2: Ongoing during project operation of the second theme park, the applicant shall obtain (on an annual basis) a permit for use of fireworks.
MM 3.5-3: Prior to issuance of building permit for amphitheater, plans submitted for the location of the amphitheater will document that the facility is no closer than 2,000 feet from the nearest existing residence. The design and orientation of the amphitheater will be reviewed by a certified acoustical engineer; the applicant shall submit a report, for review and approval by the City, to ensure that noise from the amphitheater does not exceed the noise levels established by the City of Anaheim Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
MM 3.5-4: Prior to final building and zoning inspection for the amphitheater and within 9 months of commencement of amphitheater operations, a Noise Monitoring Program prepared by a certified acoustical engineer shall be submitted for review and approval. The applicant shall submit the results of the Noise Monitoring Program conducted by a certified acoustical engineer to ensure that there are not violations of the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance from amphitheater operations outside the Disneyland Resort. If noise in excess of the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance is detected, the applicant shall modify operations within three days to bring the amphitheater into conformance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
MM 3.5-5: Prior to approval of each final site plan and to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspections, for hotels within the 70 CNEL contour from West Street/Disneyland Drive, the property owner/developer shall submit a noise study prepared by a certified acoustical engineer identifying whether noise attenuation is required, and defining any attenuation measures and specific performance criteria, if any such measures are required to comply with the Uniform Building Code. Ultimate noise attenuation requirements, if any, shall depend on the final locations of such buildings and noise-sensitive room/uses inside the buildings.
MM 3.5-6: Prior to issuance of each building permit, for construction of the public parking facilities, South Parking Area facility, and any hotel parking facilities adjacent to residential areas, plans shall document that the driving surfaces shall be a textured surface to minimize tire squeal noise.
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MM 3.5-7: Ongoing during project operations of the second theme park, engine noise from sweeping equipment used in the public parking facilities, South Parking Area facilities and any hotel parking facilities adjacent to residential areas shall be muffled.
MM 3.5-8: Prior to issuance of each building permit; to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspections, for structures that are adjacent to residential areas, the applicant shall ensure that all mechanical ventilation units are shown on plans and installed in compliance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
PDF 3.5-1: Ongoing during project operations, lower noise-producing fireworks displays will be used at the Second Theme Park to minimize noise from 11:00 p.m. fireworks shows to meet the noise levels in the City of Anaheim Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
PDF 3.5-2: Prior to issuance of building permit for the west public parking facility; to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspection for the second theme park, noise from the west public parking facility adjacent to Walnut Street will be reduced by the provision of convenient access to the parking facility, sound attenuation devices (louvers and walls), the use of textured deck surfaces to reduce tire squealing, and tiering the parking facility in the West Parking Area above the third floor to provide greater distance to the receptors. Noise from the West Public Parking Facility adjacent to the Conestoga Hotel will be reduced by the provision of sound attenuation louvers in the openings on the north side of the structure adjacent to the Conestoga Resort.
PDF 3.5-3: Submittal of noise study prior to issuance of southwest parking area building permit; and sound wall construction prior to the commencement of operation of the southwest parking area, the applicant shall construct a 9-14 feet in height sound wall along Walnut Street next to the Southwest Parking Area. The actual height of the wall will be determined by a noise study submitted with the parking facility construction plans.
MM 3.8-7: Ongoing during demolition and construction, construction noise shall be limited by the property owner/developer to 60 dBA along the property boundaries of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area before 7:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. as governed by Chapter 6.7, Sound Pressure Levels, of the Anaheim Municipal Code. (Note: Planning Department changed the responsible Division to the Code Enforcement Division.) MM 3.8-8: Prior to issuance of building permit, for the parking facility in the West Parking Area or any parking structure or facilities in the Hotel District and the South Parking Area, an 8-foot perimeter or portable construction barrier along streets adjacent to construction areas, to be in place during construction, shall be provided to minimize noise impacts. (Note: Planning Department changed the responsible Division to the Code Enforcement Division.) MM 3.8-9: Ongoing during construction, the property owner/developer shall ensure that all internal combustion engines on construction equipment are fitted with properly maintained mufflers. (Note: Planning Department changed the responsible Division to the Code Enforcement Division.) DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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PDF 3.8-3: c. Prior to approval of each grading plan or issuance of each demolition or building permit, whichever occurs first; implemented during grading and construction, the property owner/developer shall, submit a truck route plan identifying truck routes along arterials, avoiding residential areas to the extent feasible and in compliance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. The Plan shall show conformance with the external noise limits for construction between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. The Plan shall also prohibit construction traffic on residential streets where improvements are not planned and shall provide measures to ensure that truck drivers are directed away from residential streets and travel on approved routes only. Measures to assist in guiding truck movement on the arterial roadway system include, but are not limited to, provision of truck route maps to truck drivers and placement of flagpersons and construction signage at appropriate locations. The Truck Route Plan shall provide for monitoring of street conditions and potential repairing and/or repaving by property owner/developer after completion of construction as required by the City Engineer. (Note: Environmental equivalency approved on 3/13/97 to clarify the plan shall be submitted prior to approval of each grading plan or issuance of each demolition or building permit. The Planning Department also clarified Code Enforcement was the responsible Division.)
1.2.2 Anaheim Resort Specific Plan
The City analyzed the environmental impacts of the ARSP in Master EIR No. 313, which was certified by the City in 1994, along with the adoption of Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C. In December 2012, the City certified SEIR No. 340 in support of the approval of Amendment No. 14 to the ARSP Project. SEIR No. 340 reevaluated the environmental changes in and around the ARSP area since certification of Master EIR No. 313 in September 1994.
As appropriate, SEIR No. 340 incorporated the findings from Master EIR No. 313 and analyzed the cumulative impacts associated with the entire Anaheim Resort and surrounding area, including the full build-out of the three specific plans within The Anaheim Resort – the ARSP, the DRSP, and the Hotel Circle Specific Plan.
As detailed in Table 1, Uses Currently Allowed Under DRSP/ARSP For Disney Properties, the ARSP, as previously amended, allows development on Disney ARSP Properties of up to 75 or 50 hotel rooms per gross acre with approval of a Final Site Plan as indicated below:
• Up to 1,116 hotel rooms on 1515 S. Manchester Avenue (currently used as the Manchester Cast Member Lot), 1585 S. Manchester Avenue (currently occupied by a vacant office building and also used as the Manchester Cast Member Lot), and 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the Manchester Cast Member Lot);
• Up to 3,348 hotel rooms at 1900 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the Toy Story Parking Lot); • up to 534 hotel rooms at 333 W. Ball Road (currently used as the Harbor Cast Member Lot); and • Up to 564 hotel rooms at 1717 S. Disneyland Drive (Paradise Pier Hotel).
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SEIR No. 340 Noise Analysis
As part of SEIR No. 340 and as an update to MEIR No. 313, the City conducted an analysis to assess potential noise and vibration impacts during construction and operation associated with the implementation of the ARSP. MEIR No. 313 determined that construction noise would be a short-term significant and unavoidable impact, even with the mitigation measures adopted to reduce short-term impacts but concluded long-term impacts with implementation of the ARSP would be less than significant with implementation of mitigation measures.
SEIR No. 340 defined similar sensitive receptors to EIR No. 311. The proposed project analyzed in SEIR No. 340 would allow an increase in development intensity at the Public Recreational (PR) and Commercial-Recreation (C-R) Districts, however, specific locations, site plans, and construction details were not defined. Measurements were conducted to determine the noise levels as caused by traffic to understand the existing ambient noise environment. Similarly, typical maximum noise and vibration levels of construction equipment were used to assess a general construction impact since details regarding future development were unknown. Daily traffic volumes were used from the 2030 General Plan With Project (build out) to review the permanent future noise levels relative to the City of Anaheim’s land use compatibility. Lastly, noise impacts were reviewed from on-site noise sources, such as HVAC units, truck deliveries and trash compactors, and parking facilities.
Regarding construction noise impacts, SEIR No. 340 found that implementation of proposed mitigation measures would reduce the severity of potential impacts; however, consistent with MEIR No. 313, noise impacts associated with the construction of a future development project would have the potential to create temporary significant and unavoidable impacts at nearby noise-sensitive receptors during construction. Vibration related to construction activities within the ARSP area were found to have the potential to generate vibration and ground-borne vibration impacts. However, implementation of the proposed mitigation would reduce these potential impacts to less than significant levels. Regarding project-related traffic for 2030 General Plan build-out conditions, the resulting increases in noise levels were found to be normally acceptable without mitigation, and less than significant. Lastly, regarding the impacts of on-site noise sources, the analysis found that the development associated with the ARSP would create land use compatibility issues related to noise and would expose receptors to noise levels in excess of established standards. Adherence to the standard requirements and implementation of the proposed mitigation measures would reduce the impacts to less than significant levels. The conclusion related to increased operational noise levels is consistent with MEIR No. 313.
In summary, SEIR No. 340 required the implementation of several standard requirements (SRs) and mitigation measures (MMs) to limit the impact of operational and construction noise and vibration to noise-sensitive receptors, with multiple mitigation measures continued from MEIR No. 313. Further, City Ordinance 5454 also presented a list of conditions of approval that were applicable to all projects within the ARSP area. The standard requirements and mitigation measures from SEIR No. 340 follow:
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MM 5.10-1: Ongoing during construction, the property owner/developer shall ensure that all internal combustion engines on construction equipment and trucks are fitted with properly maintained mufflers.
MM 5.10-2: Prior to approval of each final site plan, the property owner/developer shall submit a noise study prepared by a certified acoustical consultant or engineer to the satisfaction of the Building Division Manager identifying whether noise attenuation is required and defining the attenuation measures and specific performance requirements, if warranted, to comply with the Uniform Building Code and Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. Ultimate noise attenuation requirements, if any, shall depend on the final location of such buildings and noise-sensitive uses inside and surrounding the buildings. Attenuation measures shall be implemented by the property owner/developer prior to final building and zoning inspections.
MM 5.10-3: Prior to issuance of each building permit, for structures that are adjacent to noise-sensitive areas such as residences, the property owner/developer shall ensure that all mechanical ventilation units are shown on plans and installed in compliance with Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
MM 5.10-4: Prior to issuance of each building permit for a parking structure, the property owner/developer shall ensure that noise from parking structures adjacent to residential areas will be reduced by the provision of convenient access to parking facilities, sound attenuation devices (louvers and walls), the use of textured deck surfaces to reduce tire squealing, and tiering a parking facility to provide greater distance to the receptor.
MM 5.10-5: Prior to the issuance of each building permit, a note shall be provided on building plans indicating that during construction, the property owner/developer shall install and maintain specially designed construction barriers at the project perimeter areas. The construction sound barriers shall be a minimum height of 8 feet with a minimum surface weight of 1.25 pounds per square foot or a minimum Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating of 25.
The structure shall be a continuous barrier. Gates and other entry doors shall be constructed with suitable mullions, astragals, seals, or other design techniques to minimize sound leakage when in the closed position. Access doors should be self-closing where feasible. Vision ports are permissible provided they are filled with an acceptable solid vision product.
MM 5.10-6: Ongoing during construction and project operation, pressure washing operations for purposes of building repair and maintenance due to graffiti or other aesthetical considerations shall be limited to daytime hours between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
MM 5.10-7: Ongoing during construction and project operation, sweeping operations in the parking facilities and private on-site roadways shall be performed utilizing sweeping/scrubbing equipment which operate at a level measured not greater than 60 dBA at the nearest adjacent property line.
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MM 5.10-8: Ongoing during construction, property owners/developers shall pay for all reasonable costs associated with noise monitoring which shall include monitoring conducted by a certified acoustical consultant engineer under the direction of the Planning and Building Department four times a year on a random basis to ensure that outdoor construction-related sound levels at any point on the exterior project boundary property line do not exceed 60 dBA between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day where outside construction is occurring. If a complaint is received by the City, additional noise monitoring shall be conducted at the discretion of the City. If the monitoring finds that the 60 dBA threshold is being exceeded, construction activities will be modified immediately to bring the sound level below the 60 dBA requirement, with additional follow-up monitoring conducted to confirm compliance.
MM 5.10-9: Prior to the issuance of each building permit, the property owner/developer shall present plans and calculations to the Planning and Building Department, Building Division, to demonstrate that noise levels would be less than 65 dBA CNEL for outdoor use areas (including dining patios, pools, playgrounds, or outdoor gathering areas). This requirement can be accomplished through shielding areas behind buildings or the construction of a noise barrier.
MM 5.10-10: Prior to the issuance of each building permit, the property owner/developer shall present plans and calculations to the Planning and Building Department, Building Division, to demonstrate that noise levels from planned mechanical ventilation equipment, loading docks, trash compactors, and other proposed on-site noise sources are designed to meet the City’s 60 dBA Sound Pressure Levels standard at the property line, and not create a noise increase greater than 5 dBA over existing ambient noise at the nearest noise sensitive receptor, whichever is more restrictive.
MM 5.10-11: Prior to issuance of each building permit, a note shall be provided on plans indicating that there shall be no operation of large bulldozers or vibratory rollers within 25 feet of any existing home.
MM 5.10-12: Prior to issuance of each building permit if pile driving and blasting is anticipated during construction, a noise and vibration analysis must be prepared and submitted to the Planning and Building Department, Building Division, to assess and mitigate potential noise and vibration impacts related to these activities.
SR 5.10-1: Prior to issuance of grading and/or building permits, contractor specifications shall include a note indicating that noise-generating construction activities which produce a sound pressure level at any point along the property line in excess of 60 dBA shall be limited to between the hours of 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on any day, except on Sundays or a City-recognized holiday when no noise-generating construction activities shall be permitted. This requirement is identified in Section 6.70.010 of the City of Anaheim’s Noise Ordinance. Additional work hours may be permitted if deemed necessary by and on approval of the Director of Public Works or Building Official.
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SR 5.10-2: Development shall comply with Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, also known as the California Building Standards Code, which establishes building standards applicable to all occupancies throughout the state.
Title 24 requires that new hotels, motels, and multi-family residences be designed to prevent the intrusion of exterior noise so that the interior noise, attributable to exterior sources, shall not exceed the 45 dBA Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) in any habitable room with windows closed.
SR 5.10-3: No commercial use shall produce noise associated with continual loading or unloading of heavy trucks at the site between the hours of 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM (Municipal Code Section 18.32.130).
1.2.3 Project Changes with DisneylandForward
Proposed Modifications to The Disneyland Resort Project The Project proposes to reallocate allowable land uses within the Theme Park District (389 acres), the Parking District (57.1 acres), and the Southeast District (24.7 acres). The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay also would continue to apply to specific parcels within the DRSP area and would provide for the development of the Anaheim GardenWalk lifestyle retail and entertainment complex.
The Project would allow Disney to move a portion of the unused approved theme park square footage to the existing Hotel District, which would become part of the new expanded Theme Park District of the DRSP. The Project would also allow Disney to move a portion of the unused approved theme park square footage to the existing Future Expansion District, which would become the Southeast District of the DRSP, and to the proposed Theme Park East and West Overlays of the ARSP. The proposed districts and overlays are shown in Figure 2 – Proposed DRSP Development Districts and ARSP Overlays, and described in Table 2 – Proposed Development Summary For Disney Properties, and are discussed in further detail below.
Under the Project, Disney could develop cumulatively up to 6,850,000 previously approved square feet of theme park uses in the DRSP, including up to 6,850,000 previously approved square feet in the expanded Theme Park District if all theme park square footage were developed in the expanded Theme Park District. Disney could also develop a portion of this previously approved theme park square footage in the newly renamed Southeast District (up to 390,000 square feet), in the proposed Theme Park East Overlay (up to 840,000 square feet), and in the proposed Theme Park West Overlay (up to 80,000 square feet). If theme park square footage is developed in the Southeast District and Theme Park East and West Overlays, an equivalent amount of theme park square footage would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum theme park square footage would not exceed 6,850,000 square feet.
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Southeast District. Under the Project, Disney could develop cumulatively up to 5,600 previously approved hotel rooms in the DRSP, including a combination of up to 5,600 previously approved hotel rooms in the expanded Theme Park District if all hotel rooms were developed in the expanded Theme Park District and up to 1,852 previously approved hotel rooms in the newly renamed Southeast District.
Disney is not seeking additional square footage for theme park uses or retail entertainment uses or additional hotel rooms within The Disneyland Resort as part of this Project. Instead, the Project would allow Disney to move the existing approvals to other areas governed by the DRSP and ARSP.
Theme Park District
The Theme Park District is proposed between Ball Road on the north, Katella Avenue on the south, Walnut Avenue on the west, and Harbor Boulevard on the east and would accommodate the following: the existing Disneyland theme park; the existing Disney California Adventure theme park; Downtown Disney; the portions of the current public right-of-way of Magic Way, which is proposed to be abandoned in the future as part of the Project; the former Hotel District; and associated administration and back-of-house facilities, parking, ticketing, hotel, and retail, dining and entertainment facilities. As shown in Table 2, the expanded Theme Park District would allow for up to 6,850,000 previously approved square feet of theme park uses, up to 5,600 previously approved hotel rooms, and previously approved accessory retail, dining and entertainment uses, recreational uses and landscaped areas.
The Theme Park District would provide enhanced pedestrian mobility opportunities through various pedestrianrelated amenities, landscaped areas, and routes, including one to three grade-separated pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard, between Manchester Avenue and Disney Way, to connect the east side of Harbor Boulevard with the Theme Park District. An existing grade-separated pedestrian bridge is located over Disneyland Drive. Up to two additional pedestrian bridges or crossings may be constructed over Disneyland Drive between Magic Way and Katella Avenue. Future development within the Theme Park District would be subject to the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Zoning and Development Standards, including maximum building heights and minimum setbacks from property lines, as detailed in the DRSP and under Building Heights/Sky Exposure Plane.
Parking may be provided in parking structures or surface lots, and may be located throughout the Theme Park District, although most parking would be located at the perimeter of the Theme Park District and screened from views from the public right-of-way. Hotel parking facilities within this District may be provided in parking structures located adjacent to Walnut Street, which would be set back a minimum of 50 feet from the Walnut Street right-ofway.
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Parking District
The Parking District accommodates the public day-use parking facilities within The Disneyland Resort, including visitor and cast member parking and may provide parking for the Anaheim Convention Center. The Parking District accommodates peak attendance days at the theme parks with up to 34,300 total parking spaces, made up of existing and future parking facilities. The District is divided into two areas: the West Parking Area and the East Parking Area.
The West Parking Area is located between Disneyland Drive and Walnut Street north of Magic Way, and currently contains 16,298 spaces in two parking structures. The West Parking Area could accommodate a maximum of 16,700 spaces. Primary ingress and egress are via Disneyland Drive and Magic Way. No public access would be permitted to or from Walnut Street, except for an existing emergency vehicle access only point north of the Mickey and Friends parking structure and a new emergency vehicle access only point at Magic Way. An existing grade-separated pedestrian bridge is located over Magic Way.
The East Parking Area is located near Disney Way, Clementine Street, and Manchester Avenue and currently contains the Pumbaa surface parking lot with 1,337 spaces north of Disney Way. The East Parking Area could accommodate a maximum of 17,600 spaces in a parking facility which may be constructed concurrently with a parking facility in the Parking Overlay of the ARSP just north of the East Parking Area, allowing the two facilities to operate as one. The maximum number of parking spaces in this area would be 17,600 spaces. Vehicles accessing the East Parking Area would continue to use ramps from Interstate 5. Existing and proposed pedestrian facilities in the area would facilitate guest mobility from the parking areas to the ticketing and entry area for the theme parks. At least one, and up to three grade-separated pedestrian bridges may be constructed over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue, as part of the East Parking Area Parking Facility and the Parking Overlay of the ARSP. A network of existing and new public and/or private pedestrian walkways along Clementine Street and Manchester Avenue would connect to and provide access to Harbor Boulevard and connect to the future grade-separated pedestrian bridge(s) on Harbor Boulevard. An additional pedestrian walkway connecting to Harbor Boulevard would be provided from the East Parking Area adjacent to Disney Way.
Parking facilities in the East and West Parking Areas would be architecturally treated through use of terraced structures; landscaped buffers and berms; noise attenuation louvers along the openings on the lower levels and solid walls with landscaped planters on the upper levels; and additional landscaping in the setbacks. A detailed description of the proposed parking facility, architectural treatment and landscaping adjacent to the East and West Parking Areas can be found in Section 5.0, Design Plan, of the DRSP. The parking facility in the East Parking Area would be designed with similar architecture as the existing parking facilities in the West Parking Area.
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Southeast District
The Southeast District, currently the Future Expansion District, is located south of Katella Avenue, east of Harbor Boulevard and west of Haster Street and is proposed to be developed with up to 390,000 square feet of theme park uses and up to 1,852 hotel rooms. The District may also include up to 5,100 parking spaces in a surface parking lot and/or in a five-level parking structure on the eastern portion of the District, which would provide parking for theme park uses in the amounts required by the DRSP. The District currently contains a surface parking lot containing 2,529 parking spaces and four toll booths for use by Resort guests. Future development in the Southeast District may occur concurrently with development of theme park uses or hotel uses in the Theme Park East Overlay of the ARSP, which currently contains 4,635 parking spaces in the Toy Story Parking Lot used by Resort guests. Access to this District generally will be from Interstate 5 via either Katella Avenue or Gene Autry Way with secondary access from Haster Street. Parking facilities in the Southeast District would be architecturally treated through use of terraced structures; landscaped buffers and berms; noise attenuation louvers along the openings on the lower levels and solid walls with landscaped planters on the upper levels; and additional landscaping in the setbacks. A detailed description of the architectural treatment and landscaping for the proposed parking facility in the Southeast District can be found in Section 5.0, Design Plan, of the DRSP.
District A, C-R Overlay, and Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay The DRSP also contains areas designated as District A, the C-R Overlay, and the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay. The Project does not propose any modifications to these three areas. EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340, including the associated Mitigation Monitoring Plans, would continue to apply to future development in District A, the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay and the C-R Overlay.
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Proposed Modifications to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan The Project would create a Theme Park East Overlay within the ARSP for the existing Toy Story Parking Lot and a Theme Park West Overlay within the ARSP for the existing Paradise Pier Hotel.
The Theme Park Overlay would allow Disney to develop theme park uses on these properties concurrently with the development of theme park uses on the expanded Theme Park District or the Southeast District of the DRSP. With the Project, Disney could develop up to 840,000 square feet of previously approved theme park uses within the Theme Park East Overlay and up to 80,000 square feet of previously approved theme park uses within the Theme Park West Overlay for a cumulative total of up to 920,000 square feet of previously approved theme park uses in these Overlays. The Anaheim Municipal Code currently allows theme park uses in these Overlay areas with approval of a conditional use permit.
The Project would create a Parking Overlay within the ARSP for the Disney ARSP Properties located at 1515 S.
Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester Avenue, 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard, and 333 W. Ball Road. The Project would increase the number of permitted theme park parking spaces in the Parking Overlay at 333 W. Ball Road, permitting up to 5,700 parking spaces (this includes 1,324 existing spaces plus 4,376 additional spaces). The Parking Overlay would permit development of the same type of parking and transportation facilities allowed under Anaheim Municipal Code Section 18.114.080 for the East Parking Area of the Parking District of the DRSP, and the same type of back-of-house uses, limited retail, and dining and entertainment uses allowed under Anaheim Municipal Code Section 18.114.060 for the Theme Park District of the DRSP. Parking facilities in the Parking Overlay would be architecturally treated through use of terraced structures; landscaped buffers and berms; noise attenuation louvers along the openings on the lower levels and solid walls with landscaped planters on the upper levels; and additional landscaping in the setbacks.
Disney could also develop hotel rooms in these Overlays as permitted by the existing ARSP (see Table 3-3, Proposed Development Summary for Disney Properties).
1.3 Characteristics of Noise
Noise is usually defined as unwanted sound and can be an undesirable by-product of society’s normal day-to-day activities. Sound becomes unwanted when it interferes with normal activities, causes actual physical harm, or has an adverse effect on health.
People judge the relative magnitude of sound sensation in subjective terms such as “noisiness” or “loudness.” However, the sound pressure magnitude can be objectively measured and quantified using a logarithmic ratio of pressures which yields the level of sound, utilizing the measurement scale of decibels (dB). The decibel is generally adjusted to the A-weighted level (dBA) which de-emphasizes very low frequencies to better approximate the human DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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ear’s range of sensitivity. In practice, the noise level of a sound source is measured using a sound level meter that includes an electronic filter corresponding to the A-weighting curve. Table A.1 in Appendix A of this report defines the decibel along with other technical terms used in this analysis.
Even though the A-weighted scale accounts for the relative loudness perceived by the human ear and, therefore, is commonly used to quantify individual events or general community sound levels, the degree of annoyance or other response effects also depends on several other perceptibility factors, including:
- Ambient (background) sound level
- Magnitude of the event sound level relative to the background noise - Spectral (frequency) composition (e.g. presence of tones) - Duration of the sound event
- Number of event occurrences, repetitiveness, and intermittency - Time of day the event occurs.
In determining the daily level of environmental noise, it is important to account for the difference in human responses to daytime and nighttime noises. At night, exterior background noise levels are generally lower than daytime levels. However, most household noise also decreases at night, and exterior noise may become increasingly noticeable. Further, most people sleep at night and have greater sensitivity to noise intrusion. To account for human sensitivity to nighttime noise levels, a 24-hour descriptor, the Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) has been developed. The CNEL divides the 24-hour day into a daytime period of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., an evening period from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., and a nighttime period of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. In determining the CNEL, noise levels occurring during the evening period are increased by 5 dB, while noise levels occurring during the nighttime period are increased by 10 dB to account for the greater sensitivity during the evening and nighttime periods.
The effects of noise on people fall into three general categories:
- Subjective effects of annoyance and nuisance
- Interference with activities such as speech, sleep and learning - Physiological effects such as hearing loss
In most cases, the levels associated with environmental noise produce effects only in the first two categories.
However, workers in industrial plants may experience noise effects in the last category. There is no completely effective way to measure the subjective effects of noise or the corresponding reactions of annoyance, because of the wide variation in individual thresholds of annoyance and degrees to which people become acclimated to noise.
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a noise event exceeds the prevailing ambient noise level, the less acceptable the noise source will be to those exposed to it.
With regard to increases in A-weighted noise levels, the following relationships are applicable to this analysis:
- Except in carefully controlled laboratory experiments, a 1 dB change cannot be perceived; - Outside of a laboratory, a 3 dBA change will be generally perceivable by most people, often described as the “just noticeable difference”;
- A change in level of at least 5 dBA is considered a noticeable change by most people; and - A 10 dBA change will result in the perception of doubling or halving the loudness of the noise.
Common noise levels associated with various activities are shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3 – Common Noise Levels
Noise sources are either “point sources”, such as stationary equipment or individual motor vehicles, or “line sources”, such as a roadway with a large number of mobile point sources (motor vehicles). Sound generated by a stationary point source typically diminishes (attenuates) at a rate of 6 dBA for each doubling of distance from the source to the receptor at acoustically “hard” sites, and at a rate of 7.5 dBA at acoustically “soft” sites.1 For example, a 60 dBA noise level measured at 50 feet from a point source at an acoustically hard site would be 54 dBA at 100 feet from the source and it would be 48 dBA at 200 feet from the source. Sound generated by a line source typically attenuates at a rate of 3 dBA and 4.5 dBA per doubling of distance from the source to the receptor for hard and soft sites, respectively.2 Man-made or natural barriers can also attenuate sound levels. 1 U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Noise Fundamentals, (Springfield, Virginia:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, September 1980), p. 97. A "hard" or reflective site does not provide any excess ground-effect attenuation and is characteristic of asphalt, concrete, and very hard packed soils. An acoustically "soft" or absorptive site is characteristic of normal earth and most ground with vegetation. 2 U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Noise Fundamentals, (Springfield, Virginia:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, September 1980), p. 97.
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The minimum attenuation of exterior to interior noise provided by typical structures is provided in Table 3.
Table 3 – Outside to Inside Noise Attenuation of Typical Structures (dBA) Building Type
Open
Windows
Closed
Windows1
Residences
Schools
Churches
Hospitals/Convalescent Homes
Offices
Theaters
Hotels/Motels
17 17
20 17
17 20
17 25
25 30
25 25
30 25
Source: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Highway Noise: A Design Guide for Highway Engineers, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 117. 1 As shown, structures with closed windows can attenuate exterior noise by a minimum of 25 to 30 dBA.
1.4 Characteristics of Vibration
Vibration is minute variation in pressure through structures and the earth, whereas, noise is minute variation in pressure through air. Some vibration effects can be caused by noise; e.g., the rattling of windows from truck passbys. This phenomenon is related to the coupling of the acoustic energy at frequencies that are close to the resonant frequency of the material being vibrated. Ground-borne vibration attenuates rapidly as distance from the source of the vibration increases. Vibration amplitude can be measured as peak particle velocity (PPV), the maximum instantaneous peak amplitude in inches per second (in/s), or root-mean-square (RMS) velocity in inches per second (in/s) or as vibration level in decibels (VdB) referenced to 1 micro-inch per second. The ratio between the PPV and the maximum RMS amplitude is termed the “crest factor.” According to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the PPV level for construction equipment is typically 1.7 to 6 times greater than the RMS vibration level. The FTA uses a crest factor of 4 for the conversion of PPV levels to RMS vibration levels. For the purposes of ground-borne vibration analysis of impacts to existing structures, vibration velocity is described in terms of PPV.
Most perceptible indoor vibration is caused by sources within buildings such as operation of mechanical equipment, movement of people, or the slamming of doors. Typical outdoor sources of perceptible ground-borne vibration are construction equipment, steel-wheeled trains, and traffic on rough roads. The level of interest for the purposes of this analysis correlate to 0.2 in/s PPV3, which is the general threshold where minor damage can occur in nonengineered timber and masonry buildings. Caltrans threshold for similar building damage is consistent with the FTA threshold. Caltrans also lists the threshold of human response to vibration as being distinctly perceptible at 0.24 in/sec PPV4 for transient vibration sources.
3 – U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment, (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, September 2018), p. 186. 4 – California Department of Transportation, Transportation and Construction Vibration Guidance Manual, (Sacramento, California, April 2020), p. 22.
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2.0 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Many government agencies have established noise regulations and policies to protect citizens from potential hearing damage and various other adverse physiological and social effects associated with noise and ground-borne vibration.
The regulations and policies that are relevant to operational noise are discussed below.
2.1 Applicable State Noise Standards
The State of California has adopted noise compatibility guidelines for general land use planning. The types of land uses addressed by the State standards and the acceptable noise categories for each land use are included in the State of California General Plan Guidelines, which is published and updated by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. The level of acceptability of the noise environment is dependent upon the activity associated with the particular land use. According to the State, an exterior noise environment up to 65 CNEL is “normally acceptable” for single and multi-family residential uses, up to 75 CNEL is “conditionally acceptable” with special noise insulation requirements, while 75 CNEL and above is identified as "clearly unacceptable" noise levels for residential and hotel uses, respectively.5 The maximum allowable interior noise level for residential structures is 45 CNEL.
Appendix G of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines6 establishes thresholds for the evaluation of significant impacts of environmental noise attributable to a proposed project. Under these thresholds, a proposed project would have a significant noise impact if the project would result in:
1. Generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies;
2. Generation of excessive ground-borne vibration or ground-borne noise levels; and
3. For a project located within the vicinity of a private airstrip or an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, exposure of people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels. 5 – State of California, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, General Plan Guidelines, (Sacramento, CA: State of California, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, October 2003), p. 250. 6 – Cal. Code Regs., Title 14, Chapter 3, Appendix G.
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2.2 City of Anaheim General Plan – Noise Element
The Noise Element of the City’s General Plan is based in part on federal and State regulations and is intended to control, minimize, or mitigate environmental noise effects. The Noise Element identifies noise and land use compatibility standards for various land uses. The City’s goal by incorporating the land use compatibility matrix, as shown in Figure 4, City of Anaheim Noise Element Land Use Compatibility Matrix, is to protect sensitive land uses from excessive noise through diligent planning and regulation.
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In the Noise Element, the most prominent non-transportation related noise production occurs at the three major attraction venues in the City: The Anaheim Resort, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and the Honda Center of Anaheim.
However, the Noise Element states that within the property line of these uses, the noise levels are generally considered acceptable and appropriate to the use. It is also understood that these uses employ large setbacks, parking buffers, and a variety of sound barriers to minimize noise impacts. The goal in addressing non-transportation related noise sources is to protect residences from the effects of “spill over” or nuisance noise emanating from the City’s activity centers. The City’s Noise Element addresses non-transportation related noise sources and the noise associated with these uses; however, this approach to address non-transportation noise, which relies on the Anaheim Municipal Code exterior noise limits that generally exclude traffic noise, is distinct from the City’s incorporation of typical land use compatibility guidelines that do not include consideration of noise from transportation sources. Traffic sounds, sounds created by emergency activities, and sounds created by governmental units are exempt from the applications of the Anaheim Municipal Code. Therefore, for land use planning, the City’s Noise Element has adopted the State of California standards as shown in Table 4.
Table 4 – State of California Interior and Exterior Noise Standards Land Use CNEL (dBA)
Categories Uses Interior1 Exterior2
Residential
Single and multiple-family, duplex 453 65
Mobile Homes – 654
Commercial
Hotel, motel, transient housing 45 –
Commercial retail, bank, restaurant 55 –
Office Building, research and development, professional offices 50 –
Amphitheater, concert hall, auditorium, movie theater 45 – Gymnasium, (Multipurpose) 50 –
Sports Club 55 –
Manufacturing, warehousing, wholesale, utilities 65 –
Movie Theaters 45 –
Institutional/Public
Hospital, school classrooms/playgrounds 45 65
Church, library 45 –
Open Space Parks – 65
1 Indoor environment excluding: bathrooms, kitchens, toilets, closets, and corridors 2 Outdoor environment limited to:
Private yard of single-family dwelling
Multiple-family private patios or balconies accessed from within the swelling (Balconies 6 feet deep or less are exempt) Mobile home parks
Park picnic areas
School playground
Hospital patios
3 Noise level requirement with closed windows, mechanical ventilation or other means of natural ventilation shall be provided as per Chapter 12, Section 1205 of the Uniform Building Code.
4 Exterior noise levels should be such that interior noise levels eill not exceed 45 dBA CNEL.
Source: Source: Anaheim 2004
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2.3 City of Anaheim Municipal Code – Noise Ordinance
Section 6.70.010 of the City’s Municipal Code establishes a property line noise limit for sound radiated from any premises, indicating noise shall not exceed 60 dBA Leq. Readings must be taken in accordance with the instrument manufacturer’s instructions, using the slowest meter response. To check for compliance using a sound level meter, the sound level meter shall be placed at any point on the property line, but not closer than three feet from any wall and not less than three feet above the ground. At any point, the measured level shall be the average of not less than three readings taken at two minute intervals. For a noise source to be considered objectionable, the levels must be five decibels(dB) or more above the levels prevailing at the same point when the sources of the alleged objectionable sound are not operating. Prevailing noise levels measured when Project sound sources are not operating will be referred to as “ambient” noise levels throughout this analysis. Therefore, at property line locations where ambient noise levels are more than 55 dBA, operational noise levels shall not exceed the ambient noise level plus 5 dBA. At property line locations where ambient noise levels are 55 dBA or less, operational noise levels shall not exceed 60 dBA.
For the purposes of this analysis, where ambient noise levels are less than 55 dBA, the property line noise limit of 60 dBA Leq will be utilized. Where ambient noise levels are greater than 55 dBA, an increase of less than 3 dBA to the ambient noise will be the target criteria for the Project. This is more stringent than the City of Anaheim Noise Ordinance.
Also pursuant to Section 6.70.010 of the AMC, sound created by construction or building repair of any premises within the City shall be exempt from the applications of this chapter during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Additional work hours may be permitted if deemed necessary by the Director of Public Works or Building Official.
Therefore, if construction work is to occur outside of the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., it must meet the requirements established by the noise ordinance, which is 60 dBA Leq as described previously. This is also consistent with the findings in the previous SEIR No. 340.
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2.4 Project Requirements Summary
The above requirements for the Project are summarized in the following Table 5.
Table 5 – Project Requirements
Activity Standard
Traffic Noise
- Traffic noise increase due to the Project is less than:
o 3 dBA CNEL where traffic noise is less than 65 dBA CNEL. o 1.5 dB CNEL where traffic noise is greater than 65 dB CNEL.
Operational Noise
- Noise level at the property line:
o Increases by less than a 3 dBA, depending on existing levels, and/or is less than 60 dBA (AMC Section 6.70.010).
o By meeting the City’s municipal code standards, the land use compatibility and policies described in the City of Anaheim General Plan would also be met. - Various mitigation measures previously defined and included as part of EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340.
Construction Noise
- Construction noise exempt under the Municipal Code during hours:
o 7:00am – 7:00pm (AMC Section 6.70.010)
- Various mitigation measures previously defined and included as part of EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340.
- The future ambient noise levels without the Project would increase by 3 dBA or more and/or exceed the local standards or ordinances with implementation of the Project.
Vibration
- Vibration levels caused by the Project are less than 0.2 PPV in/sec for building damage and 0.24 in/sec for distinct human perception.
- Various mitigation measures previously defined and included as part of EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340.
3.0 PROJECT IMPACT ANALYSIS
3.1 Methodology
Analysis of the existing noise and potential increases in noise with the implementation of the DisneylandForward Project is based on technical reports, noise monitoring, and noise prediction modeling. Previous technical reports and noise monitoring in EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340 were reviewed, as described and summarized in sections 1.2.1 and 1.2.2. In addition, a comprehensive noise monitoring program has been conducted within and around both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks to capture, summarize and categorize the various noise sources throughout the theme parks to understand both the existing noise levels of current attractions and events, and use the existing levels to model current and potential future conditions. The primary intent of the noise monitoring program was to create an abundant library of various theme park noise levels and events associated with typical operation of Disney’s theme parks. The various source types were then analyzed, categorized, and used to inform the acoustical model of source inputs around the DisneylandForward Project. Potential future conditions include the movement of theme park uses closer to Walnut Street, movement of theme park, hotels, and retail, DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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dining and entertainment uses to the existing Toy Story Parking Lot, and development of parking uses in the ARSP Parking Overlay. Noise modeling involved the calculation of existing and future operational, traffic and construction noise levels throughout the Project site.
Various operational noise sources of the two theme parks, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, were categorized by event type, as indicated below in Table 6, Noise Events By Category. Each event category was created based on the event’s associated sound levels and specific characteristics typical of a theme park. For example, the “Thrill (Outdoor)” category includes rides that primarily include outdoor, track-style portions as the main features to the rides where the loudest portions occur outdoors. In contrast, the “Thrill (Indoor)” category includes rides that may also be track-style or have minor outdoor features, but the loudest portions of the ride occur indoors. While Splash Mountain or Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! do have portions that occur outdoors, both rides occur primarily indoors and include outdoor “drop” features with openings that face the theme park’s interior with the remainder of the ride indoors. “Family (Indoor)” rides are typically track-style (Peter Pan’s Flight) or theater (Soarin’) rides and may have certain queue portions outdoors. “Family (Outdoor)” rides can be trackless (Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters), with a track (Casey Jr. Circus Train), or includes a unique operation (Mad Tea Party), with various sources such as loudspeakers playing a soundtrack that occurs with the ride. In rare cases (Autopia), the ride may include a collection of noise sources that must be taken into consideration. Lastly for rides, the “Rounds” are spinning-style circular rides that also include various sources such as loudspeakers throughout the ride and queue.
The remaining event categories were broken out by the common offerings of the theme park. “Large Shows” include significant productions in which a large portion of the park’s attendance would attend, with multiple noise sources utilized throughout the area of the show. Typically, only one to two occurrences of a Large Show would occur per day. Similarly, “Parades” use the theme park’s sound system and noise sources and follow a specific pathway throughout the park. These may occur one to two times per day. “Small Shows” are events that occur at specific times repetitively throughout the day and often include live performances. “Back-of-House” areas have been differentiated as “(Active)” and “(Inactive)” based on the measured sound levels of the specific areas, as some areas were observed to be louder than others. All remaining sources, such as mechanical equipment and crowd noise, were typical.
The model was created using ISO 9613, “Attenuation of sound during propagation outdoors". Part 2 of the standard defines the general calculation method, in which there are three types of sources (a line source, an area source, and a point source). Line sources are represented by a series of point sources with a defined maximum distance between each source and can be observed in the model by the red line through the center of each point source. This has been used for sources such as roadways, thrill rides, and walkways in which there are a series of continuous point sources with similar levels in a linear formation. Area sources are represented by a series of point sources with a defined vertical and horizontal (x, y) distance between each source and can be observed in the model with a dashed line around the perimeter of a grid of point sources. This has been used for sources such as family (outdoor) rides and ride queues. Lastly, standard point sources have been used for round rides, small shows, and the entrances to indoor DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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rides that generate noise. With all sources created in the model, the results of the contours were compared with the measurement data of both existing park operations and traffic noise to verify consistency between the measured and modeled conditions.
Various combinations of the loudest operational noise sources were assessed for each event type to provide a conservative analysis of noise levels at various property lines of the Project site. Additionally, each event type was analyzed to determine a set of guidelines defining the noise reduction required for the proposed relocation of permitted uses and operations within The Disneyland Resort and Disney’s ARSP Properties. Modeling results are included in the body of the report, with additional measurement maps and modeling in Appendices B, C, D, and E.
Table 6 – Noise Events by Category
Event Category Examples
Back-of-House (Active) Space Mountain BOH, Cars Land BOH, Indiana Jones Adventure BOH Back-of-House (Inactive) Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge BOH, Casey Jr. Circus Train BOH Thrill (Outdoor)
Radiator Springs Racers, Goofy’s Sky School, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Incredicoaster, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Grizzly River Run
Thrill (Indoor) Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!, Space Mountain, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run, Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain Family (Indoor) Toy Story Midway Mania!, Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan’s Flight, Soarin’, Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure, Star Tours
Family (Outdoor) Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters, Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree, Casey Jr. Circus Train, Autopia, Mad Tea Party Round Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Astro-Orbiter, King Arthur’s Carousel, Jumpin’ Jellyfish, Jessie’s Carousel Parades Main Street Electrical Parade, Pixar Pals
Large Shows World of Color, Fantasmic!, Fireworks
Small Shows Paradise Garden Bandstand, Guardians of the Galaxy: Dance Off, Avengers Assemble Utility Facilities Chiller Plant, Water Treatment Plant Maintenance Facilities
(indoor) Enclosed Warehouses
Queuing/Crowd Noise Throughout Disney Parks
Special noise sources Crowd noise, Automobile Traffic
3.2 Existing Operational Source Levels
Veneklasen Associates conducted an extensive source level measurement survey of noise from operations throughout the theme parks from April 4 to 8, April 12 and 13, April 21, and June 16, 2022. Sources of sound included activity from numerous attractions throughout Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. Examples of sound sources include the operation of rides, amplified music and live shows, audience and crowd noise, mechanical equipment, and back-of-house operations. The locations of source level measurements are attached in Map Figures (A through F) of Appendix B for Disneyland and Appendix C for Disney’s California Adventure. Measured noise levels are summarized in Tables (D1 and D2) in Appendix D.
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Measurements were conducted utilizing Type 1/Class 1 Bruel & Kjaer 2250/2270 sound level meters positioned on a tripod at a height of approximately five feet. The sound level meters were placed as close as possible to the source of interest to attempt to measure the specific event or attraction. For rides and attractions, staff determined the locations of measurement by conducting an observation of the source prior to measuring to identify the loudest portions of the ride or attraction. In some cases, sound level meters were placed in landscaping or restricted walkways to measure as close to the ride as feasible. Once determined, the sound level meter and tripod were placed at each measurement location and the ride or attraction noise level was captured. For outdoor attractions where ride noise is an actively moving source (Autopia, Jungle Cruise, etc.), the sound level meter was brought onto the ride to measure the on-ride noise and gather the source levels from the ride itself. Additionally, the queuing area for each ride or attraction was also measured. Where rides or attractions were solely indoors (Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan’s Flight, etc.), only the queuing area was measured. For events (shows, etc.), two to three locations were selected for each event to capture the source levels. In the case of shows, one location was positioned directly in front of a main loudspeaker for the event, a second location was positioned within the crowd for the event, and a third location was positioned at various distances to determine the noise propagation from the event as applicable.
For parades, two to three measurement locations were selected at different locations on the parade route, with the sound level meter and tripod set up directly in front of a speaker playing the parade’s soundtrack. Lastly, various back-of-house activities and equipment were captured as part of the survey. Sources of back-of-house included, but were not limited to, HVAC and plumbing equipment, delivery trucks, after hours construction, vehicle pass-bys, power washing, and general ambient levels at the back-of-house locations. The duration of each measurement was dependent on the source being measured. For example, many ride cycles last for approximately 2 to 3 minutes, which includes passenger loading, the ride itself, and passenger unloading. Alternatively, parades and shows may last 10 to 15 minutes, in which the entirety of the event was measured. Typically, at minimum, a duration of 10 minutes was measured at each location, which would capture at least three ride cycles, as applicable, or the general ambient in the area. Arterial roadways were typically measured for at least 30 minutes, with those nearest noise sensitive receptors measured for at least three hours.
This extensive source level measurement survey provided noise data to develop a computer noise model of Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure theme parks. Veneklasen utilized Bruel and Kjaer’s Predictor software (V2022 rev 1) to develop The Disneyland Resort noise model and the respective noise level contours. Google Earth 3-D images along with the respective angle from the model of both Disneyland (view from the south) and Disney’s California Adventure (view from the north) and have been shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6.
The noise model was calibrated using the noise measurements performed throughout the theme parks and allows for the movement of noise sources to different locations for analysis and assessment of potential future noise impacts. It also allows for areas to be reviewed at different times of the day, such as during shows, rehearsals, and parades. The model allows for input usage based on specific periods of usage for each source for daytime hours (7:00am to 7:00pm), evening hours (7:00pm to 10:00pm), and nighttime hours (10:00pm to 7:00am). For example, DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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for both parks, rides and attractions assume full operation during the daytime hours and only slightly reduced operation during evening hours. For Disneyland, since it is open until 12:00am, the rides assume two hours of operation into the nighttime hours. For Disney’s California Adventure, since it is open until 10:00pm, all rides are assumed to be inoperable shortly after this time.
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Figure 6 – Disney’s California Adventure, 3-D Google Earth and Model Views from North Examples of the resultant daytime noise contours for both the East and West portions of the Project, including all existing sources in operation and future traffic, have been shown in Figure 7, Figure 8, and Figure 9. Main roadways have been labeled for clarity, along with each theme park’s Lands and hotels. The noise contours have also been labeled to clearly show the defining line for each. Both figures show the respective land uses without the implementation of the DisneylandForward Project.
The daytime noise contours calculated in Figure 7, Figure 8, and Figure 9, can be used to assess the impact of potential future developments associated with the implementation of DisneylandForward. By modeling and calculating a development layout on the new land uses with various applicable noise sources, the resulting contours can demonstrate the change in noise level, if any, specifically associated with DisneylandForward.
A representation of this process has been included in the following section 3.4, where operational levels with DisneylandForward and future traffic for day/evening/night conditions have been shown. For the East portion, refer to Figure 7 without the Project and compare to Figure 10 with the Project. For the West portion, refer to Figure 8 without the Project and compare to Figure 11 with the Project. For the Northeast portion, refer to Figure 9 without the Project and compare to Figure 12 with the Project. Further elaboration and discussion of this process is described in section 3.2.4.
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Figure 9 – Noise Level Contours without Project – Northeast Parking Overlay
3.3 Significance Thresholds
3.3.1 City of Anaheim Environmental Checklist
The following significance criteria are derived from the City of Anaheim Environmental Checklist.
Threshold 5.11a Would the project result in generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies?
Threshold 5.11b Would the project result in generation of excessive groundborne vibration or groundborne noise levels?
Noise threshold c (aviation noise) was evaluated in Section 3.4 of the Initial Study prepared for the Project. The Initial Study concluded that the Project would have no impact related to that threshold, and, therefore, that threshold is not discussed further in this Subsequent EIR.
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The CEQA Guidelines and the City’s General Plan provide no definition of what constitutes a substantial noise increase. Consistent with EIR No. 311 for The Disneyland Resort Project, the thresholds used for significance are:
• A potentially significant impact due to operational and construction noise would occur if:
o The future ambient noise levels without the Project would increase by 3 dBA or more and/or exceed the local standards or ordinances with implementation of the Project.7 • A potentially significant impact due to traffic noise would occur if:
o Where future traffic noise levels without the Project would be less than 65 dBA CNEL, a +3 dBA CNEL increase in roadway noise would occur with implementation of the Project; and o Where future traffic noise levels without the Project would be greater than 65 dBA CNEL, a +1.5 dBA CNEL increase in roadway noise would occur with implementation of the Project. • A potentially significant impact due to vibration would occur if:
o Vibration levels caused by the Project at nearest noise-sensitive receptors would exceed the threshold for damage to standard construction of 0.2 in/sec PPV and or the threshold for distinct human perception of 0.24 in/sec.
3.3.2 Standard Requirements
The following standard requirements (SR) are applicable to the Project.
SR NOI-1 Prior to issuance of grading and/or building permits, contractor specifications shall include a note indicating that noise-generating construction activities which produce a sound pressure level at any point along the property line in excess of 60 dBA shall be limited to between the hours of 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on any day, except on Sundays or a City-recognized holiday when no noisegenerating construction activities shall be permitted. This requirement is identified in Section
6.70.010 of the City of Anaheim’s Noise Ordinance. Additional work hours may be permitted if deemed necessary by and on approval of the Director of Public Works or Building Official. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.8-7, SEIR No. 340, SR 5.10-1)
SR NOI-2 Development shall comply with Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, also known as the California Building Standards Code, which establishes building standards applicable to all occupancies throughout the state. Title 24 requires that new hotels, motels, and multi-family residences be designed to prevent the intrusion of exterior noise so that the interior noise, attributable to exterior sources, shall not exceed the 45 dBA Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) in any habitable room with windows closed. (SEIR No. 340, SR 5.10-2) 7 As previously discussed, a noise level increase of 3 dBA is considered barely perceptible.
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SR NOI-3 No commercial use shall produce noise associated with continual loading or unloading of heavy trucks at the site between the hours of 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM (Municipal Code Section 18.32.130). (SEIR No. 340, SR 5.10-3)
3.4 Threshold 1. Would the project result in generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies?
3.4.1 New Impact from EIR No. 311; No New Impact from SEIR No. 340 – Project Impact Significant and Unavoidable.
EIR No. 311 determined that implementation of mitigation would reduce any potential noise impacts from parking facilities, fireworks and the proposed amphitheater in the second theme park to a level considered less than significant. Traffic-related noise impacts were within the limits of the Noise Ordinance and therefore would be considered less than significant. SEIR No. 340 concluded that construction activities associated with future development within the ARSP area have the potential to significantly impact noise-sensitive receptors, and, as a result, found a significant and unavoidable construction noise impact. As discussed below, the Project may have a temporary significant and unavoidable noise impact even with mitigation during construction and a less than significant noise impact with mitigation during operations.
3.4.2 Construction Noise
Construction of the Project will include districts and overlays of theme park, hotel, parking, and parking structures.
Consistent with EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340, construction will generate temporary increased noise levels beyond the property lines of the Project site. While specific locations, site plans, and construction details have not been developed, construction would be localized and would occur intermittently for varying periods of time. Because of the effects of noise attenuation, the distance from the noise source to a receptor is a primary consideration in determining the actual noise level experienced at the receptor. In addition, different construction stages involve different pieces of equipment and may involve only localized portions of a site so each stage of construction can result in different noise levels being generated, depending on the relative distance to sensitive receptors. Therefore, for the Project, it is not possible to quantify the construction noise impacts at specific noise-sensitive receptors. In construction projects, grading activities typically generate the highest noise levels, as grading involves the largest equipment.
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impacts of construction noise between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to determine if the 60 dBA criteria previously established in EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340 would be met during construction of the Project.
The typical sound levels and usage of construction equipment can be seen in Table 7 below, most of which were sourced from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) database. The only exceptions are instances where Veneklasen has had the opportunity to measure and database construction noise equipment, which have been labeled via an asterisk(*). For all cases, the highest reference noise level has been selected between FHWA’s predicted/measured values or Veneklasen’s measured values, with usage rates sourced from FHWA. For the purposes of this analysis, all construction equipment was assumed to be at the distance specified of 50 feet.
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Table 7 – Reference Sound Pressure Levels at 50ft for Construction Equipment Equipment Sound Level (dBA)
at 50 ft Typical Usage
Auger Drill Rig 85 20%
Backhoe* 82 40%
Blasting 94 1%
Chain Saw 85 20%
Clam Shovel (dropping) 93 20%
Compactor (ground) 83 20%
Compressor* 82 40%
Concrete Mixer Truck 85 40%
Concrete Pump Truck 82 20%
Concrete Saw 90 20%
Crane* 88 16%
Dozer 85 40%
Dump Truck 84 40%
Excavator 85 40%
Flat Bed Truck 84 40%
Front End Loader 80 40%
Generator 82 50%
Grader 85 40%
Jackhammer* 90 20%
Mounted impact hammer 90 20%
Paver* 88 50%
Pile Driver (Impact) 101 50%
Pile Driver (Sonic) 95 50%
Pneumatic Tools 85 50%
Pumps 81 50%
Rock Drill 85 20%
Roller 85 50%
Scraper* 87 40%
Tractor* 86 40%
Vacuum Excavator 85 40%
Vibratory Concrete Mixer 80 20%
* Equipment measured by Veneklasen Associates, Inc.
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Analysis and calculations have been conducted using various pieces of construction equipment to determine the level of impact to nearby receptors exposed to potential noise. Since a site-specific construction plan will not be developed until final building permits are issued by the City, a generalized assumption of construction activity consistent with the Project has been made regarding the construction equipment type and usage. Since grading is typically the loudest phase with the highest potential for noise impact to sensitive receptors, a representative selection of equipment is included in the analysis, consisting of the following: Backhoe, Dozer, Dump Truck, Excavator, Front End Loader, Grader, Scraper, and Tractor.
Based on the computer model and the described usages above, the resulting sound levels due to construction will exceed 60 dBA at the property line, with sound levels expected to be approximately 65 to 75 dBA at the nearest sensitive receptors. Levels were calculated to the receptors identified in section 3.4.1 as R1 through R6 and were calculated at the ground level or the second story where two-story residences occur. The most notable impact will occur in the Toy Story Parking Area (future Southeast District and Theme Park East Overlay) when construction is occurring closest to the property line generally within 100 feet. However, this area is surrounded by an existing 12- to 16-foot barrier wall previously constructed to mitigate noise impacts from construction and operation of the existing parking lot. When future construction activity moves towards the center of the Toy Story Parking Area, the impact will be gradually reduced. Mitigation measures will also be implemented to limit the amount of disturbance during construction, such as mufflers on construction equipment (MM NOI-8), construction barriers throughout the Project site to reduce noise (MM NOI-10), construction noise monitoring outside of accepted constriction hours should construction occur outside the hours of 7:00 am to 7:00 pm to comply with the Noise Ordinance of 60 dBA (MM NOI-12), assigning a noise disturbance coordinator to respond to neighborhood complaints and adjust operations causing the complaints (MM NOI-17), and locating stationary equipment as far away as feasible from noise-sensitive receptors (MM NOI-18).
EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340 identified the referenced mitigation measures to reduce the potential effects of construction noise on adjacent properties. Implementation of MM NOI-8 requiring that that the property owner/developer ensure all internal combustion engines on construction equipment and trucks are fitted with properly maintained mufflers; MM NOI-9 requiring that prior to approval of each building permit the property owner/developer submit a noise study prepared by a certified acoustical engineer in satisfaction of the Building Division Manager; MM NOI-11 limiting pressure washing operations for purposes of building repair and maintenance due to graffiti or other aesthetical consideration to daytime hours of operation between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., ongoing during construction and Project operation; MM NOI-12 requiring property owners/developers pay all reasonable costs associated with noise monitoring under the direction of the Planning Department four times a year on a random basis to ensure that outdoor construction-related levels at any pointy on the exterior Project boundary property line do not exceed 60dBA between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day where outside construction is occurring; MM NOI-13 requiring that prior to issuance of each building permit, a note shall be provided on plans indicating that there shall be no operation of clam shovel drops or vibratory rollers within 25 feet DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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of any existing home; MM NOI-14 requiring that prior to issuance of a building permit for areas within Disney ARSP properties and if pile driving and blasting is anticipated during construction, a noise and vibration analysis must be prepared and submitted to the Planning Department, Building Division, to assess and mitigate potential noise and vibration impacts related to these activities; MM NOI-17 requiring that prior to the issuance of each building permit, grading permit or demolition permit, a note shall be provided on the plans stating that ongoing during construction, the property owner/developer shall designate a noise disturbance coordinator who would respond to neighborhood complaints about construction noise by determining the cause of the noise complaints and requiring implementation of reasonable measures to correct the noise issue; and MM NOI-18 requiring the property owner/developer to locate all stationary noise-generating equipment such as air compressors and portable generators a minimum of 75 feet from noise-sensitive land uses would avoid and minimize construction noise impacts. Although these mitigation measures would help to reduce the overall noise levels, they may not reduce maximum levels to a less than significant level. As such, the Project may result in temporary potentially significant and unavoidable construction noise impacts even with the implementation of mitigation measures. Such impacts would be new and greater impacts than those considered in EIR No. 311, but not new and consistent with those impacts determined in SEIR No. 340.
Even with the mitigation measures implemented to limit the amount of noise disturbance to nearby sensitive receptors, construction noise for the Project is anticipated to be a temporary potentially significant and unavoidable impact, even though the noise ordinance exempts construction noise between the hours of 7:00 am and 7:00 pm.
EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340 identified various mitigation measures to reduce the potential effects of construction noise on adjacent properties. Although these mitigation measures will help to reduce the overall noise levels, they may not reduce maximum levels to a less than significant level, and temporary noise impacts during construction may remain significant and unavoidable.
Impact Summary: Mitigation measures listed at the end of the report are applicable to construction noise activities associated with the Project. Due to proximity of nearby sensitive receptors and the proposed construction activities that would occur near the edge of the Project Site, even with implementation of applicable mitigation measures, the Project would result in potentially significant and unavoidable impacts related to construction.
3.4.3 Future Operational Noise Levels
Without implementation of mitigation, operation of theme park uses adjacent to property lines would exceed noise levels permitted under the City’s Noise Ordinance and would create a significant impact. However, the potential impact is heavily dependent on the orientation and design elements of the theme park uses, including but not limited to the layout of “Lands” or areas, buildings, barriers, facades, and all respective heights associated with them. The DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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3-D acoustical model and subsequent noise contours allowed the development of Project design features to reduce noise to less than significant.
Existing source and future traffic levels were categorically modeled using Predictor software to predict future noise levels from multiple scenarios and combinations of theme park operations within the expanded Theme Park District/Theme Park West Overlay and the Southeast District/Theme Park East Overlay. The expanded Theme Park District/Theme Park West Overlay includes the following existing areas: Downtown Disney District and Simba Cast Member Parking south of Paradise Pier Hotel, and Stitch Parking Lot area south of the Pixar Pals Parking structure.
The Southeast District/Theme Park East Overlay covers the existing Toy Story Parking Lot. The Northeast Parking Overlay includes area at the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Ball Road. Noise-sensitive receptors have been identified consistent with EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340, which include residences, motels, hotels, public meeting rooms, auditoriums, schools, churches, libraries, hospitals, amphitheaters, and parks.
Attractions, lands, events, or parking operations from each category were modeled at different locations within the expanded Theme Park District and the Southeast District/Theme Park East Overlay closest to off-site residential areas and hotels, and the results of various modeling scenarios were assessed at multiple property line locations in the direction of the noise-sensitive receivers. Noise-sensitive receptors (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6) are identified as follows for each location, which have been selected since they are in the closest proximity to the Project site:
• R1 – Downtown Disney District and Simba Cast Member Parking: One- to two-story single- and multi-family residences west of the Project Site across Walnut Street and two- to three-story hotels and motels south of the Project Site across Katella Avenue;
• R2 – Stitch Parking Lot Area: One- to two-story single- and multi-family residences west of the Project Site across Walnut Street;
• R3 – Toy Story Parking Lot Area: One- to two-story multi-family residences south and east of the Project Site;
• R4 – Toy Story Parking Lot Area: Two- to five-story hotel and motel properties southwest of the Project Site along Harbor Boulevard, north of Orangewood Avenue; and hotel and motel properties northwest of the Project Site along Harbor Boulevard south of Katella Avenue; • R5 – Northeast Parking Overlay: One-story single-family residences east of the Project Site and south across Ball Road;
• R6 – Northeast Parking Overlay: One-story elementary school north of the Project Site.
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Based on observations and review of existing “Lands” within Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks, without the implementation of mitigation measures, operation of the Project would create potentially significant noise impacts on the noise-sensitive receivers if theme park attractions with elevated noise levels were operated near the property line. Accordingly, the model assumes that either solid buildings for interior portions of rides or solid barriers (i.e. ride/”Land” facades or similar) will surround each “Land” and will act as an acoustical barrier between the center of the “Land” where guests congregate and the property line. Back-of-house areas also typically would border the property line. This would be consistent with MM NOI-15, and MM NOI-22 through MM NOI-24 wherein ride buildings or facades can be strategically utilized as noise barriers. Back-of-house areas also typically would border the property line, which would be consistent with Disney’s existing lands throughout the Disneyland Resort. To create an acoustical separation between the back-of-house areas and the property line, a minimum 12-foot tall barrier (greater height where already existing) was assumed around the resort boundary to minimize noise impacts at the property line. As an example, 14 to 16-foot walls along the southern and eastern boundaries of the Toy Story Parking Lot have been used successfully to minimize noise impacts from the existing parking lot on neighboring multi-family residential areas. Specific details regarding the construction of the barrier are found in the standard requirements for the Project, including MM NOI-21.
As an assessment of potential worst-case scenarios of noise levels at property line locations, operations from typical park events that include a mixture of elements were assumed in the noise model to occur simultaneously and were assessed at the closest possible distance to a given property line. Where the Noise Study identified modeled noise levels exceeding 60 dBA, the future ambient noise without the Project was compared to the noise level with implementation of the Project to determine whether the impact was less than 3 dB with the Project’s operational noise, which is more stringent than the City’s Noise Ordinance. For additional protection to nearby sensitive receptors, MM NOI-16 specifies requirements for noise monitoring consistent with a new theme park development.
These sound monitoring requirements have been incorporated as a mitigation measure consistent with the previously adopted language.
Daytime noise contour maps for various noise source scenarios of the expanded Theme Park District, the Southeast District/Theme Park East Overlay, and the Parking Overlay at the northeast corner of Ball Road and Harbor Boulevard are shown in Figure 10, Figure 11, and Figure 12. All contour sound level values have been labeled so that they can be observed and compared to one another.
In the figures the model included the future traffic noise, which, as discussed below, does not significantly change as compared to existing traffic noise. As further verification, measurements were collected on April 12, 2022, during the evening hours of 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm along S. Walnut Avenue at Kimberly and Calle de las Estrellas to understand existing ambient noise levels at sensitive receptors. The time period selected represents a period when attendees typically leave the resort shortly after the closure of Disney California Adventure and shortly before the closure of Disneyland. The existing hourly measured noise levels from traffic along S. Walnut Avenue were between DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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66 to 67 dBA, with 5-minute intervals ranging from 63 to 70 dBA. Accounting for the noise level reduction to nearest sensitive receptors, this is consistent with the modeling showing that traffic alone is the primary source of noise along Walnut Avenue. Noise levels from proposed Project operations, as modeled, at noise sensitive receiver locations R1 through R4 are represented in Table 7 below. R5 and R6 receiver locations are not included in Table 7 as they would not be exposed to operational noise levels and would result in noise decreases with implementation of the Project due to proposed parking structure providing acoustical shielding of existing traffic noise.
Table 8 – Noise Levels at Sensitive Receiver Locations
Calculation
Point Receiver Type Receiver Location
Project
Operations
Noise Level
(dBA Leq 1-hour)
Noise Increase
due to Project
Operations
(dBA)
Less than 3
dBA
Increase?
1 Single-family
Residences
West of Walnut Street
(R1/R2) 49.7 0.1 Yes
2 Multi-family
Residences
West of Walnut Street
(R1/R2) 51.5 0.2 Yes
3 Hotels South of Katella Avenue
(R1) 50.2 0.1 Yes
4 Motels South of Katella Avenue
(R1) 51.2 0.1 Yes
5 Hotel and motel
properties
Along Harbor Boulevard,
south of Katella Avenue
(R4)
48.4 0.4 Yes
6 Hotel and motel
properties
Along Harbor Boulevard,
north of Orangewood
Avenue (R4)
48.0 0.6 Yes
7 Multi-family
Residences
South of Project Site, east
of Clementine Street (R3) 50.6 2.2 Yes
8 Multi-family
Residences
East of Project Site, west
of Haster Street (R3) 47.0 1.2 Yes
Source: Veneklasen 2023
In addition to the calculation points referenced in Table 8, the daytime noise contours with potential future Project development shown in Figure 10, Figure 11, and Figure 12 (East, West and Northeast, respectively, with the Project) can be directly compared to the contours shown in Figure 7, Figure 8, and Figure 9 (East, West and Northeast, respectively, without the Project). The representative sound levels of each noise contour have been labeled within each figure within the contour lines themselves and by color in the legend in the upper right.
For example, the noise contours at sensitive receptors for the West model along Walnut Avenue with current operational sources without a representative development of the Project (Figure 8) resulted in levels from 60 to 67 dBA, unrelated to theme park activities and primarily controlled by traffic. The contours at sensitive receptors did not noticeably change when applying iterations of potential future development of the land use with the Project (Figure 11) and were consistent with the previous noise contours. The lack of change or movement of the noise DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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contours indicates that the noise levels are staying generally consistent with the ambient noise levels without the Project, which are primarily controlled by traffic noise in the area and are changing less than the significance threshold of 3 dBA. This demonstrates implementation of the Project would not significantly raise the overall noise levels. Samples of sources used for the model have been labeled in the figures consistent with Table 6.
Similar results are seen for the Southeast District/Theme Park East Overlay and Parking Overlay Northeast Corner of Ball Road and Harbor Boulevard. Specific to the Parking Overlay, the model of the parking structure utilizes design elements consistent with the existing Mickey & Friends and Pixar Pals parking structures and MM NOI-20, with sound louvers, barriers at each level, and tiering of each level of the parking structure. A setback from the property lines has also been included.
Although the acoustical model demonstrates the impact of future operational noise of the Project to be less than significant with implementation of the mitigation measures proposed, noise monitoring by a certified acoustical consultant or engineer is included as part of MM NOI-16 once the Project is operational. If the monitoring finds that the operations exceed the City’s Noise Ordinance, then modifications to the ongoing operations, such as lowering the volume of amplified audio, would be commenced immediately to bring the sound level into compliance.
Additionally, in compliance with MM NOI-3, aerial fireworks shows would not occur west of Disneyland Drive in the expanded Theme Park District, the Southeast District or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays. Additionally, any fireworks that are non-explosive (i.e., stage pyrotechnics) or explosive fireworks with an explosion point at an elevation less 50 feet (e.g., Fantasmic!), would be required to meet the City’s 60 dBA Sound Pressure Levels standard at the property line.
Future operational noise would be reduced to less than significant levels through implementation of MM NOI-1 through MM NOI-5; MM NOI-9; MM NOI-10; MM NOI-15, and MM NOI-21 through MM NOI-24 which have been specifically developed to mitigate the operational noise impacts of the Project. This conclusion is consistent with the conclusions in EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340.
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Figure 10 – Noise Level Contours with Project – Southeast District/Theme Park East Overlay DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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Figure 11 – Noise Level Contours with Project – Theme Park District/Theme Park West Overlay DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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Figure 12 – Noise Level Contours with Project – Northeast Parking Overlay DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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Although the acoustical model demonstrates the impact of future operational noise of the Project to be less than significant with the mitigation measures proposed, noise monitoring by a certified acoustical consultant or engineer is included as part of MM NOI-26 once the Project is operational. If the monitoring finds that the operations exceed the City’s Noise Ordinance, then modifications to the ongoing operations would be commenced immediately to bring the sound level into compliance.
Mitigation measures (MMs) for the Project have been defined based on the modeling and analysis of future conditions and are listed at the end of the report. References of previous mitigation measures already established have been shown in parentheses. Where multiple mitigation measures can be applied for a given Event Category, the most restrictive barrier condition should be implemented that meets all requirements of applicable mitigation measures. However, the mitigation measures are not continuously additive for each independent Event Category.
As an example, if a Family (Outdoor) ride meets the distance requirement (MM NOI-25) and another ride’s building/façade is already providing a 30-foot tall barrier to nearest sensitive receptors (MM NOI-21), a second 30- foot high building would not need to be constructed to comply with MM NOI-25.
Impact Summary: The Project would result in potentially significant ongoing operational noise impacts related to theme park operations and back-of-house activities, which would be reduced to a less than significant level through implementation of applicable mitigation measures.
3.4.4 Future Traffic Noise Levels
Traffic from I-5 and the main arterials within The Anaheim Resort is the primary source of ambient noise in the general area of the Project Site. As part of the Project’s Noise Study, measurements were collected on select roadways surrounding the Project Site, and future noise levels related to traffic were calculated based on data in the Operational Traffic Impact Analysis for the DisneylandForward Project, Anaheim, California (Gibson 2023b). The existing and future noise levels (predicted to the year 2045) and the change in levels related to traffic have been calculated based on the full buildout of the DRSP and ARSP. Results have been shown in Table 5.11-6 below, which shows that all changes in levels result in a less than significant impact relative to the 1.5 dBA CNEL or 3 dBA CNEL thresholds. The thresholds of 1.5 dBA CNEL and 3 dBA CNEL relates to how traffic volume correlates to the traffic noise levels. A doubling of traffic would generally result in a 3 dBA CNEL increase. However, where traffic volumes are already relatively high (typically 20,000 AADT or greater), a doubling of traffic volume is often not viable to the roadways already existing. This is especially true where traffic volumes are 40,000 AADT or greater, as is the case with portions of Disneyland Drive, Harbor Boulevard, Ball Road, and Anaheim Boulevard. Therefore, the threshold of significance was determined by whether the calculated CNEL without the Project resulted in a value above or below 65 CNEL, which generally aligns with the volumes previously referenced. Where the CNEL without the Project was below 65 CNEL, an increase of 3 dBA CNEL with the Project was used as the threshold of significance. Where the DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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CNEL without the Project was above 65 CNEL, an increase of 1.5 dBA CNEL with the Project was used as the threshold of significance.
Future calculated traffic noise levels have been referenced when assessing future operational source levels of park operations since, in many cases, the future levels due to traffic on the major arterials surrounding the Project Site already exceed the 60 dBA criteria targeted for the park operations. For all arterial roadways within The Anaheim Resort surrounding the Project Site, noise levels caused by traffic alone without the Project, predicted to 2045, were calculated to range from 61.5 to 72.7 dBA CNEL. This analysis excludes the levels reported along Clementine Street from Katella Avenue to Orangewood Avenue and Gene Autry Way from Haster Street to Harbor Boulevard since the Project would remove both future planned roadways.
Regardless of the threshold used, calculations for all roadways resulted in less than a 1.5 dBA CNEL increase.
Therefore, the overall noise level increase of future traffic with implementation of the Project would be less than both 1.5 dBA CNEL for roads with higher traffic volumes or 3 dBA CNEL for roads with lesser traffic volumes, and would not be significant based on the future noise levels reported to 2045. A less than significant impact regarding traffic noise would occur.
Table 9 – Future Traffic Noise Levels with and without the DisneylandForward Project and Acceptability Road Road Segment Speed
(mph)
Future AADT
Without Project
Conditions
CNEL at 50ft
without
Project (dB)
Future AADT
With Project
Conditions
CNEL at 50ft
with Project
(dB)
Change in
Level without
Project (dB)
Significance
Threshold
(dB)
Less than
Significant
Impact?
Ball Rd to Cerritos Ave 35 17740 66.1 17740 66.1 0.0 1.5 Yes Cerritos Ave to Katella Ave 40 16430 67.2 16430 67.2 0.0 1.5 Yes Manchester Ave to Ball Road 40 42930 71.4 42930 71.4 0.0 1.5 Yes Ball Rd to Magic Way 35 32800 68.7 19653 66.5 -2.2 1.5 Yes Magic Way to Katella Ave 35 34500 69.0 31372 68.6 -0.4 1.5 Yes South West Street Katella Ave to Orangewood Ave 40 15030 66.8 14777 66.7 -0.1 1.5 Yes Ball Rd to I-5 35 59460 70.5 65487 70.9 0.4 1.5 Yes
Manchester Ave to Disney Way 35 54670 70.5 60421 70.9 0.4 1.5 Yes Disney Way to Katella Ave 35 56950 70.7 62462 71.1 0.4 1.5 Yes Katella Ave to Convention Way 35 50570 70.0 58480 70.6 0.6 1.5 Yes Convention Way to Orangewood Ave 35 47600 69.7 53197 70.2 0.5 1.5 Yes Orangewood Ave to Wilken Way 35 50410 70.0 52151 70.1 0.1 1.5 Yes Manchester Avenue to Disney Way 30 24080 66.6 24826 66.7 0.1 1.5 Yes Disney Way to Katella Ave 30 8470 61.5 10419 62.4 0.9 3.0 Yes 9th St to Walnut St 40 48170 71.3 48143 71.3 0.0 1.5 Yes Walnut St to Disney Dr 40 56930 72.0 56903 72.0 0.0 1.5 Yes Disneyland Dr to Hotel Way 40 67110 72.7 65194 72.6 -0.1 1.5 Yes Hotel Way to Harbor Blvd 40 63060 72.5 61334 72.4 -0.1 1.5 Yes Harbor Blvd to Clementine St 40 59260 72.2 66757 72.7 0.5 1.5 Yes Clementine St to Anaheim Blvd 35 59840 70.8 66457 71.3 0.5 1.5 Yes Anaheim Blvd to Manchester Ave 35 57710 70.7 61891 71.0 0.3 1.5 Yes Manchester Ave to Anaheim Way 35 53740 70.4 55250 70.5 0.1 1.5 Yes Euclid St to Walnut St 35 34040 69.0 34348 69.0 0.0 1.5 Yes Walnut St to Disney Dr 35 42390 69.4 45114 69.7 0.3 1.5 Yes Disneyland Dr to Harbor Blvd 35 58690 70.8 57660 70.7 -0.1 1.5 Yes Harbor Blvd to Anaheim Blvd 40 47460 71.3 49110 71.4 0.1 1.5 Yes Harbor Blvd to Clementine St 30 17040 64.1 20425 64.9 0.8 3.0 Yes Clementine St to Anaheim Blvd 30 26660 65.8 28966 66.2 0.4 1.5 Yes Katella Ave to Gene Autry Way 35 25290 67.6 33887 68.9 1.3 1.5 Yes Gene Autry Way to Orangewood Ave 35 39830 69.6 44074 70.0 0.4 1.5 Yes West St to Harbor Blvd 35 22670 67.8 22670 67.8 0.0 1.5 Yes Harbor Blvd to Clementine St 40 21850 68.4 23784 68.8 0.4 1.5 Yes Clementine St to Haster St 40 21480 68.4 29817 69.8 1.4 1.5 Yes Haster St to Manchester Ave 40 25910 69.2 26047 69.2 0.0 1.5 Yes Manchester Avenue Harbor Blvd to Clementine St 30 10290 63.1 11036 63.4 0.3 3.0 Yes Ball Rd to Cerritos Ave 35 46190 69.8 47469 69.9 0.1 1.5 Yes Cerritos Ave to I-5 35 55320 70.5 56599 70.6 0.1 1.5 Yes I-5 to Katella Ave 35 31080 67.6 33216 67.9 0.3 1.5 Yes Anaheim Boulevard
Haster Street
Orangewood Avenue
Disney Way
Walnut Street
Disneyland Drive
Harbor Boulevard
Katelle Avenue
Clementine Street
Ball Road
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As detailed above, the Project may result in temporary potentially significant and unavoidable construction noise impacts even with the implementation of mitigation measures. Such impacts would be new and greater impacts than those considered in EIR No. 311, but not new and consistent with those impacts determined in SEIR No. 340.
Future operational noise would be reduced to less than significant levels through implementation of MM NOI-1 through MM NOI-5; MM NOI-9; MM NOI-10; MM NOI-15, and MM NOI-21 through MM NOI-24 which have been specifically developed to mitigate the operational noise impacts of the Project. Further, the overall noise level increase of future traffic with implementation of the Project would be less than both 1.5 dBA CNEL for roads with higher traffic volumes or 3 dBA CNEL for roads with lesser traffic volumes, and would not be significant based on the future noise levels reported to 2045. A less than significant impact regarding traffic noise would occur. This conclusion is consistent with the conclusions in EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340 and no new operational noise impacts would occur.
3.5 Threshold 2. Would the Project result in generation of excessive ground-borne vibration or ground-borne noise levels?
3.5.1 Construction Vibration
EIR No. 311 did not address groundborne vibration or groundborne noise impacts. SEIR No. 340 concluded that construction activities related to future development projects within the ARSP area have the potential to generate vibration and groundbourne vibration impacts. Implementation of proposed mitigation would reduce these potential impacts to less than significant levels. Project construction would generate vibration and groundborne vibration impacts. The impacts potentially affect the same surrounding sensitive uses discussed above regarding noise.
As defined by Caltrans, the threshold for structural vibration damage to non-engineered timber and masonry buildings is 0.2 in/sec PPV for continuous vibration sources, which include machines and traffic. Below this level, there is virtually no risk of building damage. Caltrans also defines the threshold for distinct perceptibility of vibration in humans as caused by transient events, which is 0.24 in/sec PPV. General vibration levels of construction equipment that would occur on the Project Site is shown within Table 10, which is based upon data provided by the Federal Transit Administration. This data was selected and utilized for analysis since it is also referenced within the Caltrans Transportation and Construction Vibration Guidance Manual.
Construction vibration levels from equipment operating more than 25 feet from a residential structure would be at or below the 0.2 in/sec PPV threshold. The operation of equipment such as vibratory rollers and clam shovel drops at a distance of 25 feet would be just barely above the 0.2 in/sec PPV threshold, requiring a distance of 26 feet to be below the threshold. Therefore, since the implementation of the proposed mitigation measure (MM NOI-13) would DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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prohibit the operation of such equipment within 25 feet of any existing residential structure, the mitigation would reduce potential impacts to less than significant levels.
Table 10 – Reference Vibration Levels at 25ft for Construction Equipment Analyzed Equipment
Peak Particle
Velocity (PPV) in
in/s at 25ft
Pile Driver (Impact, Upper Range) 1.518
Pile Driver (Impact, Typical) 0.644
Pile Driver (Sonic, Upper Range) 0.734
Pile Driver (Sonic, Typical) 0.170
Clam shovel drop (slurry wall) 0.202
Hydromill (slurry wall, in soil) 0.008
Hydromill (slurry wall, in rock) 0.017
Vibratory Roller 0.210
Hoe Ram 0.089
Large Bulldozer 0.089
Caisson Drilling 0.089
Loaded Trucks 0.076
Jackhammer 0.035
Small Bulldozer 0.003
in/s – inches per second
Source: Veneklasen 2023.
Vibration data and vibration propagation calculations indicate that construction equipment vibration levels would be below the 0.24 in/sec PPV level of distinct perceptibility when heavy construction equipment is operating at distances greater than 25 feet from the nearest residential structure. Given that vibration levels dissipate rapidly with distance and that nearly all sensitive receptors adjacent to the Project are located more than 25 feet away from the Project property lines, residential land uses are not expected to be subject to distinctly perceptible vibration levels over extended periods of time. The only exception would be the single-story residential structures at the northeast corner located in R3 near calculation point 8 and the two-story motel to the north located in R4 of the Southeast District/Theme Park Overlay. Vibration-inducing construction at within 25 feet or less to the property line would be prohibited for these locations. It is also important to note that ground-borne vibration decreases rapidly as distance from the vibration source increases, as observed in the calculations described previously. Therefore, construction in the Project area would have the potential to cause vibration levels that would be noticeable at residential receivers for short periods, but would not be considered to be a significant impact.
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clam shovel drops or vibratory rollers within 25 feet of any existing home. Implementation of MM NOI-14 would require that, if pile driving and/or blasting are anticipated during the Project construction, a technical study be prepared to evaluate. The Disneyland Resort Project condition of approval COA No. 63 states: “That in conjunction with the construction of the East and West Public Parking Facilities, the Hotel Parking Structures, and the South Parking Area Structure, no impact driven piles shall be allowed”. This condition has been converted into a mitigation measure for the Project, MM NOI-19. While not anticipated to occur with the Project, MM NOI-14 provides mitigation in the event that pile driving occurs on the Disney ARSP Properties. This mitigation would reduce potential vibration impacts to nearby structures and persons to a less than significant level. Potential mitigation may include using non-explosive rock removal methods and low-impact pile driving methods. This conclusion is new when compared to EIR No. 311, which did not analyze groundborne vibration or groundborne noise levels, and would be consistent with the conclusion in SEIR No. 340 and no new construction or operational vibration impacts would occur.
3.6 Threshold 3. For a project located within the vicinity of a private airstrip or an airport land use plan (Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center or Fullerton Municipal Airport), would the project expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels?
The Project is not within the vicinity of a private airstrip and is outside the 60 CNEL contours of Fullerton Municipal Airport (FMA). Therefore, there is no impact. The FMA noise contours can be found in Appendix E.
3.7 Cumulative Impacts
EIR No. 311 concluded that residents within 100 feet of construction areas would be exposed to construction noise between 69 and 73 dBA when grading occurs; however, due to the short-term nature of construction noise this would not represent a significant cumulative impact. For long-term noise impacts related to traffic, development of The Disneyland Resort would contribute to cumulative noise impacts; however, due to the expectation that other agencies would be responsible for construction of soundwalls or other mitigation, cumulative impacts were identified to be less than significant. SEIR No. 340 concluded that buildout of the ARSP would contribute to a significant and unavoidable cumulative construction noise impact; impacts related to construction vibration and operational traffic noise would not contribute to a cumulative significant impact.
The Project as well as other cumulative projects have the potential to result in vibratory impacts during construction, and in short- and long-term noise impacts. Noise and vibration impacts during construction would be localized and would occur intermittently for varying periods of time throughout the construction periods of future development activities within the Project Site. The Project would reduce noise and vibratory impacts during construction by complying with the City’s noise ordinance, as well as by implementing MM NOI-6, MM NOI-8, MM NOI-10, MM NOI-11, MM NOI-12, MM NOI-13, MM NOI-14, and MM NOI-17; however, cumulative short-term noise impacts are DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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still anticipated to result from construction of the Project. Therefore, the Project’s contribution would not be cumulatively considerable and therefore would not contribute to a significant cumulative impact. Similarly, and due to the highly developed nature of this portion of the City, other construction projects in the area may also significantly impact sensitive receptors. Cumulative construction projects would be required to evaluate their cumulative contributions to construction-related noise and to comply with City Code and incorporate appropriate mitigation measures, which would help to reduce cumulative noise impacts. However, if cumulative projects were also to be constructed at the same time and in close proximity to the edges of the Project Site, a higher level of noise and/or a longer cumulative period of noise would result when compared to just the Project itself, which would contribute to a significant cumulative impact.
The Project would reduce vibratory impacts to less than significant levels through implementation of MM NOI-13 and MM NOI-14. As these mitigation measures are required by SEIR No. 340 for any projects in the ARSP, other nearby cumulative projects would be required to conduct their own noise and vibration analyses and prepare appropriate vibratory mitigation measures for any cumulative projects that require the use of pile driving, blasting, and/or other construction methods that would produce high levels of vibration. Therefore, less than significant short-term, cumulative vibratory impacts are anticipated to result from the Project in combination with other cumulative projects. Therefore, the Project’s contribution would not be cumulatively considerable and therefore would not contribute to a significant cumulative impact.
The Project would result in ongoing operational noise impacts, which would be mitigated to less than significant levels through MMs NOI-1 through MM NOI-6; MM NOI-7; MM NOI-9; MM NOI-10; MM NOI-15, and MM NOI-21 through MM NOI-24. Cumulative development projects would be required to evaluate their cumulative contributions to operational noise and to incorporate appropriate mitigation measures, which would help to ensure that cumulative noise impacts of the Project and cumulative projects would be less than significant. Therefore, the Project’s contribution would not be cumulatively considerable and therefore would not contribute to a significant cumulative impact.
3.8 Mitigation Program
EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340 presented mitigation measures (MM), Project Design Features (PDF), and standard requirements (SR) to reduce potential impacts associated with The Disneyland Resort Project and the ARSP Project, respectively. As appropriate, the measure number and section from EIR No. 311 and/or SEIR No. 340 are listed in parentheses. Modifications to the original measure are shown as strikethrough for deleted text and bold for new, inserted text.
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3.8.1 Mitigation Measures
MM NOI-1 Ongoing during project operation of the second theme park, the property owner/developerapplicant shall obtain pyrotechnic permits (on an annual basis. Additions or modifications to firework shoots shall require a separate permit) a permit for use of fireworks. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.5-2)
MM NOI-2 Additionally, the following shall be implemented Oongoing during project operations, lLower noise-producing fireworks displays will be used at Disney California Adventurethe Second Theme Park to minimize noise from 11:00 p.m. fireworks shows to meet the noise levels in the City of Anaheim Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. (EIR No. 311, PDF 3.5-1) MM NOI-3 No aerial fireworks show shall be allowed west of Disneyland Drive in the expanded Theme Park District, the Southeast District or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays. Prior to the commencement of any show in these areas that includes fireworks that are non-explosive (i.e., stage pyrotechnics) or explosive fireworks with an explosion point at an elevation less 50 feet (e.g., Fantasmic!), the property owner/developer shall present a noise study to the Planning and Building Department to demonstrate that noise levels from the fireworks would meet the City’s 60 dBA Sound Pressure Levels standard at the property line, and would not create a noise increase greater than 5 dBA over existing ambient noise at the nearest noise sensitive receptor, whichever is more restrictive.
MM NOI-4 Prior to issuance of a building permit for an amphitheater, plans submitted for the location of the amphitheater will document that the facility is no closer than 2,000 feet from the nearest existing residence. The design and orientation of the amphitheater will be reviewed by a certified acoustical engineer; the applicant property owner/developer shall submit a report, for review and approval by the City, to ensure that noise from the amphitheater does not exceed the noise levels established by the City of Anaheim Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.5-3) MM NOI-5 Prior to final building and zoning inspection for the amphitheater and within 9 months of commencement of amphitheater operations, a Noise Monitoring Program prepared by a certified acoustical engineer shall be submitted for review and approval. The applicant property owner/developer shall submit the results of the Noise Monitoring Program conducted by a certified acoustical engineer to ensure that there are not violations of the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance from amphitheater operations outside the Disneyland Resort. If noise in excess of the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance is detected, the applicant property owner/developer shall modify operations within three days to bring the amphitheater into conformance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.5-4)
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MM NOI-6 Ongoing during construction and project operations of the second theme park, engine noise from sweeping equipment used in the public parking facilities, South Parking Area facilities and any hotel parking facilities adjacent to residential areas shall be muffled. Sweeping operations in the parking facilities and private on-site roadways shall be performed utilizing sweeping/scrubbing equipment which operate at a level measured not greater than 60 dBA at the nearest adjacent property line. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.5-7; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-7)
MM NOI-7 Prior to issuance of each building permit, to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspections, for structures that are adjacent to residential areas or other sensitive uses, the applicant property owner/developer shall present plans and calculations to the Planning and Building Department to demonstrate that noise levels fromensure that all mechanical ventilation units, loading docks, trash compactors, and other proposed on-site noise sources are designed to meet the City’s 60 DBA Sound Pressure Levels standard at the property line, and not create a noise increase greater than 3 dBA over existing ambient noise at the nearest noise sensitive receptor, whichever is more restrictive are shown on plans and installed in compliance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.5-8, and SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-3 and MM
5.10-10)
MM NOI-8 Ongoing during construction, the property owner/developer shall ensure that all internal combustion engines on construction equipment and trucks are fitted with properly maintained mufflers. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.8-9; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-1) MM NOI-9 Prior to issuance approval of each building permit final site plan, the property owner/developer shall submit a noise study prepared by a certified acoustical engineer to the satisfaction of the Building Division Manager identifying whether noise attenuation is required and defining the attenuation measures and specific performance requirements, if warranted, to comply with the CaliforniaUniform Building Code and Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. Ultimate noise attenuation requirements, if any, shall depend on the final location of such buildings and noise-sensitive uses inside and surrounding the buildings. Attenuation measures, such as acoustic sound barriers, shall be implemented by the property owner/developer prior to final building and zoning inspections. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-2)
MM NOI-10 Prior to issuance of each building permit for construction within 75 feet of noise sensitive receptors, a note shall be provided on building plans indicating that during construction, the property owner/developer shall install and maintain specially designed construction barriers between the project perimeter and the sensitive receptor.at the project perimeter areas. The construction sound barriers shall be a minimum height of 8 feet with a minimum surface weight DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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of 1.25 pounds per square foot or a minimum Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating of 25. The structure shall be a continuous barrier. Gates and other entry doors shall be constructed with suitable mullions, astragals, seals, or other design techniques to minimize sound leakage when in the closed position. Access doors should be self closing where feasible. Vision ports are permissible providing they are filled with an acceptable solid vision product. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.8-8; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-5)
MM NOI-11 Ongoing during construction and project operation, pressure washing operations for purposes of building repair and maintenance due to graffiti or other aesthetical considerations and in areas along the property line or accessible by the public shall be limited to daytime hours of operation between 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-6)
MM NOI-12 Ongoing during construction, property owners/developers shall pay for all reasonable costs associated with noise monitoring which shall include monitoring conducted by a certified acoustical engineer under the direction of the Planning and Building Department four times a year on a random basis to ensure that outdoor construction-related sound levels at any point on the exterior project boundary property line do not exceed 60 dBA between the hours of 7:00 PM and 7:00 AM of the following day where outside construction is occurring. If a complaint is received by the City, additional noise monitoring shall be conducted at the discretion of the City. If the monitoring finds that the 60 dBA threshold is being exceeded, construction activities will be modified immediately to bring the sound level below the 60 dBA requirement, with additional follow-up monitoring conducted to confirm compliance. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-8) MM NOI-13 Prior to issuance of each building permit, a note shall be provided on plans indicating that there shall be no operation of clam shovel drops or vibratory rollers within 25 feet of any existing home. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-11)
MM NOI-14 Prior to issuance of each building permit on Disney ARSP Properties if pile driving and blasting is anticipated during construction, a noise and vibration analysis must be prepared and submitted to the Planning and Building Department to assess and mitigate potential noise and vibration impacts related to these activities, including site design features such as setbacks and trenches. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-12)
MM NOI-15 Prior to issuance of each building permit and to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspections, the property owner/developer shall present area development plans if part of a new theme park land or building plans if part of one theme park attraction to the Planning and Building Department to demonstrate any development of theme park uses in the expanded Theme Park District (west of Disneyland Drive), the Southeast District, or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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includes 30-foot-tall buildings or structures between the property line near residential or other noise sensitive land uses and the proposed theme park land or theme park attraction. If a noise barrier is provided, such as a ride façade, the material used shall have a minimum surface weight of 1.25 pounds per square foot or a minimum Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating of 25.
MM NOI-16 The property owner/developer shall pay all reasonable costs associated with noise monitoring which shall include monitoring conducted by a certified acoustical consultant or engineer under the direction of the Planning Department to ensure that The Disneyland Resort ongoing operations do not exceed 60 dBA at any point on the exterior project boundary property line between the hours of 7:00 pm and 7:00 am of the following day. During the first five (5) years of operation of theme park uses in the expanded Theme Park District west of Disneyland Drive, the Southeast District, and/or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays, said noise monitoring shall be conducted four (4) times a year on a random basis for a three (3) day period, and/or if a complaint is received at the discretion of the City; and, if the monitoring finds that the 60 dBA threshold is being exceeded, modifications to the ongoing operations shall be commenced immediately to bring the sound level below the 60 dBA requirement with additional follow-up monitoring conducted to confirm compliance. Monitoring shall be conducted as follows:
(a) Ongoing: Semi-annually on a random basis for a three (3) day period. (b) During the first five (5) years of operation of theme park uses in the expanded Theme Park District west of Disneyland Drive, the Southeast District, and/or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays: Four (4) times a year on a random basis for a three (3) day period. (c) In response to a noise complaint, at the City’s discretion: For a three (3) day period at the location of the noise exceedance.
MM NOI-17 Prior to the issuance of each building permit, grading permit or demolition permit, a note shall be provided on the plans stating that ongoing during construction, the property owner/developer shall designate a noise disturbance coordinator who would respond to neighborhood complaints about construction noise by determining the cause of the noise complaints and requiring implementation of reasonable measures to correct the noise issue.
MM NOI-18 Ongoing during construction, the property owner/developer shall locate all stationary noisegenerating equipment such as air compressors and portable generators a minimum of 75 feet from noise sensitive receptors.
MM NOI-19 Ongoing during construction, no impact driven piles shall be allowed in conjunction with the construction of parking structures. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.5-6) DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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MM NOI-20 Prior to issuance of a building permit for a parking structure, the property owner/developer will submit plans to the Planning and Building Department indicating noise from the parking structure will be reduced by the provision of convenient access to the parking structure, sound attenuation devices (louvers and walls), and the use of textured deck surfaces to reduce tire squealing.
MM-NOI-21 Prior to issuance of each building permit, the property owner/developer shall present plans to the Planning and Building Department to demonstrate development of theme park uses in the expanded Theme Park District (west of Disneyland Drive), the Southeast District, or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays shall include installation and maintenance of at least 12-foot-tall noise barriers along the property line to reduce back-of-house noise, such as vehicle pass-bys and truck deliveries with a minimum surface weight of 1.25 pounds per square foot or a minimum Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating of 25.
MM NOI-22 Prior to issuance of each building permit and to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspections, the property owner/developer shall present a noise study and area development plans if part of a new theme park land or building plans if part of one theme park attraction to the Planning Department, Building Division to demonstrate any Thrill (Indoor) and Family (Indoor) attractions shall be located no less than 200 feet from the center of the ride or attraction to noisesensitive receptors and shall include a 30-foot-high building or a 30-foot high noise barrier between the attraction and the property line near noise-sensitive receptors. The planning of each attraction shall take into account any openings or outdoor areas of the attractions and directionally orient the openings away from noise-sensitive receptors and towards the center of the new theme park development.
MM NOI-23 Prior to issuance of each building permit and to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspections, the property owner/developer shall present a noise study and area development plans if part of a new theme park land or building plans if part of one theme park attraction to the Planning Department, Building Division to demonstrate any Thrill (Outdoor), rides taller than 50 feet, Parades and Large Shows shall be located:
1. For 1st to 3rd Offsite Floor Receptors: No less than 550 feet from the center of the ride to any noise-sensitive receptor and shall include a 30-foot-high building or a 30-foot-high noise barrier between the attraction and the property line near noise-sensitive receptors.
2. For 4th Floor Offsite Receptors and above (i.e., no shielding from 30-foot buildings/barriers): No less than 1100 feet between the center of the ride and any noisesensitive receptor. If the distance of 1100 feet cannot be met, an indoor rollercoaster shall be considered. If a distance less than 1100 feet is considered with exposure to 4th Floor DisneylandForward Operational and Construction Noise and Vibration Impact Analysis 6 September 2023
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receptors, the distance to noise-sensitive receptors and layout shall be reviewed by a certified acoustical consultant or engineer prior to finalizing the site plan. In general, the entire full height of the ride shall include a solid barrier shielding it from any noisesensitive receptors. The material used for the barrier shall have a minimum surface weight of 1.25 pounds per square foot or a minimum Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating of
25. MM NOI-24 Prior to issuance of each building permit and to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspections, the property owner/developer shall present a noise study and area development plans if part of a new theme park land or building plans if part of one theme park attraction in the expanded Theme Park District (west of Disneyland Drive), the Southeast District, or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays to the Planning and Building Department to demonstrate any Family (Outdoor), Round and Small Show attractions shall be located at least 400 feet from sensitive receptors and include a 30-foot-high building or a 30-foot-high noise barrier between the attraction and the property line near noise-sensitive receptors.
MM TRA-13 Prior to approval of each grading plan or issuance of each demolition or building permit, whichever occurs first; implemented during grading and construction, a Truck Route Plan identifying truck routes along arterials, avoiding residential areas to the extent feasible and in compliance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. The Plan shall show conformance with the external noise limits for construction between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. The Plan shall also prohibit construction traffic on residential streets where improvements are not planned and shall provide measures to ensure that truck drivers are directed away from residential streets and travel on approved routes only.
Measures to assist in guiding truck movement on the arterial roadway system include, but are not limited to, provision of truck route maps to truck drivers and placement of flagpersons and construction signage at appropriate locations. The Truck Route Plan shall provide for monitoring of street conditions and potential repairing and/or repaving by property owner/developer after completion of construction as required by the City Engineer. (EIR No. 311, PDF 3.8-3) The following mitigation measures and project design features are now covered by a standard requirement or a new mitigation measure:
• EIR No. 311 MM 3.5-5 and SEIR No. 340 MM 5.10-9 have been replaced by SR NOI-2; • EIR No. 311 MM 3.5.6 and PDF 3.5-2 have been combined and replaced with MM NOI-2; • EIR No. 311 PDF 3.5-3 has been replaced by MM NOI-21; and • SEIR No. 340 MM 5.10-4 has been replaced by MM NOI-20.
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4.0 LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE AFTER MITIGATION
Construction: Significant and Unavoidable.
Operation: Less than Significant with Mitigation
We trust this meets the project’s needs. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.
Sincerely,
Veneklasen Associates, Inc.
Jordan L. Roberts Chris Kezon Stephen A. Martin, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Associate Senior Associate Associate Principal
Director, Environmental Acoustics
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APPENDIX A
Table A.1 – Definitions of Noise-Related Terms
Term Definition
Decibel, dB A unit describing the amplitude of sound equivalent to 20 times the logarithm, to the base 10, of the ratio of the pressure of the sound to the reference pressure of 20 Pa.
Frequency, Hz The number of complete pressure fluctuations per second above and below atmospheric pressure.
A-Weighted Sound
Level, dBA
The sound pressure level in decibels as measured in an A-weighting filter network. The A-weighting de-emphasizes the very low frequency components of the sound in a manner similar to the frequency response of the human ear and correlates well with subjective reactions to noise. All sound levels in this report are in the A-weighted scale.
L0 (Lmax ), L2, L8, L25,
L50
The A-weighted noise levels that are exceeded 0 percent (maximum noise level), 2 percent, 8 percent, 25 percent, and 50 percent of the time during the measurement period.
Equivalent Noise
Level, Leq
The average A-weighted noise level during the stated measurement period.
Community Noise
Equivalent Level,
CNEL
The average A-weighted noise level during a 24-hour day, obtained after addition of 5 decibels in the evening from 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M., and after addition of 10 decibels to noise levels in the night between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.
Day-Night Noise
Level, DNL, Ldn
The average A-weighted noise level during a 24-hour day, obtained after addition of 10 decibels to levels measured in the night between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.
Ambient Noise Level The composite of noise from all sources near and far. The normal or existing level of environmental noise at a given location.
Impulsive Noise Sound of short duration. Typically associated with an abrupt onset and rapid decay (i.e., gun-shots, etc.).
Pure Tones A sound wave, residing over a small range of frequencies, which has a sinusoidal behavior over time.
VdB Unit of measurement used by FHWA to describe ground-borne vibration. Equivalent to 20 times the logarithm, to the base 10, of the ratio of the root mean square groundborne velocity to the reference of reference of 1x10-6 in/sec.
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APPENDIX B
DISNEYLAND MEASUREMENT MAPS AND SURVEY LOCATIONS
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APPENDIX D
MEASUREMENT DATA WITH REFERENCES
Table D1 – Measured Noise Levels of Disneyland Resort Activities Map
Figure
Position # Attraction/Noise Source Noise Level
(dBA Leq)
A 72 Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run Entrance 73
A 242 Docking Bay 7 Exterior 71
A 326 Docking Bay 7 Exterior 63
A 70 Ronto Roasters 70
A 68 Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Entrance 69
A 240 Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Vehicle Exit 76 A 238 Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Ride Exit 73
A 236 Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Ride Exit 72
A 158 Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance BoH 66
A 64 Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Ride Exit 67
A 294 X Wing Model Area 63
A 66 Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Queue 67
B 234 Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Frontierland Transition 69 B 324 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 61
B 232 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 73
B 62 Splash Mountain Queue 72
B 58 Splash Mountain Riders 86
B 60 Splash Mountain 75
B 50 Tom Sawyer’s Island Raft 77
B 52 Haunted Mansion Entrance 70
B 54 Disneyland Railroad Train Horn 90
B 56 Disneyland Railroad Train Steam Release 87
B 292 Speaker near Tom Sawyer’s Island 71
B 228 Disneyland Railroad Backstage 60
B 230 Disneyland Railroad Backstage 78
B 192 West Chiller Plant 83
B 322 West Chiller Plant Vents 68
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Map
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Position # Attraction/Noise Source Noise Level
(dBA Leq)
B 194 Park West Plant Delivery 68
B 154 West Chiller Plant 81
B 156 West Chiller Plant 78
B 150 West Chiller Plant 75
B 152 West Chiller Plant Bus Horn 77
B 148 Indiana Jones BoH Pump 84
B 146 Park West Trailers 68
B 142 Indiana Jones Adventure 63
B 144 Indiana Jones Adventure 71
B 318 Indiana Jones Adventure 61
B 320 Indiana Jones Adventure 68
B 316 Indiana Jones Adventure 60
C 244 Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run 69
C 296 Oga’s Cantina Entrance 72
C 298 Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Waiting Area 71
C 162 Fantasyland Theater 66
C 164 Fantasyland Theater 67
C 160 Fantasyland Theater 64
C 328 Casey Jr. Circus Train 71
C 330 Fantasyland Theater 68
C 166 Casey Jr. Circus Train 62
C 36 It’s a Small World Exit 70
C 78 Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Character Area 67
C 80 Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Entrance Tunnel 77
C 82 Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Entrance Tunnel 69
C 20 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 78
C 22 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 68
C 28 Casey Jr. Circus Train 68
C 30 Casey Jr. Circus Train 79
C 24 Casey Jr. Circus Train 73
C 26 Casey Jr. Circus Train 79
C 208 Dumbo the Flying Elephant 76
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Map
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(dBA Leq)
C 210 Storybook Land Exit 76
D 32 Mad Tea Party 79
D 124 Monorail near Matterhorn 74
D 126 Monorail Horn Near Matterhorn 97
D 110 Matterhorn (west) 78
D 112 Matterhorn (west) 82
D 88 Alice in Wonderland Queue 75
D 264 Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride 73
D 206 King Arthur Carousel Announcement 83
D 204 King Arthur Carousel 80
D 16 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 67
D 18 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 73
D 246 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (west) 76
D 248 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (west) 86
D 262 Pinocchio's Daring Journey Queue 75
D 260 Pinocchio's Daring Journey 72
D 202 Center of Fantasyland 73
D 84 Peter Pan's Flight Queue 72
D 86 Peter Pan's Flight Ride Exit 76
D 90 Alice in Wonderland Ride 82
D 92 Alice in Wonderland Ride 76
D 258 Merlin's Marvelous Miscellany 68
D 200 Snow White's Scary Adventures Exit 79
D 14 Pinocchio's Daring Journey 77
D 250 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (southwest) 70
D 252 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (southwest) 80
D 312 Mark Twain Steamboat 85
D 74 Mark Twain Steamboat 83
D 76 The Colombia 74
D 254 The Golden Horseshoe 72
D 346 Power Washer 85
D 256 Frontierland Shootin' Exposition 78
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(dBA Leq)
D 198 South Hub 68
D 290 Mickey's Mix Magic/Fireworks 87
D 276 Frozen Friends Cavalcade 86
D 266 Astro Orbiter Announcement 84
D 268 Astro Orbiter 75
D 270 Astro Orbiter 84
D 272 Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters 73
D 12 South Hub 72
D 342 Electrical Parade Announcement 84
D 344 Fireworks Show Projection 75
D 44 Enchanted Tiki Room Announcement 78
D 46 Enchanted Tiki Room 79
D 42 Character Parade 82
D 218 The Tropical Hideaway 74
D 2 Plaza Point Holiday 72
D 116 Mickey's Mix Magic Announcement 83
D 118 Mickey's Mix Magic Fireworks 92
D 120 Main Street Crowd Exit 76
D 48 Indiana Jones Exit 74
D 348 New Orleans Square Concrete Pour 76
D 350 New Orleans Square Concrete Truck 79
D 314 The Bootstrappers 76
D 220 Jungle Cruise Boat Maintenance Bay 70
D 226 Jungle Cruise Backstage 70
D 216 Character Parade 86
D 102 Frozen Friends Cavalcade 84
D 140 Fire Station: Dapper Dans 86
D 196 Disney Showcase Gift Shop 71
D 136 Main Street Strawhatters 79
D 182 Flag Retreat 88
D 138 Jungle Cruise/Main St Entrance 64
D 222 Jungle Cruise Backstage 57
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Position # Attraction/Noise Source Noise Level
(dBA Leq)
D 224 Jungle Cruise Backstage/Train Horn 85
D 94 Disneyland Railroad 76
D 96 Disneyland Railroad Train Horn 91
D 98 Disneyland Railroad Announcement 90
D 100 Disneyland Railroad Arrival 79
E 332 It’s a Small World BoH 65
E 170 It’s a Small World BoH 62
E 168 It’s a Small World Mechanical Equipment 62
E 38 It’s a Small World Monorail Horn 76
E 40 It’s a Small World Disneyland Train Horn 85
E 212 It’s a Small World 71
E 214 It’s a Small World Clock Tower 81
E 34 Pearly Band 85
E 186 Electrical Parade Announcement 83
E 188 Electrical Parade Show 87
F 288 Matterhorn Entrance 76
F 132 Matterhorn Car Pass-by 72
F 128 Matterhorn 73
F 130 Matterhorn Car Pass-by 76
F 134 Matterhorn 75
F 304 Monorail Tomorrowland Station (east end) 74
F 306 Monorail Tomorrowland Station Announcement 82
F 308 Monorail Tomorrowland Station Inbound Train 71
F 310 Monorail Tomorrowland Station Horn 86
F 300 Monorail Tomorrowland Station (west end) 69
F 302 Monorail Tomorrowland Station Outbound Train 69
F 114 Matterhorn (south end) 70
F 280 Autopia Queue 79
F 278 Autopia 78
F 282 Autopia Exit 69
F 108 Pixar Pals Dance Party 86
F 274 Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters Shop Exit 70
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Position # Attraction/Noise Source Noise Level
(dBA Leq)
F 284 Star Tours Entrance 75
F 122 Tomorrowland Hub Speaker 72
F 286 The Star Trader 70
F 176 East Chiller Plant Pump 68
F 178 East Chiller Plant Pump 74
F 172 East Chiller Plant Cooling Tower 2 69
F 338 East Chiller Plant Cooling Tower 2 72
F 174 East Chiller Plant Cooling Tower 2 71
F 334 East Chiller Plant Cooling Tower 1 84
F 340 East Chiller Plant Pump 79
F 104 Space Mountain Entrance 71
F 106 Space Mountain Queue 71
F 180 Star Tours 76
F 336 Space Mountain 65
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Table D2 –Measured Noise Levels of California Adventure Activities Map
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Position # Attraction/Noise Source Noise Level
(dBA Leq)
A 84 Redwood Creek Challenge Trail 66
A 86 Redwood Creek Challenge Trail Raya Area 64
A 162 Goofy's Sky School 73
A 164 Goofy's Sky School Queue 71
B 44 Paradise Gardens Bandstand: Reggae Show 92
B 160 Jumpin' Jellyfish Queue 75
B 158 Jumpin' Jellyfish 71
B 154 Golden Zephyr 80
B 156 Golden Zephyr Ride Operating 86
B 98 Food & Wine Fest Stage: Tina Aldana Band 95
B 114 Incredicoaster/Emotional Whirlwind 68
B 116 Incredicoaster Car Pass-by 76
B 152 Emotional Whirlwind 77
B 42 Operation: Playtime Show 83
B 150 Pixar Pal-o-Round 75
B 38 Toy Story Midway Mania Queue 75
B 40 Toy Story Midway Mania Queue 83
B 34 Toy Story Midway Mania Entrance 83
B 32 Jessie's Carousel Entrance 77
B 36 Toy Story Midway Mania Cart Noise 87
B 220 Incredicoaster 73
B 216 Incredicoaster 74
B 218 Incredicoaster Car Pass-by 78
B 110 Incredicoaster 79
B 112 Incredicoaster Car Pass-by 90
B 212 Incredicoaster 71
B 214 Incredicoaster Car Pass-by 77
B 106 Incredicoaster 77
B 108 Incredicoaster Car Pass-by 89
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Position # Attraction/Noise Source Noise Level
(dBA Leq)
B 210 Incredicoaster 66
C 118 Rope Drop 68
C 120 Soarin' Over California Queue 87
C 122 Soarin' Over California Queue Announcement 74
C 124 Soarin' Over California Queue Monorail 77
C 4 Soarin' Over California Entrance 68
C 2 Buena Vista Street/Park Entrance 70
C 90 Grizzly River Run Drop Point 81
C 92 Grizzly River Run Drop Point 92
C 56 Buena Vista Street Band 88
C 182 Disney Jr. Dance Party Queue 75
C 184 Disney Jr. Dance Party Queue 87
C 200 Grizzly River Rapids Ride Loading Zone 74
C 14 Web Slingers Backstage 57
C 12 Web Slingers Backstage (below speaker) 70
C 128 Avenger's Campus Entry Zone 78
C 82 Grizzly River Run Incline 77
C 46 Mater's Junkyard Jamboree 78
C 48 Mater's Junkyard Jamboree 81
C 136 Spiderman Show Announcement 77
C 138 Spiderman Show 86
C 10 Web Slingers Speaker 78
C 8 Web Slingers Entrance 73
C 166 Mater's Junkyard Jamboree 75
C 168 Mater's Junkyard Jamboree Spot 1 78
C 94 Dr. Strange: Mystery of the Mystic Arts Show 72
D 126 The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure Entrance 76 D 6 Pixar Pier Entrance 73
D 170 Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters 79
D 172 Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters Ride 82
D 70 Car's Land Tire Tower (Radiator Springs Curios) 71 D 80 Pacific Wharf Dining Area 68
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(dBA Leq)
D 52 Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters 79
D 54 Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters Ride 81
D 50 Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters 73
D 72 Tire Tower (Ramone's House of Body Art) 72
D 76 Radiator Springs Racers Track 73
D 78 Radiator Springs Racers Track Car Pass-by 83
D 74 Radiator Springs Racers Queue (unoccupied) 69
D 196 Radiator Springs Racers Exit Queue 67
D 198 Radiator Springs Racers Exit Queue 71
D 24 Incredicoaster Takeoff Area 90
D 26 Incredicoaster Takeoff Area 81
D 192 Radiator Springs Racers Queue 70
D 190 Radiator Springs Racers Queue 78
D 188 Radiator Springs Racers Queue 78
D 194 Radiator Springs Racers Car Loading Zone 79
D 144 Incredicoaster Queue 75
D 28 Jessie's Carousel Exit 82
D 30 Jessie's Carousel Exit 80
D 146 Incredicoaster 76
D 148 Incredicoaster Car Pass-by 76
D 140 Incredicoaster 76
D 142 Incredicoaster Car Pass-by 82
D 208 Radiator Springs Racers 59
E 68 Monsters, Inc. Queue 66
E 66 Monsters, Inc. Entrance/Exit 68
E 64 Award Weiner's Dining Area 68
E 178 Mickey's PhilharMagic Waiting Area 70
E 180 Mickey's PhilharMagic Announcement 82
E 60 Jammin' Chefs Show 86
E 176 Mickey's PhilharMagic Entrance 67
E 62 Turtle Talk with Crush Entrance 67
E 96 Guardians of the Galaxy Dance Off 91
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Position # Attraction/Noise Source Noise Level
(dBA Leq)
E 18 Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout Queue 73 E 58 Mission: Breakout Back of House (Power Grid) 70
E 174 Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout 65
E 16 Warriors of Wakanda Show Intro 84
E 20 Avengers Assemble Show 88
E 130 Avenger's Campus Hub Ambience 74
E 132 Warriors of Wakanda Show 85
E 134 Avengers Assemble Show 85
E 202 Dr. Strange: Mysteries of the Mystic Arts Show 86 F 100 Radiator Springs Racers Car Pass-by 78
F 102 Radiator Springs Racers 72
F 204 Radiator Springs Racers 68
F 206 Radiator Springs Racers Car Pass-by 71
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APPENDIX E
NOISE CONTOURS FOR FULLERTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
Appendix J-1
CEQA Transportation Analysis
CEQA TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS
FOR THE
DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROJECT
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
AUGUST 2023
PREPARED FOR
WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS U.S., INC.
PREPARED BY
CEQA TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS
FOR THE
DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROJECT
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
August 2023
Prepared for:
WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS U.S., INC.
Prepared by:
GIBSON TRANSPORTATION CONSULTING, INC.
555 W. 5th Street, Suite 3375
Los Angeles, California 90013
(213) 683-0088
Ref: J1268h
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Project Location ........................................................................................................... 2 Currently Approved Development ............................................................................... 3 Project Description ....................................................................................................... 5 Prior Environmental Analysis ....................................................................................... 13 Project CEQA Analysis ................................................................................................ 15
2. Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................. 27 Existing Street System ................................................................................................. 27 Public Transit System .................................................................................................. 31 Pedestrian Infrastructure .............................................................................................. 32 Bicycle Infrastructure ................................................................................................... 33
3. Project Consistency With Programs, Plans, Ordinances, and Policies ............................ 39 California Senate Bill 743 ............................................................................................. 40 Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways ...................................................... 41 Orange County Congestion Management Program .................................................... 41 City of Anaheim General Plan ..................................................................................... 42 Bicycle Master Plan ..................................................................................................... 43 The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan ......................................................................... 45 Anaheim Resort Specific Plan ..................................................................................... 46 Cumulative Analysis ..................................................................................................... 46 Performance and Safety Analysis ............................................................................... 47
4. Project Consistency with CEQA Guidelines
Section 15064.3, Subdivision (b) (VMT Analysis) ................................................. 50 VMT Background ......................................................................................................... 50 VMT Screening ............................................................................................................ 51 VMT Analysis Methodology and Thresholds of Significance ...................................... 52 Project VMT Analysis ................................................................................................... 55 VMT Mitigation ............................................................................................................. 57
5. Potential for Project to Increase Hazards Due to a
Geometric Design Feature or Incompatible Use ................................................... 70
6. Project Effect on Emergency Access ................................................................................ 71
7. Project Construction ........................................................................................................... 72
8. The Disneyland Resort Project and ARSP Mitigation Measures and Project Design Features ............................................................................................. 73 The Disneyland Resort Project Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0067 .................. 73 ARSP Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C ........................................................... 76
References
Appendix A: DisneylandForward Project Traffic Forecasts Appendix B: Disneyland Resort Specific Plan & Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Project Design Features & Mitigation Measures
Appendix C: Consistency of the Project with the General Plan Circulation Element
List of Figures
NO.
1 Local Vicinity and Existing Specific Plan Designations ................................................. 17 2 DRSP and Disney ARSP Properties ............................................................................ 18 3 Current DRSP Districts ................................................................................................. 19 4 Proposed Development Districts and Overlays ............................................................. 20 5 Roadway Modifications and Vehicular Circulation Plan ................................................ 21 6 Proposed Pedestrian Circulation ................................................................................... 22 7 Guest Pedestrian and Vehicular Access Points ............................................................ 23 8 Analyzed Project Land Use Scenario ............................................................................ 24 9 Roadway Classifications ............................................................................................... 36 10 Public Transit ............................................................................................................... 37 11 Existing and Planned Resort-Area Bicycle Infrastructure ............................................ 38 List of Tables
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1 Currently Permitted Development Summary ................................................................. 25 2 Proposed Permitted Development Summary ................................................................ 26 3 VMT Analysis – Criteria 1, Before Mitigation ................................................................. 64 4 VMT Analysis – Criteria 2, Before Mitigation ................................................................. 65 5 Effectiveness of Transportation Demand Management Measures ............................... 66 6 VMT Analysis – Criteria 1, After Mitigation .................................................................... 68 7 VMT Analysis – Criteria 2, After Mitigation .................................................................... 69
Acronyms and Definitions
Applicant Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc.
ARSP Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2
ARSP SEIR Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 340, Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan
ARTIC Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center ART Anaheim Resort Transportation
ATAM Anaheim Traffic Analysis Model
AVO Average Vehicle Occupancy
CAPCOA California Air Pollution Control Officers Association CAPCOA Handbook Handbook for Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Assessing Climate Vulnerabilities, and Advancing Health and Equity: Designed for Local Governments, Communities, and Project Developers (CAPCOA, December 2021)
Caltrans California Department of Transportation
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
City City of Anaheim
City Guidelines City of Anaheim Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for CEQA Analysis
CMP Orange County Congestion Management Program
Disney Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc.
Disney ARSP Properties Properties within the ARSP area owned or leased by the Applicant or other subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company
Disney Property or Property or properties within the DRSP or among the Disney ARSP Properties Properties
DR EIR Final Environmental Impact Report for the Disneyland Resort EIR No. 311 and Addendum
DRSP Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1
EIR Environmental Impact Report
General Plan Circulation City of Anaheim General Plan Circulation Element Element
GHG Greenhouse gas emissions
HCML Harbor Cast Member Lot located at 333 W. Ball Road HOV High-occupancy-vehicle
I-5 Interstate 5
ICU Intersection capacity utilization
LOS Level of service
Master EIR Master Environmental Impact Report
MCML Manchester Cast Member Lot located at 1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester Avenue, and 1530 S. Harbor
Boulevard
Metro Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority MM Mitigation measure
MPAH Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways
mph miles per hour
MSP Modified service population
OCTA Orange County Transportation Authority
Acronyms and Definitions, cont.
OCTAM Orange County Transportation Analysis Model
O-D Traffic Traffic with an origin or destination within a defined area PDF’s Project design features
Project DisneylandForward Project
Project Site The DRSP and Disney ARSP Properties
ROW Right-of-way
SB 743 Senate Bill 743
SCAG Southern California Association of Governments
SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District
SEIR Subsequent Environmental Impact Report
sf square feet
SR State Route
Subsequent EIR Subsequent Environmental Impact Report
Supplemental EIR Supplemental Environmental Impact Report TAZ Traffic analysis zone
TDM Transportation Demand Management
Technical Advisory Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA (State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and
Research, December 2018)
Toy Story Lot Temporary surface parking lot located at 1900 S. Harbor Boulevard TPA Transit priority area
VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled
Executive Summary
This report presents the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) transportation analysis conducted for the DisneylandForward Project (“Project”) proposed by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. (“Applicant” or “Disney”) in the City of Anaheim (“City”). The Project would allow continued, long-term growth of The Disneyland® Resort by allowing the transfer of uses permitted under The Disneyland Resort Project to other areas of the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (“DRSP”) and properties within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (“ARSP”) area owned or leased by Disney or other subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney ARSP Properties,” and, collectively with Disney’s properties in the DRSP, “Disney Property” or “Disney Properties”). These areas are or will be considered to be part of The Disneyland Resort Project as modified by the Project.
The Project would not increase the amount of development square footage or hotel rooms currently allowed in the DRSP and analyzed in Environmental Impact Report No. 311, which the City certified in 1993, or the number of hotel rooms currently allowed in the ARSP and analyzed in Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 340, which the City certified in 2012. However, the Project would permit an increase of 4,376 theme park-related parking spaces in the ARSP.
The Project would require, among other things, approval of modifications to the DRSP, ARSP, City of Anaheim General Plan Circulation Element (City, June 2018) (“General Plan Circulation Element”), and Master Plan of Arterial Highways (Orange County Transportation Authority [“OCTA”], 2017) (“MPAH”). The City is preparing Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (“Subsequent EIR”) No. 352 to analyze the Project’s potentially significant impacts. This report has been prepared to be included in the Subsequent EIR analysis.
PROJECT LOCATION
The Project is located entirely within an area known as The Anaheim Resort®, a 1,078-acre portion of the City especially designated by the City’s General Plan for Commercial Recreation ES-1
land uses and intended to provide for tourist and entertainment-related industries, such as theme parks, hotels, tourist-oriented retail, movie theaters, and other visitor-serving facilities. The Anaheim Resort is located 35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, seven miles northwest of Santa Ana, and just north of Garden Grove in central Orange County. The Anaheim Resort includes three specific plan areas: DRSP, ARSP, and Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1. A map of the Project vicinity is provided in Figure ES-1, Local Vicinity and Existing Specific Plan Designations.
Project Site
The Project Site includes the entirety of the DRSP area (i.e., The Disneyland Resort, including the existing Theme Park, Hotel, Parking, and Future Expansion Districts) and the following Disney ARSP Properties:
1515 S. Manchester Avenue (currently used as the Manchester Cast Member1 Lot [“MCML”])
1585 S. Manchester Avenue (currently occupied by an office building and also currently used as the MCML)
1530 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the MCML) 1900 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the Toy Story Parking Lot) 333 W. Ball Road (currently used as the Harbor Cast Member Lot [“HCML”]) 1717 S. Disneyland Drive (Paradise Pier Hotel)
The properties located at 1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester Avenue, and 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard are collectively referred to as MCML. All Disney ARSP Properties are owned and operated by Disney with the exception of the Paradise Pier Hotel, where the hotel is owned and operated by Disney and the underlying land is owned and ground leased by a third party to Disney. The Project Site also includes areas identified in the General Plan Circulation Element as planned extensions of Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street and Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue, portions of which are 1 Cast Member is a term used by Disney for an employee of The Disneyland Resort.
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outside The Anaheim Resort. A map of the Project Site is provided in Figure ES-2, DRSP and Disney ARSP Properties.
CURRENTLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT
Development at the Project Site is currently governed by the DRSP and the ARSP as summarized in Table ES-1, Currently Permitted Development Summary.
Permitted DRSP Development
The environmental impacts of The Disneyland Resort Project, including the DRSP, were analyzed in Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) No. 311, which was certified by the City of Anaheim in 1993 along with the adoption of Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0067. In 1996, in conjunction with an amendment to The Disneyland Resort Project, the City Council approved an Addendum to EIR No. 311, including a Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 0067. The prior CEQA review for The Disneyland Resort Project is referred to as the “DR EIR” in this. report. The Disneyland Resort Project currently allows the following development:
Theme Park District: Up to 6,850,000 square feet (“sf”) of theme park uses, up to 1,025 hotel rooms, and up to 475,000 sf of administration buildings with up to 2,300 associated parking spaces
Hotel District: Up to 5,600 hotel rooms (including the 1,025 hotel rooms allowed in the Theme Park District), up to 300,000 sf of retail/restaurant uses, up to 9,930 parking spaces, and up to 200,000 sf of meeting rooms/convention space Theme Park District/Hotel District: Up to 350,000 sf of the theme park square footage allowed in the Theme Park District may be developed as a retail entertainment center in the Hotel District
Parking District, East Parking Area: Up to 17,600 parking spaces, including up to 5,000 parking spaces that may be located in the Theme Park District Parking District, West Parking Area: Up to 16,700 parking spaces Future Expansion District: Up to 5,100 parking spaces ES-3
As of the date of the Notice of Preparation of Subsequent EIR No. 352 for the Project, October 21, 2021, Disney has developed approximately 45% of entitled square footage of theme park space within the Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks, 2,342 hotel rooms, and approximately 28,436 guest and cast parking spaces, along with various other components of the allowed development. As shown in Table ES-1, Disney has remaining entitlements within the DRSP area to develop approximately 3,657,115 sf of theme park, 3,258 hotel rooms, and 23,194 guest and cast parking spaces, along with various other components of development.
Figure ES-3, Current DRSP Districts, shows the existing DRSP Districts.
Permitted ARSP Development
The City analyzed the environmental impacts of the ARSP Project in Master Environmental Impact Report No. 313, which the City certified in 1994, along with the adoption of Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C. In December 2012, the City certified Supplemental Environment Impact Report No. 340 in support of the approval of the Amendment No. 14 to the ARSP Project (“ARSP SEIR”). As detailed in Table ES-1, the ARSP as amended allows development on Disney ARSP Properties of up to 75 or 50 hotel rooms per gross acre with approval of a Final Site Plan as indicated below:
Up to 1,116 hotel rooms on 1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester Avenue, and 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard
Up to 3,348 hotel rooms at 1900 S. Harbor Boulevard
Up to 534 hotel rooms at 333 W. Ball Road
Up to 564 hotel rooms at 1717 S. Disneyland Drive (Paradise Pier Hotel) Section 18.116.070 of the City of Anaheim Municipal Code also allows the development of theme parks, entertainment venues, and transportation facilities on these properties with approval of a conditional use permit.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Project would not increase the amount of previously approved theme park square footage or hotel rooms. However, the Project would permit an increase of 4,376 theme park-related parking spaces in the ARSP. It would also allow transfer of theme park, hotel, and other retail, dining, and entertainment uses, and parking permitted in The Disneyland Resort Project to Disney Properties and provide for administrative review of Disney’s projects. The Project would require, among other things, the approval of amendments to the DRSP, ARSP, General Plan Circulation Element, and MPAH. Figure ES-4, Proposed Development Districts and Overlays, shows a map of the proposed DRSP districts and ARSP zoning overlays within the Project Site. Table ES-2, Proposed Permitted Development Summary, summarizes the proposed development limits with the Project.
DRSP Amendments
The Project proposes to reallocate allowable land uses within the Theme Park District (389 acres), the Parking District (57.1 acres), and the Southeast District (24.7 acres). The former Hotel District would become part of the Theme Park District and the Future Expansion District would become the Southeast District.
The Project would allow Disney to move a portion of the unused approved theme park square footage to the existing Hotel District, which would become part of the new expanded Theme Park District of the DRSP. The Project also would allow Disney to move a portion of the unused approved theme park square footage to the existing Future Expansion District, which would become the Southeast District of the DRSP, and to the proposed Theme Park East and West Overlays of the ARSP.
Under the Project, Disney could develop cumulatively up to 6,850,000 previously approved square feet of theme park uses in the DRSP, including up to 6,850,000 previously approved square feet in the expanded Theme Park District if all theme park square footage were developed in the expanded Theme Park District. Disney could also develop a portion of this previously approved theme park square footage in the newly renamed Southeast District (up to 390,000 square feet), in the proposed Theme Park East Overlay (up to 840,000 square feet), and in the proposed Theme Park West Overlay (up to 80,000 square feet). If theme park square footage is ES-5
developed in the Southeast District and Theme Park East and West Overlays, an equivalent amount of theme park square footage would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum theme park square footage would not exceed 6,850,000 square feet.
Similarly, the Project would allow Disney to move the unused portion of the hotel room approvals from the existing Hotel District to the existing Theme Park District or the existing Future Expansion District, the newly renamed Southeast District. Under the Project, Disney could develop cumulatively up to 5,600 previously approved hotel rooms in the DRSP, including a combination of up to 5,600 previously approved hotel rooms in the expanded Theme Park District if all hotel rooms were developed in the expanded Theme Park District and up to 1,852 previously approved hotel rooms in the newly renamed Southeast District.
The DRSP also would be amended consistent with the General Plan amendments described below, including changes to the circulation system.
ARSP Amendments
The Project would create a Theme Park East Overlay within the ARSP for the existing Toy Story Parking Lot and a Theme Park West Overlay within the ARSP for the existing Paradise Pier Hotel.
The Theme Park Overlay would allow Disney to develop theme park uses on these properties concurrently with the development of theme park uses on the expanded Theme Park District or the Southeast District of the DRSP. With the Project, Disney could develop up to 840,000 sf of previously approved theme park uses within the Theme Park East Overlay and up to 80,000 sf of previously approved theme park uses within the Theme Park West Overlay for a cumulative total of up to 920,000 sf of previously approved theme park uses in these Overlays. The Anaheim Municipal Code currently allows theme park uses in these Overlay areas with approval of a conditional use permit.
The Project would create a Parking Overlay within the ARSP for the Disney ARSP Properties located at 1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester Avenue, 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard, and 333 W. Ball Road. The Project would increase the number of permitted theme park parking spaces in the Parking Overlay at 333 W. Ball Road, permitting up to 5,700 parking spaces (this ES-6
includes 1,324 existing spaces plus 4,376 additional spaces). The Parking Overlay would permit development of the same type of parking and transportation facilities allowed under Anaheim Municipal Code Section 18.114.080 for the East Parking Area of the DRSP Parking District, and the same type of back-of-house uses, limited retail, and dining and entertainment uses allowed under Anaheim Municipal Code Section 18.114.060 for the Theme Park District of the DRSP.
Disney could also develop hotel rooms in these Overlays as permitted by the existing ARSP and summarized in Table ES-2.
The ARSP also would be amended consistent with the General Plan amendments described below, including changes to the circulation system.
Vehicular Circulation
Convenient automobile access to The Disneyland Resort is an essential component of the success of The Disneyland Resort Project. Most visitors come to the Project area by automobile or bus, and it is especially important that the visitors’ experience be pleasant upon both arrival and departure. To assure this, the DRSP requires numerous improvements to the circulation system designed to enhance the visitor experience and ensure a safe and efficient transportation system for residents and employees in the area.
Improvements for area roads implemented and to be implemented in connection with The Disneyland Resort Project include enhanced connections with Interstate 5, improvements to the arterial and secondary road system, and construction of parking facilities to accommodate visitors to The Disneyland Resort and the Anaheim Convention Center. Many of these improvements have been constructed since approval of The Disneyland Resort Project in 1993. The Project would continue to implement physical improvements to the local transportation system envisioned by mitigation measures in the prior EIRs to enhance connectivity, access, and safety.
The proposed vehicular circulation system is depicted in Figure ES-5, Roadway Modifications and Vehicular Circulation Plan. General vehicular access would continue to be provided from I-5 and the following signalized intersections under the jurisdiction of the City of Anaheim: Ball Road & Disneyland Drive, Katella Avenue & Disneyland Drive, Harbor Boulevard & Disney Way, ES-7
Convention Way & Harbor Boulevard, Clementine Street & Katella Avenue, Clementine Street & Disney Way, Manchester Avenue & Harbor Boulevard, and Ball Road & Harbor Boulevard. The Project requests the following modifications to the City’s Circulation Transportation System as shown in Figure ES-5:
Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways Amendment. Removal of the planned future extensions of Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue and Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street, which are planned through the Southeast District of the DRSP and the adjacent Theme Park East Overlay in the ARSP
Reclassification of Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard from a six-lane Major Arterial to a four-lane Primary Arterial General Plan Amendment.
Approval of an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan to remove the Class I Bike Path in the Southern California Edison right-ofway (“ROW”) between Harbor Boulevard and Anaheim Boulevard and add a Class I Bike Path on the north side of Disney Way between Clementine Street and Anaheim Boulevard Approval of an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan to add a Class I Bike Path on the west side of Clementine Street between Alro Way and Disney Way (limits subject to change based on determination of proposed dedication)
Removal of the planned future extensions of Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue, and Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street, which are planned through the Southeast District of the DRSP and the adjacent Theme Park East Overlay in the ARSP
Approval of an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element and the City’s Planned Roadway Network map (Figure C-1 of the General Plan Circulation Element) to reflect the following intersection lane configurations:
o At Harbor Boulevard & Convention Way, provide two left-turn lanes, one shared through/right-turn lane, and one exclusive right-turn lane on the eastbound approach and one left-turn lane, one shared through/right-turn lane, and one exclusive right-turn lane on the westbound approach (consistent with existing configuration)2
o At Haster Street & Gene Autry Way, provide a single shared left-turn/through/rightturn lane for the eastbound approach and three left-turn lanes and two right-turn 2 The final intersection configuration is subject to change and will be finalized when a site-specific access analysis is conducted for the Theme Park East Overlay.
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lanes for the westbound approach. The northbound approach would be equipped with a right-turn signal overlapping with the westbound left-turn signal phase Reclassification of Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard from a six-lane Major Arterial to a four-lane Primary Arterial (with no reduction to the width of the ultimate public ROW)
Approval of an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan to modify the classification of the planned bike facility on Walnut Street between Katella Avenue and Ball Road from Class II Bike Lanes to a Class I Bike Path on the east side of Walnut Street
Street Abandonment.
Abandonment of public ROW on Magic Way between Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive (pedestrian and emergency access would be provided)
Abandonment of public ROW on Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and the southern property line of the proposed Southeast District of the DRSP Abandonment of public ROW on Hotel Way north of Disney Way Other Improvements.
Installation of a pedestrian signal on Walnut Street at Magic Way Installation of a Class I Bike Path with a single two-way, off-street, shared-use pathway for pedestrians and bicycles with a minimum width of 10 feet3 on the east side of Walnut Street from Ball Road to Katella Avenue
Installation of (1) a Class I Bike Path with a minimum width of 10 feet on the north side of Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard4 and Clementine Street; (2) a single two-way, off-street, shared-use pathway for pedestrians and bicycles with a minimum width of 10 feet on the west side of Clementine Street between Alro Way and Disney Way; and (3) a bike parking facility in the East Parking Area and/or the Parking Overlay just north of the East Parking Area
Provide in-lieu contribution and dedicate ROW adjacent to the Project Site on Ball Road and Haster Street for proposed Class II Bicycle Lanes on those streets Installation of traffic signal control at the existing driveway to the Southeast District on Haster Street south of Katella Avenue5
3 Where utility relocations are not feasible, the pathway may include brief sections with a minimum width of eight feet. 4 The portion between Anaheim Boulevard and the I-5 southbound off-ramp is under Caltrans jurisdiction. Disney would work with Caltrans to approve and implement this Bike Path. 5 This action would be subject to a traffic signal warrant analysis.
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Installation of traffic signal control at the intersection of Manchester Avenue / Clementine Street & Alro Way6
Construction of at least one and up to three grade-separated pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue with public access to/from the sidewalk on Harbor Boulevard
Widen Katella Avenue to four westbound lanes along Disney’s property adjacent to the Theme Park District from Disneyland Drive to approximately 800 feet west of Harbor Boulevard
Widen Katella Avenue to four eastbound lanes along Disney’s property adjacent to the Southeast District (from approximately 700 feet west of Clementine Street to approximately 400 feet east of Clementine Street)
Trip Reduction Measures
The Project would continue to implement a number of trip reduction measures, including those that directly support alternative means of transportation like transit, bicycle travel, and pedestrian movement. Consistent with the originally approved The Disneyland Resort Project and ARSP Project, this Project would include pedestrian linkages between land uses and areas of the Project Site, including landscaped walkways, promenades, and plazas. To further enhance pedestrian circulation and connectivity between land uses, the Project would include opportunities for construction of at least one and up to three grade-separated pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue and up to two additional pedestrian bridges over Disneyland Drive.
The Project would continue to implement and administer a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management (“TDM”) program for all cast members, as detailed in Chapter 4.
Pedestrian Circulation
The development of new attractions and hotel rooms and construction of the peripheral public parking facilities and mass transit systems discussed in this section have increased pedestrian activity in both the Project Site and the surrounding Anaheim Resort. This has enhanced the urban 6 This action would be subject to a traffic signal warrant analysis.
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character of the Project Site and requires that facilities be provided to meet the needs of pedestrians.
Figure ES-6, Proposed Pedestrian Circulation, illustrates the existing and proposed pedestrian circulation system within the Project Site and surrounding area. Pedestrian routes, pedestrian and vehicular access points, and approximate pedestrian bridge locations are identified in Figure ES7, Guest Pedestrian and Vehicular Access Points. The primary destinations of pedestrians within the surrounding area will be:
The Theme Park District
The Southeast District
East and West Parking Areas within the Parking District The Disneyland Resort hotels within the Theme Park District and Southeast District The Theme Park Overlays and Parking Overlays of the ARSP Hotels, restaurants, businesses, and parking in the surrounding Anaheim Resort The Anaheim Convention Center
Downtown Disney
Theme Parks
Grade-separated pedestrian bridges serve as a key connector over public street ROW, connecting users from one side of the street to the other without impeding traffic flow. Gradeseparated pedestrian bridges currently exist over Disneyland Drive and Magic Way. The Project may construct two additional pedestrian bridges over Disneyland Drive between Magic Way and Katella Avenue. The Project also will construct at least one and up to three grade-separated pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue in connection with the construction and prior to the operation of parking structures and/or a substantial increase in surface spaces or substantial change in operation of those spaces in the DRSP Parking District (East Parking Area) and/or the adjacent Parking Overlay. As an example, those Cast Members parking in existing surface spaces in the Parking Overlay north of the East Parking Area currently take a shuttle to the theme parks and no pedestrian access to Harbor ES-11
Boulevard is permitted until such time that a pedestrian bridge is constructed. Approximate pedestrian bridge locations are identified in Figure ES-7.
An existing pedestrian route running east-west between Harbor Boulevard and Disneyland Drive currently serves as the main connection to the entrances of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, including ticket booths and entry gates. To the west of the theme park entrances, this walkway becomes the retail, dining and entertainment district known as Downtown Disney, continuing westward on a grade-separated pedestrian bridge constructed over the lowered Disneyland Drive and currently ending near The Disneyland Resort hotels west of Disneyland Drive. Pedestrian-friendly furnishings, retail and dining uses, and landscaping exist all along this pedestrian route, which while generally open to the public is on private property and subject to Disney restrictions. Project implementation may include reconfiguration and/or replacement of the existing east-west pedestrian route, including the space currently devoted to central theme park ticketing and gate functions. With any such changes, a non-ticketed pedestrian route for eastwest circulation shall be provided through the Theme Park District connecting major destinations (theme parks, Downtown Disney, hotels, and parking facilities) to Harbor Boulevard and Walnut Street and would meet public safety size requirements.
CEQA ANALYSIS
The DR EIR and ARSP SEIR analyzed transportation impacts on the basis of level of service.
However, under Senate Bill 743 (“SB 743”) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b), CEQA now requires that transportation analysis be based on vehicle miles traveled (“VMT”).
The City approved VMT as the basis for determining significant impacts under CEQA in a City Council meeting on June 23, 2020. This study, therefore, analyzed the effects of the Project based on City of Anaheim Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for CEQA Analysis (City, June 2020) (“City Guidelines”), which describes the City’s approach to analyzing VMT.
The following CEQA transportation thresholds of significance are analyzed in this report:
1. Would the Project conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities? ES-12
2. Would the Project conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b)?
3. Would the Project substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment)?
4. Would the Project result in inadequate emergency access? Would the project conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities? Analysis was conducted to determine whether the Project would conflict with a particular program, plan, policy, or ordinance regarding transportation or circulation. A project would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy if it were generally consistent with and would not obstruct implementation of that program, plan, ordinance, or policy. The City Guidelines identify the following threshold for Active Transportation and Public Transit analysis under CEQA:
Impact Threshold. A significant impact occurs if the project conflicts with adopted policies, plans, or programs regarding public transit, bicycle, or pedestrian facilities, or otherwise decreases the performance7 or safety of such facilities.
The Project was reviewed for consistency with SB 743, the MPAH, 2021 Orange County Congestion Management Program Report (OCTA, November 2021), and the General Plan Circulation Element, including the Bicycle Master Plan, the ARSP, and the DRSP, each of which are incorporated into the General Plan Circulation Element. The Project would amend the MPAH and General Plan Circulation Element, including the Bicycle Master Plan, ARSP, and DRSP. As amended with approval of the Project, the Project would not conflict with any of those programs, plans, ordinances, or policies, and the Project would not conflict on a cumulative basis when considered with other development projects in the vicinity. The Project would also not decrease the performance or safety of public transit, bicycle, or pedestrian facilities and would in several cases improve those facilities; therefore, it would not have a significant impact with regard to the performance or safety of these facilities.
7 Per the OPR Technical Advisory, decrease of performance does not include increase in users.
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Would the project conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b)?
The VMT analysis was conducted under baseline and future conditions based on the Orange County Transportation Analysis Model (“OCTAM”). City Guidelines require that a detailed VMT analysis be conducted using four OCTAM scenarios: Baseline, Baseline plus Project, Cumulative no Project, and Cumulative plus Project. The Baseline and Cumulative no Project scenarios represent the existing year and future forecast year conditions in OCTAM, respectively, without any modifications. The “plus Project” conditions were developed by modifying the Baseline and Cumulative no Project scenarios to include the Project, including land use changes and roadway modifications. OCTAM’s baseline is based on Year 2016 conditions and its future condition is forecast to Year 2045. OCTAM was run under conditions with and without the Project. Conditions without the Project assume buildout of the DRSP and ARSP as currently entitled.
Impact Thresholds. The City Guidelines identify two thresholds for identifying significant VMT impacts for a development project:
1. A project would result in a significant project-generated VMT impact if the baseline projectgenerated or cumulative project-generated VMT per service population exceeds 15% below the County of Orange baseline VMT per service population; or,
2. The project’s effect on VMT would be considered significant if the baseline or cumulative link-level boundary Citywide VMT per service population increases under the “plus project” condition compared to the “no project” condition.
The City Guidelines define service population as the sum of the residential population and total employment within a given geographic area (i.e., a given traffic analysis zone (“TAZ”) or set of TAZs). However, in The Anaheim Resort area, there is a substantial amount of total VMT generated by daily theme park visitors, the number of whom are not included in the City’s standard definition of service population. In consultation with City staff, the Project’s VMT analysis uses a modified definition of service population that includes an estimate of theme park visitors in addition to residents and employees (“modified service population” or “MSP”).
Project VMT Analysis. VMT was calculated in two ways (the total VMT by TAZ used in Criteria 1 and the link-based VMT used in Criteria 2), and it was calculated for multiple geographic areas (County-wide and for the specific Project TAZs for Criteria 1 and City-wide for Criteria 2). OCTAM ES-14
provides the residential population and total employment for each TAZ, so the number of theme park visitors was separately estimated. The DR EIR included forecasts of daily theme park attendance with buildout of all permitted theme park development and, upon consultation with City staff, these estimates were determined appropriate for use as part of the MSP.
Table ES-3, VMT Analysis – Criteria 1, summarizes the results of the VMT analysis under Criteria 1, prior to mitigation. As shown, the impact thresholds are 22.1 miles under OCTAM baseline conditions and 24.0 miles under OCTAM cumulative conditions. The Project-generated VMT per MSP is 23.7 miles under baseline conditions and 25.1 miles under cumulative conditions. Therefore, prior to mitigation, the Project would exceed the threshold by approximately 7.2% under baseline conditions and 4.6% under cumulative conditions and would result in a significant impact with respect to VMT under Criteria 1.
Table ES-4, VMT Analysis – Criteria 2, summarizes the results of the VMT analysis under Criteria 2, prior to mitigation. As shown, the City-wide VMT per MSP is 11.52 miles under OCTAM baseline conditions and 11.40 miles under OCTAM cumulative conditions without the Project. With the Project, the City-wide VMT per MSP would increase to 11.55 miles under baseline conditions and decrease to 11.39 miles under cumulative conditions. Therefore, prior to mitigation, the Project would exceed the threshold by approximately 0.3% under baseline conditions and would result in a significant impact with respect to VMT under Criteria 2.
VMT Mitigation. While OCTAM incorporates regional public transportation such as rail and major bus service into its transportation network and travel forecasts, it does not account for local TDM measures or local bus and shuttle services. Rather, the trips estimated in OCTAM are based on a primarily automobile-centric region with no special considerations of existing or proposed programs to reduce trips.
Under the DR EIR, Disney implemented and continues to operate a robust TDM program to reduce cast member trips to and from The Disneyland Resort. It includes a variety of measures including:
Bicycle parking and amenities
Online ride-matching and carpool/vanpool programs
Guaranteed return trip
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Incentives for using alternative travel modes
Flex schedule and telecommuting
Electric vehicle parking and incentives
Shuttle services
Promotions, marketing, and education
Additionally, The Disneyland Resort provides infrastructure that reduces VMT. The ARSP SEIR and DR EIR combined permit the development of up to 40,600 hotel rooms within The Anaheim Resort from which guests can get to The Disneyland Resort without needing a private automobile.
The East Esplanade transportation hub provides front-door passenger loading areas for Anaheim Resort Transportation buses, hotel shuttles, guest parking shuttles, and cast member parking shuttles, and Disney has installed pedestrian bridges over Magic Way and Disneyland Drive. Two additional pedestrian bridges may be constructed over Disneyland Drive between Magic Way and Katella Avenue. The Project also would include installation of at least one and up to three pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue.
In addition to providing safer and more efficient pedestrian flow around The Disneyland Resort, pedestrian bridges reduce VMT by reducing vehicle congestion (with fewer at-grade pedestrian conflicts) and, thereby, promoting more direct vehicular travel routes.
With the Project, Disney would continue to operate and improve the TDM program to minimize VMT and trips generated by the Project. Similar programs have been found to have a range of effectiveness at reducing VMT between 6.9% and 20%, and Disney’s programs have been found effective based on annual reporting to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. These measures and the infrastructure improvements are estimated to reduce guest and cast member VMT 10% below OCTAM’s forecasts. Under Criteria 1, this would reduce the Project-generated VMT per MSP to 21.3 miles under baseline conditions and 22.6 miles under cumulative conditions, both of which are below the significance thresholds. Under Criteria 2, the reduction of Projectgenerated VMT would reduce the Citywide VMT per MSP to 11.31 miles under baseline conditions and 11.16 miles under cumulative conditions, both of which are below the significance thresholds.
Therefore, with implementation of these mitigation measures, the VMT impacts identified above would be reduced to a less-than-significant level.
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Would the project substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment)? The Project was reviewed to determine whether it would substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible adjacent land uses (e.g., farm equipment). The Project would not include sharp curves or dangerous intersections. Most of the streets and intersections in the Project Area are already developed. The Project would remove the proposed extensions of Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way through the Toy Story Parking Lot, as discussed above, and install traffic signal control at the existing driveway to the Southeast District on Haster Street south of Katella Avenue, subject to a technical study proving the signal would meet warrants. Additionally, the Project would develop new transportation infrastructure including internal roadways, pedestrian bridges, and, potentially, vehicular flyovers (e.g., to provide direct access to the East Parking Area from Disney Way).
Each of these features would be designed and developed in compliance with City standards from the Building Division, Public Works, and the Fire & Rescue Department and would be reviewed and approved by City staff. Therefore, the designs would not result in hazardous conditions due to geometric configuration. As discussed in the Land Use section of Subsequent EIR No. 352, the Project is compatible with surrounding land uses.
The Project would not substantially increase hazards due to geometric designs or incompatible adjacent land uses. Therefore, the Project would result in a less-than-significant impact and no mitigation is required.
Would the project result in inadequate emergency access? The Project was reviewed to determine whether it would result in inadequate emergency access.
Most of the Project’s access points and infrastructure improvements already have been developed in compliance with City standards. To the extent the Project would create new access points and infrastructure improvements, including new internal roadways, these access points and infrastructure improvements have not yet been developed or designed in detail. These features would be designed and developed in compliance with City standards from the Building Division, Public Works, and the Fire & Rescue Department. All designated fire lanes would meet ES-17
requirements and would be reviewed and approved by the Fire & Rescue Department prior to issuance of a building permit.
The Project’s closure of Magic Way to public through traffic would not impede emergency access because the Project would maintain emergency vehicle access to all uses within The Disneyland Resort, including emergency vehicle access at Magic Way.
Temporary construction activities are not expected to result in the full closure of any public streets and, thus, public routes for emergency response would be provided during construction.
Therefore, the Project would result in a less-than-significant impact with respect to emergency access and no mitigation is required.
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5 Ball Rd
Vermont Av
Magic Wy
Disney
Wy
Convention Wy
Manchester Av
Cast Pl
West Pl
Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr West St
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av Cerritos Av
Paradise Wy
Orangewood Av
Chapman Av
Not to Scale
5 Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Designated for future extension
in General Plan Circulation Element
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
LOCAL VICINITY AND EXISTING SPECIFIC PLAN DESIGNATIONS FIGURE ES-1
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Toy Story Parking Lot
1900 S. Harbor Bl
Manchester Cast Member Lot
1530 S. Harbor Bl
1515 S. Manchester Av
1585 S. Manchester Av
Harbor Cast Member Lot
333 W. Ball Rd
Paradise Pier Hotel
1717 S. Disneyland Dr
5 Ball Rd
Vermont Av
Magic Wy
Disney
Wy
Convention Wy
Manchester Av
Cast Pl
West Pl
Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr West St
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av Cerritos Av
Paradise Wy
Orangewood Av
Chapman Av
Not to Scale
DRSP AND DISNEY ARSP PROPERTIES FIGURE
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Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Disney Owned or Leased Properties in ARSP
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
Other Specific Plan Areas
Designated for future extension
in General Plan Circulation Element
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Hotel
District
Theme Park
District
Parking District
West Parking
Area
Parking District
East Parking Area
District A
Future
Expansion District
Disneyland
Theme Park
Theme Park District
California Adventure
Theme Park
5 Ball Rd
Vermont Av
Magic Wy
Disney
Wy
Convention Wy
Manchester Av
Cast Pl
West Pl
Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr West St
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av Cerritos Av
Paradise Wy
Orangewood Av
Chapman Av
Not to Scale
Theme Park District
Hotel District
Future Expansion District
District A
Parking District
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
Current Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Districts
Other Specific Plan Areas
CURRENT DRSP DISTRICTS FIGURE
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Parking District
West Parking
Area
Parking
Overlay
District A
Southeast
District
Theme Park
East Overlay
Parking Overlay
Theme Park
West Overlay
Parking District
East Parking Area
Disneyland
Theme Park
Theme Park District
California Adventure
Theme Park
5 Ball Rd
Vermont Av
Magic Wy
Disney
Wy
Convention Wy
Manchester Av
Cast Pl
West Pl
Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr West St
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av Cerritos Av
Paradise Wy
Orangewood Av
Chapman Av
Not to Scale
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND OVERLAYS FIGURE
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Theme Park District
Southeast District
District A
Parking District
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
Proposed DRSP Districts
Theme Park Overlay
Parking Overlay
Proposed ARSP Overlays
Other Specific Plan Areas
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Hotel Wy
Parking District
West Parking
Area
Parking
Overlay
District A
Southeast
District
Theme Park
East Overlay
Parking Overlay
Theme Park
West Overlay
Parking District
East Parking Area
Disneyland
Theme Park
Theme Park District
California Adventure
Theme Park
5 Ball Rd
Vermont Av
Magic Wy
Disney
Wy
Convention Wy
Manchester Av
Cast Pl
West Pl
Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr West St
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av Cerritos Av
Paradise Wy
Orangewood Av
Chapman Av
Not to Scale
ROADWAY MODIFICATIONS AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION PLAN FIGURE ES-5
Removal of Planned Future Roadway Extensions as Part of Project (Existing right-of-way on Clementine Street north of Orangewood Avenue would remain as a local street)
DRSP and ARSP Right-of-Way Improvements (combination of completed and remaining to be completed with future development) Roadway Reclassification
Existing Theme Park Drop-Off Area
Proposed Theme Park Drop-Off Area (location is approximate) C Lane Configurations Modified Due to Removal of Gene Autry Way S Proposed Traffic Signal
I Feasible Improvements Proposed
NOTES:
1. More detailed information showing the remaining vehicular and other circulation improvements are described in SEIR 352 and are on file with the City.
2. Vehicular circulation fom Magic Way to Walnut Street is right-turn only. As part of the Project, Magic Way at Walnut Street will no longer provide vehicular access, except for emergency vehicles.
3. Disney Way to be reclassified from a 6-lane Primary Arterial to a 4-lane Major Arterial with no reduction in width of the ultimate public right-of-way.
Proposed Road Abandonment
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Disney ARSP Properties
C C
S
S
I
I
I
I I
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Parking District
West Parking
Area
Parking
Overlay
District A
Southeast
District
Theme Park
East Overlay
Parking Overlay
Theme Park
West Overlay
Parking District
East Parking Area
Ball Rd
Magic Wy
Disney Wy
Manchester Ave Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av
Orangewood Av
West Pl
Cast Pl
West St
Vermont Av
Disneyland
Theme Park
Theme Park District
California Adventure
Theme Park
Convention Wy
Not to Scale
PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION FIGURE
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Public Pedestrian Route to be Removed
as part of Road Abandonment
Public Pedestrian Route
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Disney ARSP Properties
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
Other Specific Plan Areas
NOTES:
1. Sidewalks are provided for all public streets unless shown on this exhbit.
Public sidewalks located outside of the boundaries of The Anaheim Resort are not shown on this exhibit.
2. Until parking structure is constructed in the East Parking Area, existing public sidewalk to remain on the north side of Disney Way, west of Clementine Street.
3. Existing public sidewalks to remain on Magic Way until road abandonment occurs.
4. Non-ticketed pedestrian routes for east-west circulation shall be provided through the Theme Park District connecting major destinations (theme parks, Downtown Disney, hotels, and parking facilities) to Harbor Boulevard, Walnut Street, and Disneyland Drive.
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Parking District
West Parking
Area
Parking
Overlay
District A
Theme Park
East Overlay
Parking Overlay
Theme Park
West Overlay
Parking District
East Parking Area
Southeast
District
Disneyland
Theme Park
Theme Park District
California Adventure
Theme Park
5 Ball Rd
Vermont Av
Magic Wy
Disney
Wy
Convention Wy
Manchester Av
Cast Pl
West Pl
Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr West St
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av Cerritos Av
Paradise Wy
Orangewood Av
Chapman Av
Not to Scale
GUEST PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR ACCESS POINTS FIGURE
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Pedestrian Access Point
Pedestrian and Vehicular Access Point
Vehicular Access Point
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Disney ARSP Properties
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
Other Specific Plan Areas
NOTES:
1. Non-ticketed pedestrian routes for east-west circulation shall be provided through the Theme Park District connecting major destinations (theme parks, Downtown Disney, hotels, and parking facilities) to Harbor Boulevard, Walnut Street, and Disneyland Drive.
2. Potential locations of pedestrian bridges:
∙ Harbor Boulevard, between Manchester Avenue and Disney Way ∙ Disneyland Drive, between Magic Way and Katella Avenue ∙ Katella Avenue connecting the Anaheim Convention Center area to what is now Disney’s California Adventure theme park (EIR 311)
3. As of November 2021, there is bus/shuttle access, however, such access may be removed if a transit center is moved the DRSP Parking District East Parking Area or adjacent ARSP Parking Overlay.
4. The location of access points may be adjusted subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
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TABLE ES-1
CURRENTLY PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY
Land Use Allowed by
Specific Plan
Existing Development
[a]
Remaining
Entitlement [a]
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
Hotel District (97 acres)
Hotel Rooms 5,600 rooms 2,342 rooms [b] 3,258 rooms
Hotel Retail/Restaurant 300,000 sf 159,549 sf 140,451 sf Hotel Meeting Space 200,000 sf 161,220 sf 38,780 sf
Parking Spaces 9,930 spaces 5,885 spaces 4,045 spaces
Theme Park District (292 acres)
Theme Park 6,850,000 sf 3,192,885 sf [c] 3,657,115 sf
Administration Building 475,000 sf 305,430 sf 169,570 sf Administration Parking Spaces 2,300 spaces 1,545 spaces 755 spaces Parking District (57.1 acres)
East Parking Area 17,600 spaces 2,179 spaces [d] 15,421 spaces West Parking Area 16,700 spaces 16,298 spaces 402 spaces Future Expansion District (24.7 acres)
Parking Area 5,100 spaces 2,529 spaces 2,571 spaces
Total
7,825,000 sf
5,600 hotel rooms
51,630 parking spaces
3,819,084 sf
2,342 hotel rooms
28,436 parking spaces
4,005,916 sf
3,258 hotel rooms
23,194 parking spaces
Disney ARSP Properties
1515 S. Manchester Avenue
1585 S. Manchester Avenue
1530 S. Harbor Boulevard
(Manchester Cast Member Lot)
(14.88 acres)
1,116 hotel rooms
(75 rooms per gross acre or
75 rooms per lot or parcel,
whichever is greater)
Cast Member parking
(1,261 spaces - temporary
parking lot initially approved on
May 8, 2019, and an
approximately 67,424-sf office
building)
1,116 hotel rooms
1900 S. Harbor Boulevard
(Toy Story Lot)
(44.66 acres)
3,348 hotel rooms
(75 rooms per gross acre or
75 rooms per lot or parcel,
whichever is greater) [e]
Toy Story Parking Lot
(4,603 spaces - temporary
parking lot approved through
June 26, 2024)
3,348 hotel rooms
333 W. Ball Road
(Harbor Cast Member Lot)
(10.69 acres)
534 hotel rooms
(50 rooms per gross acre or
75 rooms per lot or parcel,
whichever is greater)
Cast Member parking
(1,324 spaces) 534 hotel rooms
1717 S. Disneyland Drive
(Paradise Pier Hotel)
(5.15 acres)
564 hotel rooms
(50 rooms per gross acre or
75 rooms per lot or parcel,
whichever is greater) [f]
Paradise Pier Hotel
(489 rooms and approximately
17,619 sf in ancillary
commercial uses)
45 hotel rooms
Notes:
sf = square feet.
[a] These numbers are as of the date of the Notice of Preparation, October 21, 2021; over the course of this environmental review process, these numbers may change due to ongoing development efforts based on current entitlements. [b] Existing hotel rooms include Vacation Ownership Resort (VOR) units at the Grand Californian Hotel and the Disneyland Hotel. [c] This amount includes the existing 246,702 sf of retail, dining, and entertainment in Downtown Disney as of the NOP. The DRSP allows up to 350,000 sf of retail, dining and entertainment sf in either the Theme Park or Hotel District. [d] This amount includes the exisitng 842 spaces in the Ball Cast Member Lot. The DRSP allows up to 5,000 parking spaces identified for the East Parking Area to be located in the Theme Park District. [e] Acreage for density excludes ultimate public right-of-way for Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way. [f] The Paradise Pier Hotel property is comprised of two parcels: a 4.48-acre parcel that includes 489 hotel rooms and a 0.67-acre property that is allowed 75 hotel rooms.
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TABLE ES-2
PROPOSED PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY
Land Use Maximum Allowable Development
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
Theme Park District (389 acres)
Hotel Rooms Up to 5,600 rooms [a]
Hotel Retail/Restaurant Up to 300,000 sf
Hotel Meeting Space Up to 200,000 sf
Parking for Hotel Uses Up to 9,930 spaces
Theme Park District Retail Entertainment Up to 350,000 sf [b] Theme Park and Back-of-House Uses Up to 6,850,000 sf [b,c] Administration Building 475,000 sf
Administration Building Parking 2,300 spaces
Theme Park Parking 5,000 spaces [d]
Parking District (57.1 acres)
East Parking Area Up to 17,600 spaces [d]
West Parking Area Up to 16,700 spaces
Southeast District (24.7 acres)
Theme Park Up to 390,000 sf [c]
Hotel Rooms Up to 1,852 rooms [a]
Parking 5,100 spaces
Total Maximum Allowable Development
7,825,000 sf
5,600 hotel rooms
51,630 parking spaces
Disney ARSP Properties [e]
Parking Overlay (25.57 acres) [f]
1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester
Avenue, and 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard
(Manchester Cast Member Lot)
A portion of the parking spaces allocated
to the East Parking Area of the DRSP and
up to 1,116 hotel rooms
333 W. Ball Road
(Harbor Cast Member Lot)
Up to 5,700 parking spaces and
up to 534 hotel rooms [g]
Theme Park East Overlay (44.66 acres) [h]
1900 S. Harbor Boulevard
(Toy Story Lot)
Up to 840,000 sf of theme park uses and
up to 3,348 hotel rooms [c]
Theme Park West Overlay (5.15 acres)
1717 S. Disneyland Drive
(Paradise Pier Hotel)
Up to 80,000 sf of theme park uses and
up to 564 hotel rooms [c]
Notes:
sf = square feet.
[a] Up to 1,852 hotel rooms may be constructed in the Southeast District; however, an equivalent number of potential hotel rooms would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum number of hotel rooms would not exceed 5,600. [b] Up to 350,000 sf of the theme park and back-of-house sf may be developed as retail, dining and entertainment sf. [c] Theme park sf may be constructed in the Southeast District and Theme Park East Overlay; however, an equivalent number of potential theme park sf would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum theme park sf would not exceed 6,850,000 sf. The amount of restaurant sf in the Southeast District and the Theme Park East Overlay shall be further limited to up to 20 percent of the allotted theme park square footage in each District/Overlay.
[d] Up to 5,000 parking spaces may be constructed within the Theme Park District; however, an equivalent number of potential spaces would be removed from the allotment for the East Parking Area.
[e] Actual acres for hotel density to be determined by a licensed Civil Engineer / Land Surveyor. [f] For any square footage for back-of-house uses or limited retail, dining, and entertainment uses, the traffic generation characteristics of said uses shall not exceed those associated with the otherwise permitted hotel/motel (including accessory uses) density as determined by the City Traffic and Transportation Manager prior to approval of building plans. Further, the proposed development shall not result in infrastructure impacts greater than those associated with the property's permitted hotel/motel density, unless such impacts are duly analyzed and mitigated pursuant to subsequent environmental review (such impacts shall be determined through a sewer and traffic impact analyiss to be submitted to the City Engineer). Additional infrastructure studies may be required as determined by the Planning Director. [g] Up to 5,700 parking spaces includes the number of existing spaces (1,324 spaces) plus additional spaces (4,376 spaces). [h] The planned extensions of Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way are proposed to be removed as part of the Project; therefore, the total acreage for the Theme Park East Overlay has been adjusted to include the acreages associated with these street rights-of-way; however, the maximum intensity of up to 3,348 hotel rooms would not change.
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VMT ANALYSIS - CRITERIA 1
Description Baseline
[a]
Cumulative
[b]
County
Countywide Total VMT 150,035,379 171,690,341
Modified Service Population
Employees / Residents / Students 5,729,834 6,038,857
Theme Park Visitors 39,550 39,550
Total 5,769,384 6,078,407
VMT per Modified Service Population 26.0 28.2
Impact Threshold 22.1 24.0
Project, Before Mitigation
Countywide Total VMT 1,797,862 2,019,725
Modified Service Population
Employees / Residents / Students 36,344 40,886
Theme Park Visitors 39,550 39,550
Total 75,894 80,436
VMT per Modified Service Population 23.7 25.1
Significant Impact, Before Mitigation [c] YES YES
Amount Above Impact Threshold 7.2% 4.6%
Estimated Mitigation Effectiveness
21.3 22.6
Significant Impact, After Mitigation [c] NO NO
Notes:
[a] Baseline condition is based on OCTAM's existing baseline (calibrated to year 2016). [b] Cumulative condition is based on OCTAM's future cumulative condition (estimated to year 2045). [c] A significant impact is identified if the Project-generated VMT per Modified Service Population exceeds the impact threshold, which is 15% below the County-wide VMT per Modified Service Population. 10%
Project VMT per Modified Service Population,
After Mitigation
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TABLE ES-4
VMT ANALYSIS - CRITERIA 2
Description Baseline
[a]
Cumulative
[b]
No Project Conditions
Citywide Total VMT 8,531,141 9,787,591
Modified Service Population
Employees / Residents / Students 700,784 818,683
Theme Park Visitors 39,550 39,550
Total 740,334 858,233
VMT per Modified Service Population 11.52 11.40
With Project Conditions, Before Mitigation
Citywide Total VMT 8,550,197 9,778,064
Modified Service Population
Employees / Residents / Students 700,784 818,683
Theme Park Visitors 39,550 39,550
Total 740,334 858,233
VMT per Modified Service Population 11.55 11.39
Significant Impact, Before Mitigation [c] YES NO
Mitigation Effectiveness
Project-Only VMT, Before Mitigation [d] 1,797,862 2,019,725 Estimated Mitigation Effectiveness 10% 10%
Project VMT Reduction due to Mitigation (179,786) (201,973) With Project Conditions, After Mitigation
Citywide Total VMT, Before Mitigation 8,550,197 9,778,064 Project VMT Reduction due to Mitigation (179,786) (201,973) Citywide Total VMT, After Mitigation 8,370,411 9,576,091 Modified Service Population 740,334 858,233
VMT per Modified Service Population 11.31 11.16
Significant Impact, After Mitigation [c] NO NO
Notes:
[a] Baseline condition is based on OCTAM's existing baseline (calibrated to year 2016). [b] Cumulative condition is based on OCTAM's future cumulative condition (estimated to year 2045). [c] A significant impact is identified if the VMT per Modified Service Population is greater with the Project than without the Project.
[d] See Table ES-3.
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Chapter 1
Introduction
This report presents the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) transportation analysis conducted for the DisneylandForward Project (“Project”) proposed by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. (“Applicant” or “Disney”) in the City of Anaheim (“City”). The Project would allow continued, long-term growth of The Disneyland® Resort by allowing the transfer of uses permitted under The Disneyland Resort Project to other areas of the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (“DRSP”) and properties within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (“ARSP”) area owned or leased by Disney or other subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney ARSP Properties,” and, collectively, with Disney’s properties in the DRSP, “Disney Property” or “Disney Properties”). These areas are or will be considered to be part of The Disneyland Resort Project as modified by the Project.
The Project would not increase the amount of development square footage or hotel rooms currently allowed in the DRSP and analyzed in Environmental Impact Report No. 311, which the City certified in 1993, or the number of hotel rooms currently allowed in the ARSP and analyzed in Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 340, which the City certified in 2012. However, the Project would permit an increase of 4,376 theme park-related parking spaces in the ARSP.
The Project would require, among other things, approval of modifications to the DRSP, ARSP, City of Anaheim General Plan Circulation Element (City, June 2018) (“General Plan Circulation Element”), and Master Plan of Arterial Highways (Orange County Transportation Authority [“OCTA”], 2017) (“MPAH”). The City is preparing a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (“Subsequent EIR”) No. 352 to analyze the Project’s potentially significant impacts. This report has been prepared to be included in the Subsequent EIR analysis. 1 PROJECT LOCATION
The Project is located entirely within an area known as The Anaheim Resort®, a 1,078-acre portion of the City especially designated by the City’s General Plan for Commercial Recreation land uses and intended to provide for tourist and entertainment-related industries, such as theme parks, hotels, tourist-oriented retail, movie theaters, and other visitor-serving facilities. The Anaheim Resort is located 35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, seven miles northwest of Santa Ana, and just north of Garden Grove in central Orange County. The Anaheim Resort includes three specific plan areas: DRSP, ARSP, and Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1. A map of the Project vicinity is provided in Figure 1, Local Vicinity and Existing Specific Plan Designations.
Project Site
The Project Site includes the entirety of the DRSP area (i.e., The Disneyland Resort, including the existing Theme Park, Hotel, Parking, and Future Expansion Districts) and the following Disney ARSP Properties:
1515 S. Manchester Avenue (currently used as the Manchester Cast Member8 Lot [“MCML”])
1585 S. Manchester Avenue (currently occupied by an office building and also currently used as the MCML)
1530 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the MCML) 1900 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the Toy Story Parking Lot [“Toy Story Lot”]) 333 W. Ball Road (currently used as the Harbor Cast Member Lot [“HCML”]) 1717 S. Disneyland Drive (Paradise Pier Hotel)
The properties located at 1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester Avenue, and 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard are collectively referred to as MCML. All Disney ARSP Properties are owned and operated by Disney with the exception of the Paradise Pier Hotel, where the hotel is owned 8 Cast Member is a term used by Disney for an employee of The Disneyland Resort. 2 and operated by Disney and the underlying land is owned and ground leased by a third party to Disney. The Project Site also includes areas identified in the General Plan Circulation Element as planned extensions of Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street and Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue, portions of which are outside The Anaheim Resort. A map of the Project Site is provided in Figure 2, DRSP and Disney ARSP Properties.
CURRENTLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT
Development at the Project Site is currently governed by the DRSP and the ARSP as summarized in Table 1, Currently Permitted Development Summary.
Permitted DRSP Development
The environmental impacts of The Disneyland Resort Project, including the DRSP, were analyzed in Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) No. 311, which was certified by the City of Anaheim in 1993 along with the adoption of Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0067. In 1996, in conjunction with an amendment to The Disneyland Resort Project, the City Council approved an Addendum to EIR No. 311, including a Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 0067. The prior CEQA review for The Disneyland Resort Project is referred to as the “DR EIR” in this report. The Disneyland Resort Project currently allows the following development:
Theme Park District: Up to 6,850,000 square feet (“sf”) of theme park uses, up to 1,025 hotel rooms, and up to 475,000 sf of administration buildings with up to 2,300 associated parking spaces
Hotel District: Up to 5,600 hotel rooms (including the 1,025 hotel rooms allowed in the Theme Park District), up to 300,000 sf of retail/restaurant uses, up to 9,930 parking spaces, and up to 200,000 sf of meeting rooms/convention space Theme Park District/Hotel District: Up to 350,000 sf of the theme park square footage allowed in the Theme Park District may be developed as a retail entertainment center in the Hotel District
Parking District, East Parking Area: Up to 17,600 parking spaces, including up to 5,000 parking spaces that may be located in the Theme Park District 3 Parking District, West Parking Area: Up to 16,700 parking spaces Future Expansion District: Up to 5,100 parking spaces As of the date of the Notice of Preparation of Subsequent EIR No. 352 for the Project, October 21, 2021, Disney has developed approximately 45% of entitled square footage of theme park space within the Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks, 2,342 hotel rooms, and approximately 28,436 guest and cast parking spaces, along with various other components of the allowed development. As shown in Table 1, Disney has remaining entitlements within the DRSP area to develop approximately 3,657,115 sf of theme park, 3,258 hotel rooms, and 23,194 guest and cast parking spaces, along with various other components of development. Figure 3, Current DRSP Districts, shows the existing DRSP Districts.
Permitted ARSP Development
The City analyzed the environmental impacts of the ARSP Project in Master Environmental Impact Report No. 313 (“Master EIR”), which the City certified in 1994, along with the adoption of Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C. In December 2012, the City certified Supplemental EIR No. 340 in support of the approval of the Amendment No. 14 to the ARSP Project (“ARSP SEIR”).
As detailed in Table 1, the ARSP as amended allows development on Disney ARSP Properties of up to 75 or 50 hotel rooms per gross acre with approval of a Final Site Plan as indicated below:
Up to 1,116 hotel rooms on 1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester Avenue, and 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard
Up to 3,348 hotel rooms at 1900 S. Harbor Boulevard
Up to 534 hotel rooms at 333 W. Ball Road
Up to 564 hotel rooms at 1717 S. Disneyland Drive (Paradise Pier Hotel) Section 18.116.070 of the City of Anaheim Municipal Code also allows the development of theme parks, entertainment venues, and transportation facilities on these properties with approval of a conditional use permit.
4 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Project would not increase the amount of previously approved theme park square footage or hotel rooms. However, the Project would permit an increase of 4,376 theme park-related parking spaces in the ARSP. It would also allow transfer of theme park, hotel, and other retail, dining, and entertainment uses, and parking permitted in The Disneyland Resort Project to Disney Properties and provide for administrative review of Disney’s projects. The Project would require, among other things, the approval of amendments to the DRSP, ARSP, General Plan Circulation Element, and MPAH. Figure 4, Proposed Development Districts and Overlays, shows a map of the proposed DRSP districts and ARSP zoning overlays within the Project Site. Table 2, Proposed Permitted Development Summary, summarizes the proposed development limits with the Project.
DRSP Amendments
The Project proposes to reallocate allowable land uses within the Theme Park District (389 acres), the Parking District (57.1 acres), and the Southeast District (24.7 acres). The former Hotel District would become part of the Theme Park District and the Future Expansion District would become the Southeast District.
The Project would allow Disney to move a portion of the unused approved theme park square footage to the existing Hotel District, which would become part of the new expanded Theme Park District of the DRSP. The Project also would allow Disney to move a portion of the unused approved theme park square footage to the existing Future Expansion District, which would become the Southeast District of the DRSP, and to the proposed Theme Park East and West Overlays of the ARSP.
Under the Project, Disney could develop cumulatively up to 6,850,000 previously approved sf of theme park uses in the DRSP, including up to 6,850,000 previously approved sf in the expanded Theme Park District if all theme park square footage were developed in the expanded Theme Park District. Disney could also develop a portion of this previously approved theme park square footage in the newly renamed Southeast District (up to 390,000 sf), in the proposed Theme Park East Overlay (up to 840,000 sf), and in the proposed Theme Park West Overlay (up to 80,000 sf).
If theme park square footage is developed in the Southeast District and Theme Park East and 5 West Overlays, an equivalent amount of theme park square footage would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum theme park square footage would not exceed 6,850,000 sf.
Similarly, the Project would allow Disney to move the unused portion of the hotel room approvals from the existing Hotel District to the existing Theme Park District or the existing Future Expansion District, the newly renamed Southeast District. Under the Project, Disney could develop cumulatively up to 5,600 previously approved hotel rooms in the DRSP, including a combination of up to 5,600 previously approved hotel rooms in the expanded Theme Park District if all hotel rooms were developed in the expanded Theme Park District and up to 1,852 previously approved hotel rooms in the newly renamed Southeast District.
Disney is not seeking additional square footage for theme park uses or retail entertainment uses or additional hotel rooms within The Disneyland Resort as part of this Project. Instead, the Project would allow Disney to move the existing approvals to other areas governed by the DRSP and ARSP. The DRSP also would be amended consistent with the General Plan amendments described below, including changes to the circulation system.
ARSP Amendments
The Project would create a Theme Park East Overlay within the ARSP for the existing Toy Story Parking Lot and a Theme Park West Overlay within the ARSP for the existing Paradise Pier Hotel.
The Theme Park Overlay would allow Disney to develop theme park uses on these properties concurrently with the development of theme park uses on the expanded Theme Park District or the Southeast District of the DRSP. With the Project, Disney could develop up to 840,000 sf of previously approved theme park uses within the Theme Park East Overlay and up to 80,000 sf of previously approved theme park uses within the Theme Park West Overlay for a cumulative total of up to 920,000 sf of previously approved theme park uses in these Overlays. The Anaheim Municipal Code currently allows theme park uses in these Overlay areas with approval of a conditional use permit.
The Project would create a Parking Overlay within the ARSP for the Disney ARSP Properties located at 1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester Avenue, 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard, 6 and 333 W. Ball Road. The Project would increase the number of permitted theme park parking spaces in the Parking Overlay at 333 W. Ball Road, permitting up to 5,700 parking spaces (this includes 1,324 existing spaces plus 4,376 additional spaces). The Parking Overlay would permit development of the same type of parking and transportation facilities allowed under Anaheim Municipal Code Section 18.114.080 for the East Parking Area of the DRSP Parking District, and the same type of back-of-house uses, limited retail, and dining and entertainment uses allowed under Anaheim Municipal Code Section 18.114.060 for the Theme Park District of the DRSP.
Disney could also develop hotel rooms in these Overlays as permitted by the existing ARSP and summarized in Table 2.
The ARSP also would be amended consistent with the General Plan amendments described below, including changes to the circulation system.
Vehicular Circulation
Convenient automobile access to The Disneyland Resort is an essential component of the success of The Disneyland Resort Project. Most visitors come to the Project area by automobile or bus, and it is especially important that the visitors’ experience be pleasant upon both arrival and departure. To assure this, the DRSP requires numerous improvements to the circulation system designed to enhance the visitor experience and ensure a safe and efficient transportation system for residents and employees in the area.
Improvements for area roads implemented and to be implemented in connection with The Disneyland Resort Project include enhanced connections with Interstate 5, improvements to the arterial and secondary road system, and construction of parking facilities to accommodate visitors to The Disneyland Resort and the Anaheim Convention Center. Many of these improvements have been constructed since approval of The Disneyland Resort Project in 1993. The Project would continue to implement physical improvements to the local transportation system envisioned by mitigation measures in the prior EIRs to enhance connectivity, access, and safety.
The proposed vehicular circulation system is depicted in Figure 5, Roadway Modifications and Vehicular Circulation Plan. General vehicular access would continue to be provided from I-5 and 7 the following signalized intersections under the jurisdiction of the City of Anaheim: Ball Road & Disneyland Drive, Katella Avenue & Disneyland Drive, Harbor Boulevard & Disney Way, Convention Way & Harbor Boulevard, Clementine Street & Katella Avenue, Clementine Street & Disney Way, Manchester Avenue & Harbor Boulevard, and Ball Road & Harbor Boulevard. The Project requests the following modifications to the City’s Circulation Transportation System as shown in Figure 5:
Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways Amendment. Removal of the planned future extensions of Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue and Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street, which are planned through the Southeast District of the DRSP and the adjacent Theme Park East Overlay in the ARSP
Reclassification of Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard from a six-lane Major Arterial to a four-lane Primary Arterial General Plan Amendment.
Approval of an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan to remove the Class I Bike Path in the Southern California Edison ROW between Harbor Boulevard and Anaheim Boulevard and add a Class I Bike Path on the north side of Disney Way between Clementine Street and Anaheim Boulevard Approval of an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan to add a Class I Bike Path on the west side of Clementine Street between Alro Way and Disney Way (limits subject to change based on determination of proposed dedication) Removal of the planned future extensions of Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue, and Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street, which are planned through the Southeast District of the DRSP and the adjacent Theme Park East Overlay in the ARSP
Approval of an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element and the City’s Planned Roadway Network map (Figure C-1 of the General Plan Circulation Element) to reflect the following intersection lane configurations:
o At Harbor Boulevard & Convention Way, provide two left-turn lanes, one shared through/right-turn lane, and one exclusive right-turn lane on the eastbound approach and one left-turn lane, one shared through/right-turn lane, and one exclusive right-turn lane on the westbound approach (consistent with existing configuration)9
o At Haster Street & Gene Autry Way, provide a single shared left-turn/through/rightturn lane for the eastbound approach and three left-turn lanes and two right-turn 9 The final intersection configuration is subject to change and will be finalized when a site-specific access analysis is conducted for the Theme Park East Overlay.
8 lanes for the westbound approach. The northbound approach would be equipped with a right-turn signal overlapping with the westbound left-turn signal phase Reclassification of Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard from a six-lane Major Arterial to a four-lane Primary Arterial (with no reduction to the width of the ultimate public ROW)
Approval of an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan to modify the classification of the planned bike facility on Walnut Street between Katella Avenue and Ball Road from Class II Bike Lanes to a Class I Bike Path on the east side of Walnut Street
Street Abandonment.
Abandonment of public ROW on Magic Way between Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive (pedestrian and emergency access would be provided)
Abandonment of public ROW on Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and the southern property line of the proposed Southeast District of the DRSP Abandonment of public ROW on Hotel Way north of Disney Way Other Improvements.
Installation of a pedestrian signal on Walnut Street at Magic Way Installation of a Class I Bike Path with a single two-way, off-street, shared-use pathway for pedestrians and bicycles with a minimum width of 10 feet10 on the east side of Walnut Street from Ball Road to Katella Avenue
Installation of (1) a Class I Bike Path with a minimum width of 10 feet on the north side of Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard11 and Clementine Street; (2) a single two-way, off-street, shared-use pathway for pedestrians and bicycles with a minimum width of 10 feet on the west side of Clementine Street between Alro Way and Disney Way; and (3) a bike parking facility in the East Parking Area and/or the Parking Overlay just north of the East Parking Area
Provide in-lieu contribution and dedicate ROW adjacent to the Project Site on Ball Road and Haster Street for proposed Class II Bicycle Lanes on those streets Installation of traffic signal control at the existing driveway to the Southeast District on Haster Street south of Katella Avenue12
10 Where utility relocations are not feasible, the pathway may include brief sections with a minimum width of eight feet. 11 The portion between Anaheim Boulevard and the I-5 southbound off-ramp is under Caltrans jurisdiction. Disney would work with Caltrans to approve and implement this Bike Path. 12 This action would be subject to a traffic signal warrant analysis. 9 Installation of traffic signal control at the intersection of Manchester Avenue / Clementine Street & Alro Way13
Construction of at least one and up to three grade-separated pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue with public access to/from the sidewalk on Harbor Boulevard
Widen Katella Avenue to four westbound lanes along Disney’s property adjacent to the Theme Park District from Disneyland Drive to approximately 800 feet west of Harbor Boulevard
Widen Katella Avenue to four eastbound lanes along Disney’s property adjacent to the Southeast District (from approximately 700 feet west of Clementine Street to approximately 400 feet east of Clementine Street)
Trip Reduction Measures
The Project would continue to implement a number of trip reduction measures, including those that directly support alternative means of transportation like transit, bicycle travel, and pedestrian movement. Consistent with the originally approved The Disneyland Resort Project and ARSP Project, this Project would include pedestrian linkages between land uses and areas of the Project Site, including landscaped walkways, promenades, and plazas. To further enhance pedestrian circulation and connectivity between land uses, the Project would include opportunities for construction of at least one and up to three grade-separated pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue and up to two additional pedestrian bridges over Disneyland Drive.
The Project would continue to implement and administer a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management (“TDM”) program for all cast members, as detailed in Chapter 4.
Pedestrian Circulation
The development of new attractions and hotel rooms and construction of the peripheral public parking facilities and mass transit systems discussed in this section have increased pedestrian activity in both the Project Site and the surrounding Anaheim Resort. This has enhanced the urban 13 This action would be subject to a traffic signal warrant analysis. 10 character of the Project Site and requires that facilities be provided to meet the needs of pedestrians.
Figure 6, Proposed Pedestrian Circulation, illustrates the existing and proposed pedestrian circulation system within the Project Site and surrounding area. Pedestrian routes, pedestrian and vehicular access points, and approximate pedestrian bridge locations are identified in Figure 7, Guest Pedestrian and Vehicular Access Points. The primary destinations of pedestrians within the surrounding area will be:
The Theme Park District
The Southeast District
East and West Parking Areas within the Parking District The Disneyland Resort hotels within the Theme Park District and Southeast District The Theme Park Overlays and Parking Overlays of the ARSP Hotels, restaurants, businesses, and parking in the surrounding Anaheim Resort The Anaheim Convention Center
Downtown Disney
Theme Parks
Grade-separated pedestrian bridges serve as a key connector over public street ROW, connecting users from one side of the street to the other without impeding traffic flow. Gradeseparated pedestrian bridges currently exist over Disneyland Drive and Magic Way. The Project may construct two additional pedestrian bridges over Disneyland Drive between Magic Way and Katella Avenue. The Project also will construct at least one and up to three grade-separated pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue in connection with the construction and prior to the operation of parking structures and/or a substantial increase in surface spaces or substantial change in operation of those spaces in the DRSP Parking District (East Parking Area) and/or the adjacent Parking Overlay. As an example, those Cast Members parking in existing surface spaces in the Parking Overlay north of the East Parking Area currently take a shuttle to the theme parks and no pedestrian access to Harbor 11 Boulevard is permitted until such time that a pedestrian bridge is constructed. Approximate pedestrian bridge locations are identified in Figure 7.
An existing pedestrian route running east-west between Harbor Boulevard and Disneyland Drive currently serves as the main connection to the entrances of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, including ticket booths and entry gates. To the west of the theme park entrances, this walkway becomes the retail, dining and entertainment district known as Downtown Disney, continuing westward on a grade-separated pedestrian bridge constructed over the lowered Disneyland Drive, and currently ending near The Disneyland Resort hotels west of Disneyland Drive. Pedestrian-friendly furnishings, retail and dining uses, and landscaping exist all along this pedestrian route, which is, while generally open to the public, on private property and subject to Disney restrictions. Project implementation may include reconfiguration and/or replacement of the existing east-west pedestrian route, including the space currently devoted to central theme park ticketing and gate functions. With any such changes, a non-ticketed pedestrian route for eastwest circulation shall be provided through the Theme Park District connecting major destinations (theme parks, Downtown Disney, hotels, and parking facilities) to Harbor Boulevard and Walnut Street and would meet public safety size requirements.
Project Land Use Analysis Scenario
While the Project allows the transfer of permitted uses among Disney Properties, this study analyzed a specific scenario that was identified as having the greatest change to traffic conditions compared with the current entitlements (i.e., development of the Project Site to the full permitted density at the currently permitted locations). That scenario includes developing the maximum 1,852 hotel rooms (along with the permitted 5,100 parking spaces) within the Southeast District and developing the remaining allowed 1,406 hotel rooms along the north side of the Theme Park District south of Ball Road (rather than developing additional hotels within the current Hotel District). Five hundred of those hotel rooms would be located west of Disneyland Drive, with access from Ball Road at Flore Street / West Place, and the remaining 906 hotel rooms would be located east of Disneyland Drive, with access from Ball Road at Ox Road / Cast Place. The scenario also includes development of 5,700 parking spaces at HCML, an increase of 4,376 spaces over what is currently provided. While development of theme park square footage and retail, dining, and entertainment uses would be permitted on Disney Properties outside of the 12 existing Theme Park District, parking for those uses would not change from current entitlements (other than the proposed additional parking at HCML) and, therefore, any relocations of those uses would not affect traffic patterns. This scenario also assumes development of the hotel rooms currently permitted within the Disney ARSP Properties. This analyzed scenario is illustrated in Figure 8, Analyzed Project Land Use Scenario.
Traffic volume forecasts were developed based on this analyzed scenario for use in a non-CEQA transportation analysis for the Project. They were also used in non-transportation CEQA analyses (air quality, noise) presented in Subsequent EIR No. 352. They are provided in Appendix A.
PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The DR EIR and ARSP SEIR analyzed and identified the environmental impacts of buildout of the DRSP and ARSP, respectively. Both documents analyzed transportation impacts on the basis of level of service (“LOS”) at intersections and street segments. However, State of California Senate Bill 743 (Steinberg, 2013) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b), resulted in a change to CEQA that now requires transportation impacts to be analyzed on the basis of vehicle miles traveled (“VMT”) rather than LOS. Therefore, the environmental analysis methodology from the DR EIR and ARSP SEIR for transportation impacts is no longer applicable under CEQA.
Nonetheless, below is a summary of the transportation analysis of the DR EIR and the ARSP SEIR.
DR EIR
The DR EIR analyzed City intersections based on forecast conditions in the years 2000 and 2010.
With substantial infrastructure improvements, through the implementation of project design features (“PDFs”) and mitigation measures (“MMs”), summarized below, City streets and intersections were projected to operate at acceptable LOS D or better during the afternoon peak hour. The DR EIR also projected traffic volumes on various freeway segments under the guidelines of the then-current 1991 Orange County Congestion Management Program (OCTA, 1991). The DR EIR found that buildout of the DRSP would generate hundreds of peak hour trips on the freeway system, including the mainline freeway lanes and the high occupancy vehicle 13 lanes. It identified afternoon peak hour deficiencies by Year 2000 on Interstate 5 (“I-5”) between State Route (“SR”) 91 and Harbor Boulevard, between Harbor Boulevard and Katella Avenue, and between Katella Avenue and SR 22, although the I-5 widening project, which has since been completed, was expected to fully mitigate these deficiencies. The DR EIR also projected substantial traffic impacts on Disney Way (formerly Freedman Way) between Manchester Avenue / Clementine Street and I-5 during the morning and late-night peak hours, although those hours were not quantitatively analyzed in the DR EIR. The City adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations with regard to these significant and unavoidable impacts.
The DR EIR identified various PDFs and MMs to reduce the traffic impacts associated with buildout of the currently approved development, including major infrastructure improvements within the vicinity. Those infrastructure improvements have already been implemented and operational for many years. On-going operational MMs such as TDM measures and construction traffic management measures continue to be implemented. PDFs also have been implemented within those components of the DRSP constructed to date. The complete list of required PDFs and MMs from the DR EIR is provided in Appendix B.
ARSP SEIR
Master EIR No. 313 analyzed the environmental impacts of the ARSP Project and was certified by the City in 1994, along with the adoption of Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C. The ARSP SEIR, certified by the City in 2012 to support an amendment to the ARSP, analyzed the impacts associated with full buildout of the ARSP area, including buildout of the DRSP, which is wholly located within the ARSP study area. The ARSP permits a maximum of 35,000 hotel rooms, expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center to 2.12 million sf, and a total of 320,000 sf of additional commercial and event space. Under the ARSP, in lieu of hotel rooms, commercial space can be developed at a rate of 600 sf per permitted hotel room.
The ARSP SEIR projected traffic conditions for “Interim Year” 2015 and “General Plan Buildout” Year 2030 based on the Anaheim Traffic Analysis Model, which included development of The Disneyland Resort based on the DR EIR. It analyzed intersections and arterial street segments in Anaheim and the Cities of Orange and Garden Grove as well as the California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”) mainline freeway and ramp facilities. It concluded that full build-out of 14 the ARSP would not result in significant intersection impacts by Interim Year 2015 conditions, but significant impacts might remain at up to nine analyzed intersections under General Plan Buildout Year 2030 conditions if necessary MMs were found to be infeasible or were otherwise unable to be implemented.
The City adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations with certification of the ARSP SEIR.
The ARSP SEIR also identified various MMs that may apply to the Project. The complete list of MMs and conditions of approval for the ARSP SEIR is provided in Appendix B.
PROJECT CEQA ANALYSIS
As noted above, the DR EIR analyzed transportation impacts on the basis of LOS, but CEQA, including CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b), now requires that transportation analysis be based on VMT. The City approved VMT as the basis for determining significant impacts under CEQA in a City Council meeting on June 23, 2020. This report, therefore, analyzes the effects of the Project based on City of Anaheim Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for CEQA Analysis (City, June 2020) (“City Guidelines”), which describes the City’s approach to analyzing VMT. Under the City Guidelines, the VMT analysis must be conducted using the Orange County Transportation Analysis Model (“OCTAM”) to assess Project-generated VMT and the Project’s effect on VMT. The Project-generated VMT per service population is compared against a threshold based on the County-wide VMT per service population. The Project’s effect on VMT is measured based on the City-wide VMT per service population, with and without the Project.
The following CEQA transportation thresholds of significance are analyzed in this report:
1. Would the Project conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities? (Chapter 3)
2. Would the Project conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b)? (Chapter 4)
3. Would the Project substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment)? (Chapter 5)
4. Would the Project result in inadequate emergency access? (Chapter 6) 15 This report also contains a discussion of Project construction in Chapter 7 and, in Chapter 8, a summary of MMs and PDFs from The Disneyland Resort Project Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0067 and the ARSP Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C that are applicable to the Project. 16 5
Ball Rd
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Manchester Av
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Disneyland Dr West St
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5 Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Designated for future extension
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Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
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LOCAL VICINITY AND EXISTING SPECIFIC PLAN DESIGNATIONS FIGURE 1 17
Toy Story Parking Lot
1900 S. Harbor Bl
Manchester Cast Member Lot
1530 S. Harbor Bl
1515 S. Manchester Av
1585 S. Manchester Av
Harbor Cast Member Lot
333 W. Ball Rd
Paradise Pier Hotel
1717 S. Disneyland Dr
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DRSP AND DISNEY ARSP PROPERTIES FIGURE
2 Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Disney Owned or Leased Properties in ARSP
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
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Designated for future extension
in General Plan Circulation Element
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CURRENT DRSP DISTRICTS FIGURE
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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND OVERLAYS FIGURE
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ROADWAY MODIFICATIONS AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION PLAN FIGURE 5 Removal of Planned Future Roadway Extensions as Part of Project (Existing right-of-way on Clementine Street north of Orangewood Avenue would remain as a local street)
DRSP and ARSP Right-of-Way Improvements (combination of completed and remaining to be completed with future development) Roadway Reclassification
Existing Theme Park Drop-Off Area
Proposed Theme Park Drop-Off Area (location is approximate) C Lane Configurations Modified Due to Removal of Gene Autry Way S Proposed Traffic Signal
I Feasible Improvements Proposed
NOTES:
1. More detailed information showing the remaining vehicular and other circulation improvements are described in SEIR 352 and are on file with the City.
2. Vehicular circulation fom Magic Way to Walnut Street is right-turn only. As part of the Project, Magic Way at Walnut Street will no longer provide vehicular access, except for emergency vehicles.
3. Disney Way to be reclassified from a 6-lane Primary Arterial to a 4-lane Major Arterial with no reduction in width of the ultimate public right-of-way.
Proposed Road Abandonment
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
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Manchester Ave Harbor Bl
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Disneyland Dr
Haster St
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PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION FIGURE
6 Public Pedestrian Route to be Removed
as part of Road Abandonment
Public Pedestrian Route
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Disney ARSP Properties
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
Other Specific Plan Areas
NOTES:
1. Sidewalks are provided for all public streets unless shown on this exhbit.
Public sidewalks located outside of the boundaries of The Anaheim Resort are not shown on this exhibit.
2. Until parking structure is constructed in the East Parking Area, existing public sidewalk to remain on the north side of Disney Way, west of Clementine Street.
3. Existing public sidewalks to remain on Magic Way until road abandonment occurs.
4. Non-ticketed pedestrian routes for east-west circulation shall be provided through the Theme Park District connecting major destinations (theme parks, Downtown Disney, hotels, and parking facilities) to Harbor Boulevard, Walnut Street, and Disneyland Drive. 22 Parking District
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5 Ball Rd
Vermont Av
Magic Wy
Disney
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Convention Wy
Manchester Av
Cast Pl
West Pl
Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr West St
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av Cerritos Av
Paradise Wy
Orangewood Av
Chapman Av
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GUEST PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR ACCESS POINTS FIGURE
7 Pedestrian Access Point
Pedestrian and Vehicular Access Point
Vehicular Access Point
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP)
Disney ARSP Properties
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP)
Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1 (HCSP)
Other Specific Plan Areas
NOTES:
1. Non-ticketed pedestrian routes for east-west circulation shall be provided through the Theme Park District connecting major destinations (theme parks, Downtown Disney, hotels, and parking facilities) to Harbor Boulevard, Walnut Street, and Disneyland Drive.
2. Potential locations of pedestrian bridges:
∙ Harbor Boulevard, between Manchester Avenue and Disney Way ∙ Disneyland Drive, between Magic Way and Katella Avenue ∙ Katella Avenue connecting the Anaheim Convention Center area to what is now Disney’s California Adventure theme park (EIR 311)
3. As of November 2021, there is bus/shuttle access, however, such access may be removed if a transit center is moved the DRSP Parking District East Parking Area or adjacent ARSP Parking Overlay.
4. The location of access points may be adjusted subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
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spaces)
District A
Theme Park District
Up to 3,657,115 sf of
additional theme park uses
permitted, less that developed
at the theme park overlays
(no changes to theme
park parking)
Theme Park East Overlay
Up to 840,000 sf of theme park
(no changes to theme park parking)
and up to 3,348 hotel rooms
Parking Overlay
5,700 parking spaces and
up to 534 hotel rooms
Parking Overlay
Accommodates East Parking
Area permitted parking and
up to 1,116 hotel rooms
Southeast District
Up to 390,000 sf of theme
park, 1,852 hotel rooms and
5,100 parking spaces
Theme Park West Overlay
Up to 80,000 sf of theme
park (no changes to theme
park parking) and up to 45
additional hotel rooms
Former Hotel
District
3,258 hotel
rooms removed
Theme Park
District
500 hotel
rooms added
with access
to Ball Road
at West Place
Theme Park District
906 hotel rooms added
with access to Ball Road
at Cast Place
Parking District
East Parking Area
(17,600 parking spaces)
Disneyland
Theme Park
California Adventure
Theme Park
5 Ball Rd
Vermont Av
Magic Wy
Disney
Wy
Convention Wy
Manchester Av
Cast Pl
West Pl
Harbor Bl
Clementine St
Disneyland Dr West St
Haster St
Anaheim Bl
Walnut St
Gene Autry Wy
Katella Av
Cerritos Av Cerritos Av
Paradise Wy
Orangewood Av
Chapman Av
Not to Scale
ANALYZED PROJECT LAND USE SCENARIO FIGURE
8 Theme Park District
Southeast District
District A
Parking District
Proposed DRSP Districts
Theme Park Overlay
Parking Overlay
Disney ARSP Properties
24 TABLE 1
CURRENTLY PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY
Land Use Allowed by
Specific Plan
Existing Development
[a]
Remaining
Entitlement [a]
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
Hotel District (97 acres)
Hotel Rooms 5,600 rooms 2,342 rooms [b] 3,258 rooms
Hotel Retail/Restaurant 300,000 sf 159,549 sf 140,451 sf Hotel Meeting Space 200,000 sf 161,220 sf 38,780 sf
Parking Spaces 9,930 spaces 5,885 spaces 4,045 spaces
Theme Park District (292 acres)
Theme Park 6,850,000 sf 3,192,885 sf [c] 3,657,115 sf
Administration Building 475,000 sf 305,430 sf 169,570 sf Administration Parking Spaces 2,300 spaces 1,545 spaces 755 spaces Parking District (57.1 acres)
East Parking Area 17,600 spaces 2,179 spaces [d] 15,421 spaces West Parking Area 16,700 spaces 16,298 spaces 402 spaces Future Expansion District (24.7 acres)
Parking Area 5,100 spaces 2,529 spaces 2,571 spaces
Total
7,825,000 sf
5,600 hotel rooms
51,630 parking spaces
3,819,084 sf
2,342 hotel rooms
28,436 parking spaces
4,005,916 sf
3,258 hotel rooms
23,194 parking spaces
Disney ARSP Properties
1515 S. Manchester Avenue
1585 S. Manchester Avenue
1530 S. Harbor Boulevard
(Manchester Cast Member Lot)
(14.88 acres)
1,116 hotel rooms
(75 rooms per gross acre or
75 rooms per lot or parcel,
whichever is greater)
Cast Member parking
(1,261 spaces - temporary
parking lot initially approved
on May 8, 2019, and an
approximately 67,424-sf office
building)
1,116 hotel rooms
1900 S. Harbor Boulevard
(Toy Story Lot)
(44.66 acres)
3,348 hotel rooms
(75 rooms per gross acre or
75 rooms per lot or parcel,
whichever is greater) [e]
Toy Story Parking Lot
(4,603 spaces - temporary
parking lot approved through
June 26, 2024)
3,348 hotel rooms
333 W. Ball Road
(Harbor Cast Member Lot)
(10.69 acres)
534 hotel rooms
(50 rooms per gross acre or
75 rooms per lot or parcel,
whichever is greater)
Cast Member parking
(1,324 spaces) 534 hotel rooms
1717 S. Disneyland Drive
(Paradise Pier Hotel)
(5.15 acres)
564 hotel rooms
(50 rooms per gross acre or
75 rooms per lot or parcel,
whichever is greater) [f]
Paradise Pier Hotel
(489 rooms and
approximately 17,619 sf in
ancillary commercial uses)
45 hotel rooms
Notes:
sf = square feet.
[a] These numbers are as of the date of the Notice of Preparation, October 21, 2021; over the course of this environmental review process, these numbers may change due to ongoing development efforts based on current entitlements. [b] Existing hotel rooms include Vacation Ownership Resort (VOR) units at the Grand Californian Hotel and the Disneyland Hotel. [c] This amount includes the existing 246,702 sf of retail, dining, and entertainment in Downtown Disney as of the NOP. The DRSP allows up to 350,000 sf of retail, dining and entertainment sf in either the Theme Park or Hotel District. [d] This amount includes the exisitng 842 spaces in the Ball Cast Member Lot. The DRSP allows up to 5,000 parking spaces identified for the East Parking Area to be located in the Theme Park District. [e] Acreage for density excludes ultimate public right-of-way for Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way. [f] The Paradise Pier Hotel property is comprised of two parcels: a 4.48-acre parcel that includes 489 hotel rooms and a 0.67-acre property that is allowed 75 hotel rooms.
25 TABLE 2
PROPOSED PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY
Land Use Maximum Allowable Development
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
Theme Park District (389 acres)
Hotel Rooms Up to 5,600 rooms [a]
Hotel Retail/Restaurant Up to 300,000 sf
Hotel Meeting Space Up to 200,000 sf
Parking for Hotel Uses Up to 9,930 spaces
Theme Park District Retail Entertainment Up to 350,000 sf [b] Theme Park and Back-of-House Uses Up to 6,850,000 sf [b,c] Administration Building 475,000 sf
Administration Building Parking 2,300 spaces
Theme Park Parking 5,000 spaces [d]
Parking District (57.1 acres)
East Parking Area Up to 17,600 spaces [d]
West Parking Area Up to 16,700 spaces
Southeast District (24.7 acres)
Theme Park Up to 390,000 sf [c]
Hotel Rooms Up to 1,852 rooms [a]
Parking 5,100 spaces
Total Maximum Allowable Development
7,825,000 sf
5,600 hotel rooms
51,630 parking spaces
Disney ARSP Properties [e]
Parking Overlay (25.57 acres) [f]
1515 S. Manchester Avenue, 1585 S. Manchester
Avenue, and 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard
(Manchester Cast Member Lot)
A portion of the parking spaces allocated
to the East Parking Area of the DRSP and
up to 1,116 hotel rooms
333 W. Ball Road
(Harbor Cast Member Lot)
Up to 5,700 parking spaces and
up to 534 hotel rooms [g]
Theme Park East Overlay (44.66 acres) [h]
1900 S. Harbor Boulevard
(Toy Story Lot)
Up to 840,000 sf of theme park uses and
up to 3,348 hotel rooms [c]
Theme Park West Overlay (5.15 acres)
1717 S. Disneyland Drive
(Paradise Pier Hotel)
Up to 80,000 sf of theme park uses and
up to 564 hotel rooms [c]
Notes:
sf = square feet.
[a] Up to 1,852 hotel rooms may be constructed in the Southeast District; however, an equivalent number of potential hotel rooms would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum number of hotel rooms would not exceed 5,600. [b] Up to 350,000 sf of the theme park and back-of-house sf may be developed as retail, dining and entertainment sf. [c] Theme park sf may be constructed in the Southeast District and Theme Park East Overlay; however, an equivalent number of potential theme park sf would be removed from the allotment for the Theme Park District, such that the maximum theme park sf would not exceed 6,850,000 sf. The amount of restaurant sf in the Southeast District and the Theme Park East Overlay shall be further limited to up to 20 percent of the allotted theme park square footage in each District/Overlay.
[d] Up to 5,000 parking spaces may be constructed within the Theme Park District; however, an equivalent number of potential spaces would be removed from the allotment for the East Parking Area.
[e] Actual acres for hotel density to be determined by a licensed Civil Engineer / Land Surveyor. [f] For any square footage for back-of-house uses or limited retail, dining, and entertainment uses, the traffic generation characteristics of said uses shall not exceed those associated with the otherwise permitted hotel/motel (including accessory uses) density as determined by the City Traffic and Transportation Manager prior to approval of building plans. Further, the proposed development shall not result in infrastructure impacts greater than those associated with the property's permitted hotel/motel density, unless such impacts are duly analyzed and mitigated pursuant to subsequent environmental review (such impacts shall be determined through a sewer and traffic impact analyiss to be submitted to the City Engineer). Additional infrastructure studies may be required as determined by the Planning Director. [g] Up to 5,700 parking spaces includes the number of existing spaces (1,324 spaces) plus additional spaces (4,376 spaces). [h] The planned extensions of Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way are proposed to be removed as part of the Project; therefore, the total acreage for the Theme Park East Overlay has been adjusted to include the acreages associated with these street rights-of-way; however, the maximum intensity of up to 3,348 hotel rooms would not change.
26 Chapter 2
Existing Conditions
This chapter describes the Project’s environmental setting, including the existing freeway and street systems, public transit service, and pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.
EXISTING STREET SYSTEM
The existing street system in the Project area consists of a regional roadway system including freeways, arterials, and smart streets. These facilities provide regional, sub-regional, or local access and circulation within the Project area. Typically, the speed limits range between 25 and 45 miles per hour (“mph”) on the streets and are 65 mph on freeways.
Freeway System
The freeway system provides regional access to the Project area. I-5 provides the bulk of regional access, but drivers also travel to the Project area using SR 57, SR 22, and SR 91. Together these freeways also provide extensive regional connectivity. Each are summarized below:
I-5 travels northwest and southeast through the Project area, with interchanges at Disneyland Drive, Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim Boulevard / Disney Way / Katella Avenue, and Gene Autry Way, including direct access to and/or from high-occupancy-vehicle (“HOV”) lanes at several interchanges. I-5 traverses the state of California, locally connecting south Orange County to Los Angeles, passing through Irvine and Santa Ana to the southeast and Buena Park, Norwalk, and Downey to the northwest. Because it travels northwest and southeast, it provides connections to nearly every freeway in Southern California and, thus, serves as a collector for the entire region. SR 57 travels north and south approximately 1.4 miles east of the Project area, with interchanges at Orangewood Avenue, Katella Avenue, and Ball Road. It travels from the I5 / SR 57 / SR 22 freeway interchange approximately 1.7 miles southeast of the Project area to the eastern San Gabriel Valley to the north, passing through or adjacent to the cities of Orange, Fullerton, Placentia, Brea, Walnut, Diamond Bar, Pomona, and San Dimas. It 27 provides connections to east-west freeways SR 91, SR 60, I-10, and I-210, which travel between the South Bay, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Pasadena to the west and Riverside, San Bernardino, and the rest of the Inland Empire to the east. SR 22 travels east and west approximately 2.0 miles south of the Project area, with an interchange at Euclid Street and Harbor Boulevard. It travels from Long Beach to the west to Tustin to the east, passing through the cities of Seal Beach, Westminster, Garden Grove, and Orange. It provides connections to I-405 near Long Beach and SR 55 in Tustin, as well as passing through the I-5/SR 57/SR 22 interchange.
SR 91 travels east and west approximately 2.4 miles north of the Project area, with interchanges at Euclid Street and Harbor Boulevard. It travels from Redondo Beach and Gardena to the west to Riverside and the Inland Empire to the east, passing through the cities of Compton, Paramount, Lakewood, Bellflower, Artesia, Cerritos, Buena Park, Fullerton, Placentia, Yorba Linda, and Corona. It provides connections to nearly every northsouth freeway in the greater Los Angeles area.
Street System
The major roadways providing regional and sub-regional access to the Project site vicinity are classified by the General Plan Circulation Element as arterials (major, primary, and secondary) and smart streets. Smart streets seek to improve traffic capacity and smooth traffic flow through signal synchronization, bus turnouts, removal of on-street parking, consolidation of driveways, and implementation of landscaped median islands to limit left turns onto or off of the street. The following is a brief description of the roadways in the Project area, including their street classifications in the General Plan Circulation Element, as illustrated in Figure 9, Roadway Classifications.
Anaheim Boulevard is a Primary Arterial and travels in the north-south direction. The roadway connects to Haster Street at Katella Avenue and is located east of the Project site. It provides three lanes in each direction, with either a center left-turn lane or divider and left-turn lanes at intersections.
Ball Road is a Primary Arterial and travels in the east-west direction. It is located adjacent to several components of the Project site, including the northern boundary of the proposed Theme Park District and the southern boundary of HCML. It provides access to the Theme Park District at Flore Street / West Place, Disneyland Drive, and Ox Road / Cast Place and to HCML via a driveway between Harbor Boulevard and Lemon Street. Ball Road provides three lanes in each direction, with either a center left-turn lane or divider and leftturn lanes at intersections. Cerritos Avenue is a Secondary Arterial west of Walnut Street and Primary Arterial east of Anaheim Boulevard and travels in the east-west direction. There is no connection 28 between Walnut Street and Anaheim Boulevard. West of Walnut Street, it provides one lane in each direction with a center left-turn lane. East of Anaheim Boulevard, it provides two lanes in each direction with a center left-turn lane. Clementine Street is a Secondary Arterial and travels in the north-south direction. The roadway connects to Manchester Avenue at Alro Way adjacent to the East Parking Area and currently terminates at Katella Avenue, where it provides access to the Southeast District. Under the General Plan Circulation Element, Clementine Street is planned to be extended south to Orangewood Avenue, which would pass through the Toy Story Lot. It provides one lane in each direction north of Disney Way and two lanes in each direction south of Disney Way, with a center divider and left-turn lanes at intersections. Disney Way is a Major Arterial and travels in the east-west direction between Harbor Boulevard and Anaheim Boulevard and provides access to the East Parking Area. It provides three lanes in each direction, with a center divider and left-turn lanes at intersections.
Disneyland Drive is a Secondary Arterial and travels in the north-south direction through the middle of the proposed Theme Park District, providing access to the West Parking Area, hotels, and other parking along the street. Disneyland Drive connects with Manchester Avenue at the I-5 ramps north of Ball Road and with West Street at Katella Avenue. It provides two lanes in each direction, with a center divider. Euclid Street is a Primary Arterial and travels in the north-south direction. It is located west of the Project site and provides four to five travel lanes, two to three lanes in each direction, with either a center left-turn lane or divider and left-turn lanes at intersections. Flore Street / West Place is a Local Street providing access to a residential neighborhood north of Ball Road (Flore Street) and providing access to the proposed Theme Park District south of Ball Road (West Place). Both streets provide one lane in each direction with leftturn lanes at Ball Road. Gene Autry Way is a Primary Arterial and travels in the east-west direction. The roadway has a western terminus at Haster Street and provides three lanes in each direction, with a center divider and left-turn lanes intersections. It provides direct ramp access to the I-5 HOV lanes. Under the General Plan Circulation Element, Gene Autry Way is planned to be extended west to Harbor Boulevard at Convention Way, which would pass through the Toy Story Lot (Theme Park East Overlay).
Harbor Boulevard is a Major Arterial and travels in the north-south direction. It is located on the eastern boundary of the Theme Park District and provides access for shuttles and buses at the East Esplanade and to a back-of-house / redirect road at Disney Way, which provides back-of-house circulation along the southern edge of the Theme Park District and connects to Disneyland Drive. Harbor Boulevard provides three lanes in each direction, with a center divider and left-turn lanes at intersections. Haster Street is a Primary Arterial and travels in the north-south direction. The roadway connects to Anaheim Boulevard at Katella Avenue. It provides access to the Southeast District, for which it forms the eastern boundary. It provides three southbound lanes and two to three northbound lanes north of Gene Autry Way and two lanes in each direction south of Gene Autry Way, with a center left-turn lane throughout and left-turn lanes at 29 intersections. Under the General Plan Circulation Element, Haster Street is planned to have three northbound lanes north of Gene Autry Way.
Katella Avenue is a Major Arterial west of Walnut Street and a Resort Smart Street between Walnut Street and I-5. It travels in the east-west direction and provides access to the proposed Theme Park District via two driveways between Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive and via Disneyland Drive itself. It also provides access to the Southeast District (currently the Katella Cast Member Lot), part of the DRSP, at Clementine Street.
It provides three to four lanes in each direction, with a center divider and left-turn lanes at intersections. Under the General Plan Circulation Element, Katella Avenue is planned to have four travel lanes in each direction between Disneyland Drive and I-5. Magic Way is a local east-west roadway connecting Walnut Street to Disneyland Drive and providing local access to Disney parking (including the Pixar Pals structure to the north and the Lilo and Stitch surface lots to the south) and the Disneyland Hotel. It provides one to two lanes in each direction, with turn lanes for local access. Manchester Avenue is a Secondary Arterial and travels in the east-west and northwestsoutheast directions along the west side of I-5. There are multiple disconnected sections of Manchester Avenue within the Project area. The northernmost section connects Lincoln Avenue to Disneyland Drive and provides two lanes in each direction, with left-turn lanes at intersections. The middle section connects Harbor Boulevard to Clementine Street, provides access to MCML and the East Parking Area, and provides one lane in each direction with a center left-turn lane. The southernmost section, which only provides southbound travel, begins at Anaheim Boulevard and travels southeast past Orangewood Avenue, providing two lanes and turn lanes as needed. Under the General Plan Circulation Element, Manchester Avenue is planned to have two northbound and two southbound lanes north of Alro Way.
Orangewood Avenue is a Secondary Arterial west of Manchester Avenue and Primary Arterial east of Manchester Avenue and travels in the east-west direction. It is located south of the Project site and provides two lanes in each direction, with a center left-turn lane and left-turn lanes at intersections.
Ox Road / Cast Place is a Local Street providing access to a hotel and parking lot north of Ball Road (Ox Road) and providing access to the current Disneyland back-of-house area, which is and would remain part of the Theme Park District south of Ball Road (Cast Place).
Walnut Street is a Secondary Arterial and travels in the north-south direction along the western boundary of the West Parking Area of the Parking District and the proposed Theme Park District. The roadway has a southern terminus at Katella Avenue. South of Ball Road, it provides two lanes in each direction with a center divider. North of Ball Road, it provides one lane in each direction.
West Street is a Secondary Arterial and travels in the north-south direction. The roadway connects with Disneyland Drive at Katella Avenue. It provides two lanes in each direction, with a center left-turn lane and left-turn lanes at intersections. 30 PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM
There are various ways to travel to the Project area via public transit, as the theme parks and hotels are major tourist destinations. The various public transit options within and around the Project area are described below and shown in Figure 10, Public Transit. OCTA Route 37 – OCTA Route 37 is a local line that travels between La Habra and Fountain Valley with an average headway of 30 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 40 to 50 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Euclid Street west of the Project within the Project area and stops at Ball Road, Cerritos Avenue, and Katella Avenue.
OCTA Route 43 – OCTA Route 43 is a local line that travels between Fullerton and Costa Mesa with an average headway of 24 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 20 to 30 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Harbor Boulevard within the Project area and stops at Ball Road, The Disneyland Resort’s East Esplanade, and Katella Avenue.
OCTA Route 46 – OCTA Route 46 is a local line that travels between Los Alamitos and Orange, with an average headway of 40 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 50 to 60 minutes on Sundays. This line travels along Ball Road within the Project area with nearby and adjacent stops at Walnut Street, West Place, Cast Place, and Harbor Boulevard north of the Project site.
OCTA Route 47 – OCTA Route 47 is a local line that travels between Fullerton and Newport Beach with an average headway of 20 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 30 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Anaheim Boulevard and Haster Street within the Project area and stops at Ball Road and Katella Avenue. OCTA Route 50 – OCTA Route 50 is a local line that travels between Long Beach and Orange with an average headway of 20 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 40 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Katella Avenue within the Project area and stops at Walnut Street, Disneyland Drive, Harbor Boulevard, Clementine Street, and Anaheim Boulevard.
OCTA Route 83 – OCTA Route 83 is a local line that travels between Anaheim and Laguna Hills with an average headway of 30 minutes during the weekday and weekend. This line generally travels along Katella Avenue within the Project area. Route 83 circulates around the perimeter of the proposed Theme Park District and provides multiple stops along Katella Avenue, Walnut Street, Ball Road, and Harbor Boulevard, including at The Disneyland Resort’s East Esplanade and on Katella Avenue at Clementine Street. OCTA Bravo Route 543 – OCTA Bravo Route 543 is an express line that travels between Fullerton Transportation Center and Costa Mesa with an average headway of 12 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 20 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Harbor Boulevard within the Project area and stops at Ball Road, The Disneyland Resort’s East Esplanade, and at Katella Avenue. 31 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”) Route 460 – Metro operates Route 460, a local line that travels between downtown Los Angeles and The Disneyland Resort. It has an average headway of 20 to 30 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 30 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Harbor Boulevard, Manchester Avenue, and Disney Way within the Project area and stops at Manchester Avenue and adjacent to The Disneyland Resort’s East Shuttle Area. Riverside Transit Agency CommuterLink Route 200 – CommuterLink Route 200 is a commuter express bus connecting San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Anaheim. It operates approximately every 90 minutes on weekdays and 90 minutes to two hours on weekends. This line travels along Katella Avenue and Harbor Boulevard within the Project area and stops at the intersection of Katella Avenue & Harbor Boulevard.
In addition to the inter-city bus lines summarized above, Anaheim Resort Transportation (“ART”) is a public transportation system that provides circulator shuttles with 15 different routes within and around The Anaheim Resort area and nearby vicinity, providing a convenient transportation alternative for short trips within the area. Each ART route stops at the East Shuttle Area serving the Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks.
Additionally, the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (“ARTIC”) is located approximately 2.9 miles east of the Project site on Katella Avenue and is a major transit hub with local bus and commuter rail services. The Orange County Line of Metrolink and Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner include a stop at this station. Metrolink also operates six other rail lines that connect directly or indirectly to the Orange County Line and, therefore, can reach ARTIC. The ART Sports Complex Line connects The Disneyland Resort with ARTIC via Katella Avenue.
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Extensive public and private infrastructure is available to accommodate pedestrian traffic within the Anaheim Resort area. Public infrastructure includes wide sidewalks consistent with General Plan Circulation Element requirements, crosswalks at intersections, pedestrian push-buttons and crosswalk count-down timers, and accessible curb ramps. Private pedestrian infrastructure on the Site includes many of the same features as well as pedestrian bridges over Magic Way adjacent to Disneyland Drive and over Disneyland Drive as part of the Downtown Disney entertainment district.
32 The only location within the Project area missing adequate pedestrian infrastructure as identified in the ARSP is on the southwest side of Manchester Avenue adjacent to 1477 S. Manchester Avenue, which lacks sidewalks. Manchester Avenue has not yet been dedicated or widened to its full width adjacent to that property, which is not owned or controlled by Disney. Additionally, there are no sidewalks on the west side of Disneyland Drive between Ball Road and Paradise Way, but pedestrian access is currently provided via internal walkways which may be redesigned by the Project.
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Figure 11, Existing and Planned Resort-Area Bicycle Infrastructure, shows a map of existing and planned bicycle facilities within the Project area. These facilities are classified in the General Plan Circulation Element as Class I Bike Paths, Class II Bike Lanes, and Class III Bike Routes. Existing facilities have been implemented, while planned facilities have been designated for implementation but have not been designed or engineered, and in some cases the ROW required to implement has not yet been obtained by the City. Each facility is summarized below by classification:
Class I Bike Paths
Class I Bike Paths provide for bicycle travel on ROW completely separated from the street. There are no existing Class I Bike Paths within the Project area. The General Plan Circulation Element plans Class I Bike Paths at two locations, as shown in Figure 11:
The Union Pacific rail ROW and Southern California Edison ROW west of Walnut Street The Southern California Edison property north of Disney Way and extending east past Anaheim Boulevard
33 Class II Bike Lanes
Class II Bike Lanes provide striped and signed lanes within the paved street ROW. As shown in Figure 11, there are currently Class II Bike Lanes on:
Euclid Avenue north of Ball Road
Cerritos Avenue west of Walnut Street14 and east of Anaheim Boulevard Ball Road west of Loara Street and between Anaheim Boulevard and Claudina Street Anaheim Boulevard north of Cerritos Avenue
9th Street south of Katella Avenue
Orangewood Avenue west of Janette Lane and east of Harbor Boulevard The General Plan Circulation Element plans Class II Bike Lanes on:
Euclid Street south of Ball Road
9th Street between Cerritos Avenue and Katella Avenue Walnut Street (full length)
Cerritos Avenue between Euclid Street and Carnelian Street Ball Road between Loara Street and Flore Street / West Place, between Lemon Street and Anaheim Boulevard, and east of Claudina Street
Vermont Avenue east of Citron Street
Anaheim Boulevard between Cerritos Avenue and Katella Avenue Haster Street between Katella Avenue and Simmons Avenue Orangewood Avenue between West Street and Harbor Boulevard 14 Except for a missing portion between Euclid Street and Carnelian Street. 34 Class III Bike Routes
Class III Bike Routes are signed-only bike routes (i.e., no striping to denote a separation of bicycles from vehicular traffic). Existing Class III Bike Routes are provided on:
Cerritos Avenue between Euclid Street and Carnelian Street Ball Road between Loara Street and Walnut Street
Walnut Street north of Ball Road
Each of these Class III Bike Routes are planned to be upgraded to Class II Bike Lanes as summarized above. As shown in Figure 11, the General Plan Circulation Element plans additional Class III Bike Routes on:
Citron Street north of Vermont Avenue
Lemon Street
35 FIGURE
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Chapter 3
Project Consistency With Programs,
Plans, Ordinances, and Policies
This chapter presents an analysis of the Project’s consistency with programs, plans, ordinances, and policies addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. Specifically, as noted in Chapter 1, the analysis seeks to determine whether the Project “would conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities.” A project would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy if it were generally consistent with and would not obstruct implementation of that program, plan, ordinance, or policy.
Additionally, a project would not be inconsistent merely based on whether a project would not implement a particular program, plan, policy, or ordinance. In many cases, such programs, plans, policies, and ordinances are intended to be implemented at the jurisdictional level. If a conflict is identified, MMs would focus on improving access, comfort, and safety for all road users, especially pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders.
The City Guidelines identify the following impact threshold for Active Transportation and Public Transit analysis under CEQA:
A significant impact occurs if the project conflicts with adopted policies, plans, or programs regarding public transit, bicycle, or pedestrian facilities, or otherwise decreases the performance15 or safety of such facilities.
The following programs, plans, policies, and ordinances were reviewed below:
California Senate Bill 743
Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways
15 Per the OPR Technical Advisory, decrease of performance does not include increase in users. 39 Orange County Congestion Management Program
General Plan Circulation Element
Bicycle Master Plan
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
In addition to Project-level consistency, a cumulative analysis is provided of the consistency of the Project in combination with other development projects in the Project area. Also, an analysis of the performance and safety of public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities is provided.
CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 743 (SB 743)
With the adoption of SB 743, which became effective on July 1, 2020, the State of California changed the way local jurisdictions analyze transportation impacts from development projects and identify MMs to reduce those impacts under CEQA. SB 743 requires the amount of driving and length of trips — as measured by VMT — be used to assess transportation impacts on the environment for CEQA review. These impacts will be reduced or “mitigated” by options such as increasing transit, providing for active transportation such as walking and biking, and participating in mitigation banks. All jurisdictions have the option to tailor requirements to their unique communities. SB 743 replaced the previous practice that evaluated traffic transportation impacts using the vehicular LOS on the local roadway system.
Chapter 4 presents a quantitative analysis of Project-related impacts on VMT based on the City’s adopted methodologies and significance criteria. As detailed therein, the Project would result in a significant impact on the basis of Project-generated VMT per capita (based on a modified service population estimate) prior to mitigation. With Disney’s continued operation of its TDM program, the impact would be reduced to a less-than-significant level. Therefore, the Project would not conflict with SB 743.
40 ORANGE COUNTY MASTER PLAN OF ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS (MPAH) The MPAH was established in 1956 to ensure that the regional arterial roadway network would be sufficient to support the County’s freeway system as it developed. Administered by OCTA, the MPAH identifies through lane requirements and traffic signal synchronization on arterial roads which are required for local jurisdictions to be eligible for funding through the Renewed Measure M Transportation Investment Plan, a half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements approved in November 2006, and the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Funding Program, a grant program for street improvement funding.
The City’s current arterial street classifications (i.e., Secondary Arterial and above) described in Chapter 2 and shown in Figure 9 are consistent with the classifications in the MPAH. The Project proposes amendments to the MPAH, including:
Removal of the planned future extensions of Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue and Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street
Reclassification of Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard from a six-lane Major Arterial to a four-lane Primary Arterial The MPAH seeks to balance regional mobility and local access and to coordinate with local jurisdictions’ land use plans. The three streets that would be modified with the proposed amendments do not serve regional traffic circulation needs. They provide local access to uses within The Anaheim Resort area, including Project uses. The proposed MPAH amendments are consistent with proposed amendments to the City of Anaheim General Plan, the ARSP, and DRSP and, therefore, are consistent with the purpose of the MPAH. Therefore, the Project would not conflict with the MPAH.
ORANGE COUNTY CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The 2021 Orange County Congestion Management Program Report (OCTA, November 2021) (“CMP)” is designed to maintain adopted LOS standards on key intersections throughout the County as well as to identify and implement improvement programs when necessary to bring 41 those facilities into compliance with the standards. CMP facilities should operate at LOS E or better based on the intersection capacity utilization (“ICU”) methodology.
There are a total of five CMP-monitored intersections within the Project area:
Intersection #8, Harbor Boulevard & I-5 Northbound Ramps Intersection #9, Harbor Boulevard & I-5 Southbound Ramps Intersection #12, Harbor Boulevard & Katella Avenue
Intersection #25, Manchester Avenue / I-5 Southbound Ramps & Katella Avenue Intersection #26, Anaheim Way & Katella Avenue
According to the CMP, each of those five intersections currently (as of year 2021) operates at LOS A during both the morning and afternoon peak hours. With the Project and full buildout of all land use density permitted under the General Plan, each of those monitoring intersections would operate at LOS E or better. Thus, the Project would not conflict with the CMP.
CITY OF ANAHEIM GENERAL PLAN
The City of Anaheim General Plan, and in particular the General Plan Circulation Element, serve to ensure that the City’s transportation system serves its current and future needs by:
Facilitating the design and operation of arterial streets Encouraging multi-modal transportation, including public transit Encouraging traffic calming measures for pedestrian safety and neighborhood livability Identifying bicycle and pedestrian pathways to facilitate alternative modes Providing for the efficient mobility of people and goods The General Plan Circulation Element also endeavors to maintain peak hour operating conditions not worse than LOS D at intersections. The General Plan Circulation Element is consistent with regional plans including the MPAH and CMP. It also incorporates the City’s Bicycle Master Plan 42 as Appendix B and via the Existing and Planned Bicycle Facilities Map (Figure C-5 of the General Plan Circulation Element).
The Project would require amendments to the General Plan Circulation Element to accommodate the requested modifications to the City’s transportation system, as described in detail in Chapter
1. These amendments would upgrade proposed bicycle infrastructure on Disney Way, Clementine Street, and Walnut Street, modify the classification of Disney Way to better serve access to the East Parking Area, and remove planned future extensions of Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way to allow for contiguous development of the Southeast District and Theme Park East Overlay.
They would, thus, improve bicycle infrastructure, improve access, and improve land utilization within a portion of the Project Site. With those amendments, the Project would be consistent with and help to further the general goals of the General Plan Circulation Element. The Project would also be consistent with Goal 2.1, which establishes the LOS D intersection operating standard. In accordance with City of Anaheim Criteria for Preparation of Traffic Impact Studies, the Project was evaluated for any effects on the existing and future transportation system. Where intersection deficiencies were identified, the Project is responsible for either implementing or contributing its fair share to feasible improvements. Appendix C provides a detailed discussion of the Project’s consistency with specific enumerated Goals and Policies in the General Plan Circulation Element.
BICYCLE MASTER PLAN
The City’s Bicycle Master Plan is a 20-year plan to close gaps in the existing bicycle network, provide new bicycle connections between key points, and maximize implementation of new bicycle lanes. It is included in the General Plan Circulation Element as Appendix B and the plan is summarized in the Existing and Planned Bicycle Facilities Map, provided therein as Figure C5. Chapter 2 provides a detailed discussion of existing and proposed bicycle facilities within the Project area, and the Bicycle Master Plan facilities within the Project area are shown in in Figure
11. The Project Site is adjacent to proposed bicycle infrastructure in several places. The Project would not affect the ability of the City to install proposed Class II Bike Lanes on Ball Road between Walnut Street and Flore Street / West Place, the eastern portion of which is adjacent to the Theme Park District. The Project also would not affect the ability of the City to install proposed Class II 43 Bike Lanes on Haster Street south of Katella Avenue, as the proposed traffic signal at the Southeast District driveway would be designed to safely incorporate these lanes. Disney would pay in-lieu contributions to the City and dedicate ROW adjacent to the Project Site on Ball Road and Haster Street for these bicycle facilities.
The Project would amend the Bicycle Master Plan to modify the classification of the planned bicycle facility on Walnut Avenue between Katella Avenue and Ball Road from a Class II Bike Lane to a Class I Bike Path with a single two-way, off-street, shared-use pedestrian and bicycle path with a minimum width of 10 feet16 on the east side of Walnut Street. Disney would install this improvement from Ball Road to Katella Avenue with development of theme park uses in the expanded Theme Park District. As a protected off-street Bike Path, this Class I facility would be an upgrade over the planned Class II facility consisting of on-street Bike Lanes.
The Project also would amend the Bicycle Master Plan (1) to remove the Class I Bike Path in the Southern California Edison ROW between Harbor Boulevard and Anaheim Boulevard, (2) to add a Class I Bike Path on the north side of Disney Way between Clementine Street and Anaheim Boulevard, (3) to add a Class I Bike Path on the west side of Clementine Street between Alro Way and Disney Way, and (4) to add a bike parking facility in the DRSP East Parking Area and/or the ARSP Parking Overlay just north of the DRSP East Parking Area. The Project would install each of these facilities with development of a parking structure in the DRSP Parking District East Parking Area and/or in the ARSP Parking Overlay north of Disney Way. These features, though providing a shorter overall Bike Path compared to the current plan for the Class I Bike Path to travel on Disney Way between Harbor Boulevard and Anaheim Boulevard, are collectively an upgrade because the endpoint within the East Parking Area or adjacent Parking Overlay would provide bicycle parking and a more direct connection into The Disneyland Resort pedestrian system.
The Bicycle Master Plan also identifies locations in the City where bicycle parking is existing or proposed. Several of these locations are within the Project Site, including both existing and proposed bicycle parking. The Project would add additional bicycle parking as required by the City, including at the locations identified in the Bicycle Master Plan. 16 Where utility relocations are not feasible, the pathway may include brief sections with a minimum width of eight feet. 44 Therefore, the Project is consistent with the Bicycle Master Plan including the proposed amendment to the Existing and Planned Bicycle Facilities Map and provision of bicycle paths consistent with the Bicycle Master Plan.
THE DISNEYLAND RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN (DRSP)
The DRSP provides development standards for The Disneyland Resort, a subarea of The Anaheim Resort. It was first adopted in 1993 with the goal of changing Disneyland from a singleday attraction to a multi-day resort destination. It created the original Districts and permitted development according to the summary provided in Table 1. The DRSP is consistent with both the ARSP and the General Plan Circulation Element.
The Project would amend the DRSP to allow the transfer of previously approved uses to other Disney Properties and modify certain roadways (including Magic Way, Disney Way, Clementine Street, and Walnut Street) as described above. It would also amend the DRSP with regard to changes to street classifications and configurations as follows:
Remove the planned future extensions of Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue and Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street Reclassify Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard from a sixlane Major Arterial to a four-lane Primary Arterial (with no reduction to the width of the ultimate public ROW)
Abandon and close Magic Way to public traffic between Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive (emergency access and pedestrian access would be provided) Install a traffic signal on Haster Street south of Katella Avenue at the existing driveway to the Southeast District17
Install a traffic signal on Manchester Avenue / Clementine Street at Alro Way18 Modify the configuration of Walnut Street between Ball Road and Katella Avenue to provide a Class I Bike Path with a single two-way, off-street, shared-use pathway for pedestrians and bicycles with a minimum width of 10 feet on the east side of Walnut Street (in lieu of currently proposed Class II Bike Lanes)
17 This action would be subject to a traffic signal warrant analysis. 18 This action would be subject to a traffic signal warrant analysis. 45 Modify the configuration of Disney Way and Clementine Street (1) to provide for a Class I Bike Path on the north side of Disney Way between Clementine Street and Anaheim Boulevard, (2) to add a Class I Bike Path on the west side of Clementine Street between Alro Way and Disney Way, and (3) to add a bike parking facility in the DRSP East Parking Area and/or the ARSP Parking overlay just north of the DRSP East Parking Area.
The purpose of the DRSP is to provide for the development of a multi-day vacation destination resort through a land use plan, public facilities plan, design plan, and zoning and development standards to ensure a high-quality resort area. The Project would not increase the total amount of allowable development compared with the DRSP as currently approved, but the amendments listed above would improve the public facilities to better implement the land use plan and better serve visitors to the resort area. Therefore, with adoption of the amendments, the Project would not conflict with the DRSP.
ANAHEIM RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN (ARSP)
The ARSP provides development and zoning standards for the ARSP area aimed at maintaining and enhancing its recreation and tourist/convention-related setting. It was first adopted in 1994 and has since been amended. The ARSP is compatible with the DRSP and is consistent with the General Plan, including roadway classifications, land use plans, and policies. The Project would amend the ARSP to add the various zoning overlays at the Disney ARSP Properties. It would also amend the ARSP with regard to changes to street classifications and configurations as discussed above for the DRSP.
Similar to the DRSP, the ARSP is an area designated for recreation and tourist/convention-related activities with a unified set of zoning and development standards, design guidelines, and public facilities plans, all of which are supported or improved by the proposed amendments. Therefore, with adoption of these amendments, the Project would not conflict with the ARSP.
CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS
In addition to potential Project-specific impacts, the Project must be reviewed in combination with nearby development projects to determine if there may be a cumulatively significant impact 46 resulting from inconsistency with a particular program, plan, policy, or ordinance. There are a number of proposed, approved, or under-construction development projects within the Project area, all of which are exclusively or predominantly hotels.
Each of the other developments considered in this cumulative analysis of consistency with programs, plans, policies, and ordinances was, or would be, separately reviewed and approved by the City, including a check for their consistency with applicable policies. Considered cumulatively, the addition of new hotels within the ARSP provides more capacity for Disney theme park guests to stay within walking distance of The Disneyland Resort. Most of the hotels are on ART routes that provide service directly to the East Esplanade. Therefore, the addition of new hotels and related amenities (in-hotel retail and restaurant space, for example) within the Project area would help to reduce auto trips to and from The Disneyland Resort and Disney ARSP Properties, supporting many of the programs, plans, policies, and ordinances summarized above.
The Project’s effect on cumulative conditions is limited because it doesn’t substantially change land use or public facilities plans compared to the current DRSP and ARSP. The VMT analysis provided in Chapter 4 includes analysis of cumulative conditions. Further, the Project’s effect on traffic circulation is limited because, even with potential development of theme park space in the Theme Park Overlays, theme park guest parking would still be concentrated at the West Parking Area and East Parking Area, as in the current DRSP. Therefore, the Project, together with nearby development projects, would not create inconsistencies nor result in cumulative impacts with respect to the identified programs, plans, policies, and ordinances.
PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY ANALYSIS
The City’s impact threshold for Active Transportation and Public Transit analysis requires not only review of potential conflicts with adopted policies, plans, or programs regarding public transit, bicycle, or pedestrian facilities, but also analysis of any potential performance or safety decrease in such facilities.
47 Public Transit
During development of the Project, Disney may relocate the East Esplanade transportation center from the west side of Harbor Boulevard to the East Parking Area or adjacent Parking Overlay.
The relocated transportation center would continue to provide loading areas for public and private buses and shuttles and would be fully integrated into the pedestrian circulation system for The Disneyland Resort. PDF 3.3-5 of the DR EIR, under which the transportation center was first developed, proposed that it would initially be located west of Harbor Boulevard but would eventually be relocated to the East Parking Area and, therefore, this potential relocation is not a new feature of the Project. There would be no performance or safety decrease resulting from this feature and, therefore, no significant impact.
Bicycle Facilities
The discussion of Project consistency with the Bicycle Master Plan above provides a detailed description of the Project’s proposed amendments and features relating to bicycle infrastructure.
In each case, the Project proposes to maintain or upgrade facilities from current plans. The Project would pay in-lieu contributions to the City and dedicate ROW adjacent to the Project Site on Ball Road and Haster Street for proposed Class II Bike Lanes on those streets. It would result in an upgrade to the proposed bicycle facilities on Walnut Street. The proposed Class I Bike Path on Disney Way would also be upgraded to connect to a proposed Class I Bike Path on Clementine Street leading to a proposed bicycle parking area within the East Parking Area or the Parking Overlay adjacent to the East Parking Area, which would be fully integrated into the pedestrian circulation system for The Disneyland Resort. This particular feature, though a shorter overall Bike Path compared to the current plan for the Class I Bike Path to travel on Disney Way between Harbor Boulevard and Anaheim Boulevard, is an upgrade because the endpoint within the East Parking Area or adjacent Parking Overlay would provide bicycle parking and a more direct connection into The Disneyland Resort pedestrian system. Overall, the Project would improve the safety and performance of the bicycle infrastructure within the Anaheim Resort area.
48 Pedestrian Facilities
The Project would upgrade the pedestrian circulation system through the installation of at least one and up to three pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard between Manchester Avenue and Disney Way. It would also install a pedestrian signal on Walnut Street at Magic Way. It would maintain a non-ticketed pedestrian route for east-west circulation between Harbor Boulevard and Disneyland Drive between the two existing theme parks, maintaining connectivity between Harbor Boulevard and Walnut Street and the theme parks, hotels, Downtown Disney, and parking facilities along Disneyland Drive. With the development of a parking structure in the East Parking Area of the Parking District, there would not be a pedestrian sidewalk on the north side of Disney Way adjacent to the structure. However, a pedestrian pathway would connect the East Parking Area to the sidewalk west of the East Parking Area continuing west to Harbor Boulevard, providing more direct pedestrian access to the primary pedestrian destination in the area. Future development within the Project Site would be subject to specific development standards intended to enhance the pedestrian experience with a focus on accessibility and safe passage. Overall, the Project would improve the safety and performance of the pedestrian infrastructure within the Anaheim Resort area.
49 Chapter 4
Project Consistency with CEQA Guidelines
Section 15064.3, Subdivision (b) (VMT Analysis)
This chapter presents an analysis of the Project’s potential VMT impacts in accordance with the City Guidelines and CEQA requirements, specifically CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b). The City Guidelines were developed based on the Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA (State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, December 2018) (“Technical Advisory”), which provides recommendations regarding VMT analysis methodology and thresholds for identifying significant impacts while emphasizing the discretion a lead agency (i.e., the City) has in setting local requirements and thresholds.
VMT BACKGROUND
VMT is a measure of the total distance traveled by all vehicles over a period of time (typically measured on a daily basis) and is strongly correlated with greenhouse gas ("GHG”) emissions.
State law mandates reductions in GHG emissions19 and the California Air Resources Board determined that VMT reduction is needed to comply with the mandated GHG emission reductions.
On a basic level, higher VMT is correlated with traffic congestion and increased travel times.
According to the Technical Advisory, increases in VMT also lead to increases in vehicle crashes, poorer air quality, increases in chronic diseases associated with reduced physical activity, and poorer mental health. Prior to SB 743, LOS-based CEQA thresholds tended to promote development in lower-density areas, which has the effect of increasing VMT.
The Technical Advisory, therefore, recommends CEQA thresholds designed to reduce VMT by incentivizing development in areas with higher density, more public transit service, and a higher degree of walkability. They also incentivize higher-density development and mixed-use development, which can inherently reduce VMT on a per-capita basis. At the level of individual 19 Senate Bill 32 (Pavley, 2016) requires a reduction in GHG emissions to 40% below Year 1990 levels by Year 2030.
Executive Order B-16-12 targets an 80% reduction in GHG emissions (also compared to Year 1990 levels) by Year 2050.
50 developments, the recommended thresholds are generally based on VMT per capita. This is in order to promote higher-density developments, which may result in overall increases in VMT but are still fully consistent with the goals of SB 743 because they reduce VMT on a per-capita basis.
VMT SCREENING
The City Guidelines identify three screening criteria which can be used to conclude that a development project would not result in a significant VMT impact:
Transit Priority Area (“TPA”) Screening: Projects that are located within a TPA (i.e., within
0.5 miles of an existing major transit stop or a stop along a high-quality transit corridor) and meet certain other requirements pertaining to minimum density, maximum parking provided, and consistency with regional sustainability goals, may be considered to have a less-than-significant impact absent substantial evidence to the contrary. Low VMT Area Screening: Residential and office development projects located within an area known to produce low VMT may be presumed to have a less-than-significant impact absent substantial evidence to the contrary.
Project-Type Screening: Certain types of development projects, such as local-serving retail uses and local resident amenities, as well as very small developments, are presumed to have a less-than-significant impact absent substantial evidence to the contrary.
The Project is not located within a low VMT area, and it does not meet the requirements of the project-type screening. Portions of the Project are located in a TPA based on the map provided in the City Guidelines. However, the Project does not necessarily meet the density and parking requirements of the TPA screening, and because it is a major regional attraction with atypical trip characteristics (compared to residential or office projects, for example), it is reasonable to conclude that the Project should not be screened out based on its location partially within a TPA.
Therefore, a detailed VMT analysis is necessary to determine whether the Project would result in a potentially significant VMT impact.
51 VMT ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY AND THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE OCTAM
As noted in Chapter 1, City Guidelines require that a detailed VMT analysis be conducted using OCTAM, the County’s regional travel demand forecasting tool. OCTAM is a comprehensive tool running on TransCAD software used to forecast travel patterns based on existing and planned land uses, household characteristics, transportation infrastructure, and travel costs. Its forecasts are based on socioeconomic projections (including resident population, income, housing types and household size, school and university enrollment, and retail, service, and other employment) prepared by the Center for Demographic Research at California State University, Fullerton. These projections are provided for each traffic analysis zone (“TAZ”) in OCTAM. Beyond the County limits, it incorporates socioeconomic data forecasts consistent with the Southern California Association of Governments (“SCAG”) regional travel demand model and, thus, is consistent with The 2016-2040 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCAG, April 2016). OCTAM was calibrated to Year 2016 conditions as a baseline and forecasts future (cumulative) conditions in Year 2045.
OCTAM estimates trip generation based on a series of time-of-day and trip purpose factors. The most common trip purposes include home-based-work (i.e., trips between a person’s residence and their workplace), home-based-other (i.e., trips between a person’s residence and another non-workplace location), and non-home-based (i.e., trips that neither begin nor end at a person’s residence). These trips are distributed between origins and destinations using a gravity model, in which the model seeks to find the shortest route based on travel time.
OCTAM calculates production and attraction trips for each TAZ (e.g., trips produced at a residential use and attracted to a non-residential use). These trips are converted into estimates of VMT through a post-process that considers trip purpose, travel mode, time of day, and trip lengths for each TAZ. While OCTAM does not directly incorporate trip generation estimates for all types of “home-based-other” trips (such as daily theme park guests and retail customers), it assigns guest and customer trips in proportion to the number of service employees at a given land use. In this manner, The Disneyland Resort attracts thousands of daily employee trips and multiples more daily theme park visitor trips.
52 Methodology
The City Guidelines require four scenarios to be run in OCTAM: Baseline, Baseline plus Project, Cumulative no Project, and Cumulative plus Project. OCTAM’s Baseline condition is based on Year 2016 conditions and its Cumulative condition is forecast to Year 2045. The Baseline and Cumulative no Project scenarios represent the existing year and future forecast year conditions in OCTAM, respectively, without any modifications. The “plus Project” conditions were developed by modifying the Baseline and Cumulative no Project scenarios to include the Project, including land use changes and roadway modifications.
In the case of the Project, OCTAM inputs were modified to include the relocation of hotel rooms and the removals of and modifications to roadways. In OCTAM, parking spaces are not trip generators and, therefore, the additional parking spaces the Project allows at HCML are not accounted for in the model. Rather, OCTAM assumes trips begin and end within the TAZs where the land uses (i.e., hotels, theme parks, etc.) are located. For the purposes of this VMT analysis, the fact that OCTAM does not account for new parking spaces allowed to be developed at HCML would tend to result in longer trip assumptions, as the hotel and theme park TAZs are generally farther from I-5 than HCML. Similarly, OCTAM inputs regarding theme park locations were not modified to incorporate the Theme Park East and Theme Park West Overlays, as this would cause OCTAM to assume modified traffic patterns associated with theme park parking, when in fact the only modification to parking is the addition of parking at HCML. Therefore, OCTAM provides a conservative estimate of VMT for the Project.
Origin-Destination (OD) Method. OCTAM estimates project-generated VMT using the OD Method, which multiplies each project-generated trip by its corresponding trip length. This total VMT is, therefore, the cumulative sum of miles traveled by trips generated by a project and includes VMT generated from home to work (and vice versa) and from home to non-work locations (such as for shopping trips).
Because the amount of total VMT correlates to the specific project, direct comparisons of total VMT are not particularly useful. Rather, the total VMT is divided by the service population (residents plus employees) to produce an efficiency metric that can be compared across different geographic areas, such as the average over a larger area. The City’s significance criteria, described below, are based on VMT per service population. 53 Boundary Method. OCTAM can also be used to estimate a project’s effect on total VMT within a region using the Boundary Method. The Boundary Method multiplies the number of trips on each link of the OCTAM roadway network within a specified geographic area (i.e., a set of TAZs) by the length of that link. This results in a calculation of total VMT within an area, regardless of the source or length of that individual trip. The total VMT estimated by the Boundary Method can be divided similarly by the service population to produce an efficiency metric that can be compared across different geographic areas.
Service Population
The City Guidelines define service population as the sum of the residential population and total employment within a given geographic area (i.e., a given TAZ or set of TAZs). Throughout most of the City, most vehicle trips to and from a given area are made by residents or employees within that area and, thus, the VMT per service population is generally representative of the average VMT per person in that area.
However, in the Anaheim Resort area, there is a substantial amount of total VMT generated by daily theme park visitors, the number of whom are not included in the City’s standard definition of service population. As a result, any calculation of VMT per person solely based on residents (of which there are few to none) and employees within the Anaheim Resort area would be artificially high due to the relatively low population.20 Therefore, in consultation with City staff, the Project’s VMT analysis uses a modified definition of service population which includes an estimate of theme park visitors in addition to residents and employees (“modified service population” or “MSP”). The implementation of this strategy is described in detail as part of the VMT analysis below.
Impact Thresholds
The City Guidelines identify two thresholds for identifying significant VMT impacts for a development project:
20 As compared with the total number of people in The Disneyland Resort (i.e., inclusive of theme park guests) 54 1. A project would result in a significant project-generated VMT impact if the baseline projectgenerated or cumulative project-generated VMT per service population exceeds 15% below the County of Orange baseline VMT per service population; or,
2. The project’s effect on VMT would be considered significant if the baseline or cumulative link-level boundary Citywide VMT per service population increases under the “plus project” condition compared to the “no project” condition.
Under Criteria 1, the Project-generated VMT per service population is estimated using the OD Method, which uses the total VMT generated by the specific TAZs encompassing the Project divided by the MSP for those TAZs. The County baseline VMT per service population is based on the total VMT generated by the entire County (encompassing all TAZs within the County) divided by the MSP for the County. The significance threshold is 85% of the County baseline VMT per MSP (i.e., 15% less than the County VMT per MSP based on the existing “Baseline” scenario in OCTAM). If the Project-generated VMT per MSP would exceed that threshold, the Project would have a significant VMT impact under Criteria 1.
Under Criteria 2, the total City-wide VMT per MSP (encompassing all TAZs within the City) is calculated using the Boundary Method. The resulting VMT per MSP is compared between “plus Project” and “no Project” conditions under both baseline and cumulative OCTAM scenarios. If the “plus Project” condition would generate more VMT per MSP on a City-wide basis, the Project would have a significant VMT impact under Criteria 2.
PROJECT VMT ANALYSIS
As described above, four scenarios were run in OCTAM (Baseline no Project, Baseline plus Project, Cumulative no Project, and Cumulative plus Project). VMT was calculated in two ways (the total VMT by TAZ used in Criteria 1 and the link-based VMT used in Criteria 2), and it was calculated for multiple geographic areas (County-wide and for the specific Project TAZs for Criteria 1 and Citywide for Criteria 2). The “no Project” scenarios were run without modifications to OCTAM and the “plus Project” scenarios included changes resulting from the Project.
55 The Project-specific changes made to OCTAM’s baseline included the following:
Relocation of a portion of DRSP hotel rooms from the original Hotel District to the Southeast District and the expanded Theme Park District
Removal of planned future extension of Gene Autry Way to through traffic between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street
Removal of planned future extension of Clementine Street to through traffic between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue
Closure of Magic Way at Walnut Street
Reduction on Disney Way between Harbor Boulevard and Clementine Street from six lanes to four lanes without changing the width of the public ROW Additionally, it was necessary to calculate the MSP for each geographic area used in the analysis.
OCTAM provides the residential population and total employment for each TAZ, so the number of theme park visitors was separately estimated. The employee and visitor patterns for theme park space at The Disneyland Resort are expected to be consistent regardless of the location of that space (i.e., space developed at one of the Theme Park Overlays would behave similarly to space developed in the Theme Park District). The DR EIR included forecasts of daily theme park attendance with the buildout of theme park space permitted under the DRSP and, upon consultation with City staff, these estimates were determined appropriate for use. The DR EIR estimated 39,550 average daily theme park visitors during shoulder season, which is a non-summer weekday as defined in the traffic study21 supporting the DR EIR, and 104,125 average daily theme park visitors during peak season, which is a busy summer weekday. This analysis conservatively used the shoulder season estimate of 39,550 daily visitors in the calculation of the MSP as it produced a larger VMT per capita compared to peak season visitor assumptions.
Table 3, VMT Analysis – Criteria 1, Before Mitigation, summarizes the results of the VMT analysis using the OD Method and application of Criteria 1, prior to mitigation. As shown, the County-wide VMT per MSP is 26.0 miles under OCTAM baseline conditions and 28.2 miles under OCTAM cumulative conditions. The impact thresholds, which are 15% below those levels, are 22.1 miles and 24.0 miles, respectively. The Project-generated VMT per MSP is 23.7 miles under baseline conditions and 25.1 miles under cumulative conditions. In both analysis periods, the Project21 The Disneyland Resort Traffic Study, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., November 6, 1992. 56 generated VMT per MSP would exceed the threshold of significance. Therefore, prior to mitigation, the Project would result in a significant impact with respect to VMT under Criteria 1. As shown, the Project VMT impact would exceed the threshold by approximately 7.2% under baseline conditions and 4.6% under cumulative conditions.
Table 4, VMT Analysis – Criteria 2, Before Mitigation, summarizes the results of the VMT analysis using the Boundary Method and application of Criteria 2, prior to mitigation. The total VMT is the Citywide VMT as calculated using the Boundary Method. Because of the relocations of hotels and the changes to the roadway network, the total Citywide VMT is slightly changed by the Project. The MSP, however, does not change because those Project effects do not affect populations. As shown, the City-wide VMT per MSP is 11.52 miles under OCTAM baseline conditions and 11.40 miles under OCTAM cumulative conditions without the Project. With the Project, the City-wide VMT per MSP would increase to 11.55 miles under baseline conditions and decrease to 11.39 miles under cumulative conditions. Therefore, prior to mitigation, the Project would result in a significant impact with respect to VMT under Criteria 2 under baseline conditions because the Citywide VMT per MSP would increase by approximately 0.3%.
VMT MITIGATION
Based on the analyses above, summarized in Tables 3 and 4, the Project would result in a significant impact with respect to VMT under both Criteria 1 and Criteria 2. Under Criteria 1, the Project VMT per MSP would exceed the threshold by approximately 7.2% under baseline conditions and 4.6% under cumulative conditions. Under Criteria 2, the With Project Conditions Citywide VMT per MSP would increase by approximately 0.3% under baseline conditions. Mitigation is required to reduce the VMT impacts below the applicable thresholds.
TDM in OCTAM
While OCTAM incorporates regional public transportation such as rail and major bus service into its transportation network and travel forecasts, it does not account for local TDM measures or local bus and shuttle services. Rather, the trips estimated in OCTAM are based on a primarily automobile-centric region with no special considerations of existing or proposed programs to reduce 57 trips. While most regional guest trips to and from The Disneyland Resort are made by passenger automobiles, many short-distance trips within The Disneyland Resort are made on foot or using one of the many local transit services in the vicinity. Additionally, Disney implemented and continues to operate a TDM program, which reduces many cast member trips to and from The Disneyland Resort. Therefore, the VMT analysis and significant impact conclusion presented above is highly conservative in that Disney’s on-going TDM efforts and other VMT-reducing Project features, described in detail below, reduce VMT per capita below the OCTAM estimations.
Disney’s TDM Program
Disney’s current TDM program would continue to be implemented as a Project MM. Disney’s TDM program is designed to reduce VMT from cast members driving to and from The Disneyland Resort.
Based on Disney’s annual report to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (“SCAQMD”), the following measures are currently in place:
Bicycle Parking and Amenities: In addition to standard bicycle parking, The Disneyland Resort provides cast member bicycle amenities including secure bicycle storage lockers and bicycle service and repair areas, as well as discounts at local bicycle shops, to facilitate and encourage bicycle use.
Online Ride-matching and Carpool/Vanpool Program: An online portal is available for Disney to relay commuter information, TDM measures, and programs that further reduce the number of vehicle trips to and from the area. The online portal also provides ridematching services for cast members to organize carpools and vanpools and personalized transit routes and schedule information. Vanpool leasing programs are also available and financial subsidies are provided to participating cast members. Guaranteed Return Trip: This program assures transportation service to individuals who commute without their personal automobiles. This program overcomes one of the primary objections of those who could choose alternative modes of transportation, which is how to get home or to a child’s school in case of an emergency. This program provides cast members with transportation to or from The Disneyland Resort in the event of a personal emergency, unplanned business-related activity, or inclement weather for cyclists and walkers. This support service is an important part of TDM implementation that assures individuals they will not be dependent on a ridesharing or transit schedule in the event of an emergency.
Incentives for Using Alternative Travel Modes: The TDM program incorporates various incentives for use of alternative travel modes (e.g., transit, bus, walking, bicycling, carpool, vanpool, etc.) and other commuter programs. For example, eligible cast members are entered into prize drawings for participation in the employee commute reduction program and are also given direct financial awards for use of carpool or alternative travel mode. All 58 eligible cast members are also offered an annual complimentary OCTA Perk Pass for transit service. Carpool and vanpool users are offered preferential parking locations. Flex Schedule and Telecommuting: Flexible or alternative work schedules (e.g., 4-10 and 9-80 work schedules) are available to some cast members. Additionally, cast members who work in office settings have the option to work from home two days per week. These options reduce the number of workdays that cast members must travel to and from The Disneyland Resort, and thereby substantially reduce trips and VMT. Electric Vehicle Parking and Incentives: Electric vehicle charging stations have been installed and increased as needed to meet growing demand. Additionally, Disney provides cast members with annual financial incentives toward the purchase or ownership of clean vehicles. While the use of electric vehicles does not reduce VMT, it does reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is the underlying goal of reducing VMT under CEQA. Shuttle Services: A backstage shuttle service is provided seven days a week with scheduled routes throughout the cast areas of The Disneyland Resort. This allows cast members to get from one area of The Disneyland Resort to another without using individual passenger vehicles.
Promotions, Marketing, and Education: A key component of a successful TDM program is to make employers and employees aware of the various programs and benefits offered.
To raise awareness about the programs and incentives described above, Disney publishes quarterly newsletters and holds annual rideshare events and regular new hire orientations. These materials and events provide information about transit schedules, commute planning, rideshare services, telecommuting, and bicycle and pedestrian plans.
Other VMT-Reducing Project Features
In addition to the TDM program described above, various characteristics of the Project contribute to low average VMT per guest and were accounted for in assessing the effectiveness of Project MMs. Single-day guests who drive to The Disneyland Resort have a high average vehicle occupancy (“AVO”) (i.e., the number of people per car) – stated to be 4.0 in the DR EIR – due to the large number of families and the cost of parking. Additionally, many guests visit for multiple days, staying in nearby hotels. The ARSP SEIR and DR EIR combined permit the development of up to 40,600 hotel rooms within The Anaheim Resort (approximately 18,000 are currently in operation22) from which guests can get to The Disneyland Resort without needing a private automobile. These hotel guests generate minimal, if any, passenger vehicle trips to and from The Disneyland Resort. This was noted in PDFs 3.3-15 and 3.4-6 in the DR EIR, which set a target average length of stay for out-of-area guests of 1.72 nights for the purpose of reducing VMT. 22 City of Anaheim Planning & Zoning Department.
59 Based on data provided by Disney, the average length of stay within the three Disney-operated hotels is over 2.60 nights (both in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2022), thus suggesting an even greater decrease in VMT.
The Disneyland Resort also provides infrastructure and proposes more improvements as part of the Project, which reduce guest VMT:
East Esplanade Transportation Center: The East Esplanade transportation center, located on the west side of Harbor Boulevard between the guest entrances to The Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure theme parks, provides front-door passenger loading areas for ART buses, hotel shuttles, guest parking shuttles, and cast member parking shuttles. This space, provided free-of-charge, supports convenient non-automobile transportation to and from the existing Disney theme parks by many operators, collectively serving thousands of guests and cast members per day. The Project may relocate the transportation center to the East Parking Area or adjacent Parking Overlay in accordance with PDF 3.3-5 in the DR EIR but would continue to provide direct pedestrian access between it and the theme parks via walkways and pedestrian bridges, described below. Pedestrian Bridges: Disney has already constructed pedestrian bridges over Magic Way (between Downtown Disney and the Pixar Pals parking structure) and Disneyland Drive (connecting the two sides of Downtown Disney and providing pedestrian access to the theme park gates). The Project further proposes at least one and up to three pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue, improving pedestrian connectivity and safety within The Disneyland Resort. The Project may also construct two additional pedestrian bridges over Disneyland Drive between Magic Way and Katella Avenue. These bridges provide safer and more efficient pedestrian flow around The Disneyland Resort and reduce VMT by reducing vehicle congestion (with fewer at-grade pedestrian conflicts), thereby promoting more direct vehicular travel routes.
VMT Reduction with Mitigation
As mitigation for the Project’s significant impact with respect to VMT, Disney would continue to operate its TDM program and continue to support local transit and mobility in the manner summarized above. Further, the TDM measures would be extended, as applicable, to new developments within the Disney ARSP Properties. These measures have been shown to be effective at reducing VMT both in published technical studies as well as based on empirical data at The Disneyland Resort.
Range of Effectiveness of TDM Programs. Handbook for Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Assessing Climate Vulnerabilities, and Advancing Health and Equity: Designed for 60 Local Governments, Communities, and Project Developers (California Air Pollution Control Officers Association, December 2021) (“CAPCOA Handbook”) provides, among other things, detailed analysis into quantifying how effective various TDM measures are at reducing VMT with a focus on project-level VMT reduction. The data provided in the CAPCOA Handbook is based on extensive research and technical analysis of empirical data collected at many sites employing one or more TDM measures. The key measures employed by Disney are shown in Table 5, Effectiveness of Transportation Demand Management Measures, along with the CAPCOA Handbook calculations of their ranges of effectiveness. As shown, many of the measures employed by Disney have the potential, on their own, to reduce VMT by more than 7.2%.
An earlier CAPCOA publication, Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures: A Resource for Local Government to Assess Emission Reductions from Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures (CAPCOA, August 2010) (2010 CAPCOA Report) also provides guidance on maximum effectiveness of TDM programs when multiple measures are combined. The maximum value for effectiveness of transportation-based VMT reduction measures is based on research into maximum VMT reductions in different types of geographic settings. The Anaheim Resort area falls between a “compact infill” setting (defined as within the central city or inner-ring suburb with high-frequency transit service) and a “suburban center” setting (defined as a cluster of multi-use development within dispersed, low-density, automobile dependent land use patterns). The CAPCOA Handbook identifies a maximum 40% reduction for compact infill sites and 20% reduction for suburban center sites. As shown in Table 5, conservatively assuming The Anaheim Resort area is a suburban center, the TDM program has the potential to reduce VMT between
6.9% and 20%.
Effectiveness of Disney’s TDM Program. Disney annually reports to the SCAQMD on the effectiveness of its TDM program for cast members at The Disneyland Resort. The report is based on a representative survey of cast members about their trip activity to and from The Disneyland Resort over a five-day period. Each cast member reported on their commute mode, including whether they carpooled, telecommuted, had the day off, etc. Based on the survey completed in year 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 77% of cast members drove alone to and from The Disneyland Resort during the morning and afternoon peak periods and the remaining 23% used alternative modes (including transit, walking or riding bicycles, carpool or vanpool) or telecommuted (less than 1%), resulting in an average of approximately 0.83 vehicle round trips per employee. Based on the most recent survey completed in 2022, which used data 61 collected in April 2022, approximately 69% of cast members drove alone to and from The Disneyland Resort during the morning and afternoon peak periods and the remaining 31% used alternative modes or telecommuted, resulting in an average of approximately 0.74 vehicle round trips per employee. While transit and carpool/vanpool modes were down slightly, telecommuting was substantially increased to approximately 14% of workers, reflecting cast members taking advantage of work from home policies. A new policy allows office-based cast members to work from home two days per week and, therefore, it is anticipated that the majority of the increase in telecommuting will persist indefinitely. Regardless, based on both the year 2019 survey and the year 2022 survey, cast member trips (and, thus, VMT) were reduced by greater than the 7.2% needed to reduce the VMT impacts to a less-than-significant level.
While guest trips are not included in the SCAQMD reporting, as described above, there is ample evidence that VMT per guest is substantially lower than VMT per MSP estimated in Tables 3 and
4. In particular, there is a high AVO for guests traveling to and from The Disneyland Resort. In addition, thousands of guests stay for multiple days at hotels in The Anaheim Resort, supported by the pedestrian and transit infrastructure in the area, especially those facilities installed by Disney. Guests staying at nearby hotels generate substantially less VMT per guest than those arriving from their residences or hotels throughout the broader region.
Based on the continued operation of Disney’s robust TDM program and design features within The Disneyland Resort and the information provided above, it is estimated that VMT would be reduced by at least 10% compared to a scenario in which those programs and features were not provided. This is supported by the estimates of TDM effectiveness from Table 5, whether or not any effects of those measures not quantified by the CAPCOA Handbook are included.
Table 6, VMT Analysis – Criteria 1, After Mitigation, shows the VMT results after mitigation under Criteria 1. As shown, with the 10% reduction in Project-related VMT, the baseline Project VMT per MSP would be reduced to 21.3 miles, which is less than the baseline impact threshold of 22.1 miles. The cumulative Project VMT per MSP would be reduced to 22.6 miles, which is less than the cumulative impact threshold of 24.0 miles. Therefore, the identified VMT impact under Criteria 1 would be reduced to a less-than-significant level.
Table 7, VMT Analysis – Criteria 2, After Mitigation, shows the VMT results after mitigation under Criteria 2. As shown, the 10% reduction in Project-related VMT would reduce the Citywide VMT per 62 MSP to 11.31 miles under baseline conditions and 11.16 miles under cumulative conditions, both of which are less than the baseline impact thresholds of 11.52 miles and 11.40 miles, respectively.
Therefore, the identified VMT impact under Criteria 2 would also be reduced to a less-thansignificant level.
63 TABLE 3
VMT ANALYSIS - CRITERIA 1, BEFORE MITIGATION
Description Baseline
[a]
Cumulative
[b]
County
Countywide Total VMT 150,035,379 171,690,341
Modified Service Population
Employees / Residents / Students 5,729,834 6,038,857
Theme Park Visitors 39,550 39,550
Total 5,769,384 6,078,407
VMT per Modified Service Population 26.0 28.2
Impact Threshold 22.1 24.0
Project, Before Mitigation
Countywide Total VMT 1,797,862 2,019,725
Modified Service Population
Employees / Residents / Students 36,344 40,886
Theme Park Visitors 39,550 39,550
Total 75,894 80,436
VMT per Modified Service Population 23.7 25.1
Significant Impact, Before Mitigation [c] YES YES
Amount Above Impact Threshold 7.2% 4.6%
Notes:
[a] Baseline condition is based on OCTAM's existing baseline (calibrated to year 2016). [b] Cumulative condition is based on OCTAM's future cumulative condition (estimated to year 2045). [c] A significant impact is identified if the Project-generated VMT per Modified Service Population exceeds the impact threshold, which is 15% below the County-wide VMT per Modified Service Population. 64 TABLE 4
VMT ANALYSIS - CRITERIA 2, BEFORE MITIGATION
Description Baseline
[a]
Cumulative
[b]
No Project Conditions
Citywide Total VMT 8,531,141 9,787,591
Modified Service Population
Employees / Residents / Students 700,784 818,683
Theme Park Visitors 39,550 39,550
Total 740,334 858,233
VMT per Modified Service Population 11.52 11.40
With Project Conditions, Before Mitigation
Citywide Total VMT 8,550,197 9,778,064
Modified Service Population
Employees / Residents / Students 700,784 818,683
Theme Park Visitors 39,550 39,550
Total 740,334 858,233
VMT per Modified Service Population 11.55 11.39
Significant Impact, Before Mitigation [c] YES NO
Amount Above Impact Threshold 0.3% -0.1%
Notes:
[a] Baseline condition is based on OCTAM's existing baseline (calibrated to year 2016). [b] Cumulative condition is based on OCTAM's future cumulative condition (estimated to year 2045). [c] A significant impact is identified if the VMT per Modified Service Population is greater with the Project Project than without the Project.
65 TABLE 5
EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES Measure Description Range of VMT Reduction Project Support Quantified GHG Reduction MeasuresT-3 Provide Transit-Oriented Development Locate a project in a walkable area with a mix of uses and access to transit. 6.9 - 31.0% Incorporation of the East Esplanade transportation center into the design of The Disneyland Resort [a] T-6
Implement Commute Trip Reduction Program with Mandatory Implementation and Monitoring Provide a combination of measures T-7 through T-11 below with required annual monitoring. 0 - 26%
[b]
The measures below, with annual reporting to the South Coast Air Quality Management District T-7 Implement Commute Trip Reduction Marketing Use marketing strategies, promotions, and new employee orientations to encourage use of TDM programs. 0 - 4% Quarterly newsletters, new-hire orientations, and events and promotions including financial incentives T-8 Provide Ridesharing Program
Promote ridesharing with designated parking, loading and unloading areas, and offering ridematching services 0 - 8% Ridematching and designated parking as well as financial incentives T-9 Implement Subsidized or Discounted Transit Program Provide subsidized daily or monthly public transit passes for employees. 0.0 - 5.5% 75% subsidy for cast members commuting by transit, up to $100 per month T-10 Provide End-of-Trip Bicycle Facilities Provide bicycle parking, showers, and lockers for employee use. 0.1 - 4.4% Bicycle parking, including secure bike storage and repair services, including bicycle parking within the East Parking Area T-11 Provide Employer-Sponsored Vanpool Provide an employer-sponsored commuter vanpool service. 3.4 - 20.4% Ridematching, financial incentives, and vanpool subsidies as well as designated parking; also, backstage cast member shuttles to move around the Project site T-18 Provide Pedestrian Network Improvements Provide a pedestrian access network linking areas of the Project site to encourage walking instead of driving. 0.0 - 6.4% Pedestrian walkways and bridges, existing and proposed Overall Range of VMT Reduction 6.9% - 20.0% [c]
Notes:
CAPCOA: California Air Pollution Control Officers Association.Source: Handbook for Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Assessing Climate Vulnerabilities, and Advancing Health and Equity (CAPCOA, 2021). [a] The Project may relocate the transportation center to the East Parking Area on Manchester Avenue.[b] This measure represents the cumulative maximum range of effectiveness of a combination of measures including T-7 through T-11. The individual ranges of effectiveness for those measures represent individual maximums, but when combined together they were found not to exceed the range of effectiveness of T-6 (26%). [c] The upper bound of VMT reduction is capped at 20% based on the maximum value for suburban centers identified in Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures: A Resource for Local Government to Assess Emission Reductions from Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures (CAPCOA, 2010).
CAPCOA Code and Measure Name
66 TABLE 5 (CONT'D)
EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES Measure Description Project Support
Non-Quantified GHG Reduction MeasuresT-32 Orient Project Toward Transit, Bicycle, or Pedestrian Facility Incorporation of the East Esplanade transportation center into the design of The Disneyland Resort [a]T-34 Provide Bike Parking Bicycle parking, including secure bike storage and repair services, including bicycle parking within the East Parking Area T-39 Implement Preferential Parking Permit Program Preferential vanpool parking.T-42 Implement Telecommute and/or Alternative Work Schedule Program Office cast members may work from home two days per week.Other Project Features That Could Reduce VMTT-2 Increase Job Density Project would increase employee concentration in The Anaheim Resort.T-19A Construct or Improve Bike Facility Project would construct Class I Bike Paths on Walnut Street, Disney Way, and Clementine Street and a bicycle parking area within the East Parking Area. Project would also contribute right-of-way and in-lieu payments supporting installation of bicycle lanes on Ball Road and Haster Street adjacent to the Project Site.
Notes:
CAPCOA: California Air Pollution Control Officers Association.Source: Handbook for Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Assessing Climate Vulnerabilities, and Advancing Health and Equity (CAPCOA, 2021). [a] The Project may relocate the transportation center to the East Parking Area on Manchester Avenue.
Construct or improve a bicycle lane that connects to a larger bicycle network.Increased employment density results in shorter and fewer trips by single-occupant vehicles.Encourage telecommuting, flexible schedules, and alternative work schedules.Minimize distance between the project and planned or existing transit, bicycle, and pedestrian corridors.Provide short-term and long-term bicycle parking facilities for employees and visitors.Provide reduced price or preferentially located parking for carpools, vanpools, and rideshares.
CAPCOA Code and Measure Name
67 TABLE 6
VMT ANALYSIS - CRITERIA 1, AFTER MITIGATION
Description Baseline
[a]
Cumulative
[b]
County VMT Impact Threshold [c] 22.1 24.0
Project VMT per Modified Service Population [c] 23.7 25.1 Significant Impact, Before Mitigation [c] YES YES
Amount Above Impact Threshold [c] 7.2% 4.6%
Estimated Mitigation Effectiveness
21.3 22.6
Significant Impact, After Mitigation [d] NO NO
Notes:
[a] Baseline condition is based on OCTAM's existing baseline (calibrated to year 2016). [b] Cumulative condition is based on OCTAM's future cumulative condition (estimated to year 2045). [c] See Table 3.
[d] A significant impact is identified if the Project-generated VMT per Modified Service Population exceeds the impact threshold, which is 15% below the County-wide VMT per Modified Service Population. 10%
Project VMT per Modified Service Population,
After Mitigation
68 TABLE 7
VMT ANALYSIS - CRITERIA 2, AFTER MITIGATION
Description Baseline
[a]
Cumulative
[b]
No Project Conditions [c]
Citywide Total VMT 8,531,141 9,787,591
Modified Service Population 740,334 858,233
VMT per Modified Service Population 11.52 11.40
Mitigation Effectiveness
Project-Only VMT, Before Mitigation [d] 1,797,862 2,019,725 Estimated Mitigation Effectiveness 10% 10%
Project VMT Reduction due to Mitigation (179,786) (201,973) With Project Conditions, After Mitigation
Citywide Total VMT, Before Mitigation [c] 8,550,197 9,778,064 Project VMT Reduction due to Mitigation (179,786) (201,973) Citywide Total VMT, After Mitigation 8,370,411 9,576,091 Modified Service Population 740,334 858,233
VMT per Modified Service Population 11.31 11.16
Significant Impact, After Mitigation [e] NO NO
Notes:
[a] Baseline condition is based on OCTAM's existing baseline (calibrated to year 2016). [b] Cumulative condition is based on OCTAM's future cumulative condition (estimated to year 2045). [c] See Table 4.
[d] See Table 3.
[e] A significant impact is identified if the VMT per Modified Service Population is greater with the Project Project than without the Project.
69 Chapter 5
Potential for Project to Increase Hazards Due to a
Geometric Design Feature or Incompatible Use
This chapter presents an analysis of potential safety, operational, or capacity impacts that could be caused by the design or location of Project access points or due to incompatible adjacent land uses. Specifically, as noted in Chapter 1, the analysis seeks to determine whether the Project “would substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment).” The Project would have many access points spread throughout the Project area, including to and from arterial streets such as Ball Road, Katella Avenue, Harbor Boulevard, and Haster Street.
The existing driveway on Haster Street to the Southeast District would be equipped with a traffic signal, subject to a technical study proving the signal would meet warrants, as would the intersection of Manchester Avenue / Clementine Street & Alro Way. Additionally, the Project would develop new transportation infrastructure including internal roadways, pedestrian bridges, and, potentially, vehicular flyovers (e.g., to provide direct access to the East Parking Area from Disney Way). These access points and infrastructure improvements have not been planned or designed in detail, but such features were originally contemplated in the DR EIR and continue to be proposed as features of the Project. These features would be designed and developed in compliance with City standards from the Building Division, Public Works, and the Fire & Rescue Department and in consultation with City staff. The designs would not result in hazardous conditions due to geometric configuration.
The Project is a destination resort with retail, dining, entertainment, theme park, and hotel uses and is located in a specially designated resort district within the City and, therefore, it is compatible with surrounding land uses.
Therefore, the Project would result in a less-than-significant impact with respect to potential hazards and no mitigation is required.
70 Chapter 6
Project Effect on Emergency Access
This chapter presents an analysis of whether the Project would result in inadequate emergency access.
As described in Chapter 5, the Project access points and infrastructure improvements, including internal roadways, have not yet been planned or designed in detail. These features would be designed and developed in compliance with City standards from the Building Division, Public Works, and the Fire & Rescue Department. All designated fire lanes would meet requirements and would be reviewed and approved by the Fire & Rescue Department prior to issuance of a building permit. While the Project does propose to close Magic Way to through traffic, emergency vehicle access to uses within The Disneyland Resort would be provided to the satisfaction of the City, including emergency vehicle access at Magic Way.
Temporary construction activities are not expected to result in the full closure of any public streets and, thus, public routes for emergency response would be provided during construction to the satisfaction of the City.
Therefore, the Project would result in a less-than-significant impact with respect to emergency access and no mitigation is required.
71 Chapter 7
Project Construction
The DR EIR and ARSP SEIR noted that construction of The Disneyland Resort would impact City streets either due to construction traffic or temporary disruptions to roadway capacity due to adjacent construction activity. The DR EIR, therefore, required any construction activities that would result in disruption to traffic to prepare and implement traffic management plans. These include a Truck Route Plan identifying haul truck routes (PDF 3.8-3), a Construction Traffic Management Plan to govern construction activity (PDF 3.8-4), a Trip Reduction Plan for construction crew vehicles (PDF 3.8-5), a Traffic Management Plan to sequence and phase offsite roadway and infrastructure improvements (PDF 3.8-6), and an Infrastructure Coordination Plan to coordinate construction schedules with other areawide improvements (PDF 3.8-7). These measures would apply equally to construction on the Disney ARSP Properties.
Construction of the Project would occur in stages as market conditions indicate over a period of up to 40 years in accordance with a Development Agreement. For each stage of construction, Disney would prepare and submit the appropriate traffic management plans and would work with the City to implement them.
72 Chapter 8
The Disneyland Resort Project and ARSP
Mitigation Measures and Project Design Features
The Project would be subject to MMs and PDFs from the DR EIR and ARSP SEIR to the extent they have not already been implemented. A summary of those measures is provided below, and the full text of each measure is provided in Appendix A.
THE DISNEYLAND RESORT PROJECT MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM NO. 0067 MM 3.3-1: Implement all PDFs or their environmental equivalent. MM 3.3-2: Pay appropriate traffic signal assessment fees. MM 3.3-3A: Dedicate the ultimate ROW for arterial highways and intersections on or adjacent to parcels under Disney ownership. [Completed.] MM 3.3-3B: Dedicate the ultimate ROW for any properties acquired by Disney in the future adjacent to arterial highways.
MM 3.3-4: Guest transportation systems will move guests from the parking facilities to the Theme Park District. [Completed.]
MM 3.3-5: A bus and shuttle drop-off area will be located adjacent to Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way. It may be located adjacent or internal to the East Parking Area parking structure. [Completed.]
MM 3.3-6: Implement the traffic improvements identified in Table 3.3-16 [of Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0067] in accordance with the phasing plan approved by the City Engineer. [Completed.]
MM 3.3-8: Add eastbound and westbound dual left-turn lanes and an eastbound right-turn lane to Intersection #16, Clementine Street & Katella Avenue; Add a southbound right-turn pocket to the entrance to the Southeast District on Haster Street and provide west half-width of a six-lane arterial south of Katella Avenue to the southern property line of the Southeast District. [Completed.]
MM 3.3-9: Add a westbound right-turn lane at Intersection #18, Anaheim Boulevard & Ball Road; Modify Intersection #6, Ox Road / Cast Place & Ball Road to provide (1) a minimum 73 of 150 feet of dual lane storage or a minimum of 250 feet of single-lane storage for the westbound left-turn lane, (2) an eastbound right-turn pocket with 250 feet of storage, and (3) three inbound and a minimum of two outbound lanes and an entrance gate at least 400 feet south of Ball Road serving the Disneyland Administration Building entrance. [Completed.]
PDF 3.3-1: Public parking facilities at the Southeast District and/or the East Parking Area will be oriented to receive northbound I-5 traffic.
PDF 3.3-2: Access roads leading to the parking facilities shall be sized to accommodate peak hour traffic.
PDF 3.3-3: Building plans shall show direct ramps to each level of the East Parking Area facilities and accommodate a “speed parking” operation. PDF 3.3-4: Conveyance systems will transport The Disneyland Resort guests around the Project.
PDF 3.3-5: A theme park drop-off area for buses and shuttles will be located adjacent to Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way or internal to the East Parking Area of the Parking District or another accessible location.
PDF 3.3-6: A mixed-flow off-ramp from southbound I-5 to Disneyland Drive will replace the existing Ball Road off-ramp as part of Caltrans’ I-5 Widening Project. [Completed.] PDF 3.3-7: A two-lane flyover overcrossing will be constructed over Intersection #4, Disneyland Drive & Ball Road, to provide convenient access between I-5 and the West Parking Area. [Completed.]
PDF 3.3-8: Signalized intersections will be provided at major hotel entrances along Disneyland Drive between Katella Avenue and Ball Road. [Completed.] PDF 3.3-9: Disney Way [formerly Freedman Way] will be widened to three through lanes, where possible, and necessary turn lanes, in each direction between Harbor Boulevard and I-5. [Completed.]
PDF 3.3-10: The capacity of Walnut Street will be restrained from Katella Avenue to Ball Road to discourage increased traffic on Walnut Street. [Completed.] PDF 3.3-11: Magic Way [formerly Cerritos Avenue] will be shifted north by approximately 1,100 feet between Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive and left turns to and from Walnut Street will be prohibited. [Completed.]
PDF 3.3-12: A high-occupancy-vehicle off-ramp will be constructed from southbound I-5 to Disneyland Drive as part of Caltrans’ I-5 Widening Project. [Completed.] PDF 3.3-13: A high-occupancy vehicle off-ramp will be constructed from northbound I-5 to Disney Way [formerly Freedman Way] as part of Caltrans’ I-5 Widening Project. [Completed.]
74 PDF 3.3-14: The following intersection improvements will be implemented unless otherwise indicated by the year 2001:
o Redesign Intersection #4, Disneyland Drive & Ball Road, to include an overcrossing. o Redesign Intersection #11, Harbor Boulevard & Disney Way, to accommodate three lanes eastbound and westbound and adding dual left-turn southbound lanes. o At Intersection #21, Anaheim Boulevard & Disney Way / I-5 Ramps / Manchester Avenue, add a third through lane eastbound and westbound and a second left-turn lane eastbound.
o At Intersection #15, Clementine Street & Disney Way, install third through lanes eastbound and westbound, left-turn lanes eastbound and westbound, second through lanes northbound and southbound, and a left-turn lane southbound.
Remove the right-turn lane northbound.
o Reconfigure the intersection of Walnut Street & Magic Way. o Reconfigure the intersection of Disneyland Drive & Magic Way [Completed.]
PDF 3.3-15: Implement and administer a comprehensive TDM program for all cast, which will strive to achieve an average vehicle ridership goal of 1.5 persons per vehicle and an average length of out-of-area guest stay of 1.72 days.
PDF 3.3-17: Explore other measures to achieve trip reductions, including the formation of a Disneyland Resort Transportation Management Association or an Anaheim Resort Area Transportation Management Association.
MM 3.8-11: Reimburse the City for the use of any Anaheim Police Department or Anaheim Traffic Management Center personnel providing temporary traffic control services. MM 3.8-12: Establish an on-site public information office and telephone hotline to provide construction scheduling and phasing information to the public. PDF 3.8-1 through 3.8-8: Submit a Traffic Mitigation and Construction Phasing and Control Plan identifying a Construction Staging Area Plan (PDF 3.8-1), a Truck Route Plan (PDF
3.8-3), a Construction Traffic Management Plan (PDF 3.8-4), a Trip Reduction Plan (PDF
3.8-5), and a Traffic Management Plan (PDF 3.8-6).
PDF 3.8-9: Submit a quarterly update report showing upcoming construction activities and including traffic mitigation and control planning.
PDF 3.8-11: Show how the Project will be in compliance with the Traffic Mitigation and Construction Phasing and Control Plan.
75 Several additional MMs and PDFs that relate to traffic are summarized in the Air Quality section of Subsequent EIR No. 352.
ARSP MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM NO. 85C
MMs identified in the ARSP Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C apply only to development at the Disney ARSP Properties and only to the extent there is no similar or identical MMs in The Disneyland Resort Project Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0067. The following measures may apply:
MM 5.14-1: Prepare a traffic improvement phasing analysis. MM 5.14-2: Pay appropriate traffic signal assessment fees. MM 5.14-3: Dedicate the ultimate ROW adjacent to arterial highways. MM 5.14-4: Join and financially participate in the ART system and the Anaheim Transportation Network.
MM 5.14-5: Provide a plan to coordinate rideshare services for construction employees. MM 5.14-6: Provide TDM measures for a hotel development that exceeds 100 rooms per gross acre.
MM 5.14-7: Reimburse the City for the use of any Anaheim Police Department or Anaheim Traffic Management Center personnel providing temporary traffic control services during construction.
MM 5.14-8: Record a covenant to implement and administer a comprehensive TDM program for all employees.
MM 5.14-9: Prepare a TDM plan for review by the City Traffic Engineer. MM 5.14-12: The City shall review the location of any proposed gates across a driveway. MM 5.14-13: Building plans shall show all driveways with a minimum 15-foot radius curb return unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer.
MM 5.14-14: Security in the form of a bond, certificate of deposit, letter of credit, completion guarantee, or cash, shall be posted with the City to guarantee the satisfactory completion of all engineering requirements.
MM 5.14-15: Implement traffic improvements as identified in the project traffic study to maintain satisfactory levels of service as defined by the City’s General Plan. 76 MM 5.14-16: Determine when intersection improvements shall be constructed. MM 5.14-17: Identify any project traffic impacts within the City of Orange and pay the fair share responsibility for mitigating them.
MM 5.14-18: Identify the project’s proportionate impact on freeway mainline and/or ramp locations and its fair share percentage responsibility. The City shall estimate the cost of the project’s responsibility.
MM 5.14-19: Pay the identified fair share responsibility of improvements determined in MM
5.14-15.
MM 5.14-20: Determine whether a bus stop is required to be placed adjacent to the property. MM 5.14-21: Designate an on-site contact responsible for coordinating with the Anaheim Transportation Network and implementing MMs.
MM 5.14-22: If the costs of identified improvements in the traffic study for the ARSP cannot be covered by the funding allocation under City fee programs and funding sources, develop an update to the City traffic fee program to ensure completion of the recommended improvements.
77 References
1991 Orange County Congestion Management Program, Orange County Transportation Authority, 1991.
The 2016-2040 Regional Transportation Plan / Sustainable Communities Strategy, Southern California Association of Governments, April 2016.
2021 Orange County Congestion Management Program Report, Orange County Transportation Authority, November 2021.
The Anaheim Resort Fact Sheet, City of Anaheim, Fall 2022.
The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan, City of Anaheim, September 2012, as amended.
City of Anaheim General Plan Circulation Element, City of Anaheim, as amended.
City of Anaheim Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for CEQA Analysis, City of Anaheim, June 2020.
The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, City of Anaheim, Adopted June 29, 1993, as amended.
The Disneyland Resort Traffic Study, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., November 6, 1992.
Final Environmental Impact Report for the Disneyland Resort EIR No. 311, Michael Brandman Associates, certified June 22, 1993, and Addenda.
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 340, Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan, Anaheim, California, BonTerra Consulting, December 2012.
Master Environmental Impact Report No. 313: The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Volume I: Draft Environmental Impact Report with Addendum, Michael Brandman Associates, June 1994.
Master Plan of Arterial Highways, Orange County Transportation Authority, 2017, as amended.
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures: A Resource for Local Government to Assess Emission Reductions from Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures (California Air Pollution Control Officers Association, 2010).
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Appendix A
DisneylandForward Project Traffic Forecasts
DisneylandForward Project
Peak Hour Turning Movement VolumesEXISTING CONDITIONS (YEAR 2022 TRAFFIC COUNTS) AM PM
Int # Location 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Walnut St & Ball Road 117 260 62 34 526 127 302 249 127 212 926 76 94 314 61 32 938 216 230 251 109 91 648 492 Flore St / West Pl & Ball Road 4 13 34 14 681 344 114 1 21 128 1,106 1 2 1 16 32 1,122 215 276 0 79 52 883 63 Disneyland Drive & I-5 SB Off-ramp 0 305 0 23 0 1,051 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 48 0 699 0 158 0 0 0 0 4 Disneyland Dr & Ball Road 141 460 271 107 829 639 194 305 165 121 796 332 117 513 152 119 1,150 420 416 690 147 87 717 341 5 Disneyland Dr / West St & Katella Av 118 159 101 227 575 87 123 324 207 230 1,083 172 129 272 214 156 1,221 154 133 319 229 178 717 77 6 Ox Road / Cast Pl & Ball Road 24 0 7 24 1,426 159 186 0 101 127 1,015 14 21 0 15 15 1,545 84 154 0 101 88 1,177 7 7 Harbor Bl & Ball Road 353 858 115 61 895 140 211 503 773 377 613 158 286 660 105 78 1,264 179 277 856 662 385 724 260 8 Harbor Bl & I-5 NB Ramps 0 1,274 12 859 0 120 251 716 00000 1,246 15 859 0 99 477 1,012 0000 9 Harbor Bl & I-5 SB Ramps 730 703 0 0 0 0 0 752 42 296 0 202 640 686 0 0 0 0 0 1,237 61 382 0 271 10 Harbor Bl & Manchester Av 0 815 176 136 0 56 56 688 133 0 0 0 0 880 153 264 0 45 56 1,004 127 0 0 011 Harbor Bl & Disney Way 1 698 111 123 30 65 41 621 3 3 29 0 1 721 137 167 21 77 69 868 0 2 20 012 Harbor Bl & Katella Av 118 574 45 78 672 207 95 489 93 85 996 122 145 624 61 88 1,265 245 187 634 150 177 921 19013 Harbor Bl & Convention Way / Toy Story Parking 156 510 115 14 0 1 103 575 101 62 7 66 117 772 43 56 2 20 42 830 74 149 3 13414 Harbor Bl & Orangewood Av 66 432 70 114 329 115 118 632 71 47 603 52 72 730 134 121 632 188 201 749 125 71 411 41 15 Clementine St & Disney Way 29 37 48 162 225 82 24 77 55 61 101 20 34 85 135 202 247 122 39 65 38 67 198 2416 Clementine St & Katella Av 90 68 48 77 882 42 6 38 2 19 1,050 95 184 28 84 101 1,478 10 28 25 18 7 1,057 8717 I-5 SB Off-ramp & Disney Way 130 14 214 0 322 16 27 0 10 12 144 0 123 11 235 0 374 12 48 0 5 10 386 0 18 Anaheim Bl & Ball Road 119 635 147 67 850 133 154 369 76 90 767 93 131 684 99 129 1,134 134 95 813 157 84 797 13119 Anaheim Bl & Cerritos Av 8 829 117 61 14 165 280 571 11 4 9 4 9 907 85 127 2 445 249 952 1 24 9 1120 Anaheim Bl & I-5 NB Ramps 110 917 0 344 11 17 0 583 221 0 0 0 308 1,071 0 597 265 66 0 639 238 0 0 021 Anaheim Bl & Disney Way / I-5 Ramps / Manchester Av 78 393 459 1 230 0 6 580 40 71 114 210 78 584 488 3 301 0 16 639 33 167 249 23622 Anaheim Bl / Haster St & Katella Av 129 314 59 27 742 64 115 518 119 67 936 122 132 567 76 67 1,260 137 121 625 177 125 957 140 23 Haster St & Gene Autry Way 3 393 32 44 0 83 219 613 4 6 0 11 10 703 31 143 0 212 83 752 4811 24 Haster St & Orangewood Av 101 325 60 55 315 71 89 444 36 43 663 182 169 588 61 106 792 144 102 555 48 55 493 16925 Manchester Av / I-5 SB Ramps & Katella Av 7 43 54 0 868 184 434 0 12 473 695 0 10 75 93 0 1,408 286 384 0 31 515 670 026 Anaheim Way & Katella Av 0 0 0 101 810 0 271 427 449 0 1,069 49 0 0 0 135 1,478 0 132 869 606 0 1,057 4427 I-5 HOV Ramps & Gene Autry Way 9 0 37 27 78 28 13 0 34 74 158 15 13 0 53 32 182 14 31 0 168 11 95 1428 Walnut St & Cerritos Av 237 403 0 0 0 0 0 310 106 157 0 407 251 333 0 0 0 0 0 309 140 94 0 263 29 Walnut St & Katella Av 187 2 387 211 486 21 0326 1,121 137 157 11 224 297 1,117 39 3 9 7 7 726 144 30 Euclid St & Ball Road 161 703 132 82 529 227 200 803 137 124 698 173 168 1,007 138 125 761 206 137 1,000 228 102 513 17631 Euclid St & Katella Av 102 751 201 183 435 144 127 636 135 150 928 164 122 799 177 245 929 246 83 920 173 126 692 22432 Harbor Bl & Vermont Av 13 1,155 62 44 90 129 55 461 49 109 63 22 27 821 50 37 84 137 160 859 119 87 43 21 DisneylandForward Project
Peak Hour Turning Movement VolumesFUTURE WITHOUT PROJECT CONDITIONS (GENERAL PLAN BUILDOUT) AM PM
Int # Location 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Walnut St & Ball Road 60 230 140 50 660 220 420 150 110 130 1,400 70 80 270 70 30 1,200 400 330 340 290 100 720 502 Flore St / West Pl & Ball Road 10 10 50 20 750 230 90 0 20 70 1,850 10 0 0 20 50 1,690 160 180 0 40 40 1,160 20 3 Disneyland Drive & I-5 SB Off-ramp 0 1,080 0 10 0 930 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 460 0 50 0 720 0 910 0 0 0 0 4 Disneyland Dr & Ball Road 130 770 670 70 830 550 330 330 150 140 1,330 320 170 540 340 490 1,500 470 590 610 210 130 1,030 230 5 Disneyland Dr / West St & Katella Av 330 270 500 500 920 180 230 410 230 210 3,000 290 370 430 760 550 2,410 130 150 500 360 160 1,080 160 6 Ox Road / Cast Pl & Ball Road 20 10 40 40 1,690 370 80 0 90 270 2,790 60 60 0 40 50 2,340 130 450 10 230 160 2,030 20 7 Harbor Bl & Ball Road 450 2,210 200 180 1,170 290 300 830 670 880 1,680 420 330 1,230 230 140 1,530 270 340 2,020 790 580 1,300 640 8 Harbor Bl & I-5 NB Ramps 0 3,270 90 750 0 70 200 930 00000 1,930 60 910 0 100 680 2,090 0000 9 Harbor Bl & I-5 SB Ramps 1,190 2,110 0 0 0 0 0 820 70 350 0 350 920 1,250 00000 2,550 100 410 0 290 10 Harbor Bl & Manchester Av 0 910 310 60 0 30 40 800 110 0 0 0 0 960 110 480 0 50 40 1,220 120 0 0 011 Harbor Bl & Disney Way 120 1,240 380 130 150 170 390 770 180 10 10 10 40 1,320 200 400 80 630 80 1,750 50 10 50 4012 Harbor Bl & Katella Av 212 891 160 80 1,207 299 161 660 320 101 2,605 477 590 727 200 170 2,338 409 230 1,090 631 170 1,734 51513 Harbor Bl & Convention Way / Toy Story Parking 196 1,030 185 270 368 220 597 990 179 115 483 141 115 1,240 160 470 313 480 350 1,270 121 104 633 19014 Harbor Bl & Orangewood Av 80 1,030 60 120 300 200 140 1,190 80 220 1,090 300 290 1,400 100 100 1,000 330 190 1,580 250 110 450 130 15 Clementine St & Disney Way 70 80 560 520 490 140 30 60 70 60 370 220 310 110 620 610 580 130 50 130 80 70 150 9016 Clementine St & Katella Av 70 160 110 60 1,480 270 120 70 50 120 2,630 90 110 140 300 80 2,910 160 430 120 120 70 1,940 9017 I-5 SB Off-ramp & Disney Way 150 10 570 0 830 150 40 0 20 10 930 0 120 20 450 0 1,250 90 130 0 20 10 670 0 18 Anaheim Bl & Ball Road 330 1,710 520 180 1,010 180 210 510 200 330 1,640 170 140 880 430 500 1,550 180 160 1,800 300 300 920 24019 Anaheim Bl & Cerritos Av 100 1,700 670 200 50 440 590 890 130 80 40 40 70 1,280 330 530 100 680 500 1,880 130 170 70 8020 Anaheim Bl & I-5 NB Ramps 160 2,070 0 420 20 30 0 1,220 260 0 0 0 380 2,080 0 1,400 660 80 0 1,770 250 0 0 021 Anaheim Bl & Disney Way / I-5 Ramps / Manchester Av 210 1,300 550 10 670 0 10 1,040 70 30 1,040 520 230 1,400 560 0 840 0 10 1,540 260 180 680 55022 Anaheim Bl / Haster St & Katella Av 330 530 520 100 1,220 560 260 740 250 60 2,560 270 300 540 430 120 2,390 580 360 1,160 340 150 2,040 490 23 Haster St & Gene Autry Way 110 930 100 150 540 550 480 1,070 200 230 1,150 150 250 1,020 250 110 1,170 740 410 1,530 260 200 1,000 350 24 Haster St & Orangewood Av 220 1,270 180 200 250 110 90 1,440 90 110 900 140 120 1,650 220 370 790 190 100 1,830 260 120 410 13025 Manchester Av / I-5 SB Ramps & Katella Av 20 590 430 0 1,900 520 810 0 130 1,300 1,470 0 0 150 520 0 2,440 770 210 0 200 1,110 1,910 026 Anaheim Way & Katella Av 0 0 0 430 1,920 0 630 420 700 0 2,680 40 0 0 0 950 2,830 0 360 1,680 860 0 2,580 5027 I-5 HOV Ramps & Gene Autry Way 70 0 730 190 500 100 80 0 30 140 920 30 50 0 400 730 1,670 170 110 0 50 160 620 20028 Walnut St & Cerritos Av 260 410 0 0 0 0 0 290 110 440 0 390 310 380 0 0 0 0 0 320 470 110 0 310 29 Walnut St & Katella Av 180 10 950 230 770 30 0 10 10 0 2,700 250 260 10 270 870 2,290 50 0 0 10 10 1,200 200 30 Euclid St & Ball Road 130 1,250 240 80 660 360 210 1,320 150 160 960 230 300 1,490 410 130 930 100 100 1,700 150 270 770 24031 Euclid St & Katella Av 250 1,450 370 180 550 250 250 890 120 170 2,020 220 90 1,110 290 370 2,160 240 140 1,450 240 240 820 32032 Harbor Bl & Vermont Av 30 2,070 100 40 70 140 140 740 80 150 120 20 30 890 60 60 100 180 140 2,430 130 100 50 20 DisneylandForward Project
Peak Hour Turning Movement VolumesFUTURE WITH PROJECT CONDITIONS AM PM
Int # Location 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Walnut St & Ball Road 60 230 140 50 663 220 420 150 110 130 1,426 70 80 270 70 30 1,207 400 330 340 290 100 725 502 Flore St / West Pl & Ball Road 10 10 50 20 752 247 126 0 21 71 1,874 10 0 0 20 50 1,694 182 280 0 42 42 1,163 20 3 Disneyland Drive & I-5 SB Off-ramp 0 1,066 0 10 0 799 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 441 0 50 0 550 0 890 0 0 0 0 4 Disneyland Dr & Ball Road 130 592 703 87 851 419 281 181 147 132 1,390 329 170 308 384 536 1,537 299 457 204 200 121 1,117 256 5 Disneyland Dr / West St & Katella Av 323 266 471 419 927 180 230 403 230 210 3,014 276 350 420 680 444 2,429 130 150 490 360 160 1,098 141 6 Ox Road / Cast Pl & Ball Road 20 10 40 40 1,578 466 129 0 109 307 2,797 60 60 0 40 50 2,201 255 583 10 282 209 1,978 20 7 Harbor Bl & Ball Road 445 2,254 230 185 1,195 290 372 1,165 666 915 1,704 418 324 1,326 240 152 1,612 270 365 2,152 786 675 1,293 633 8 Harbor Bl & I-5 NB Ramps 0 3,333 106 822 0 70 481 1,261 00000 2,078 103 889 0 100 985 2,263 0000 9 Harbor Bl & I-5 SB Ramps 1,221 2,141 00000 1,192 70 410 0 590 1,003 1,315 00000 2,916 100 488 0 402 10 Harbor Bl & Manchester Av 0 980 332 71 0 30 40 1,161 110 0000 1,075 138 510 0 50 40 1,555 120 0 0 011 Harbor Bl & Disney Way 120 1,250 440 193 150 286 411 1,068 180 10 10 10 40 1,364 271 501 80 795 80 1,983 50 10 50 4012 Harbor Bl & Katella Av 212 966 211 153 1,189 476 354 905 278 66 2,625 477 590 841 294 313 2,356 817 536 1,181 548 142 1,700 51513 Harbor Bl & Convention Way / Toy Story Parking 369 1,190 69 71 116 100 379 1,369 244 201 181 357 262 1,700 46 165 65 314 216 1,548 199 213 184 53114 Harbor Bl & Orangewood Av 80 1,039 177 277 300 206 125 1,313 80 220 1,145 245 428 1,548 216 266 862 224 205 1,635 250 110 449 131 15 Clementine St & Disney Way 70 102 560 520 680 162 38 71 59 82 429 220 310 138 620 610 816 158 73 160 110 82 209 9016 Clementine St & Katella Av 70 225 110 74 1,723 298 140 65 39 177 2,837 90 110 180 329 80 3,422 155 470 181 176 145 2,209 11217 I-5 SB Off-ramp & Disney Way 274 10 597 0 917 150 40 0 20 10 997 0 290 20 486 0 1,344 90 130 0 20 10 752 0 18 Anaheim Bl & Ball Road 330 1,710 520 180 1,087 196 218 510 248 338 1,648 170 140 880 430 500 1,565 201 183 1,800 316 320 940 24019 Anaheim Bl & Cerritos Av 100 1,724 670 200 50 440 590 946 130 80 40 40 70 1,321 330 530 100 680 500 1,919 130 170 70 8020 Anaheim Bl & I-5 NB Ramps 160 2,094 0 468 20 30 0 1,228 352 0 0 0 380 2,121 0 1,416 660 80 0 1,793 309 0 0 021 Anaheim Bl & Disney Way / I-5 Ramps / Manchester Av 224 1,302 558 10 706 0 10 1,111 107 81 1,054 549 253 1,398 580 0 875 0 10 1,599 297 223 732 57322 Anaheim Bl / Haster St & Katella Av 344 570 520 100 1,393 518 287 864 349 131 2,731 254 349 533 430 120 2,724 555 328 1,260 464 229 2,304 485 23 Haster St & Gene Autry Way 3 1,058 371 418 0 604 751 1,358 4 6 0 11 10 1,277 615 573 0 1,012 568 1,808 4811 24 Haster St & Orangewood Av 274 1,170 154 171 223 110 90 1,380 150 186 1,020 588 484 1,576 252 296 808 190 100 1,752 338 188 423 45825 Manchester Av / I-5 SB Ramps & Katella Av 20 598 430 0 1,965 520 810 0 195 1,398 1,571 0 0 170 520 0 2,524 770 210 0 426 1,249 2,003 026 Anaheim Way & Katella Av 0 0 0 446 1,928 0 630 488 758 0 2,705 40 0 0 0 957 2,839 0 360 1,724 935 0 2,596 5027 I-5 HOV Ramps & Gene Autry Way 50 0 730 190 500 100 80 0 0 15 830 50 50 0 400 730 1,670 170 110 0 9 31 562 5028 Walnut St & Cerritos Av 260 410 0 0 0 0 0 290 110 440 0 390 310 380 0 0 0 0 0 320 470 110 0 310 29 Walnut St & Katella Av 180 10 950 230 770 30 0 10 10 0 2,699 250 260 10 270 870 2,289 50 0 0 10 10 1,199 200 30 Euclid St & Ball Road 130 1,250 240 80 663 360 210 1,320 150 160 986 230 300 1,490 410 130 937 100 100 1,700 150 270 775 24031 Euclid St & Katella Av 250 1,450 370 180 550 250 250 890 120 170 2,019 220 90 1,110 290 370 2,159 240 140 1,450 240 240 819 32032 Harbor Bl & Vermont Av 30 2,109 100 40 70 140 140 749 80 150 120 20 30 912 60 60 100 180 140 2,455 130 100 50 20 Appendix B
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan &
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan
Project Design Features & Mitigation Measures
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM NO. 0067 AS MODIFIED ON OCTOBER 8, 1996 (INCLUDING PROJECT DESIGN FEATURES) FOR
THE DISNEYLAND RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN
UPDATED FEBRUARY 4, 2022 TO REFLECT APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIVALENCIES CEQA Action Environmental Impact Report No. 311 (Resolution No. 93R-107; EIR Addendum (Resolution No. 96R-176) Project Description General Plan Amendment No. 331 and Specific Plan No. 92-1 (Including Zoning and Development Standards, Design Guidelines and a Public Facilities Plan).
Applicant The Walt Disney Company, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, 92521.
Contact: Douglas M. Moreland, Disney Development Company.
Project Location The project site is located along the westerly side of Interstate 5 (I-5). Ball Road on the north and Katella Avenue on the south are the major east-west thoroughfares crossing the Specific Plan area. Harbor Boulevard is the main northsouth thoroughfare running through the Specific Plan area. I-5 abuts the northeastern edge of the project site.
Terms and Definitions 1. Applicant - The Walt Disney Company, its successors and assigns.
2. Property Owner/Developer – Any owner or developer of real property within The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area, including the C-R Overlay Area and District A.
3. Disneyland Resort – The Disneyland Resort, including a second gated theme park, modifications to the Disneyland Hotel, a new Disneyland Administration Building, new hotels, entertainment areas, internal transportation systems, public parking facilities in the Parking, Theme Park and Hotel Districts, and the South Parking Area in the Future Expansion District. None of the mitigation measures or project design features contained herein shall be required to be implemented prior to issuance of any permits for or construction of new structures, improvements, or other modifications within the existing Disneyland theme park.
4. Second Theme Park – A gated theme park planned south of the existing Disneyland theme park.
5. Future Expansion District – The Future Expansion District is a 24.7-acre south of Katella Avenue which is proposed primarily for development as the South Parking Area (the Future Expansion District includes a one-acre parcel which is governed by the C-R Overlay).
6. Project Design Features (PDFs) – Measures incorporated into The Disneyland Resort project by the applicant with the intent of minimizing potential environmental impacts. The project design features included in this Mitigation Monitoring Program will be implemented as mitigation measures.
7. Environmental Equivalent/Timing – Any Project Design Feature or Mitigation Measure and timing thereof, subject to the approval of the City, which will have the same or superior result and will have the same or superior effect on the environment. The Planning Department, in conjunction with any appropriate agencies or City departments, shall determine the adequacy of any proposed “environmental equivalent/timing” and, if determined necessary, may refer said determination to the Planning Commission. Any costs associated with information required in order to make a determination of environmental equivalency/timing shall be borne by the applicant.
8. Responsibility for Monitoring – Shall mean that compliance with the subject mitigation measure(s) shall be reviewed and determined adequate by all departments listed for each mitigation measure.
9. Ongoing Mitigation Measures – The mitigation measures that are designated to occur on an ongoing basis as part of this mitigation monitoring program will be monitored in the form of an annual letter from the property owner/developer and/or applicant in January of each year stating how compliance with the subject measure(s) has been achieved. Mitigation Measures are referenced in parentheses by their section number as identified in the Draft EIR. Mitigation Measures and/or Project Design Features designated to occur on an ongoing basis are noted with an asterisk (*). When compliance with a mitigation measure/project design feature has been demonstrated for a period of one year, monitoring of the mitigation measure will be deemed satisfied and no further monitoring will occur. For mitigation measures/project design features that are to be monitored “Ongoing During Construction”, the annual letter will review those mitigation measures/project design features only while construction is occurring; monitoring will be discontinued after construction is complete. A final annual letter will be provided at the close of construction.
10. The City recognizes that the certain infrastructure improvements and service capabilities, as identified in this Mitigation Monitoring Program, will serve not only the applicant but also other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, The Anaheim Resort, and the service area, each of which should contribute in allocable share of the cost of these improvements. To implement this requirement as it applies to other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, The Anaheim Resort, and the service area, the City shall make appropriate arrangements with other public agencies, if any, to reimburse the applicant to the extent that its contributions for these improvements exceed the applicant’s allocable share of the cost. Such arrangements shall include one or more of the following: (1) creation of integrated financing districts; (2) entry into a reimbursement agreement with the applicant; (3) creation of appropriate community facilities districts, assessment districts and/or use of similar public financing districts and/or mechanisms; and (4) creation of such other mechanisms or districts as may be appropriate to provide for the reimbursement of these costs. The determination of the allocable share of improvement costs attributable to the applicant and other property owners/developers, and reimbursement amounts, shall be based on an apportionment of the costs of such improvements and equipment and personnel among property owners/developers, including the applicant, in the Specific Plan area, The Anaheim Resort, or otherwise defined service area, as applicable, depending on the area served.
11. To the extent that this Mitigation Monitoring Program requires the applicant to submit plans for several phases simultaneously, it is understood that such later phase plans may be considered preliminary and may be subject to change. Such preliminary plans for the later phase will not be required to provide the level of detail required for the initial phase plans provided that more detailed plans will be submitted separately at a later time. Nevertheless, such preliminary plans for the later phase shall provide sufficient schematic or descriptive detail to ensure that plans submitted for said later phase shall comply with the provisions of this Mitigation Monitoring Program and shall be consistent with the provisions of the initial phase plans.
12. Timing – This is the point where a mitigation measure/project design feature must be monitored for compliance. In the case where multiple action items are indicated, it is the first point where compliance associated with the mitigation measure/project design feature must be monitored. Once the initial action item has been complied with, no additional monitoring pursuant to the Mitigation Monitoring Program will occur, as routine City practices and procedures will ensure that the intent of the measure design feature has been complied with. For example, if the timing is “to be shown on approved building plans” subsequent to issuance of the building permit consistent with the approved plans will be final building and zoning inspections pursuant to the building permit to ensure compliance.
13. Building Permit – For purposes of this Mitigation Monitoring Program, a building permit shall be defined as any permit issued for construction of a new building or structural expansion/modification of any existing building, but shall not include any permits required for interior tenant improvements or minor additions to an existing structure or building.
14. Note: Mitigation Measure No. 3.3-7 and Project Design Feature 3.3-16 (which were initially included in this Mitigation Monitoring Program) have been intentionally deleted and are no longer applicable.
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LAND USE-RELATED PLANS AND POLICIES
MM 3.1-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
The Planning Department, in conjunction with any appropriate agencies or City Departments, shall determine the adequacy of any proposed environmental equivalent.
MM 3.1-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
Building plans shall be submitted by the property owner/developer and will be reviewed for consistency with the Specific Plan.
Planning Department, Planning and Building Divisions
PDF 3.1-1 Prior to Approval of
Each Final Site Plan or Issuance of Each Building Permit, Whichever Occurs First The proposed project shall be implemented based on the guidelines and standards in The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, which includes zoning and development standards, design guidelines, and a Public Facilities Plan. All development proposals within The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area must be consistent with The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan and the City of Anaheim General Plan.
Planning Department, Planning Division
LAND USE COMPATIBILITY
MM 3.2-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.2-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
For parking facilities associated with the Hotel and Parking Districts, the property owner/developer shall submit plans detailing the setbacks for the parking structures and landscaping plans which minimize compatibility impacts of the parking facilities on surrounding areas, consistent with Section 5.8 of the Specific Plan.
Planning Department, Planning Division
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PDF 3.2-1 Prior to Approval of
Each Final Site Plan or Issuance of Each Building Permit, Whichever Occurs First Applicant shall submit documentation that project design features are in compliance with all building setbacks, height standards, landscaping requirements, and design guidelines as specified in Section 7.0 of Appendix B, The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan.
Planning Department, Planning Division
TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION
MM 3.3-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.3-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
Appropriate traffic signal assessment fees shall be paid by the property owner/developer to the City of Anaheim in amounts determined by the City Council Resolution in effect at the time of issuance of the building permit or credit given for City-authorized improvements.
Planning Department, Building Division; Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division MM 3.3-3A Prior to Approval of the
First Final Subdivision Map or Issuance of the First Building Permit (Other Than for Phase I), Whichever Occurs First; or Pursuant to a Mutually Agreed-Upon Schedule for Dedication and Public Improvements The property owner/developer shall irrevocably offer for dedication (with subordination of easements), including necessary construction easements, the ultimate rights-ofway (as indicated in the General Plan Circulation Element, as amended per GPA No. 331) for the following arterial highway/street half-sections (where the property owner/developer owns only one side of the ultimate right-ofway) or full-sections (where the property owner/developer owns both sides of the ultimate right-of-way) on or adjacent to parcels under its ownership to the City of Anaheim:
a. Katella Avenue (to ultimate 8-lane facility) b. Walnut Street c. West Street/Disneyland Drive d. Ball Road e. Harbor Boulevard f, Freedman Way g. Clementine Street h. Manchester Avenue i. Cerritos Avenue j. Haster Street Planning Department, Planning Division; Public Works Department, Development Services Division; City Attorney’s Office
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MM 3.3-3B Within 120 Days of
Acquiring Properties Adjacent to Arterial Highways/Street Intersection Half Sections included in (3.3- 3A) If, after the initial dedications, any additional parcels are acquired by the applicant adjacent to the arterial highway/street intersection half-sections included in (MM 3.3- 3A), the applicant shall notify the City in writing of said acquisition and the ultimate rights-of-way for said properties shall be irrevocably offered for dedication to the City of Anaheim.
Planning Department, Planning Division; Public Works Department, Development Services Division; City Attorney's Office MM 3.3-4 Prior to Issuance of
Building Permit for the Disneyland Administration Building; to be implemented prior to final building and zoning inspections for the Disneyland Administration Building The applicant shall provide a cast guard entrance 150' 400’ south of Ball Road at the entrance to the Disneyland Administration Building with three inbound and a minimum of two outbound lanes to minimize queuing onto Ball Road. (Note: Environmental Equivalent measure approved 8/30/94 which included the provision of a gate guard entrance located 400’ south of the intersection of Ball Road/Disneyland Administration Building driveway).
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division Completed
MM 3.3-5 Prior to approval of the
First Grading Plan for each phase of the Disneyland Resort A phasing plan shall be submitted for review and approval to the appropriate City Engineer in Anaheim and/or Garden Grove (for improvements within Garden Grove) demonstrating how the improvements shown in Table 3.3- 16, as approved by the City Engineer, will be constructed. [SEE TABLE 3.3-16] Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division
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MM 3.3-6 In accordance with the
timing set forth in the phasing plan
Excluding the Disney Administration Building, relocation of the SCE transmission lines and demolition, but including the South Parking Area, the applicant shall mitigate (through constructing or paying the actual total costs for consultant/contractor services for preliminary and final engineering, soils analysis, right-of-way acquisition, demolition, relocation, construction and inspection, and other related expenses) the traffic impacts of the Disneyland Resort by implementing the improvements identified in Table 3.3-16, as approved by the City Engineer, in accordance with the phasing plan approved by the City Engineer. If the City of Anaheim adopts a traffic impact fee, as discussed in Section 3.3.1.3 of the EIR, funds collected under this program with nexus to these improvements may be used to reimburse the applicant for the portion of the baseline improvements (as identified in Table 3.3-16) which exceed the project share of the improvements. Improvements otherwise funded by public sources prior to approval of the Final Site Plan for each phase will be deleted from project participation.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division MM 3.3-8 In accordance with the
Approved Phasing Plan
The following improvements are required:
• Add eastbound and westbound dual left-turn lanes
and an eastbound right-turn lane to the Clementine Street/Katella Avenue intersection, with a storage length of 200 feet accommodating six lanes on Katella Avenue with a 24-foot wide median tapering to 4 feet median nose through the left turn pockets. • Add a southbound right-turn pocket to the rightturn-in- only entrance to the South Parking Area on Haster Street, with a storage length of 150 feet; and, provide west half-width of ultimate six lane arterial south of Katella Avenue to the southern property line of the South Parking Area.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division
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MM 3.3-9 In accordance with the
Approved Phasing Plan for the Disneyland Administration Building The following improvements shall be required:
Add a westbound right-turn lane at Anaheim
Boulevard/Ball Road.
Restripe existing left-turn lane westbound to provide a minimum of 150 feet of dual lane storage or a minimum of 250 feet of single-lane storage at Ball Road/Disneyland Administration Building driveway. Provide an eastbound right-turn pocket with 250 feet
of storage at Ball Road/Disneyland Administration building driveway. (Note: Environmental equivalent measure approved on August 30, 1994 (Administration Building MMP No. 0067) which required that the eastbound rightturn pocket at Ball Road/Disneyland Administration Building driveway shall maintain existing storage and be designed as a free right-turn. Applicant to irrevocably offer for dedication the right-of-way adjacent to right-turn pocket for full buildout of Ball Road). Redesign the Disneyland Administration Building
entrance driveway to provide three inbound and a minimum of two outbound lanes, with its own entrance gate located a minimum of 150 400 feet south of the intersection at Ball Road/Disneyland Administration Building driveway. (Note: Environmental equivalent measure approved on August 30, 1994 (Administration Building MMP No. 0067) for this item which required the provision of the gate guard entrance to be located 400 feet south of the intersection of Ball Road/Disneyland Administration Building driveway).
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division Completed
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PDF 3.3-1 Prior to demolition of
the existing Disneyland parking lot, replacement parking for the existing Disneyland Theme Park parking spaces removed will be constructed; Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park, the West Parking Area will be Constructed Access Improvements and Public Parking Facilities Included in Project Design (Exhibits 3.2-2 and 3.2-3) Public Parking Facilities. New public parking facilities will be constructed at opposite sides of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area to receive traffic from the 1-5. At Phase II, Code required parking will be provided. At buildout of Phase III, a minimum of 24,500 guest and cast parking spaces will be provided. The West Parking Area will be oriented to receive southbound 1-5 traffic, and the parking facilities in the southern areas of the Theme Park and Hotel Districts and/or East Parking Area will be oriented to receive northbound 1-5 traffic.
Public Works Department, Design Division
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Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for each the East and West Parking Structures/Facilities Improved Access. Access roads leading up to the
parking facilities shall be sized to accommodate traffic at peak hours, thereby substantially reducing the likelihood of backups onto City streets and freeway ramps. Guest vehicles will enter and exit the West Parking Area via the proposed extension of West Street/Disneyland Drive. Cast access will enter and exit either at West Street/Disneyland Drive or via a single access on Cerritos Avenue with right-turn in and left-turn out only. No cast or guest access or egress will occur from Walnut Street.
Public Works Department, Design Division
PDF 3.3-3 Prior to Issuance of
each Building Permit; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for both the East and West Parking Structures Speed Parking. Building plans shall show direct ramps
to each level of the East and West Parking Area facilities to minimize internal circulation within the garages and accommodate the project's "speed parking" operation.
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Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for Each Parking Structure and/or Facility Conveyance Systems. In addition to an extensive
network of landscaped pedestrian thoroughfares, conveyance systems will transport Disneyland Resort guests around the project. Guest transportation systems will move guests from the parking facilities to the Theme Park District. The monorail/guest transportation systems shall move guests from the Hotel District to the Theme Park District. Future connections may also be provided to the Future Expansion District.
Public Works Department, Design Division
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Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park for Phase II; and if pursued, to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the East Public Parking Structure or Other Accessible Location in Phase III.
Theme Park Drop-Off Area. To provide access to the
attractions in the Specific Plan area to people staying outside of The Disneyland Resort area, a bus and shuttle drop-off area will be located adjacent to Harbor Boulevard north of Freedman Way in Phase II as shown on Exhibit 4.4.2a of the Specific Plan; or, in Phase III, the facility may be located adjacent or internal to the East Public Parking Structure, or other accessible location in the Theme Park or Hotel Districts. The types of vehicles served at this facility may include public and private passenger shuttles and buses.
Public Works Department, Design Division
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Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to the First Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park
Roadway Improvements Included in Project Design I-5 - West Street/Disneyland Drive Southbound Mixed Flow Offramp A mixed-flow offramp currently proposed as part of the 1-5 widening project is planned from southbound I-5 to West Street/Disneyland Drive to replace the existing Ball Road offramp. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 4/12/99 to change the timing of this measure as Disney’s California Adventure theme park would not be open to the public generating vehicular traffic until the I-5 West Street/Disneyland Drive southbound mixed flow offramp opened. This would be monitored and verified by the City prior to Final Public Works Department, Design Division
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Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park.) PDF 3.3-7 To be Shown on Street
Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park West Street/Disneyland Drive/Ball Road Overcrossing
(Exhibits 3.2-3 and 3.2-4) To reduce congestion for vehicles entering the West Parking Area from I-5, an overcrossing is planned at West Street/Disneyland Drive and Ball Road. The intersection of West Street and Ball Road shall be constructed with a two- lane flyover over Ball Road as a project design feature. The overcrossing would take southbound I-5 traffic exiting at West Street/Disneyland Drive over Ball Road, and then allow convenient access to the entrance of the parking facility. The design of the Ball Road and West Street/Disneyland Drive intersection, shall provide a north leg (southbound Disneyland Drive) of two through lanes, one shared left-turn/through lane, and one left-turn lane of three through lanes and two left turn lanes; a south leg (northbound Disneyland Drive) of one right-turn lane, one shared right-turn/through lane, one shared leftturn/through lane, and one left-turn lane of one right turn lane, two through lanes and one left turn lane; an east leg (westbound Ball Road) of three through lanes and two left turn lanes; and, a west leg (eastbound Ball Road) of one right turn lane, three through lanes and two left turn lanes. This overcrossing may be one-way inbound in the morning, two-way during the afternoon, then one-way outbound during the outbound peak. Access and egress points will be provided both north and south of Ball Road. Both the HOV ramp and the mixed-use off ramp at 1-5 and West Street/Disneyland Drive would have access to the overcrossing. A full intersection at West Street/Disneyland Drive will still be provided at grade. When the overcrossing is one-way, counter-flow movements can be made along West Street/Disneyland Drive.
Public Works Department, City Engineer Design Division
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(Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 7/27/20 to reflect the Ball Road/Disneyland Drive intersection lane configuration that was implemented by 2001 (and still in place on 7/27/20 and to change the Monitoring Responsibility to the Public Works Department, City Engineer.).
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Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park West Street/Disneyland Drive Intersections and Turn
Pockets To facilitate traffic flow along West Street/Disneyland Drive between Katella Avenue and Ball Road, signalized intersections will be provided at major hotel entrances. Appropriate turn pockets including double left-turn lanes and right-turn only lanes will also be provided as needed to maintain acceptable service levels. West Street/Disneyland Drive itself will have two travel lanes in each direction.
Public Works Department, Design Division
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Improvement Plans; to be Implemented in accordance with the approved Phasing Plan Freedman Way Widening
The addition of the northbound HOV offramp at Freedman Way and the realignment of the southbound onramp will require the widening of Freedman Way between Harbor Boulevard and Clementine Street; Clementine Street to 1-5. Three through lanes, where possible, and necessary turn lanes in each direction will be provided.
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Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park Speed/Capacity Restrictions on Walnut Street
Between Cerritos Avenue and Ball Road, Walnut Street will be improved adjacent to the strawberry field in accordance with the City of Anaheim General Plan Circulation Element. To discourage any increase in traffic on Walnut Street, the capacity of the road will be restrained, from Katella Avenue to Ball Road. Possible methods include narrowing the street entrances at Katella Avenue and Ball Road and replacing the existing signal with a stop sign at the existing intersection of Walnut Street and Cerritos Avenue. This and other options will be evaluated, and a plan to maintain the current character of Walnut Street will be developed.
Public Works Department, Design Division
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Street Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park Cerritos Avenue Realignment
With the development of the Hotel District, Cerritos Avenue between Walnut Street and West Street/Disneyland Drive will be moved up to approximately 1,100 feet to the north and will be renamed. The new roadway will be two lanes wide and will be designed to discourage access from or onto Walnut Street. Southbound left turns will not be allowed at the Walnut Street/Cerritos Avenue intersection. Westbound Cerritos Avenue left turns at Walnut Street will not be allowed.
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Street Improvement Plans; to be Implemented by Caltrans in conjunction with the I5 Widening Project. (The I-5 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Offramps are part of Caltrans' I-5 Widening Project and will be completed independent of The Disneyland Resort Project. The HOV ramps were not assumed in the analysis of traffic impacts of the Disneyland Resort and are not required as a condition of the opening or operation of the Disneyland Resort.) I-5-West Street/Disneyland Drive Southbound HOV Offramp Caltrans' I-5 Widening Project includes a new HOV offramp from southbound I-5 to West Street/Disneyland Drive. This ramp would be built at the same time as the I-5 Widening Project. The ramp will bring high occupancy vehicles (HOVs) conveniently from the HOV lane in the median of I-5 to the West Parking Area.
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Improvement Plans; to be Implemented by Caltrans in conjunction with the I-5 Widening Project. (The 1-5 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Offramps are part of Caltrans' 1-5 Widening Project and will be completed independent of The Disneyland Resort Project. The HOV ramps were not assumed in the analysis of traffic impacts of the Disneyland Resort and are not required as a condition of the opening or operation of the Disneyland Resort.) 1-5/Freedman Way Northbound HOV Offramp
Caltrans' 1-5 Widening Project includes a proposed HOV offramp connecting the northbound HOV lanes on 1-5 to Freedman Way and an undercrossing of Anaheim Boulevard to Freedman Way. This ramp will carry a substantial number of vehicles to the East Parking Area and remove them from Harbor Boulevard and Katella Avenue. This ramp (shown in Exhibit 3.2-2 of Volume I of the EIR) will allow northbound 1-5 traffic to access the parking facility conveniently from the freeway and also provide access for other vehicles to Harbor Boulevard. It will improve the level of service of the section of Katella Avenue crossing 1-5, as well as the intersections of Katella Avenue with Anaheim Boulevard, Haster Street, Clementine Street, and Harbor Boulevard. The ramp is discussed in detail in Appendix C-1, Volume III.
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Street Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park Intersection Improvements Included in Project Design
The following intersection improvements, which are assumed in the analysis of project traffic, will be implemented unless otherwise indicated by the year 2001 (0pening of Second Theme Park) as part of the project design that will enhance the overall performance of the surrounding circulation system:
• Redesign and reconstruct the intersection of Ball
Road/West Street/Disneyland Drive to include an overcrossing. • Redesign the Harbor Boulevard/Freedman Way
intersection by accommodating three lanes eastbound and three lanes westbound through the intersection and adding double left turn lane southbound. In Phase III, the entrance to the surface parking lot may be removed. • At the intersection of Anaheim Boulevard and
Freedman Way, add a third through lane eastbound and westbound and a second left-turn lane eastbound, or equivalent improvements as defined by Caltrans during the final geometric design of the I-5 interchange. • At the intersection of Clementine Street and Freedman Way, add the following improvements or equivalent improvements as defined by Caltrans during the final geometric design of the I-5 interchange:
- third through lanes eastbound and westbound- left-turn lanes eastbound and westbound- second through lanes northbound and southbound- left-turn lane southbound- remove right-tum lane northbound • Reconfigure the Walnut Street/Cerritos Avenue
intersection.
• Reconfigure the West Street/Disneyland Drive/Cerritos Avenue intersection to satisfaction of the City Engineer.
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PDF 3.3-15 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park; and, on-going during project operation Transportation Demand Management Program The need to minimize cast vehicle trips to reduce congestion and improve air quality, consistent with the goals of both the Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and with the Regional Mobility Plan of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), is recognized. The Disneyland Resort will implement and administer a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program for all cast, which will strive to achieve an average vehicle ridership (AVR) goal of 1.5 persons per vehicle and, an average length of out-of-area guest stay of 1.72 days, by 2001. At this point in project development, it is not possible to predict precisely which programs and activities would be most successful for the Disneyland Resort in meeting these goals. In addition, applicant will review annually with the City any changes to the TDM Program and the Program's effectiveness toward achieving a 1.5 AVR. In consultation with the SCAQMD, the City of Anaheim and other agencies, and after analyzing the effectiveness of these items, The Walt Disney Company will select specific programs for implementation.
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Objectives of the TDM program are:
• Increase ridesharing and use of alternative
transportation modes by guests.
• Meet the cast 1.5 AVR target.• Provide a menu of commute alternatives for the Disneyland Resort cast, to reduce project-generated trips. • Provide transportation "linkages" to existing and
future transportation modes (other than singleoccupant vehicle travel) for both the Disneyland Resort cast and guests.
Implementation strategies and elements of the TDM program for cast and guest trips are described below.
Cast
Making a commitment to commute management and trip reduction will become an integral part of the new-hire training. A menu of TDM program strategies and elements for both, existing and future cast commute options would be examined, including, but not limited to, the following:
• Onsite Service. Onsite services, such as the food,
retail, and other services may be provided to the cast. • Ridesharing. A computer listing of all cast
members may be developed for the purpose of providing a "matching" of members with other cast members who live in the same geographic areas and who could rideshare to the Disneyland Resort.
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• Vanpooling. A computer listing of all cast members
may be developed for the purpose of matching numbers of cast who live in geographic proximity to one another and could comprise a vanpool to the Disneyland Resort. • Transit Pass. Southern California Rapid Transit
District and Orange County Transportation Authority (including commuter rail) passes may be promoted through financial assistance and onsite sales to encourage cast to use the various transit and bus services to the Disneyland Resort from throughout the region. • Commuter Bus. As commuter "express" bus
service expands throughout the region, passes for use on these lines may be provided for cast members who choose to use this service. Financial incentives will be provided. • Shuttle Service. A computer listing of all cast
members living in proximity to the Disneyland Resort may be generated, and a local shuttle program will be offered to encourage cast members to travel to work by means other than the automobile. • Bicycling. A Disneyland Resort Bicycling Program
may be developed to offer a bicycling alternative to cast members. Secure bicycle racks, lockers, and showers will be provided as part of this program. Maps of bicycle routes throughout the area would be provided to inform potential bicyclists of these options. • Rental Car Fleet. A "fleet vehicle" program may be
developed to provide cast members who travel to work by means other than an automobile with access to automobiles in case of emergency, medical appointments, etc. This service would help cast members use alternative modes of transportation by ensuring that they would be able to have personal transportation in the event of special circumstances.
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Guaranteed Ride Home Program. The program
may provide cast members who rideshare, or use transit or other means of commuting to work, with a prearranged ride home in a taxi, rental car, shuttle, or other vehicle, in the event of emergencies during the work shift. In essence, this program addresses the concerns of the cast member who rideshares and might be stranded without a vehicle in the event of an emergency. Housing Coordinator and Referral Program and
Local Hiring Efforts. Continue to provide referral service to facilitate employees in finding housing and actively recruit prospective employees residing within 30-minute commute shed. Target Reduction of Longest Commute Trip.
Design an incentives program for ridesharing and other alternative transportation modes to put highest priority on reduction of longest employee commute trips. Work Schedule
Staggered Shifts. The Disneyland Resort cast
may work different hours throughout the daily hours of park operation. A thorough review of cast shifts would be undertaken to provide the potential for cast shifts during nonpeak travel times, thus lessening peak hour congestion. Compressed Work Week. The Disneyland
Resort may review the possibility of developing a "compressed work week" program, which provides for fewer work days but longer daily shifts, as an option for cast members. This program would help eliminate certain trips on certain days that would otherwise be generated daily by the Disneyland Resort Cast.
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Telecommuting. The Disneyland Resort
employs a variety of cast in different positions, cast members include clerical, office support, and administrative members. The Disneyland Resort may explore the possibility of a "telecommuting" program that would link some of these cast members to The Disneyland Resort via electronic means (e.g., computer with modem). This would help to eliminate certain trips that would otherwise be generated by a cast member who would otherwise physically need to be at the Disneyland Resort. Work Environment/Facility Management
Parking Management. The Disneyland Resort
may develop a parking management program that provides incentives to those who rideshare or use transit means other than single-occupant auto to travel to work. Management Staff. The existing Disneyland
theme park transportation management staff may be expanded onsite to accommodate new employees and to explore relationships with adjacent employers to determine whether joint efforts can lead to greater reductions in VMT by project employees. Amenities. Transit systems, transit shelters,
bicycle storage areas, and other amenities may be provided with efficient parking management for cast and guests. Access. Preferential access to high occupancy
vehicles and shuttles may be provided.
Delivery Management. Schedule deliveries in
nonpeak traffic congestion hours to the extent reasonably practicable.
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Financial Incentives In addition to the above items, certain financial incentives will be integrated into The Disneyland Resort TDM program, such as:
Financial Incentive for Ridesharing and/or
Public Transit. Currently, federal law provides tax-free status for up to $60 per month per employee contributions to employees who vanpool or use public transit (including commuter rail and/or express bus pools). Financial Incentive for Bicycling. Cast
members may be offered financial incentives for bicycling to work; they would be provided with secure bicycle racks, lockers, and showers. Special “Premium" for the Participation and
Promotion of Trip Reduction. Tickets/passes to project theme parks and/or vacations could be offered to employees who recruit other cast members for vanpool, carpool, or other Disney trip reduction programs. Delivery Management. Schedule deliveries in
non- peak traffic congestion hours to the extent reasonably practicable. Guests
Even though visitors are estimated to average nearly four persons per vehicle, additional programs and incentives could and will be provided to encourage even more guest use of ridesharing, transit, and other modes of travel to and from !he Disneyland Resort. The applicant is currently developing a list of potential programs and is working with the City of Anaheim and OCTA on the provision of convenient linkages to other modes of transportation. Marketing materials for the Disneyland Resort will describe it as an "auto-free" zone with a range of transportation amenities where cars are not needed.
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PDF 3.3-17 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park
Transportation Management Association
Other measures to achieve trip reductions and other TDM program objectives will be explored, including the formation of a Disneyland Resort Transportation Management Association (TMA), or an Anaheim Resort Area TMA. To increase the likelihood of success of the TDM program, cooperation among other groups and businesses who either have existing TDM programs or have a need for TDM programming could be networked with cast participants. By expanding the number of participants in the various programs, more benefit in trip reduction is likely to be achieved. The TMA would be responsible for matching cast and guest commute services; marketing/promoting ridesharing alternatives (i.e., vanpooling, bicycling, etc.); and providing a "fair share" payment of local TDM programs provided through the TMA. (PDF 3.3-17) Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division Completed
AIR QUALITY
MM 3.4-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.4-2 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall comply with all SCAQMD offset regulations and implementation of Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for all permitted new and modified stationary sources. Copies of permits shall be given to the Planning Department. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 7/1/98 to change the timing of the measure.) South Coast Air Quality Management District; Planning Department, Planning Division
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MM 3.4-3* Ongoing During
Operation of the Disneyland Resort
The applicant shall implement the following measures to reduce emissions:
1. To the extent practicable, schedule goods movements
for off-peak traffic hours.
2. Use clean fuel for attraction rides and other uses, as practicable.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division
3.4-4 Prior to Issuance of
the First Building Permit for the Second Theme Park Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park The applicant shall submit a site and operations plan for this facility showing the location and configuration of the on-site cast financial and dining services in conformance with the Specific Plan. The applicant shall provide cast financial and dining services within the Theme Park District and Hotel District to accommodate cast members.
Planning Department, Planning Division
MM 3.4-5 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall submit evidence that low emission paints and coatings are utilized in the design and construction of buildings in compliance with AQMD regulations. This information shall be denoted on the project plans and specifications.
South Coast Air Quality Management District; Planning Department, Building Division MM 3.4-6 Prior to Issuance of the
First Building Permit for the Future Expansion District, Excluding the South Parking Area; and, Ongoing During Project Operation The following will be achieved: (1) the 1.5 AVR target for all cast and (2) the average length of the out-of-area guest stay of 1.72 days, or a demonstration that the SCAG VMT reduction targets have been met through other means.
South Coast Air Quality Management District; Southern California Association of Governments; Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division
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PDF 3.4-2* Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park; and Ongoing During Project Operation The project has been designed to reduce dependence on the private automobile, which will reduce and avoid many of the traffic-related emissions associated with the existing Disneyland theme park, as well as those normally associated with hotels and day-use only special event activities. Guests will be encouraged to park their cars and leave them for the duration of their visits, thus eliminating the trips to restaurants and sightseeing, or entertainment attractions normally associated with vacation stays. Marketing efforts in Southern California will promote the Disneyland Resort as a mini-vacation site for Southland residents.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division PDF 3.4-3 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park
A wide range of entertainment, lodging, retail and restaurant attractions will be located within the project area and will be linked by an electrically powered monorail system, pedestrian ways/guest transportation system to transport visitors from parking facilities to the Disneyland Resort, and/or pedestrian bridges, walkways and promenades. Convenient walkway access within the Hotel District and adjacent uses, such as the City of Anaheim Convention Center, will also facilitate pedestrian trips by non-project guests who will remain within the project area rather than use automobiles to travel to restaurants and entertainment outside of the area.
Planning Department, Planning Division
PDF 3.4-4 In Accordance with
Transportation and Circulation Mitigation Measures
The Disneyland Resort traffic will be accommodated, and existing traffic conditions and circulation patterns will be improved through implementation of the identified transportation and parking features, including parking facilities, monorail and pedestrian way/guest transportation systems and convenient access to parking facilities from the freeway.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division PDF 3.4-5* Prior to Issuance of
Building Permits for Each of the East and West Public Parking Structures ;Ongoing During Project Operation All public day-use parking facilities, not including hotel, hotel accessory uses or cast parking facilities, will have a crew of cast members, based on parking predictions, on each lot or facility level, to assist speed parking procedures. In addition, the East and West public parking structures will incorporate the following Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division
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design features on each facility level, to assist speed parking procedures:
1. Signage designed to enhance smooth traffic flows
and reduce traffic flows on each facility level.
2. Speed ramps which will take cars directly to the
level that has available spaces, thus eliminating circulation movement and time involved with hunting for a space. The speed parking striping and procedures currently used at the Disneyland theme park parking lot will be adapted to use within the parking structures and will be designed to safely park 60 cars per minute. (Refer to Section 7.0, Zoning and Development Standards, in The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan.)
3. Ceiling clearances and lateral clearances, an open
well design, and enhanced lighting levels will eliminate the enclosed feeling of a standard garage, which tends to slow drivers.
PDF 3.4-6 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
Project design will incorporate the following energysaving features. This energy savings will also contribute to reduced emissions:
1. Improved thermal integrity of structures and
reduced thermal load through use of automated time clocks or occupant sensors.
2. Efficient heating and other appliances. 3. Incorporation of appropriate passive solar design. 4. Proper sealing of buildings. 5. Use of drought-resistant landscaping wherever feasible to reduce energy used in pumping and transporting water. (Note: Environmental Equivalent prior to 3/98 which deleted notation for drought resistant landscaping as the Utilities Department, Water and Electric Services
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requirement is addressed in MM 3.10.6-2 and monitoring this aspect of the feature would result in a redundant effort).
PDF 3.4-7 Prior to Final Building
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There will be a special drop-off area on Harbor Boulevard north of Freedman Way, or internal or adjacent to the East Public Parking Structure, or other accessible location, for shuttle buses to help encourage use of buses by area visitors.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division PDF 3.4-8* Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park; Ongoing During Project Operation The applicant will implement a comprehensive and aggressive Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program for all project employees.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division NOISE
MM 3.5-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.5-2* Ongoing During Project
Operation of the Second Theme Park
The applicant shall obtain (on an annual basis) a permit for use of fireworks.
Fire Department Planning Department, Code Enforcement Division MM 3.5-3 Prior to Issuance of
Building Permit for Amphitheater
Plans submitted for the location of the amphitheater will document that the facility is no closer than 2,000 feet from the nearest existing residence. The design and orientation of the amphitheater will be reviewed by a certified acoustical engineer; the applicant shall submit a report, for review and approval by the City, to ensure that noise from the amphitheater does not exceed the noise levels established by the City of Anaheim Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
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MM 3.5-4 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection for the Amphitheater. Within 9 Months of Commencement of Amphitheater Operations A Noise Monitoring Program prepared by a certified acoustical engineer shall be submitted for review and approval. The applicant shall submit the results of the Noise Monitoring Program conducted by a certified acoustical engineer to ensure that there are no violations of the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance from amphitheater operations outside the Disneyland Resort. If noise in excess of the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance is detected, the applicant shall modify operations within three days to bring the Amphitheater into conformance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
Planning Department, Planning and Building Divisions
MM 3.5-5 Prior to Approval of
Each Final Site Plan; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections For hotels within the 70 CNEL contour from West Street/Disneyland Drive, the property owner/developer shall submit a noise study prepared by a certified acoustical engineer identifying whether noise attenuation is required, and defining any attenuation measures and specific performance criteria, if any such measures are required to comply with the Uniform Building Code. Ultimate noise attenuation requirements, if any, shall depend on the final locations of such buildings and noise-sensitive room/uses inside the buildings.
Planning Department, Building Division
MM 3.5-6 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
For construction of the public parking facilities, South Parking Area facility, and any hotel parking facilities adjacent to residential areas, plans shall document that the driving surfaces shall be a textured surface to minimize tire squeal noise.
Planning Department, Building Division
MM 3.5-7* Ongoing During Project
Operations of the Second Theme Park
Engine noise from sweeping equipment used in the public parking facilities, South Parking Area facilities and any hotel parking facilities adjacent to residential areas shall be muffled.
Planning Department, Building Division
MM 3.5-8 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections For structures that are adjacent to residential areas, the applicant shall ensure that all mechanical ventilation units are shown on plans and installed in compliance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
Planning Department, Building Division
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PDF 3.5-1* Ongoing During Project
Operations
Lower noise-producing fireworks displays will be used at the Second Theme Park to minimize noise from 11:00 p.m. fireworks shows to meet the noise levels in the City of Anaheim Sound Pressure Level Ordinance.
Planning Department, Code Enforcement Division
PDF 3.5-2 Prior to Issuance of
Building Permit for the West Public Parking Facility; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park Noise from the west public parking facility adjacent to Walnut Street will be reduced by the provision of convenient access to the parking facility, sound attenuation devices (louvers and walls), the use of textured deck surfaces to reduce tire squealing, and tiering the parking facility in the West Parking Area above the third floor to provide greater distance to the receptors. Noise from the West Public Parking Facility adjacent to the Conestoga Hotel will be reduced by the provision of sound attenuation louvers in the openings on the north side of the structure adjacent to the Conestoga Resort.
Planning Department, Building Division
PDF 3.5-3 Submittal of Noise
Study Prior to Issuance of Southwest Parking Area Building Permit; and Sound Wall Construction Prior to the Commencement of Operation of the Southwest Parking Area The applicant shall construct a 9-14 feet in height sound wall along Walnut Street next to the Southwest Parking Area. The actual height of the wall will be determined by a noise study submitted with the parking facility construction plans.
Planning Department, Building Division
EARTH RESOURCES - GEOLOGY, SOILS, AND SEISMICITY
MM 3.6-1 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan
The property owner/developer shall submit a thorough soils and geological report for the area to be graded, based on proposed grading and prepared by an engineering geologist and geotechnical engineer. The report shall comply with Title 17 of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
Public Works Department, Development Services Division
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MM 3.6-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall submit for review and approval detailed foundation design information for the subject buildings, prepared by a civil engineer, based on recommendations by a geotechnical engineer.
Planning Department, Building Division
MM 3.6-3 Prior to Issuance of
Each Foundation Permit
The property owner/developer shall submit a report prepared by a geotechnical engineer for review and approval which shall investigate the subject foundation excavations to determine if soft layers are present immediately beneath the footing site and to ensure that compressibility does not underlie the footing.
Planning Department, Building Division
MM 3.6-4 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall submit plans showing that the proposed structure has been analyzed for earthquake loading and designed according to the most recent seismic standards in the Uniform Building Code adopted by the City of Anaheim.
Planning Department, Building Division
MM 3.6-5* Ongoing During Project
Operations
The property owner/developer shall coordinate earthquake training with the Fire Department for hotel staff and cast members.
Fire Department
MM 3.6-6 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
For hotels, the property owner/developer shall submit an earthquake emergency response plan for review and approval. That plan shall require posted notices in all hotel rooms on earthquake safety procedures. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 1/15/99 to change the timing of the measure.) Fire Department
GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE HYDROLOGY
MM 3.7-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
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MM 3.7-2 Prior to Approval of
Phase II Grading Plan; to be Implemented in Accordance with the Phasing Plan; and, prior to approval of Phase III Grading Plan; to be Implemented in Accordance with the Phasing Plan.
The property owner/developer shall submit a Master Drainage and Runoff Management Plan (MDRMP) for review and approval. The Master Plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following items: a. Backbone storm drain layout and pipe size, including supporting hydrology and hydraulic calculations for storms up to and including the 100-year storm. b. A delineation of the improvements to be
implemented for control of project-generated drainage and runoff. c. Detailed assessment of existing water quality,
potential water quality impacts, and a description of proposed measures to maintain water quality to the extent required by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and its regulations, including the following:
1. Incorporation of structural and nonstructural Citycontrolled Best Management Practices (BMPs).
BMPs shall, to the extent permitted by law, include, but are not limited to, containment of masonry and paint wastes on the construction site; proper disposal of vehicle fuel and maintenance wastes; disposal of trash and debris; prohibiting water wash down of paved areas (both during and after construction unless allowed by the NPDES permit); and education/training for construction workers on these practices. Engineering details, maintenance procedures, and funding responsibilities of these BMPs shall also be described.
2. Incorporation of measures to comply with
applicable actions to be identified by the RWQCB in conformance with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) statewide water quality control plan for inland surface waters, adopted April 11, 1991.
Orange County Environmental Management Agency; Regional Water Quality Control Board; Caltrans; Public Works Department, Development Services Division
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3. Description of a water quality monitoring program to monitor water quality during and subsequent to construction and to evaluate the effectiveness of BMPs. The water quality monitoring program shall identify: (1) the person/agency responsible for implementing the program, (2) sources of pollutants in runoff (e.g., nuisance •flows from development areas, irrigation flows), (3) specific types of pollutants expected in runoff that will be monitored (e.g., total suspended solids, phosphorous, lead), (4) water quality sampling stations that are representative of runoff from the sources identified above, (5) sampling program methodology, including devices to be used and frequency and duration of sampling, (6) method for evaluating data collected from a sampling program, including threshold standards for determining effectiveness of BMPs, and (7) additional measures, if necessary, to increase the effectiveness of the BMPs to the threshold standards identified in C(l) above.
MM 3.7-3 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit Exclusive of the Theme Parks including the Retail/Entertainment Component, Prior to Issuance of Each Building Permit (for non Setback Realm Areas); Prior to approval of Final Site Plan (for Setback Realm Areas) For the West Parking Facility: prior to approval of initial building permits for interim condition of a The property owner/developer shall submit landscaping and irrigation plans and an Irrigation Management Program to integrate and phase the installation of streetscape landscaping with the proposed construction schedule. This landscape plan shall include a maintenance program to control the use of fertilizers and pesticides, and an irrigation system designed to minimize surface runoff and overwatering. Additionally:
a. The landscape plans shall be prepared and certified by a licensed landscape architect. The landscape architect shall submit plans in accordance with Anaheim's Landscape Water Efficiency Ordinance and Guidelines including:
1. Project Information. 2. Maximum Applied Water Use expressed as annual totals.
3. Soil management report or specifications.
Planning and Building Department, Planning Division Public Utilities, Water Services Community Services Department, Parks Division (public right-of-way landscape plans)
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portion of the West Parking Area (for the final landscape plans for the Walnut Street Setback area and for the area adjacent to the Walnut Street soundwall in the private realm); and prior to approval of building permits for the ultimate condition of the West Parking Area (for the final landscape plans for West Street/ Disneyland Drive setback landscape, Cerritos Ave. setback landscape, landscaping at entrance to hotels and landscaping interior to hotel and RD&E parking)
4. Landscape design plan. 5. Irrigation design plan. 6. Grading design plan. b. The Irrigation Management Program shall specify
methods for monitoring the irrigation system and shall be designed by an irrigation engineer (plans to be submitted in accordance with the Specific Plan). The system shall ensure that irrigation rates do not exceed the infiltration of local soils and that the application of fertilizers and pesticides do not exceed appropriate levels of frequencies. c. The landscape and irrigation plans shall be
developed to be consistent with the provisions of the Specific Plan, which require that the Estimated Applied Water Use (EAWU) to be less than the Maximum Applied Water Allowance (MAWA) the maximum annual water allowance for the project (excluding theme parks) not exceed 80 percent of the mean annual evapotranspiration, or that the landscape irrigation system include water-conserving features such as low-flow irrigation heads, automatic irrigation scheduling equipment, flow sensing controls, rain sensors, soil moisture sensors, and other water- conserving equipment. In addition, all irrigation systems shall be designed so that they will function properly with reclaimed water, if it should become available. (Note: Environmental equivalents were approved for this measure as follows: Prior to 8/97, environmental equivalent approved which clarifies the timing relative to the Setback Realm Areas and non-Setback Realm Areas and its inapplicability to the theme parks including the retail/entertainment component; deleted the reference to the intended purpose of the plan to integrate and phase the installation of streetscape landscaping with the proposed Utilities Department, Water Services; Planning Department, Planning Division (Specific Plan consistency) Utilities Department, Electric Services, Administration, Resource Efficiency Section (Landscape Irrigation plans, Irrigation Management Program and conservation measures)
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construction schedule in that the Specific Plan requires the approval of Final Site Plans for the Setback Realm Areas which will be submitted on a street-by-street basis rather than on an individual project component basis. It should be noted that this measure will apply to and be monitored with the ultimate landscaping only and not with any interim landscaping condition. On 10/8/97, environmental equivalent approved to clarify the timing for the West Parking Facility as the SP-4 portion of the West Parking Area will first be developed to accommodate surface parking in an interim condition only. Implementation of this measure for all of the West Parking Area would require substantial portions of the landscaping to be removed in order to implement plans for the ultimate condition of the West Parking Area. On 7/26/18, environmental equivalent approved to add new language as standard required information to be included as part of the Landscape Plans submittal. In addition, new language calls for consistency with Estimated Applied Water Use (EAWU) and Maximum Applied Water Allowance (MAWA). With the exception of the Planning Department, other departments were deleted from the “Responsible for Monitoring” Section of this Measure, as they are not required to review/monitor.) MM 3.7-4* Ongoing During
Operation of the Disneyland Resort
The applicant shall provide for the following: cleaning of all paved areas not maintained by the City of Anaheim including,' but not limited to, private streets and parking lots on not less than a monthly basis. Using water to clean streets, parking Jots, and other areas shall be allowed on a periodic basis if allowed in the applicant's NPDES permit. Nightly washdown shall be allowed in the theme parks and, where advisable to maintain safe and sanitary working conditions, the back-of-house area, if allowed in the applicant's and City's NPDES permit. Flushing debris, residue, and sediment down the storm drains shall conform to the applicant's NPDES requirements. Applicant agrees that material deposited in City storm drains shall not be in violation of the City's NPDES permit.
Public Works Department, Streets and Sanitation Division
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MM 3.7-5 Prior to Each Final
Building and Zoning Inspection (for nonSetback Realm
Areas); Prior to Acceptance by City Engineer (for Setback Realm Areas) The property owner/developer shall submit a Certificate of Substantial Completion, as described in the Specific Plan, which establishes that the landscape irrigation systems have been installed as specified in the approved landscaping and irrigation plans. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved prior to 3/98 which clarifies the timing relative to the Setback Realm Areas and non-Setback Realm Areas. It should be noted that this measure will apply to and be monitored with the ultimate landscaping only and not with any interim landscaping condition).
Planning Department, Planning Division
PDF 3.7-1 To be Installed With
Project Water Mains; to be Connected if Reclaimed Water Becomes Available For the West Parking Facility: prior to approval of initial building permits for interim condition of a portion of the West Parking Area (for the final landscape plans for the Walnut Street Setback area and for the area adjacent to the Walnut Street soundwall in the private realm); and prior to approval of building permits for the ultimate condition of the West Parking Area (for the final landscape plans for West Street/ Disneyland Drive setback landscape, Cerritos Ave. setback To reduce the project's demand on potable water, the property owner/developer shall install water lines onsite so that reclaimed water may be used for landscape irrigation and other purposes, if and when it becomes available. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 10/8/97 to clarify the timing for the West Parking Facility as the SP-4 portion of the West Parking Area will first be developed to accommodate surface parking in an interim condition only. Implementation of this measure for all of the West Parking Area would require substantial portions of the landscaping to be removed in order to implement plans for the ultimate condition of the West Parking Area.) Utilities Department, Water Services
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landscape, landscaping at entrance to hotels and landscaping interior to hotel and RD&E parking)
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS
MM 3.8-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.8-2* Ongoing During
Grading Operations
The property owner/developer shall implement standard practices from all applicable codes and ordinances to prevent erosion.
Public Works Department, Development Services Division
MM 3.8-3 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan Prior to Issuance of Each Grading Permit The property owner/developer shall obtain required NPDES construction storm permits from the State Water Resources Control Board, if applicable. Copies of the Notice of Intent or permits, as applicable, shall be submitted to the City Engineer. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved prior to 3/98 to change the timing for submittal of the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan to a more appropriate point in the process.) State Water Resources Control Board; Public Works Department, Development Services Division
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MM 3.8-4* Ongoing During
Construction
The following measures will be followed by the property owner/developer to reduce air quality impacts:
a. Normal wetting procedures or other dust palliative
measures shall be followed during earth-moving operations to minimize fugitive dust emissions, in compliance with the City of Anaheim Municipal Code. b. Roadways adjacent to the project shall be swept and
cleared of any spilled export material at least twice a day to assist in minimizing fugitive dust; haul routes shall be cleared as needed if spills of material exported from the project site occur. c. Where practicable, heavy duty construction
equipment shall be kept onsite when not in operation to minimize exhaust emissions associated with vehicles repetitiously entering and exiting the project site. d. Trucks importing or exporting soil material and/or
debris shall either be covered prior to entering public streets or shall comply with the vehicle freeboard requirements of Section 23114 of the California Vehicle Code for both public and private roads. This California Vehicle Code section stipulates that the load, where it contacts the sides, front and back of the cargo container area, remain six inches from the upper edge of the container area, and that the load does not extend, at its peak, above any part of the upper edge of the cargo container area.. e. Manually irrigate or activate irrigation systems
necessary to water and maintain the vegetation as soon as planting is completed. f. Reduce traffic speeds on all unpaved road surfaces
to 15 miles per hour or less.
Planning Department, Building Division; Public Works Department, Development Services Division
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g. Suspend all grading operations when wind speeds
(as instantaneous gust) exceed 25 miles per hour and during second stage smog alerts. h. The project will comply with the SCAQMD Rule
402, which states that no dust impacts offsite are sufficient to be called a nuisance, and SCAQMD Rule 403, which restricts visible emissions from construction. i. Use low emission mobile construction equipment
(e.g., tractors, scrapers, dozers, etc.) where practicable. j. Utilize existing power sources (e.g., power poles) or clean-fuel generators rather than temporary power generators, where practicable. k. Maintain construction equipment engines by
keeping them properly tuned.
l. Use low sulfur fuel for equipment, to the extent
practicable.
(Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 1/19/99. California Vehicle Code Section 23114 states that: “Vehicles transporting loads of aggregate materials shall not be required to cover their loads if the load, where it contacts the sides, front, and back of the cargo container area, remains six inches from the upper edge of the container area, and if the load does not extend, at its peak, above any part of the upper edge of the cargo container area.” The South Coast Air Quality Management District, in its Rule 403 Implementation Handbook, states that adherence to the abovereferenced Code Section is equivalent to covering haul vehicles as a means of controlling fugitive dust. The environmental equivalent text for this mitigation measures reflects these requirements.)
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MM 3.8-5 Prior to Approval
Issuance of Each Grading Plan Permit(for Import/ Export Plan) and Prior to Issuance of Demolition Permit (for Demolition Plan) Other than for the Disneyland Administration Building or the relocation of the SCE transmission lines, the property owner/developer shall submit Demolition and Import/Export Plans. The plans shall include identification of offsite locations for material export from the project and options for disposal of excess material. These options may include recycling of materials onsite, sale to a soil broker or contractor, sale to a project in the vicinity or transport to an environmentally cleared landfill, with attempts made to move it within Orange County. The applicant shall offer recyclable building materials, such as asphalt or concrete for sale or removal by private firms or public agencies for use in construction of other projects, if not all can be reused on the project site. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved prior to 3/98 which changed the timing for the submittal of the Import/Export Plan to a more appropriate point in the process.) Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division MM 3.8-6* Ongoing During
Construction
The property owner/developer shall implement the following to limit emissions from architectural coatings and asphalt usage:
a. Use nonsolvent-based coatings on buildings, wherever appropriate.
b. Use solvent-based coatings, where they are
necessary, in ways that minimize solvent emissions.
c. Encourage use of high-solid or water-based coatings.
Air Quality Management District; Planning Department, Building Division MM 3.8-7* Ongoing During
Demolition and Construction
Construction noise shall be limited by the property owner/developer to 60 dBA along the property boundaries of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area before 7:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. as governed by Chapter 6.7, Sound Pressure Levels, of the Anaheim Municipal Code. (Note: Planning Department changed the responsible Division to the Code Enforcement Division.) Planning Department, Building
Division and Code Enforcement Division
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MM 3.8-8 Prior to Issuance of
Building Permit
For the parking facility in the West Parking Area or any parking structure or facilities in the Hotel District and the South Parking Area, an 8-foot perimeter or portable construction barrier along streets adjacent to construction areas, to be in place during construction, shall be provided to minimize noise impacts. (Note: Planning Department changed the responsible Division to the Code Enforcement Division.) Planning Department, Building Division Code
Enforcement Division
MM 3.8-9* Ongoing During
Construction
The property owner/developer shall ensure that all internal combustion engines on construction equipment are fitted with properly maintained mufflers. (Note: Planning Department changed the responsible Division to the Code Enforcement Division.) Planning Department, Building Division Code
Enforcement Division
MM 3.8-10* Ongoing During
Demolition and Construction
In the event that hazardous waste, including asbestos, is discovered during site preparation or construction, the property owner/developer shall ensure that the identified hazardous waste and/or hazardous material are handled and disposed of in the manner specified by the State of California Hazardous Substances Control Law (Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 6.5), according to the requirements of the California Administrative Code, Title 30, Chapter 22, and the Uniform Fire Code, Article 87.
Air Quality Management District for asbestos disposal; Orange County Health Department for hazardous waste and material disposal; Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section for hazardous materials/wastes from underground storage tanks.
MM 3.8-11* Ongoing During
Construction
If Anaheim Police Department or Anaheim TMC personnel are required to provide temporary traffic control services, the property owner/developer shall reimburse the City, on a fairshare basis, if applicable, for reasonable costs associated with such services.
Police Department; Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division; City Attorney's Office
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MM 3.8-12* Prior to Issuance of the
First Demolition, Grading or Building Permit for Phase II, Whichever Occurs First Excluding permits for relocation of the SCE transmission lines, or for demolition related to relocation of the SCE transmission lines as specified in the Phasing Plan, the applicant will establish an onsite public information office (which is conveniently and accessibly located) where construction scheduling and phasing information will be available to the public. The public information office shall be open during construction hours. A telephone "hotline" will be provided to the community to allow members of the public to call the office with questions or comments during business hours. At least one liaison officer will be staffed at the office. The liaison officer shall be available to answer questions from the public and shall coordinate with the City of Anaheim, other public agencies, and major developers in the area regarding the coordination of construction activities and infrastructure improvements. The City shall be provided with a monthly summary of the calls received and follow-up actions.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division PDF 3.8-1 Prior to Issuance of the
First Each Building Permit for the Disneyland Resort or, any Other Timing Specifically Provided in this Measure Excluding the relocation of SCE Transmission lines or the Disneyland Administration Building, the applicant shall submit a Traffic Mitigation and Construction Phasing and Control Plan. To the extent needed, as determined by the Public Works Department, the following project design features (PDF 3.8-1 - 3.8-8) require the applicant to submit at different times the plans for construction of both Phase II and Phase III development. The Traffic Mitigation and Construction Phasing and Control Plan shall identify the following:
a. A Construction Staging Area Plan showing the
location and size of the construction staging area. The Plan shall also show how the staging area will be screened from view in compliance with the City of Anaheim Municipal Code. (Note from 1997 DRSP Mitigation Monitoring Guide: Screening will be reviewed in compliance with the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan in as much as the City of Anaheim Municipal Code contains no specific requirements for screening.) Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division; Planning Department, Planning Division
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(Note: Environmental equivalent approved prior to 3/98 which allows the Construction Staging Area Plan to be prepared for each project component to ensure the Plan includes sufficient detail to address said component).
PDF 3.8-2 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan or
Issuance of Each Demolition or Building Permits, Whichever Occurs First b. A Construction Barrier Plan showing the location
and types of barriers to be in place during grading and construction. Said plan shall provide for all construction areas to be screened from view in compliance with the City of Anaheim Municipal Code and shall include provision for the type and height of the barriers to be placed along all construction perimeters prior to the commencement of demolition, site preparation or grading, whichever occurs first. (Note from 1997 DRSP Mitigation Monitoring Guide: Screening will be reviewed in compliance with the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan in as much as the City of Anaheim Municipal Code contains no specific requirements for screening.) (Note: Environmental equivalency approved on 3/13/97 to clarify the plan shall be submitted prior to approval of each grading plan or issuance of each demolition or building permit).
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division; Planning Department, Planning Division PDF 3.8-3 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan or Issuance of EachDemolition or Building Permit, Whichever Occurs First; Implemented During Grading Site Preparation and Construction
c. A Truck Route Plan identifying truck routes along
arterials, avoiding residential areas to the extent feasible and in compliance with the Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. The Plan shall show conformance with the external noise limits for construction between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. The Plan shall also prohibit construction traffic on residential streets where improvements are not planned and shall provide measures to ensure that truck drivers are directed away from residential streets and travel on approved routes only. Measures to assist in guiding truck movement on the arterial roadway system include, but Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division; Planning Department, Planning Division Code Enforcement Division
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are not limited to, provision of truck route maps to truck drivers and placement of flagpersons and construction signage at appropriate locations. The Truck Route Plan shall provide for monitoring of street conditions and potential repairing and/or repaving by property owner/developer after completion of construction as required by the City Engineer. (Note: Environmental equivalency approved on 3/13/97 to clarify the plan shall be submitted prior to approval of each grading plan or issuance of each demolition or building permit. The Planning Department also clarified Code Enforcement was the responsible Division.) PDF 3.8-4 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan or
Issuance of Each Demolition or Building Permit, Whichever Occurs First; Implemented During Grading and Construction d. A Construction Traffic Management Plan which
includes mechanisms to reduce construction-related traffic congestion which shall be implemented during grading and construction, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Configure construction parking to minimize onsite
and offsite traffic interference.
2. Minimize obstruction of through-traffic lanes.3. Provide flagpersons to guide traffic, as determined in the plan.
(Note: Environmental equivalency approved on 3/13/97 to clarify the plan shall be submitted prior to approval of each grading plan or issuance of each demolition or building permit. The Planning Department also clarified Traffic was the responsible Division).
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division; Planning Department, Planning Division
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PDF 3.8-5 Prior to Approval of
the First Each
Grading Plan for Phase II and III Southwest Parking Facility e. A Trip Reduction Plan (excluding the demolition for or relocation of the SCE transmission lines) for construction crew vehicles shall be prepared to reduce potential vehicle trips on the road and identify parking locations for construction employees and equipment. (Notes: Environmental equivalent approved on 4/1/97 which allows the Trip Reduction Plan to be prepared for each project component to ensure the Plan includes sufficient detail to address said component).
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division; Planning Department, Planning Division PDF 3.8-6 Prior to Issuance of the
First Approval of each Building Permit for Each Phase
f. A Traffic Management Plan for phasing of roadway
improvements, specifying the sequencing of construction to do the following:
1. Coordinate scheduling with other planned
construction in the area, including the I-5 widening project.
2. Coordinate scheduling with other infrastructure
improvements to allow them to be facilitated efficiently during roadway improvements, such as sewer, storm drain, and water line improvements.
3. Outline procedures for any required traffic
detours during construction, including provision of tour bus stops.
4. Phase each roadway improvement to allow
access to all existing businesses/residential areas. In some instances this will require laneby-lane renovation, temporary bypass roads, or traffic reroutes.
5. Employ vertical shoring as often as possible.
This will minimize the amount of road surface that will be disturbed at a given location.
6. Sequence the construction of each roadway
improvement to minimize disruption to residents and businesses.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division
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7. Establish offsite parking and staging areas,
where practical and possible, to minimize the impact to existing level of service on adjacent roadways. These offsite parking and staging areas will allow a dispersion of traffic flow to noncritical areas and will encourage bussing of construction workers from the offsite areas to the construction sites.
8. Identify how the project improvement
construction schedules and haul routes will be coordinated with other areawide improvements. The applicant shall coordinate with the Convention Center and area hotels to ensure continued operations of these facilities, as well as the continued operation of the existing Disneyland theme park and Disneyland Hotel. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 7/24/97 to integrate the requirements of PDF 3.8-7 into the Traffic Management Plan. It also changes the timing for the measure as development of the South Parking Facility constitutes an early minor component of the Disneyland Resort and, therefore does not warrant preparation and implementation of a project-wide Traffic Management Plan, rather, it provides for the preparation of a Traffic Management Plan for the South Parking Facility only at this point. The need for a project-wide Traffic Management Plan will be assessed with each Grading Plan and will be required when determined warranted by the City.)
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PDF 3.8-7 Combined with PDF 3.8-6
Prior to Issuance of the
First Building Permit
g. Infrastructure Coordination Plan showing how
the project improvement construction schedules and haul routes will be coordinated with other areawide improvements. The applicant shall coordinate with the Convention Center and area hotels to ensure continued operations of these facilities, as well as the continued operation of the existing Disneyland theme park and Disneyland Hotel. (Note: Environmental equivalent for PDF 3.8-6 approved on 7/24/97 which combined the monitoring requirement for this feature with PDF 3.8-6 in that infrastructure coordination is a component of the Traffic Management Plan and separate monitoring of this feature would result in a redundant effort.) Public Works Department,
Traffic and Transportation Division
PDF 3.8-8 Prior to Approval of the
First Each Grading Plan for Phase II of the Disneyland Resort and III Southwest Parking Facility h. An Infrastructure Improvement Master Phasing
Plan containing (a) infrastructure layout, (b) sizing,
including supporting calculations, and (c) infrastructure construction phasing. (Note: The following Environmental Equivalencies were approved: On 3/21/97, environmental equivalent approved to change the timing of this measure as development of the Southwest Parking Lot constitutes an early minor component of the Disneyland Resort and, therefore, does not warrant preparation and implementation of a project-wide infrastructure Improvement Master Phasing Plan, rather it provides for the preparation of a Infrastructure Improvement Master Plan for the Southwest Parking Lot only at that date. The need for a project-wide Infrastructure Improvement Master Phasing Plan would be assessed with each Grading Plan and would be required when determined warranted by the City.
Public Works Department, Development Services Division Traffic and Transportation Division; Planning Department, Planning Division
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Prior to 3/98, an environment equivalent was approved to eliminate the requirement for sizing, including supporting calculations, as this information is required with the actual improvement plans and is not addressed as part of a phasing plan.) PDF 3.8-9 Ongoing During Project
Construction
The applicant shall submit a quarterly update report showing construction activities for the upcoming quarter which shall include traffic mitigation and control planning and construction scheduling.
Public Works Department; Planning Department, Planning Division PDF 3.8-10* Ongoing During
Construction
To decrease solid waste resulting from the construction phases, asphalt and concrete which is demolished as a part of project demolition and construction may be crushed and reused on the project site.
Public Works Department, Development Services Division
PDF 3.8-11 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan
The applicant shall show how the project will be in compliance with the Traffic Mitigation and Construction Phasing and Control Plan.
Public Works Department, Traffic and Transportation Division; Planning Department, Planning Division
EMPLOYMENT, POPULATION, AND HOUSING
MM 3.9-1* Varies The applicant shall implement the project design feature included herein or its environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
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PDF 3.9-1* Ongoing During Project
Operations
The existing Disneyland theme park and Disneyland Hotel special employment programs such as summer employment for teachers and educational programs offering local high schools students jobs will continue. The Walt Disney Company will also aggressively recruit workers who are already a part of the resident work force in the region. Implementation of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan will further efforts in offering employment opportunities at various socioeconomic levels.
Planning Department, Planning Division
PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES - FIRE
MM 3.10.1-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.10.1-2 Prior to
Commencement of Structural Framing on Each Parcel or Lot Onsite fire hydrants shall be installed and charged, as required, by the property owner/developer.
Fire Department
MM 3.10.1-3 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan
The property owner/developer shall submit an emergency
fire access plan to ensure that service to the site is in accordance with Fire Department service requirements.
Fire Department
MM 3.10.1-4 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall submit a Construction Fire Protection Plan which shall include detailed design plans for accessibility of emergency fire equipment, fire hydrant location, and any other construction features required by the Fire Marshal. The property owner/developer shall be responsible for securing facilities acceptable to the Fire Department and hydrants shall be operational with required fire flow.
Fire Department
MM 3.10.1-5 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit; to be Implemented Prior to Each Final Building and Zoning Inspection Plans shall indicate that all buildings, exclusive of parking structures, shall have sprinklers installed by property owner/developer.
Fire Department
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MM 3.10.1-6 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
Plans shall be submitted to ensure that development is in accordance with the City of Anaheim Fire Department Standards, including:
a. Overhead clearance shall not be less than 14 feet
for the full width of access roads.
b. Bridges and underground structures to be used
for Fire Department access shall be designed to support Fire Department vehicles weighing 75,000 pounds. c. All underground tunnels shall have sprinklers.
Water supplies are required at the entrances. Standpipes shall also be provided when determined to be necessary by the Fire Department. d. Adequate off-site public fire hydrants contiguous
to the Specific Plan area and onsite private fire hydrants shall be provided by the property owner/developer. The precise number, types, and locations of the hydrants shall be determined during building permit review. Hydrants are to be a maximum of 400 feet apart. e. A minimum residual water pressure of 20 psi shall
remain in the water system. Flow rates for public parking facilities shall be set at 1,000 to 1,500 gpm.
Fire Department
MM 3.10.1-7 Prior to Issuance of the
First Building Permit in Phase II
The property owner/developer shall enter into an agreement with the City of Anaheim to pay or cause to be paid its fair share of the funding for one additional fire inspector to maintain adequate levels of service of ongoing fire inspection of the Project and in the Anaheim Resort.
Fire Department; City Attorney's Office
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MM 3.10.1-8 Prior to Issuance of the
First Building Permit for Phase II of the Disneyland Resort, Excluding Permits for Demolition or the Relocation of the Existing SCE Transmission Lines The EIR identifies the following equipment in connection with the Project, other development within the C-R Overlay and District A of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Area, and cumulative development in the Anaheim Resort:
• A vehicle equipped with specialty tools and equipment to enable the Fire Department to provide heavy search and rescue response capability.
• A medical triage vehicle/trailer, equipped with
sufficient trauma dressings, medical supplies, stretchers, etc., to handle 1 ,000 injured persons, and an appropriate storage facility.
• One additional fire truck company.• One additional Paramedic company.• Modification to existing fire stations to accommodate the additional fire units.
To implement this requirement as it applies to the applicant, the applicant shall provide or cause to be provided funding for the following equipment:
• One fire truck company; • One paramedic company; and • Modifications to existing fire stations to accommodate the fire truck company and the paramedic company.
The applicant shall not be required to contribute to the purchase of the other equipment identified in the Final EIRbecause the applicant has or will provide its own emergency response equipment and personnel.
Fire Department; City Attorney's Office
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The City recognizes that these improvements will serve not only the applicant but also other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, and the service area, each of which should contribute its allocable share of the cost of the improvements. To implement this requirement as it applies to other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, and the service area, the City shall, and shall make appropriate arrangements with other public agencies, if any, to reimburse the applicant to the extent that its contributions for these improvements exceed the applicant's allocable share of the cost. Such arrangements shall include one or more of the following: (1) creation of integrated financing districts; (2) entry into a reimbursement agreement with the applicant; (3) creation of appropriate community facilities districts, assessment districts, and/or the use of similar public financing districts and/or mechanisms; and (4) creation of such other mechanisms or districts as may be appropriate to provide for the reimbursement of these costs. The determination of the allocable share of improvement costs attributable to the applicant and other property owners/developers, and reimbursement amounts, shall be based on an apportionment of the costs of such equipment and personnel among property owners/developers, including the applicant, in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, or the otherwise defined service area, as applicable, depending on the area served. To implement this mitigation measure, the City has adopted the Fire Protection Facilities and Paramedic Services Impact Fee Program. Compliance with this Program by the property owner/developer (per Ordinance No. 5496 and Resolution No. 95R-73 dated May 16, 1995) shall satisfy the requirements of this Mitigation Measure, or the City may enter into alternative financing arrangements with the applicant.
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MM 3.10.1-9 Prior to Approval of
Street Improvement Plans
The water supply system shall be designed by the property owner/developer to provide sufficient fire flow pressure and storage for the proposed land use and fire protection in accordance with Fire Department requirements. (3.10.1-9) Fire Department; Public Utilities Department, Water Services MM 3.10.1-10 Prior to Each Final
Building and Zoning Inspections, emergency telephone service numbers shall be posted for at least one telephone in each facility (for nonoccupied facilities) and emergency telephone service numbers shall be posted at each telephone that is deemed appropriate by the Fire Department in each facility (for occupied facilities); prior to Opening Day, emergency telephone service numbers will be posted within The Disneyland Resort for all telephones that are deemed appropriate by the Fire Department.
The property owner/developer shall place emergency telephone service numbers in prominent locations as approved by the Fire Department. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 2/7/00 to change the timing for this measure as the majority of The Disneyland Resort will not be open to the public nor occupied by employees of Disneyland prior to Opening Day, and therefore will not require the posting of emergency telephone service numbers at more than one telephone per facility. Prior to Opening Day, after which time all facilities will be open to the public and occupied by employees, all emergency telephone numbers will be posted, in accordance with the requirements of the Fire Department.) Fire Department
PDF 3.10.1-1 *
Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park; Ongoing During Project Operation The existing services and capabilities of the Disneyland Fire Department shall be extended within the Disneyland Resort. Existing services include preconstruction checks, preinvestigation of fires and alarms, preplanning for fires and evacuations, fire prevention program activities, and monitoring of pyrotechnics and special effects.
Fire Department
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PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES - POLICE
MM 3.10.2-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.10.2-2* Ongoing During
Operation of the Disneyland Resort
The operator of the public parking facilities shall provide an adequate staff of private security officers for patrol and surveillance of the facilities.
Police Department
MM 3.10.2-3 Prior to the Issuance of
the First Building Permit for Phase II of the Disneyland Resort (excluding the Relocation of the SCE Transmission Lines) The property owner/developer shall enter into an agreement with the City of Anaheim to pay or cause to be paid its fair share of the funding for police personnel and equipment necessary to meet the service needs of the Anaheim Resort.
Police Department, City Attorney
MM 3.10.2-4 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park
The applicant shall provide space within The Disneyland Security Office, to support the Anaheim Police Department to the satisfaction of the Police Department, based on the following criteria:
During the design phase of the security area, a police representative shall be kept informed of the plans for the security area. All facilities shall be within The Disneyland Resort
Security Office on a shared basis.
Separate holding rooms for adult and juvenile
offenders shall be provided for the use of the Disneyland Security Department. Additional private interview rooms shall be made
available for the shared use of the Anaheim Police Department and the Disneyland Security Department, including adequate areas for onsite storage needs and a common area for computers.
Police Department
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MM 3.10.2-5 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit for Parking Structures
The Police Department shall review the safety measures incorporated into the building plans for the parking structures within the Specific P an area to be submitted by the property owner/developer. The security measures shall include the following or other substitute security measures as may be approved by the Police Department:
For the West and East Public Parking Structure, and
the Southwest Parking Facility, closed circuit television surveillance and recording equipment shall be provided. For the hotel parking structures, closed circuit
television surveillance and recording equipment shall be provided. For the Disneyland Administration Building and the
South Parking Area (south of Katella Avenue and west of Haster Street), guarded entrance and exit gates shall be provided.
Police Department
MM 3.10.2-6* Ongoing During
Operation of the Disneyland Resort
The applicant shall continue to provide anti-gang and substance abuse educational programs which are currently provided for park security cast members.
Police Department
PDF 3.10.2-1* Ongoing During
Operations
The Disneyland Security Department shall be expanded to provide equivalent levels of service to the entire Disneyland Resort. These services will include initial response, investigation, and report writing. Entry points to the theme parks will be patrolled by the Disneyland Security Department.
Police Department
PDF 3.10.2-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit for Each Parking Facility; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections In the West and East Public Parking Structures and in the hotel parking structures, closed circuit television monitoring and recording or other adequate security measures will be used extensively.
Police Department
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PDF 3.10.2-3* Ongoing During Project
Operation
The applicant shall continue to provide and expand its Court Liaison program to meet the needs of the Disneyland Resort.
Police Department
PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES – SOLID WASTE
MM 3.10.3-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.10.3-2 For the Second
Theme Park, prior to Opening Day, except where solid waste recycling facilities are required for operation of facility prior to Opening Day (in which case solid waste recycling facilities will be provided prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections); and for the Remainder of The Disneyland Resort, Prior to Final Zoning and Building Inspections Excluding the relocation of SCE transmission lines, the Disneyland Administration Building and demolition, the property owner/developer shall submit project plans to the Director of Maintenance for review and approval to ensure that the plans comply with AB 939, the Solid Waste Reduction Act of 1989, as implemented by the City of Anaheim, the County of Orange Integrated Waste Management Plan, and the City of Anaheim Integrated Waste Management Plan, administered by the Department of Maintenance. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved on 12/7/99 to change the timing for this mitigation measure as the majority of Disney’s California Adventure will not be open to the public nor occupied by employees of Disneyland prior to Opening Day, and therefore, will not be generating solid waste. With respect to the remainder of The Disneyland Resort, solid waste management facilities will be provided as part of the Certificate of Occupancy process, after which time facilities will be occupied, and therefore, generating solid waste. Mitigation measure also references “Director of Maintenance”. This has been changed to Director of Public Works, inasmuch as City Maintenance functions are now overseen by the Public Works Department. Additionally, the Department of Maintenance reference in the mitigation measure has been changed to Department of Public Works, Streets and Sanitation Division).
Maintenance Department
Public Works Department, Streets and Sanitation Division
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MM 3.10.3-3 Prior to Final Zoning
and Building Inspection; to be Implemented During Operation of the Theme Parks A solid waste management plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the applicant for the Disneyland Resort theme parks to ensure that the project plans comply with AB 939, as administered by the City of Anaheim, and the County’s and City’s Integrated Waste Management Plans. Waste management mitigation measures that shall be taken to reduce solid waste generation shall include:
a. Detailing the locations and design of back-of-house
recycling facilities.
b. Complying with all Federal, State, and City
regulations for hazardous material disposal.
c. Continuing participation in the City of Anaheim's
voluntary "Recycle Anaheim" program or other substitute program as may be developed by the City.
In order to meet the requirements of the Solid Waste Reduction Act of 1989 (AB 939), the applicant shall implement numerous solid waste reduction programs at the Disneyland Resort, including:
• Facilitating paper recycling by providing chutes or
convenient locations for sorting and recycling bins.
• Facilitating cardboard recycling (especially from retail areas) by providing adequate space and centralized locations for collection and baling. • Facilitating glass recycling (especially from
restaurants) by providing adequate space for sorting and storing. • Providing trash compactors for nonrecyclable
materials whenever feasible to reduce the total volume of solid waste and the number of trips required for collection. • Prohibition of curbside pick-up within the Disneyland Resort.
Maintenance Department; Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section (for hazardous material disposal)
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PDF 3.10.3-1 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park; and continuing on an Ongoing Basis During Project Operation The existing solid waste recycling and waste minimization practices at the Disneyland theme park shall be expanded as feasible to serve the Disneyland Resort. Existing practices include:
• Usage of recycled paper products for stationery,
letterhead, and packaging.
• Recovery of materials such as aluminum and
cardboard.
• Collection of office paper for recycling. • Collection of polystyrene (foam) cups for recycling. • Collection of glass, plastics, kitchen grease, laser printer toner cartridges, oil, batteries, and scrap metal for recycling or recovery.
Maintenance Department
PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES - PARKS
MM 3.10.4-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the Mitigation Monitoring Program process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.10.4-2 Prior to Issuance of the
First Building Permit for Phase II
The applicant shall enter into an agreement to pay the cost of providing night lighting to two existing ballfields at one or more existing City community parks complete with support amenities, including parking, security lighting, restrooms, spectator seating, and drinking fountains. The applicant shall enter into an agreement with the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department that delineates the conditions under which payment for improvements will be provided.
Community Services Department, Parks Division; City Attorney's Office PDF 3.10.4-1 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park
Substantial area within the Disneyland Resort has been designed to encourage utilization by pedestrians in a parklike setting linking key areas of the project. The pedestrian amenities will include landscaped pedestrian walkways linking West Street/Disneyland Drive to Harbor Boulevard; and a new entry plaza for Disneyland and the Second Theme Park where the guest transportation system will drop off guests from the parking facilities and hotels.
Planning Department, Planning Division; Public Works Department, Design Division
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PDF 3.10.4-2 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park
The applicant will provide an eating area, outside the paid gates, easily accessible to park guests, within the Theme Park District for those who bring their own food. Design features will include a 50-table layout with comparable spacing to other theme park eating areas. Drinking fountains, security, landscaping, lighting, vending machines, and nearby restrooms/locker facilities will be provided.
Community Services Department, Parks Division
PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES -ꞏSCHOOLS
MM 3.10.5-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.10.5-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall provide proof that school impact fees have been paid consistent with State statute.
Planning Department, Building Division
PDF3.10.5-1 Ongoing During Project
Operations
The existing Disneyland theme park has developed and/or has engaged in a series of educational programs in cooperation with the local community and regional agencies and organizations, designed to enhance and complement the educational opportunities and experiences for the youth. The 10 educational programs that currently exist are indicated below (see Section 3.10.5, Schools, for detailed information regarding these programs):
1. The Disneyland Creativity Challenge Awards Program 2. Orange County Young Listeners Concerts 3. Junior Achievement (JA) 4. Work Exposure Day at Disneyland 5. Disney Magic Music Days 6. Job Search Strategy Class 7. "Free From Drugs" Program 8. Job Training Opportunities 9. School Support Programs 10. CIF Champion Celebration The applicant will continue these programs and/or substitute similar programs of equal importance.
Planning Department, Planning Division
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PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES - WATER
MM 3.10.6-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.10.6-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit or Approval of Each Landscape Plan, Whichever Occurs First; to be Implemented Prior to Final Zoning and Building Inspections; and, Continuing on an Ongoing Basis During Project Operation With the exception of the West Parking Area, Prior to Issuance of Each Building Permit (for non-Setback Realm Areas); Prior to approval of Final Site Plan (for Setback Realm Areas); to be Implemented Prior to Final Zoning and Building Inspections (for non-Setback Realm Areas) and Prior to Acceptance by the City Engineer (for Setback Realm Areas); and Continuing on an Ongoing Basis During Project Operation Among the water conservation measures to be shown on plans and implemented by the property owner/developer (to the extent feasible within the Theme Park District) within the Specific Plan area include the following:
• Use of low-flow sprinkler heads in irrigation system. • Use of waterway re-circulation systems. • Low-flow fittings, fixtures, and equipment, including low flush toilets and urinals.
• Use of self-closing valves on drinking fountains. • Use of reclaimed water for irrigation and washdown when it becomes available.
• Continuation of the existing cooling tower
recirculation system.
• Use of efficient irrigation systems such as drip
irrigation and automatic systems which use moisture sensors. • Low-flow shower heads in hotels. • Water-efficient ice machines, dishwashers, clothes washers, and other water-using appliances.
• Use of irrigation systems primarily at night when
evaporation rates are lowest.
• Provide information to the public in conspicuous
places regarding water conservation.
• Use of water-conserving landscape plant materials
wherever feasible.
Utilities Department, Resource Efficiency Section; Community Services Department, Parks Division; Planning Department, Building Division
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West Parking Area: Prior to approval of initial building permits for interim condition of a portion of the West Parking Area (for the final landscape plans for the Walnut Street Setback area and for the area adjacent to the Walnut Street soundwall in the private realm); and prior to approval of building permits for the ultimate condition of the West Parking Area (for the final landscape plans for West Street/ Disneyland Drive setback landscape, Cerritos Ave. setback landscape, landscaping of entrance to hotels and landscaping interior to hotel and RD&E parking). • Use of vacuum and other equipment to reduce the
use of water for washdown of exterior areas.
(Note: Environmental equivalents were approved for this measure as follows: Prior to 10/8/97, environmental equivalent approved to clarify the timing relative to the Setback Realm Areas and non-Setback Realm Areas. It should be noted that this measure will apply to and be monitored with the ultimate landscaping only and not with any interim landscaping condition. On 10/8/97, environmental equivalent approved to change the timing for the West Parking Area as the SP-4 portion of the West Parking Area will first be developed to accommodate surface parking in an interim condition only. Implementation of this measure for all of the West Parking Area would require substantial portions of the landscaping to be removed in order to implement plans for the ultimate condition of the West Parking Area. On 7/26/18, environmental equivalent approved which, with the exception of the Planning Department, removed other departments from the “Responsible for Monitoring” Section of this measure as they are not required to review/monitor. It also removed the following language: “(to the extent feasible within the Theme Park District)”.) MM 3.10.6-3 Prior to Each Final
Zoning and Building Inspection
The property owner/developer shall submit a certified water audit for landscape irrigation systems except for areas within the Theme Parks.
Utilities Department, Resource Efficiency Section
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MM 3.10.6-4 Prior to Issuance of
the First Building Permit for the Disneyland Administration Building; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Disneyland Administration Building The existing 12-inch water main between Ball Road and the southeast corner of the Disneyland Administration Building site will be replaced by the applicant with a new 16-inch diameter main to the satisfaction of the Public Utilities Department.
Utilities Department, Water Services
Completed
MM 3.10.6-5 Prior to Issuance of the
First Building Permit for Phase II, Excluding Permits for the Demolition or Relocation of the Existing SCE Transmission Lines For construction in the back-of-house area, excluding the Disneyland Administration Building, the existing 12 and 10-inch water mains located between the southeast corner of the Disneyland Administration Building site and Harbor Boulevard north of Manchester Avenue will be replaced with a new 16-inch water main to the satisfaction of the Public Utilities Department. Note: Implementation of the water improvement required in Condition of Approval #72, which requires a new 16” water main to be constructed in Manchester Avenue/Midway Drive between the Harbor/Manchester intersection and the Anaheim Boulevard/Midway Drive intersection, has been determined as environmentally equivalent to the adopted mitigation measure. (Note: On 2/27/97, environmental equivalent approved to add a note to clarify this measure.) Utilities Department, Water Services; City Attorney's Office MM 3.10.6-6
Prior to Issuance of the First Building Permit for Phase II, Excluding Permits for Demolition or the Relocation of the Existing SCE Transmission Lines; to be Implemented in Accordance with the The applicant shall submit for review and approval an engineering report and phasing plan demonstrating the incorporation of the following water system improvements into The Disneyland Resort. The applicant shall construct or cause to be constructed the following improvements:
a. The existing 8-inch water main in Clementine
Street from Katella Avenue to Freedman Way shall be replaced by a 20-inch water main.
Utilities Department, Water Services; City Attorney's Office Completed
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Approved Phasing Plan
b. The existing 10-inch water main in Freedman Way
from Clementine Street to Harbor Boulevard shall be replaced by a 20-inch water main. c. The existing 10-inch water main in Harbor
Boulevard from Katella Avenue to Freedman Way shall be replaced by a 20-inch water main. d. The 12-inch water main in Katella Avenue from
Harbor Boulevard to Clementine Street shall be replaced by a 20-inch water main. e. The existing 10-inch water main in Harbor
Boulevard from Freedman Way to Harbor Boulevard north of Manchester Avenue shall be replaced by a 16-inch water main.
The City recognizes that these improvements will serve not only the applicant but also other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, the, Anaheim Resort and the service area, each of which should contribute its allocable share of the cost of these improvements. To implement this requirement as it applies to other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, and the service area, the City shall, and shall make appropriate arrangements with other public agencies, if any, to reimburse the applicant to the extent that its contributions for these improvements exceed the applicant's allocable share of the cost. Such arrangements shall include one or more of the following: (1) creation of integrated financing districts; (2) entry into a reimbursement agreement with the applicant; (3) creation of appropriate community facilities districts, assessment districts, and/or use of similar public financing districts and/or mechanisms; and (4) creation of other such mechanisms or districts as may be appropriate to provide for the reimbursement of these costs. The determination of the allocable share of improvement costs attributable to the applicant and other property owners/developers, and reimbursement amounts, shall be based on an apportionment of the costs of such improvements among property owners/developers, including the applicant, in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, or otherwise
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defined service area, as applicable, depending on the area served. To implement this mitigation measure, the City has adopted the Anaheim Resort Water Facilities Fee Program (Rule 15E of the Water Rates, Rules and Regulations). Compliance with this Fee Program by the property owner/developer (per Resolution No. 95R-140, effective September 1, 1995) shall satisfy the requirements of this Mitigation Measure, or the City may enter into alternative financing arrangements with the applicant.
MM 3.10.6-7 Prior to Issuance of
the First Building Permit for Phase II, Excluding Permits for Demolition or the Relocation of the Existing SCE Transmission Lines The applicant shall submit for review and approval an Engineering Report and Phasing Plan demonstrating the incorporation of a new water supply well in the vicinity of Clementine Street and Freedman Way.
Utilities Department, Water Services; City Attorney’s Office MM 3.10.6-8 Prior to Final
Building and Zoning Inspections for Phase II
The applicant shall fund or cause to be funded the drilling of a new water supply well in the vicinity of Clementine Street and Freedman Way.
Utilities Department, Water Services; City Attorney’s Office MM 3.10.6-9
Prior to Final Building and Zoning
Inspections for the
Second Theme Park
The applicant shall cause to be constructed the site
improvements for the well in the vicinity of Clementine Street and Freedman Way.
The City recognizes that these improvements will serve not only the applicant but also other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, and the service area, each of which should contribute its allocable share of the cost of these improvements. To implement this requirement as it applies to other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, and the service area, the City shall, and shall make appropriate arrangements with other public agencies, if any, to reimburse the applicant to the extent that its contributions for these improvements exceed the applicant's allocable share of the cost. Such Utilities Department, Water Services; City Attorney’s Office
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arrangements shall include one or more of the following: (1) creation of integrated financing districts; (2) entry into a reimbursement agreement with the applicant; 3) creation or appropriate community facilities districts, assessment districts, and/or use of similar public financing districts and/or mechanisms; and (4) creation of other such mechanisms or districts as may be appropriate to provide for the reimbursement of these costs. The determination of the allocable share of improvement costs attributable to the applicant and other property owners/developers, and reimbursement amounts, shall be based on an apportionment of the costs of such improvements among property owners/developers, including the applicant, in the Specific Plan Area, the Anaheim Resort or otherwise defined service area, as applicable, depending on the area served.
The City has adopted the Anaheim Resort Water Facilities Fee Program (Rule 15E of the Water Rates, Rules and Regulations). Compliance with this Fee Program by the property owner/developer (per Resolution No. 95R-140, effective September 1, 1995) shall satisfy the requirements of this mitigation measure. It is noted that the City may require the applicant to provide an advance in accordance with Rule 15E of the Water Rates, Rules and Regulations to complete the site improvements for the new water supply well for which the drilling phase was previously completed under Mitigation Measure No. 3.10.6-8. The City may also enter into alternative financing arrangements with the applicant to ensure that this mitigation measure is implemented.
PDF 3.10.6-1 Eliminated
Prior to Each Final
Building and Zoning Inspection for the Disneyland Resort The Disneyland Resort will be developed with piping onsite to use reclaimed water when it is available from the County Sanitation District of Orange County (CSDOC), for use in the Disneyland Resort waterways and for irrigation. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved prior to 3/98 which eliminated the monitoring requirement for this measure in that it was duplicative of PDF 3.7-1 and separate monitoring would result in a redundant effort).
Utilities Department, Water Services
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PDF 3.10.6-2 To be Shown on Street
Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior
to Street Relocation or
Final Building and
Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme
Park, Whichever
Occurs First
With development of the Disneyland Resort, some street rights-of-way will be relocated, therefore requiring relocation of the utilities. The following improvements are included in the development of the Disneyland Resort:
• The existing 10-inch water main in Cerritos
Avenue between Walnut Street and West
Street/Disneyland Drive will be abandoned with the
proposed realignment of this portion of Cerritos
Avenue, and a new 12-inch water main will be
installed in the new Cerritos Avenue right-of-way.
• The existing 12-inch and 14-inch water mains in
West Street/Disneyland Drive will be replaced with
a 20-inch water main and relocated with the
realignment of the West Street/Disneyland Drive right-of-way. • An onsite 12-inch dual-feed water main through
the proposed Disneyland Resort from the
proposed water line in West Street/Disneyland
Drive to the proposed water line in Harbor
Boulevard will be constructed. The dual-feed
system will create two means of water supply to any point fed from this line and will ensure good fire flow protection.
Utilities Department, WaterServices
PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES - WASTEWATER/SEWER
MM 3.10.7-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance
through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
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MM 3.10.7-2 Prior to Issuance of the
First Building Permit for the Disneyland Administration Building; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Disneyland Administration Building The applicant shall submit a report indicating that the Administration Building will not increase the sewage flows to Ball Road beyond historic levels. The applicant will upgrade or parallel the existing 1 0-inch diameter pipe in Winston Road from the Disneyland property line to West
Street/Disneyland Drive with an approximate 1 2 -inchdiameter pipe. Additionally, an upgrade or parallel pipe to the existing 10-inch diameter pipe in West Street between Winston Road and Cerritos Avenue will be
provided.
Public Works Department, Development Services Division and Design Division MM 3.10.7-3 Prior to the First Final
Building and Zoning
Inspection for Phase II,
Excluding Permits for
Demolition or the Relocation of the Existing SCETransmission Lines The applicant shall construct or cause to be constructed the following improvements:
• A City' sewer main upgrade line or parallel sewer
line to the existing 24-inch sewer main in Katella
Avenue, from the existing 27-inch District sewer line
at Walnut Street or Ninth Street to Harbor
Boulevard.
• A City sewer main upgrade line or parallel sewer line to the existing 15-inch sewer main in Harbor Boulevard from Katella Avenue to Manchester Avenue.
Public Works Department, Design Division; City Attorney's Office
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The City recognizes that these improvements will serve not only the applicant but also other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, and the service area, each of which should contribute its allocable share of the cost of these improvements. To implement this requirement as it applies to other property owners/developers in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, and the service area, the City shall, and shall make appropriate arrangements with other public agencies, if any, to reimburse the applicant to the extent that its contributions for these improvements exceed the applicant's allocable share of the cost. Such arrangements shall include one or more of the following: (1) creation of integrated financing districts; (2) entry into a reimbursement agreement with the applicant; (3) creation of appropriate community facilities districts, assessment districts, and/or use of similar public financing districts and/or mechanisms; and (4) creation of other such mechanisms or districts as may be appropriate to provide for the reimbursement of these costs. The determination of the allocable share of improvement costs attributable to the applicant and other property owners/developers, and reimbursement amounts, shall be based on an apportionment of the costs of such improvements among property owners/developers, including the applicant, in the Specific Plan area, the Anaheim Resort, or otherwise defined service area, as applicable, depending on the area served.
To implement this mitigation measure, the City has adopted the Sewer Impact and Improvement Fee Program for the South Central City Area. Compliance with this Fee Program by the property owner/developer (per Ordinance No. 5490 and Resolution No. 95R-60 dated April 18, 1995) shall satisfy the requirements of this Mitigation Measure, or the City may enter into alternative financing arrangements with the applicant.
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PDF 3.10.7-1
To be Shown on Street Improvements Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park With development of the Disneyland Resort, some street rights-of-way will be realigned, therefore requiring concurrent relocation of the sewer line to the proposed rights-of-way as follows:
• Reconstruction of the existing pipeline in West
Street/Disneyland Drive when the street alignment is implemented. • Construction of a 15-inch to 21-inch pipeline in
Cerritos Avenue between West Street/Disneyland Drive and Walnut Street when the existing street is abandoned and relocated. • Construction of a 12-inch pipeline in West
Street/Disneyland Drive from Winston Road to Cerritos Avenue.
Public Works Department, Design Division
PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES – STORM DRAINS
MM 3.10.8-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.10.8-2 Prior to Approval of
Grading Plans; to be Constructed Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park Excluding the relocation of the SCE transmission lines or demolition, a detailed drainage study and plan that identifies either no increase in area historic drainage flows and no changes in area historic drainage patterns, except as already addressed through Project Design Features; or, that identifies additional drainage improvements to meet multi-year storm design frequency discharges for Phase II and Phase III improvements and to protect property in the event of a 100-year storm design frequency shall be submitted for review and approval.
It is noted that the City has adopted the Storm Drain Impact and Improvement Fee Program for the South Central City Area. Compliance with this Fee Program
by the property owner/developer (per Ordinance No.
5491 and Resolution No. 95R-61 dated April 18, 1995)
shall satisfy the requirements of this Mitigation
Measure, or the City may enter into alternative financing arrangements with the applicant.
Public Works Department, Development Services Division
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MM 3.10.8-3 To be Shown on Street
Improvement Plans; Prior to approval of a Grading Plan for the South Parking Area; to be Implemented Prior to the First Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the South Parking Area The applicant shall construct or cause to be constructed detention/retention facilities in the South Parking Area to ensure that the storm water runoff from the Future Expansion District does not increase area historic drainage flows and does not alter historic drainage patterns. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved prior to 3/98 which changed timing to reflect that the grading plan was the appropriate plan with which to first monitor this measure).
Public Works Department, Development Services Division
Completed
PDF 3.10.8-1 To be Shown on Street
Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park If the proposed runoff will be discharging at or below area historic levels, and consistent with area historic patterns, The Disneyland Resort tributary to the Katella Avenue drainage basin will not be required to implement drainage main line infrastructure improvements. Detention/retention facilities of storm runoff may be considered in the final design phase of the overall public system; however, such proposed detention/retention facilities must have maintenance guarantees and would be required to meet strict design criteria so that they may function properly in multi-year storm design frequencies.
Public Works Department, Design Division
PDF 3.10.8-2 To be Shown on Street
Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections for the Second Theme Park Due to the proposed relocation of the portion of Cerritos Avenue between Walnut Street and West Street/Disneyland Drive, the existing storm drain lines in this part of Cerritos Avenue will be abandoned. As part of the reconstruction of Cerritos Avenue, a new storm drain line will be installed from West Street/Disneyland Drive within the new right-ofway to Walnut Street, and then in existing right-of-way along Walnut Street and Cerritos Avenue to the ABC Channel.
Public Works Department, Design Division
PDF 3.10.8-3
To be Shown on Street Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park Due to the lowering of a portion of West Street/ Disneyland Drive, a new storm drain line with a pump system shall be constructed to pump water from the sump area to the proposed Cerritos Avenue storm drain line.
Public Works Department, Design Division
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PDF 3.10.8-4
To be Shown on Street Improvement Plans; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park Storm drain laterals are required as part of normal street construction and are listed as follows: New storm drain laterals will be constructed in West Street/Disneyland Drive north of Katella Avenue to drain runoff to Katella Avenue; in West Street/Disneyland Drive north of the realigned Cerritos Avenue to drain runoff to Cerritos Avenue; and, in Walnut Street north of existing Cerritos Avenue; and in Walnut Street north of Katella Avenue to drain runoff to Katella Avenue. All will be designed in compliance with the Master Plan of Drainage for the South Central City Area.
Public Works Department, Design Division
PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES - ELECTRICITY
MM 3.10.9-1
Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.10.9-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall submit plans showing that each of the project's buildings will comply with the State Energy Conservation Standards for New Residential and Nonresidential Buildings (Title 24, Part 6, Article 2, California Code of Regulations).
Utilities Department, Resource Efficiency Section
MM 3.10.9-3 Prior to issuance of the
first Building Permit for Phases II and III
The applicant shall enter into an agreement with the City of Anaheim to address the need, timing and financial responsibility for improvements required to serve the increase in electrical demand associated with development of the Disneyland Resort project. Pursuant to this agreement, the applicant shall provide demand projections to the City based on the applicant's development plans. When warranted by demand projections of the project, the applicant shall construct or cause to be constructed a maximum 100 MVA substation and associated facilities on the Disneyland Resort property to accommodate the increased demand. This requirement will not be necessary until the demand from the project of the existing and new Disneyland Resort project exceeds 45 MVA. The substation site shall comply with all City requirements for the necessary Utilities Department, Electrical Engineering Division, City Attorney's Office
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installation and maintenance within or crossing rights-ofway. The applicant shall enter into the agreement with the City (dated March 18, 1997) to meet the increased electrical demands for opening day (June 30, 2001) of The Disneyland Resort. (Note: Environmental equivalency approved on 4/28/98 to reference the approved agreement between the City and the Walt Disney World Company. The 3/18/97 City Council staff report indicated that MMP No. 0067 identified the need to construct a 69kV electric substation on Disney’s property as a mitigation measure to address the impact of the Project on the City’s electric system. Staff determined that service can be provided through the City’s 12kV system, thereby, eliminating the need for the substation.) MM 3.10.9-4 Prior to Issuance of
Building Permit for the undergrounding of the SCE 220kV Electrical Lines If the SCE 220kV electrical lines are to be undergrounded, then a leak response/safety plan shall be submitted for review and approval and will include, at a minimum, the following information:
a. Leak and spill procedure b. Location of absorbent materials and containers c. Storage and handling procedures d. First aid measures The plan shall outline the procedures for responding to a leak or other events identified by the Fire Department.
Fire Department
PDF 3.10.9-1 Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park
The Southern California Edison transmission lines that cross the existing Disneyland South Parking Lot will be relocated, with the 66kV lines undergrounded and the 220KV lines in an aerial configuration.
Planning Department, Planning Division
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PDF 3.10.9-1a
Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park Coordinate with the Southern California Edison Company for the relocation of the 220 kV lines and 66kV lines presently crossing the existing Disneyland theme park parking lot.
Planning Department, Planning Division
PDF 3.10.9-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit; to be Implemented Prior to Each Final Building and Zoning Inspection In order to conserve energy, the Disneyland Resort shall implement numerous energy saving practices in compliance with Title 10, which may include the following:
• Consultation with the City energy-conservation
experts for assistance with energy-conservation design features. • Use of high-efficiency air conditioning systems
controlled by a computerized management system including features such as a variable air volume system, a 100-percent outdoor air economizer cycle, sequential operation of air conditioning equipment in accordance with building demands, isolation of air conditioning to any selected floor or floors. • Use of electric motors designed to conserve energy. • Use of special lighting fixtures such as motion sensing lightswitch devices and compact fluorescent fixtures in place of incandescent lights. • Use of T8 lamps and electronic ballasts. Metal
hallide or high-pressure sodium for outdoor lighting and parking lots.
Utilities Department, Electrical Services
PDF 3.10.9-3 At Time That Relocated
220 kV Transmission Lines Are Placed in Service
The 220KV transmission lines will use cross-phasing and/or use other reasonable methods agreed to by SCE in the aerial alignment to minimize EMF levels.
The Planning Department, Planning Division
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PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES - NATURAL GAS
MM 3.10.10-1 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall submit plans which shall ensure that buildings are in conformance with the State Energy Conservation Standards for nonresidential building (Title 24, Part 6, Article 2, California Administrative Code).
Utilities Department, Energy Services
MM 3.10.10-2
Prior to Approval of Each Final Building and Zoning Inspection The Southern California Gas Company has developed several programs which are intended to assist in the selection of most energy-efficient water heaters and furnaces. The property owner/developer shall implement a program, as required, to reduce the demand on natural gas supplies.
Planning Department, Building Division
PUBLIC SERVICE AND UTILITIES -ꞏTELEVISION
MM 3.10.12-1 Prior to Issuance of First
Building Permit; and, 6 Months After Topping Out for Phase II and Phase III of the Disneyland Resort Excluding the Disneyland Administration Building, a preproject study of area television reception shall be undertaken by the applicant to determine baseline conditions. After topping out for Phase II and Phase III of the Disneyland Resort, a followup study of area television reception shall be undertaken immediately by the applicant. If the City of Anaheim determines that the proposed project creates a significant impact on broadcast television reception at local residences, a signal booster or relay system shall be installed on the roof of the tallest project building to restore broadcast television reception to its original condition as soon as practicable.
Planning Department, Planning Division
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MM 3.11-1 Varies The applicant shall implement the project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
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MM 3.11-2 Prior to Approval of the
First Grading Plan or Issuance of the First Demolition Permit, Whichever Occurs First, for Each Phase Investigation for the presence of cryptic tanks using geophysical methods shall be conducted in the subject area for the property owner/developer by a qualified environmental professional in the areas of former service stations and those areas known or thought to have been formerly occupied by USTs and where tank removal has not been verified prior to excavation or grading in these areas. Soil sampling or a soil organic vapor survey may be required if soil sampling results are not available or indicate contamination is present above regulatory guidelines. If warranted, subsurface investigation and sampling shall be undertaken in these areas, and appropriate remediation measures developed, if necessary, before demolition, excavation, or grading takes place in these areas.
Orange County Health Department; Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section MM 3.11-3 Prior to Removal of
Underground Tanks; and, During Removal of Underground Tanks A permit shall be obtained for removal of underground tanks by the property owner/developer. During removal of the underground storage tank, a representative from the Environmental Protection Section shall be onsite to direct soil sampling.
Orange County Health Department; Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section MM 3.11-4 Ongoing During
Remediation
Remediation activities conducted on behalf of the property owner/developer of surface or subsurface contamination not related to USTs shall be overseen by the Orange County Health Department. Information on subsurface contamination from an underground storage tank shall be provided to the Fire Department. (Note: Mitigation measure references “Fire Department.” This was changed prior to 3/98 to Public Utilities Department, Water Services Administration, Environmental Services inasmuch as the Public Utilities Department now oversees UST and subsurface contamination remediation).
Orange County Health Department; Fire Department,
Environmental Protection Section Public Utilities Department, Water Services Administration, Environmental Services, MM 3.11-5 Prior to Approval of the
First Grading Plan or Issuance of the First Phase I Demolition Permit, Whichever Occurs First The property owner/developer will submit a plan which details procedures that will be taken if a previously unknown UST or other unknown hazardous materials or waste is discovered onsite.
Orange County Health Department; Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section
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MM 3.11-6 Prior to Approval of
Grading Plan for the Miller Tools/ Mobile Brake Site
A site reconnaissance survey of the Miller Tools/Mobile Brake building shall be conducted by a qualified environmental professional for the property owner/developer to assess any potential presence of hazardous materials at this facility. Where possible, interviews with property owners and/or company representatives shall be conducted to obtain information on the hazardous material usage histories and handling practices of the sites and, if available, copies of contaminant investigation reports shall be reviewed to evaluate the presence and level of hazardous substances in the soil at each property. The results of this investigation shall be submitted to the Orange County Health Department for review and approval. If warranted, subsurface investigation and sampling shall be undertaken by a qualified environmental professional in coordination with the Orange County Health Department. Appropriate remediation measures will be developed, if necessary, before demolition, excavation, or grading take place in these areas.
Orange County Health Department; Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section MM 3.11-7 Prior to Approval of
Grading Plan or Issuance of Demolition Permit, Whichever Occurs First A qualified environmental consultant shall attempt to contact the current and/or known former owners of the following on behalf of a property owner/developer within the C-R Overlay Area; the 7-11 convenience store and the vacant parcels at 1340 S. West Street/Disneyland Drive and 321 West Katella Avenue to obtain information regarding the status of underground tanks and/or tank closures at these sites. If necessary, subsurface investigation and sampling shall be undertaken by a qualified environmental professional. Results of those analyses shall be submitted to the Fire Department for review and approval. The following properties have completed this measure as of July 1996: Katella Car Wash, 350 W. Katella Avenue; the Shell Service Station, 2100 S. Harbor Boulevard; National Car Rental.
Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section
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MM 3.11-8 Prior to Relocation of
Transformers Within Non- Disney-Controlled Properties or City-OwnedTransformers Within the Specific Plan Area That May Contain PCBs Which Are Being Moved or Relocated as Part of Project Development, The transformers shall be tested by the property owner/developer for PCBs.
Utilities Department, Electric Services
MM 3.11-9 Prior to Approval of
Grading Plan or Issuance of Excavation Permit
For the northern portion of the West Street/Disneyland Drive strawberry farm (pumphouse area), the small remaining amount of shallow soil affected by lubricating oil shall be handled and disposed of according to all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
Orange County Health Department; Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section MM 3.11-10 Prior to Approval of
Grading Plan or Issuance of Excavation Permit
Several representative samples of shallow soils shall be collected and analyzed by the property owner/developer for pesticide and herbicide residue in the West Street/Disneyland Drive agricultural area and the S&S Nurseries area. If soils containing pesticides or herbicides above regulated limits are found, remedial actions shall be carried out before disturbance of the soils. Remedial actions should consist of removal and disposal or treatment of affected soils according to all applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
Orange County Health Department; Fire Department, Environmental Protection Section; Orange County Agriculture Department PDF 3.11-1* Ongoing During Project
Operation
The current compliance efforts for hazardous materials utilized at the existing Disneyland theme park and Disneyland Hotel described under Section 3.11.1.1, shall be expanded to encompass the Disneyland Resort to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Fire Department
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VISUAL RESOURCES AND AESTHETICS
MM 3.12-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.12-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit; to be Implemented Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspections The property owner/developer shall submit plans which illustrate that all mechanical equipment and trash areas for the subject buildings will be screened from adjacent public streets and adjacent residential areas.
Planning Department, Planning Division
MM 3.12-3 Prior to issuance of
Each Building Permit With the exception of the West Parking Facility and Exclusive of the Theme Parks including the Retail/Entertainment Component, Prior to Issuance of Each Building Permit (for non-Setback Realm Areas); Prior to approval of Final Site Plan (for Setback Realm Areas) For the West Parking Facility: prior to approval of initial building permits for interim condition of a portion of the West Parking Area (for the final landscape plans for the Walnut Street Setback area and for the area adjacent to The property owner/developer shall submit a landscape and irrigation plan for areas outside of the theme parks.
This plan shall be prepared by a licensed landscape architect. The landscape plan shall include a phasing plan for the installation and maintenance of landscaping associated with that building permit. (Note: Prior to 10/97, environmental equivalent approved which clarifies the timing relative to the Setback Realm Areas and non-Setback Realm Areas and its inapplicability to the theme parks including the retail/entertainment component. It should be noted that this measure will apply to and be monitored with the ultimate landscaping only and not with any interim landscaping condition. On 10/8/97, environmental equivalent approved to clarify the timing for the West Parking Facility as the SP-4 portion of the West Parking Area will first be developed to accommodate surface parking in an interim condition only. Implementation of this measure for all of the West Parking Area would require substantial portions of the landscaping to be removed in order to implement plans for the ultimate condition of the West Parking Area.) Planning Department, Planning Division
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the Walnut Street soundwall in the private realm); and prior to approval of building permits for the ultimate condition of the West Parking Area (for the final landscape plans for West Street/ Disneyland Drive setback landscape, Cerritos Ave. setback landscape, landscaping at entrance to hotels and landscaping interior to hotel and RD&E parking).
MM 3.12-4 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit for Each Parking Facility Along Walnut Street; to be Implemented Prior to Each Final Building and Zoning Inspection The property owner/developer shall submit plans which detail the lighting system for the parking facilities along Walnut Street. The systems shall be designed and maintained in such a manner as to conceal light sources to the extent feasible to minimize light spillage and glare to the adjacent uses. The plans shall be prepared and signed by a licensed electrical engineer, with a letter from the engineer stating that, in the opinion of the engineer, this requirement has been met.
Planning Department, Planning Division
MM 3.10.7-3 MM 3.12-5
Prior to Final Building and Zoning Inspection for the Disneyland Resort The applicant shall participate in a landscape assessment and maintenance district, if one is established for the Anaheim Resort.
City Attorney's Office
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PDF 3.12-1 Prior to Approval of
Final Site Plan or Issuance of Each Building Permit, Whichever Occurs First The proposed Specific Plan incorporates design guidelines as well as zoning and development standards, many of which have been designed to reduce the potential visual impacts of the project and to present a visually integrated resort area, including:
The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan provides for
heavily landscaped streetscapes and gives the guidelines for trees and shrubs, light fixtures, benches, monuments, and signs located within the landscaped area. The East and West Parking Areas and the hotel parking facilities will have landscaped setbacks from the public right-of-way and are restricted in height. Rights-of-way will be landscaped to add to the
aesthetics of the area.
• The landscape treatments will vary to create distinct places visually.
• The West Parking Area and hotel parking facilities will be terraced back from Walnut Street with landscaping treatments above 40 feet. In addition, canopy trees will be planted in a center median on Walnut Street, and the parkway along the street will be landscaped. • A coordinated color theme for major street features will be incorporated into the design.
• The service areas and back-of-house areas will be
screened from public view.
• All rooftop equipment on buildings will be screened as per the Specific Plan.
A layered landscape treatment in the setback realm
will provide screening of a 9-14 feet in height sound wall adjacent to the Southwest Parking Area.
Planning Department, Planning Division; Community Services Department, Parks Division
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CULTURAL RESOURCES
MM 3.13-1 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan
The property owner/developer shall submit a letter identifying the certified archaeologist that has been hired to ensure that the following actions are implemented:
a. The archaeologist must be present at the pregrading
conference in order to establish procedures fortemporarily halting or redirecting work to permit thesampling, identification, and evaluation of artifacts ifpotentially significant artifacts are uncovered. If artifacts are uncovered and determined to be significant, the archaeological observer shall
determine appropriate actions in cooperation with the
property owner/developer for exploration and/or
salvage.
b. Specimens that are collected prior to or during the
grading process will be donated to an appropriate educational or research institution. c. Any archaeological work at the site shall be conducted under the direction of the certified archaeologist. If any artifacts are discovered during grading operations when the archaeological monitor is not present, grading shall be diverted around the area until the monitor can survey the area. d. A final report detailing the findings and disposition of the specimens shall be submitted to the City Engineer. Upon completion of the grading, the archaeologist shall notify the City as to when the final report will be submitted.
Public Works Department, Development Services Division
MM 3.13-2 Prior to Approval of
Each Grading Plan
The property owner/developer shall submit a letter identifying the certified paleontologist that has been hired to ensure that the following actions are implemented:
a. The paleontologist must be present at the pregrading conference in order to establish procedures to temporarily halt or redirect work to permit the Public Works Department, Development Services Division
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sampling, identification, and evaluation of fossils if potentially significant paleontological resources are uncovered. If artifacts are uncovered and found to be significant, the paleontological observer shall determine appropriate actions in cooperation with the property owner/developer for exploration and/or salvage. b. Specimens that are collected prior to or during the
grading process will be donated to an appropriate educational research institution. c. Any paleontological work at the site shall be
conducted under the direction of the certified paleontologist. If any fossils are discovered during grading operations when the paleontological monitor is not present, grading shall be diverted around the area until the monitor can survey the area. d. A final report detailing the findings and disposition of the specimens shall be submitted. Upon
completion of the grading, the paleontologist shall
notify the City as to when the final report will be
submitted.
ENERGY
MM 3.14-1 Varies The applicant shall implement all project design features or their environmental equivalent. The City of Anaheim Planning Department will ensure compliance through the mitigation monitoring process.
Refer to Note #7 on page 1.
MM 3.14-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit
The property owner/developer shall demonstrate on plans that fuel-efficient models of gas-powered building equipment have been incorporated into the proposed project to the extent feasible.
Planning Department, Building Division
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PDF 3.14-1* Prior to Final Building
and Zoning Inspection for the Second Theme Park; and, Ongoing During Project Operation
The project shall be developed in conformance with The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan and shall offer a broad diversity of theme park, retail, dining and entertainment experiences which will enhance the destination resort character of The Disneyland Resort. As a result, many visitors will extend their length of stay; thus, incremental vehicular trips to and from the site are expected to be reduced. (Note: Environmental equivalent approved prior to 3/98 which eliminated the requirement for monitoring this feature on an ongoing basis during project operation in that the approval of the various project components will constitute satisfaction of the feature).
Planning Department, Planning Division
PDF 3.14-2 Prior to Issuance of
Each Building Permit for Public Day-Use Parking Facilities The public parking facilities, which may be used for theme park guest parking, shall be designed in accordance with the speed parking procedures set forth in Section 7.0, Zoning and Development Standards, of the Specific Plan which will assist in reducing vehicular fuel from idling engines.
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I. Project Design Features
A. Streets
West Street
West Street (Katella Avenue to Ball Road)
Freedman Way (Harbor Boulevard to
Clementine Street: Clementine Street to I-5)
Clementine Street (Freedman Way to Katella
Avenue)
Walnut Street (Adjacent to strawberry field and
median from Katella Avenue to Ball Road)
Cerritos Avenue (Walnut to West)
B. Intersections
Ball Road/West Street/Disneyland Drive
Harbor Boulevard/Freedman Way
Anaheim Boulevard/Freedman Way
Clementine Street/Freedman Way
Walnut Street/Cerritos Avenue (N)
Walnut Street/Cerritos Avenue (S)
Ball Road Overcrossing
Realignment and reconstruction
Widening
Widening
Widening
Realignment and reconstruction
Complete redesign
Complete redesign
Add 3rd through eastbound and westbound, 2nd leftturn eastbound 3rd through eastbound and westbound, left-tum eastbound and westbound, remove right-tum northbound, and left turn southbound, 2nd through northbound and southbound
Realign
Reconfigure
II. Mitigation Measures
Anaheim Boulevard/Ball Road
Euclid Street/Ball Road
Harbor Boulevard/Chapman Avenue
Walnut Street/Ball Road
Baseline
Add 2nd left-tum
northbound, southbound
Add 2nd left-tum northbound,
southbound
Add 2nd left-tum eastbound and
westbound, remove right-tum
eastbound and westbound
Add eastbound through
Project
Add right-tum westbound
Add 2nd left-tum eastbound, and
westbound, remove right-tum
eastbound
Add 2nd left-tum northbound
and southbound, remove righttum southbound
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III. Katella Avenue Smart Street"
Katella Avenue/West Street/Disneyland Drive
Euclid Street/Katella Avenue
Harbor Boulevard/Katella Avenue
Anaheim Blvd./Haster Street/Katella Avenue
IV. I-5 Improvements
I-5 Southbound at West Street
V. The Disneyland Administration
Building Mitigation Plan
Anaheim Boulevard/Ball Road
West Street (N)/Ball Road
Ball Road/DLAB Driveway
VI. South Parking Area
Clementine Street/Katella Avenue
Haster Street, south of Katella Avenue
Add right-tum westbound
Add 2nd left-tum eastbound, westbound
Add right-tum southbound
Add right-tum eastbound and westbound
Mixed-flow off-ramp
Add a westbound right-tum lane
Restripe/redesign the existing westbound right-tum lane to a shared right-through lane
Redesign the westbound left-tum lane to provide 150 feet of dual lane storage or 250 feet of single lane storage and the eastbound right-tum lane to provide 250 feet of storage
Redesign the DLAB entrance driveway to provide three inbound lanes and a minimum of two outbound lanes, with its own parking entrance gate at approximately 150 feet south of the intersection South half-width of six lane arterial adjacent to applicant-owned property plus eastbound right-tum only; dual left-tum lanes eastbound and westbound
West half-width of ultimate six lane arterial south of Katella Avenue to the southern property line of the South Parking Area, plus 150 foot right-turn only lane to right-in only driveway at South Parking Area access
Further improvements, if necessary, to maintain Clementine Street/Katella Avenue intersection at not worse than LOS D shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer a. Refer to Section 3.3.3, Project Design Features, for a more detailed description. b. Eligible Katella Smart Street improvements are scheduled to be funded from Measure M. c. Currently proposed as part of I-5 widening project.
d. Ultimate right-of-way and improvements details will be coordinated with the applicant and will be set forth in the final improvement plans to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan
1 Terms and Definitions 1. Property Owner/Developer Any owner or developer of real property within the Anaheim Report Specific Plan Area. 2. Environmental Equivalent/Timing Any mitigation measure and timing thereof, subject to the approval of the City, which will have the same or superior result and will have the same or superior effect on the environment. The Planning and Building Department, in conjunction with any appropriate agencies or City departments, shall determine the adequacy of any proposed “environmental equivalent timing” and, if determined necessary, may refer said determination to the Planning Commission. Any costs associated with information required in order to make a determination of environmental equivalency/timing shall be borne by the property owner/developer. Staff time for reviews will be charged on a time and materials basis at the rate in the City’s adopted Fee Schedule.
3. Timing This is the point where a mitigation measure must be monitored for compliance. In the case where multiple action items are indicated, it is the first point where compliance associated with the mitigation measure must be monitored. Once the initial action item has been complied with, no additional monitoring pursuant to the Mitigation Monitoring Plan will occur, as routine City practices and procedures will ensure that the intent of the measure has been complied with. For example, if the timing is “to be shown on approved building plans” subsequent to issuance of the building permit consistent with the approved plans will be final building and zoning inspections pursuant to the building permit to ensure compliance.
4. Responsibility for Monitoring Shall mean that compliance with the subject mitigation measure(s) shall be reviewed and determined adequate by all departments listed for each mitigation measure. Outside public agency review is limited to those public agencies specified in the Mitigation Monitoring Plan which have permit authority in conjunction with the mitigation measure.
5. Ongoing Mitigation Measures The mitigation measures that are designated to occur on an ongoing basis as part of this Mitigation Monitoring Plan will be monitored in the form of an annual letter from the property owner/developer in January of each year demonstrating how compliance with the subject measure(s) has been achieved. When compliance with a measure has been demonstrated for a period of one year, monitoring of the measure will be deemed to be satisfied and no further monitoring will occur. For measures that are to be monitored “Ongoing During Construction,” the annual letter will review those measures only while construction is occurring; monitoring will be discontinued after construction is complete. A final annual letter will be provided at the close of construction.
6. Building Permit For purposes of this Mitigation Monitoring Plan, a building permit shall be defined as any permit issued for construction of a new building or structural expansion or modification of any existing building, but shall not include any permits required for interior tenant improvements or minor additions to an existing structure or building.
AMENDMENT NO. 14 TO THE ANAHEIM RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN
UPDATED AND MODIFIED MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM NO. 85C 2 Mitigation
Measure
Number Timing Measure
Department
Responsible for
Monitoring
Completion
AESTHETICSMM 5.1-1 Prior to final site plan
approval
Prior to final site plan approval, the property owner/developer shall submit a shade and shadow analysis to the Planning and Building Department for review and approval demonstrating that the proposed structure(s) would avoid creating significant shade and shadow impacts on adjacent land uses to the maximum extent feasible. A significant shade and shadow impact would occur when outdoor active areas (e.g., outdoor eating areas, hotel/motel swimming pools, and residential front and back yards) or structures that include sensitive uses (e.g., residences) have windows that normally receive sunlight are covered by shadows for more than 50 percent of the sunlight hours.
Planning and Building Department
MM 5.1-2 Prior to issuance of
building permits
Prior to issuance of building permits, all plumbing or other similar pipes and fixtures located on the exterior of the building shall be shown on plans as fully screened from view of adjacent public rights-of-way and from adjacent properties by architectural devices and/or appropriate building materials. A note indicating that these improvements will be installed prior to final building and zoning inspections shall be specifically shown on the plans submitted for building permits.
Planning and Building Department
MM 5.1-3 Ongoing Ongoing, the property owner/developer shall be responsible for the removal of any on-site graffiti within 24 hours of its application.
Planning and Building Department
MM 5.1-4 Prior to Final Site Plan
approval
Prior to Final Site Plan approval, the location and configuration of all lighting fixtures including ground-mounted lighting fixtures utilized to accent buildings, landscape elements, or to illuminate pedestrian areas shall be shown on all Final Site Plans. All proposed surface parking area lighting fixtures shall be down-lighted with a maximum height of 12 feet adjacent to any residential properties. All lighting fixtures shall be shielded to direct lighting toward the area to be illuminated and away from adjacent residential property lines.
Planning and Building Department
3 Mitigation
Measure
Number Timing Measure
Department
Responsible for
Monitoring
Completion
MM 5.1-5 Prior to final building and
zoning inspections
Prior to final building and zoning inspections, private streets within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area shall have street lights installed which are compatible with the design standards used for the public streets as determined by the Public Utilities Department.
Public Utilities Department
MM 5.1-6 Prior to final building and
zoning inspections
Prior to final building and zoning inspections, root and sidewalk barriers shall be provided for trees within seven feet of public sidewalks.
Planning and Building Department
MM 5.1-7 Prior to final building and
zoning inspections
Prior to final building and zoning inspections, the property owner/developer shall submit to the Planning and Building Department a letter from a licensed landscape architect certifying that all landscaping and irrigation systems have been installed in accordance with landscaping plans approved in connection with the Final Site Plan.
Planning and Building Department
MM 5.1-8 Ongoing Ongoing, all on-site non-Public Realm landscaping and irrigation systems, and Public Realm landscaping and irrigation systems, within area in which dedication has not been accepted by the City, shall be maintained by the property owner/developer, in compliance with City standards.
Planning and Building Department
MM 5.1-9 Ongoing Ongoing, any tree planted within the Setback Realm shall be replaced in a timely manner in the event that it is removed, damaged, diseased and/or dead.
Planning and Building Department
MM 5.1-10 Ongoing Ongoing, a licensed arborist shall be hired by the property owner/developer to be responsible for all tree trimming.
Planning and Building Department
MM 5.1-11 Prior to issuance of each
building permits
Prior to issuance of each building permits, unless records indicate previous payment, a fee for street tree purposes shall be paid or cause to be paid to the City of Anaheim based on the length of street frontage in an amount as established by City Council resolution or credit against the fee given for City authorized improvements installed by the property owner/developer.