ORDINANCE NO. _______
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AND ADOPTING
AMENDMENTS TO THE DISNEYLAND RESORT
SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 92-1
(AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO THE DISNEYLAND
RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN)
(DEV2021-00069)
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City’s police power, as granted broadly under Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution, the City Council of the City of Anaheim (“City Council”) has the authority to enact and enforce ordinances and regulations for the public peace, morals and welfare of the City of Anaheim (the “City”) and its residents; and WHEREAS, on April 29, 1986, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 4709 to establish uniform procedures for the adoption and implementation of Specific Plans for the coordination of future development within the City, and “Zoning and Development Standards” when the Specific Plan includes zoning regulations and development standards to be substituted for existing zoning regulations and development standards under the Zoning Code, which “Zoning and Development Standards” shall be adopted by ordinance independent of the rest of the Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 18.72 (formerly, Chapter 18.93) of the Anaheim Municipal Code, on June 29, 1993, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5377 amending the zoning map to reclassify approximately 489.7 acres of certain real property described therein into The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan (DRSP) No. 92-1 Zone subject to certain conditions as specified therein, and Ordinance No. 5378 relating to establishment of Zoning and Development Standards for The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 by the addition of Chapter 18.78 [subsequently renumbered as Chapter 18.114] to said Municipal Code (referred to herein as “DRSP Zoning and Development Standards”); and WHEREAS, the DRSP provides for future development within The Anaheim Resort, an area of the City designated on the General Plan for Commercial Recreation land uses.
The DRSP includes a land use plan, zoning and development standards, design guidelines and a public facilities plan and permits the development of an international multi-day resort including a second theme park, hotel rooms, internal transportation systems, public parking facilities, administrative offices and ongoing modification of the existing Disneyland theme park; and WHEREAS, in connection with the adoption of the DRSP and related actions (General Plan Amendment and Anaheim Commercial Recreation Area Maximum Permitted Structural Height Ordinance), the City Council certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 311, with a Statement of Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and adopted Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) No. 0067 by adopting Resolution No. 93R-107 on June 22, 1993. In conjunction with approval of Amendment No. 3 to the DRSP, the City Council approved Addendum No. 1 to EIR No. 311 and a Modified MMP No. 0067 by adopting Resolution No. 96R-176 on October 8, 1996; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of the DRSP, the City Council has adopted eight (8) amendments and thirteen (13) zoning code adjustments; and WHEREAS, the City Council did receive a verified application from Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. (“Disney”) for an amendment to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan (DRSP) No. 92-1 in conjunction with approval of the proposed DisneylandForward Project and related entitlements (collectively known as “Development Application No. 2021-00069” or the “Project”), for certain real property primarily located 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 generally located west of the I-5 freeway, south of Vermont Avenue, east of Walnut Street, and north of Chapman Avenue, and also including areas identified in the General Plan 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 of The Anaheim Resort, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, as generally depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Property”) and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, properties owned or leased by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. or subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company within the DRSP and ARSP are depicted on Exhibit B (“Disney Properties”); and
WHEREAS, properties owned or leased by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. or subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company within the ARSP are listed below:
• 1515 S. Manchester Avenue (currently used as the Manchester Cast Member Lot);
• 1585 S. Manchester Avenue (currently occupied by an office building and also used as the Manchester Cast Member Lot);
• 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the Manchester Cast Member Lot);
• 1900 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the Toy Story Parking Lot); • 333 W. Ball Road (currently used as the Harbor Cast Member Lot); and, • 1717 S. Disneyland Drive (Paradise Pier Hotel), recently renamed “Pixar Place Hotel”); and
WHEREAS, to the extent the Project would update The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program, The Anaheim Resort Identity Program and the Anaheim Commercial Recreation Area Maximum Permitted Structural Height Map, the Project site includes the entire Anaheim Resort (inclusive of the ARSP, DRSP, and Hotel Circle Specific Plan No. 93-1); and WHEREAS, the DisneylandForward Project is proposed to allow continued, longterm growth of The Disneyland Resort. The Project would allow the transfer of uses permitted under The Disneyland Resort Project to Disney Properties in other areas of the DRSP and the ARSP. It would also allow future streamlined review of Disney development projects in these areas. The Project would not increase the amount of development square footage or hotel rooms currently allowed in the DRSP and analyzed in EIR No. 311, which the City certified in 1993, and Addendum No. 1 to EIR No. 311, which the City approved in 1996, 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, it would permit an increase of 4,376 theme park employee parking spaces in the ARSP and provide for future administrative review by the City of Disney’s development projects on Disney Properties within the DRSP and the ARSP. It would also modify the limits of the existing Theme Park and Hotel District boundaries within the existing DRSP perimeter (these two Districts would be combined and the expanded District would be called the Theme Park District) and rename the Future Expansion District to the Southeast District within the DRSP. It would also establish Overlays for Disney Properties in the ARSP (Theme Park East Overlay, Theme Park West Overlay and Parking Overlay). 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 Disneyland Resort approvals for these uses to other Disney Properties governed by the DRSP and ARSP; and
WHEREAS, the DisneylandForward Project includes the following entitlements, which shall be referred to herein collectively as the " Project":
1. An amendment to the Land Use and Circulation Elements of the General Plan and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan, to revise maps, figures, text and tables throughout the General Plan to conform to the following changes:
a. An amendment to the Land Use Element, Table LU-4, “General Plan Density Provisions for Specific Areas of the City” describing the amended DRSP and ARSP District names, new Overlays and associated density;
b. An amendment to the Circulation Element to (1) remove the planned future extensions of Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue and Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street; and (2) reclassify Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard from a six-lane Major Arterial to a four-lane Primary Arterial (with no change to the width of the ultimate public right-of-way); c. An amendment to the Circulation Element to reflect the following intersection lane configurations (1) at Harbor Boulevard and Convention Way, provide two leftturn 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); and, (2) at Haster Street and Gene Autry Way, provide a single shared left-turn/through/right-turn lane for the eastbound approach and three left-turn lanes and two right-turn lanes for the westbound approach. The northbound approach would be equipped with a right-turn signal overlapping with the westbound left-turn signal phase;
d. An amendment to the Circulation Element and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan (1) to remove the Class I Bike Path in the Southern California Edison right-of-way 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; (2) 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 final location of a bike parking facility); and (3) 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;
2. Amendment No. 9 to the DRSP and the DRSP Zoning and Development Standards (Anaheim Municipal Code Chapter 18.114), which would comprehensively update text, graphics, and imagery throughout the documents to reflect the Project;
3. Amendment No. 17 to the ARSP and the ARSP Zoning and Development Standards (Anaheim Municipal Code Chapter 18.116), which would comprehensively update text, graphics, and imagery throughout the documents to reflect the Project, including approval of the Theme Park East Overlay, the Theme Park West Overlay and the Parking Overlay;
4. An amendment to Chapter 18.40 (General Development Standards) of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code to amend the Anaheim Commercial Recreation Area Maximum Permitted Structural Height Map (Anaheim Municipal Code Section 18.40.080 (Structural Height Limitation – Anaheim Commercial Recreation Area)) which would provide for the DRSP to regulate building heights within a larger portion of the DRSP Theme Park District and the Southeast District and for the ARSP to regulate building heights within the ARSP Theme Park East and West Overlays;
5. Amendment No. 6 to The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program which would comprehensively update text, graphics and imagery throughout the document to reflect current conditions in The Anaheim Resort, expand The Anaheim Resort planting palette to include additional plantings that are more climate appropriate, low water using, disease and pest resistant, and native to Southern California and include information pertaining to pedestrian bridges/crossings and pedestrian and bicycle paths, in conjunction with the Project;
6. Amendment No. 4 to The Anaheim Resort Identity Program which would comprehensively update text, graphics and imagery throughout the document to reflect current conditions in The Anaheim Resort and include information pertaining to Arrival Gateways, Pedestrian Bridge/Crossings and Minor Pedestrian Directional and Informational Signs, in conjunction with the Project;
7. First Amended and Restated Development Agreement No. 96-01 between the Walt Disney World Co. (renamed Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. in 2009) and the City of Anaheim to provide continued certainty to Disney to facilitate growth and investment in The Disneyland Resort and specified benefits to the City; and WHEREAS, Amendment No. 9 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, including amendments to Chapter 18.114 (Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (SP92-1) Zoning and Development Standards), has been prepared and submitted for the City’s consideration pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 18.72 of the Anaheim Municipal Code and is on file with the City of Anaheim Planning and Building Department and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full; and
WHEREAS, Amendment No. 9 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan would update the DRSP to reflect proposed modifications to The Disneyland Resort Project. It would allow for the transfer of Disneyland Resort Project theme park and parking uses permitted under the DRSP to Disney Properties in the DRSP and the ARSP. This includes the potential addition of theme park uses and hotels in the Southeast District (former Future Expansion District) and the expansion of the Theme Park District west of Disneyland Drive (former Hotel District) in the DRSP. It also includes the potential transfer of DRSP theme park uses to the proposed new ARSP Theme Park East and Theme Park West Overlays and the potential transfer of parking uses from the DRSP Parking District to the adjacent proposed new ARSP Parking Overlay. The amendment would also provide for future administrative review by the City of Disney’s development projects on Disney Properties within the DRSP and ARSP. It would also include modifications to the DRSP (including, but not limited to, the land use plan, zoning and development standards, design plan and public facilities plan and a revised phasing plan); and, incorporation of text and graphic modifications throughout the DRSP; and
WHEREAS, Amendment No. 9 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan would update Chapter 18.114 (Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (SP92-1) Zoning and Development Standards) of the Anaheim Municipal Code in its entirety to comprehensively update standards to reflect the proposed DisneylandForward Project. It would provide for administrative review of Disney’s development within the Theme Park, Parking and Southeast Districts, provided that the development plans are in conformance with the DRSP, Conditions of Approval, MMP No. 387, and development agreement; revise structural height standards in the Theme Park and Southeast Districts; require 360 Degree Architectural Treatments for theme park uses; revise setbacks along certain streets and adjacent to residential zones; enhance screening along public streets and adjacent to residential zones; and, update standards to reflect proposed modifications associated with the Project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as “CEQA”), the State of California Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; herein referred to as the "CEQA Guidelines"), the City is the "lead agency" for the preparation and consideration of environmental documents for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a public hearing at the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim on March 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., and notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.60 (Procedures) of the Code, to hear and consider evidence and testimony concerning the contents and sufficiency of Final Subsequent EIR (SEIR) No. 352, including all written and verbal comments received during the 45-day public review period, the Project, and related actions, and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, at said public hearing and based upon its independent review, analysis, and consideration of the environmental information contained in Final SEIR No. 352 to EIR No. 311 and Supplemental EIR No. 340 prepared in connection with the Project, the Planning Commission found substantial evidence in the record to support its actions and did adopt its Resolution No. PC2024-004 finding and recommending that the City Council certify Final Subsequent EIR No. 352 (Final SEIR No. 352) to EIR No. 311 and Supplemental EIR No. 340, including the adoption of Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 387 (MMP No. 387), and determining that (i) Final SEIR No. 352 was prepared for the Project in compliance with the requirements of the CEQA and all applicable CEQA Guidelines; (ii) Final SEIR No. 352 reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City; (iii) Final SEIR No. 352 is adequate to serve as the appropriate environmental documentation for the Project satisfying the requirements of CEQA supplemental review; and, (iv) no further environmental documentation needs to be prepared for CEQA for the Project; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after due consideration, inspection, investigation and study made by itself and in its behalf, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing with respect to the request for the Project, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve and adopt Amendment No. 9 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, as proposed as part of DEV2021-00069; and WHEREAS, upon receipt of a summary of evidence, and a report of findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the City Council did fix the 16th day of April, 2024, as the time, and the City Council Chamber in the Civic Center as the place for a public hearing on the Project, including Amendment No. 9 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, and for the purpose of considering Final SEIR No. 352 and the Project, and did give notice thereof in the manner and as provided by law and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
18.60 of the Code, to hear and consider evidence for and against the Project; and WHEREAS, on April 16, 2024, the City Council did hold and conduct such public hearing and did give all persons interested therein an opportunity to be heard, and did receive evidence and reports and did consider the Project, including recommendations of the Planning Commission, potential environmental impacts addressed in Final SEIR No. 352, the Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 387; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2024-***, considered and approved by the City Council on April 16, 2024 concurrently with but prior in time to consideration of this Ordinance, the City Council has heretofore certified FSEIR No. 352 to Final EIR No. 311 and Supplemental EIR No. 340 prepared in connection with the Project and concurrently adopted Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) No. 387 as the mitigation monitoring program for the Project and determined that: (i) FSEIR No. 352 was prepared for the Project in compliance with the requirements of CEQA and all applicable CEQA Guidelines; (ii) FSEIR No. 352 and MMP No. 387 are adequate to serve as the appropriate environmental documentation for the Project; and, (iii) no further environmental documentation needs to be prepared for CEQA for this Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, and after due consideration, inspection, investigation and study made by itself and in its behalf and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said hearing with respect to the request for the Project, the City Council does hereby find and determine that all of the following conditions exist with respect to proposed Amendment No. 9 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1:
1. That the property proposed for the specific plan amendment has unique site characteristics, such as topography, location or surroundings that are enhanced by special land use and development standards. The DRSP is located in an area of the City known as The Anaheim Resort, which is designated on the City of Anaheim General Plan for Commercial Recreation land uses. The Commercial Recreation designation is implemented by three Specific Plans, including the DRSP, and is intended to provide for tourist and visitor-serving uses. The proposed amendment would not change the boundaries of the existing DRSP.
2. That the specific plan is consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan, and with the purposes, standards and land use guidelines therein. The DRSP is located in an area of the City known as The Anaheim Resort, which is designated on the City of Anaheim General Plan for Commercial Recreation land uses intended for tourist and visitor-serving uses.
The Project provides for a mix of these types of uses, including theme park, retail, restaurant, entertainment, hotels, and parking uses. The proposed DRSP amendment is consistent with and implements the existing goals and policies of the General Plan and with the purposes, standards and land use guidelines therein, including following the approval of the General Plan Amendment, now pending, to the Land Use and Circulation Elements and the City’s Bicycle Master Plan. The Project’s consistency with the General Plan is described in detail in Table 5.10-1 (Consistency of the Project with the General Plan), which is on file with the City of Anaheim Planning and Building Department and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full.
3. That the specific plan results in development of desirable character that will be compatible with existing and proposed development in the surrounding neighborhood. The proposed amendment provides for continued development of theme park, hotel, parking and other visitor-serving uses consistent with the General Plan Commercial Recreation land use designation.
The proposed amendment also includes amended zoning and development standards and design guidelines for these uses, including, but not limited to, building heights, setbacks and screening requirements, which have been designed to be compatible with surrounding uses, implement the General Plan, and will enhance and preserve the general welfare, as described in detail in the proposed amended Specific Plan.
4. That the specific plan contributes to a balance of land uses throughout the City by encouraging tourist and entertainment related industries in an area of the City specifically designated for this type of development. The proposed amendment would allow for the transfer of previously approved theme park square footage and parking spaces from the DRSP to Disney Properties in the DRSP and ARSP to permit greater flexibility in the development of these uses.
In the DRSP, this includes the potential addition of theme park, hotel rooms and retail, dining and entertainment uses in the Southeast District (former Future Expansion District) and in an expanded Theme Park District (the current Hotel District between Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive, north of Katella Avenue, is proposed to be combined with the Theme Park District, with the expanded District to be called the Theme Park District). It also includes the potential transfer of DRSP theme park uses to the proposed new ARSP Theme Park East and Theme Park West Overlays and the potential transfer of parking uses from the DRSP Parking District to the adjacent proposed new ARSP Parking Overlay. The proposed amendment would not increase the overall maximum development square footage or hotel rooms currently allowed by the ARSP and the DRSP.
5. That the specific plan respects environmental, aesthetic and historic resources consistent with economic realities asthe potential environmental impacts associated with the Project were analyzed and applicable mitigation measures have been adopted as further described in the City Council’s heretofore adoption of Resolution No. 2024-*** certifying FSEIR No. 352 to Final EIR No. 311 and Final Supplemental EIR No. 340 for the Project, and concurrent adoption of Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 387 as the mitigation-monitoring program for the Project; and WHEREAS, the City Council determines that the evidence in the record constitutes substantial evidence to support the actions taken and the findings made in this Ordinance, that the facts stated in this Ordinance are supported by substantial evidence in the record, including testimony received at the public hearing, the staff presentations, the staff report and all materials in the project files. There is no substantial evidence, that negate the findings made in this Ordinance. The City Council expressly declares that it considered all evidence presented and reached these findings after due consideration of all evidence presented to it.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 be, and the same is hereby, amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as indicated in Amendment No. 9 to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 document dated March 2024, as indicated in the attachment labeled Exhibit C (“The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1”) and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2.
That Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) No. 387 is the required MMP for the development of The Disneyland Resort Project and applicable to the following Districts: Theme Park, Parking and Southeast Districts, as indicated in the attachments labeled Exhibit D (“Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) No. 387”) and Exhibit E (“Theme Park, Parking and Southeast Districts”), incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 3.
That pursuant to the above findings, this City Council approves the above actions, contingent upon and subject to the conditions of approval for development of The Disneyland Resort Project in the following Districts: Theme Park, Parking and Southeast Districts, which are hereby found to be a necessary prerequisite to the proposed use of the Property in order to preserve the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Anaheim, as indicated in the attachments labeled Exhibit F (“DisneylandForward Conditions of Approval”) and Exhibit E (“Theme Park, Parking and Southeast Districts”), incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 4.
That Ordinance No. 5377, as previously amended, be, and the same is hereby amended to remove conditions of approval applicable to The Disneyland Resort Project and to retain conditions of approval applicable to the C-R Overlay and District A as indicated in the attachment labeled Exhibit G (“C-R Overlay and District A Conditions of Approval”) and incorporated herein by this reference. This action does not affect conditions of approval for the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay which have been adopted by separate City Council Resolutions.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, phrase, term or word of this ordinance be declared for any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have adopted all other portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (or more) section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. CERTIFICATION
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause this ordinance or a summary thereof to be printed once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Anaheim.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its final passage.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the __________ day of ___________, 2024, and thereafter passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the ____ day of ______________, 2024, by the following roll call vote:
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CITY OF ANAHEIM
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
1.0 Executive Summary........................................................................................................ 1-1
1.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................
1.2 Purpose of the Specific Plan ..................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3 Organization of the Specific Plan Document ............................................................................. 1-1
1.4 Setting ...................................................................................................................................... 1-2
1.5 Implementing the General Plan................................................................................................. 1-2
1.6 Project Goals ............................................................................................................................ 1-5
1.7 Implementing the Specific Plan................................................................................................. 1-5
1.8 Development Plan – Summary of Districts/Overlays ................................................................. 1-5
1.8.1 Theme Park, Parking, and Southeast Districts............................................................. 1-6
1.8.2 District A...................................................................................................................... 1-6
1.8.3 C-R Overlay................................................................................................................. 1-6
1.8.4 Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay .................................................................................... 1-6
2.0 Planning Context ............................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1 Purpose of the Specific Plan ..................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Authority and Scope of the Specific Plan................................................................................... 2-1
2.2.1 Findings for Specific Plan Adoption ............................................................................. 2-2
2.3 Relationship to City Planning Documents and Regulations ....................................................... 2-2
2.3.1 Relationship to the General Plan ................................................................................. 2-2
2.3.2 Relationship to the Zoning Ordinance.......................................................................... 2-2
2.3.3 CEQA Requirements ................................................................................................... 2-2
2.3.4 Relationship to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 313................................................................................................................... 2-3
2.4 Specific Plan Policies................................................................................................................ 2-4
2.4.1 Policy 1: Create and Sustain an Urban Destrination Resort......................................... 2-5
2.4.2 Policy 2: Establish and Maintain a Unified Resort Identity............................................ 2-5
2.4.3 Policy 3: Supply Adquate Visitor Facilities to Meet Long-Term Demand for Entertainment, Lodging, and Retail Uses..................................................................................... 2-5
2.4.4 Policy 4: Improve Public Facilities and Infrastructure to Accommodate Projected Growth 2-6
2.4.5 Policy 5: Improve the Transportation System .............................................................. 2-6
2.4.6 Policy 6: Development Implementation Mechanisms to Assure Quality Development . 2-6
2.4.7 Policy 7: Protect and Enhance Surrounding Uses........................................................ 2-6
3.0 Land Use Plan ................................................................................................................. 3-1
3.1 Regional Location ..................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Existing Conditions ................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2.1 The Specific Plan Area ................................................................................................ 3-1
3.2.2 Existing Uses............................................................................................................... 3-1 The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Table of Contents
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3.2.3 Existing Structures Permitted to Remain ..................................................................... 3-6
3.3 Land Use Plan .......................................................................................................................... 3-6
3.3.1 Theme Park District................................................................................................... 3-11
3.3.2 Parking District .......................................................................................................... 3-14
3.3.3 District A.................................................................................................................... 3-15
3.3.4 Southeast District ...................................................................................................... 3-15
3.3.5 C-R Overlay............................................................................................................... 3-16
3.3.6 Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay .................................................................................. 3-18
3.4 Phasing................................................................................................................................... 3-23
3.4.1 Phasing I (1996)........................................................................................................ 3-23
3.4.2 Phasing II (2001) ....................................................................................................... 3-23
3.4.3 Phasing III (2021) ...................................................................................................... 3-24
3.4.4 Phasing IV (2040) ..................................................................................................... 3-24
4.0 Public Facilities Plan ...................................................................................................... 4-1
4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Regional Circulation Programs.................................................................................................. 4-1
4.3 Regional Infrastructure Programs ............................................................................................. 4-2
4.4 Vehicular Circulation Plan ......................................................................................................... 4-2
4.4.1 Connection to Interstate 5............................................................................................ 4-6
4.4.2 Arterial/Secondary System .......................................................................................... 4-7
4.5 Mass Transit Circulation Plan.................................................................................................. 4-20
4.5.1 The Resort Mass Transit System............................................................................... 4-20
4.5.2 Related Mass Transit Systems .................................................................................. 4-21
4.6 Pedestrian Circulation Plan..................................................................................................... 4-24
4.6.1 Disneyland Drive Pedestrian Crossing(s) .................................................................. 4-24
4.6.2 Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Criteria ............................................................. 4-25
4.6.2.1 Setback from Right-of-Way....................................................................... 4-25
4.6.2.2 View of Bridge from Street Level............................................................... 4-25
4.6.2.3 Public Access ........................................................................................... 4-26
4.6.2.4 Heights, Widths and Clearances............................................................... 4-26
4.6.2.5 Vertical Circulation and Bridge Capacity ................................................... 4-27
4.6.3 Pedestrian Routes/Pathways..................................................................................... 4-27
4.7 Water...................................................................................................................................... 4-31
4.8 Sanitary Sewer ....................................................................................................................... 4-33
4.9 Storm Drain............................................................................................................................. 4-34
4.10 Electricity ................................................................................................................................ 4-35
4.11 Natural Gas............................................................................................................................. 4-35
4.12 Telecommunication................................................................................................................. 4-35
4.13 Television/Cable Services....................................................................................................... 4-35
4.14 Solid Waste............................................................................................................................. 4-36
4.15 Public Services ....................................................................................................................... 4-36
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5.0 Design Plan ..................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.1 Design Plan .............................................................................................................................. 5-1
5.1.1 Create Visual Continuity Between The Disneyland Resort and the Surrounding Anaheim Resort.......................................................................................................................................... 5-2
5.1.2 Create a High Quality, Visually Appealing, Pedestrian-Oriented Environment ............. 5-2
5.1.3 Protect the Visual Integrity of the Theme Parks ........................................................... 5-2
5.1.4 Enhance Public Views of the Theme Parks, including Back-of-House Uses, From Public Walkways and Streets ................................................................................................................. 5-2
5.1.5 Enhance the Interface Between The Disneyland Resort and Surrounding Residential Neighborhoods to Maintain the Residential Character ................................................................ 5-3
5.2 Design Concepts....................................................................................................................... 5-3
5.2.1 Transform and Unify with Landscape........................................................................... 5-3
5.2.2 Create a District with a Civic Scale .............................................................................. 5-3
5.2.3 Emphasize the Landscape on the Public Streets......................................................... 5-3
5.2.4 Orient Visitors Visually................................................................................................. 5-4
5.2.5 Create a Recognizable Center for The Anaheim Resort .............................................. 5-4
5.2.6 Coordinate Streetscape Improvements with Other Improvements ............................... 5-4
5.2.7 Establish a Clear Design Hierarchy ............................................................................. 5-5
5.3 Landscape Concept Plan .......................................................................................................... 5-5
5.3.1 Landscape Concepts................................................................................................... 5-5
5.3.1.1 Unity and Diversity...................................................................................... 5-6
5.3.1.2 Use Plant Material to Create Scale ............................................................. 5-6
5.3.1.3 Establish a Recognizable Streetscape Geometry ....................................... 5-6
5.3.1.4 Define a Plant Palatte ................................................................................. 5-6
5.3.1.5 Layer Landscape to Create Depth .............................................................. 5-7
5.3.1.6 Contrast Plant Material for Diversity and Balance ....................................... 5-7
5.3.1.7 Colorful Plants to Emphasize a Festive Atmosphere................................... 5-7
5.3.2 Plant Material Selection and Use................................................................................. 5-7
5.3.2.1 Basic Selection Criteria............................................................................... 5-8
5.3.2.2 Tree Selection and Use Criteria .................................................................. 5-8
5.3.2.3 Shrub, Vine and Ground Cover Selection and Use Criteria....................... 5-10
5.3.3 Layered Landscape Design Criteria........................................................................... 5-11
5.3.4 Minimum Tree Density............................................................................................... 5-16
5.3.4.1 Tree Density to Vary According to Adjacent Use ....................................... 5-16
5.3.4.2 The Tree Density Factor ........................................................................... 5-16
5.3.4.3 Walnut Street Tree Density....................................................................... 5-16
5.3.5 Plant Selection .......................................................................................................... 5-21
5.3.6 Landscape Concept Diagram .................................................................................... 5-22
5.3.7 Landscape Cross-Sections........................................................................................ 5-22
5.4 Identity Concept Plan.............................................................................................................. 5-41
5.4.1 Gateways .................................................................................................................. 5-41
5.4.1.1 Freeway Gateways ................................................................................... 5-41
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5.4.1.3 Vehicular Arrival Gateways ....................................................................... 5-43
5.4.1.3.1 Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival Gateway North................ 5-43
5.4.1.3.2 Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival Gateway South ............... 5-43
5.4.1.3.3 Southeast District Vehicular Arrival Gateway......................... 5-46
5.4.1.3.4 Disney Way Vehicular Arrival Gateway ................................. 5-46
5.4.1.3.5 Theme Park East Overlay Vehicular Arrival Gateway............ 5-46
5.4.1.4 Pedestrian Arrival Gateways..................................................................... 5-46
5.4.1.4.1 Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Arrival Gateway ...................... 5-47
5.4.1.4.2 Disneyland Drive Pedestrian Arrival Gateway North.............. 5-47
5.4.1.4.3 Disneyland Drive Pedestrian Arrival Gateway South ............. 5-47
5.4.1.4.4 Southeast District Pedestrian Arrival Gateway ...................... 5-48
5.4.1.4.5 Theme Park East Overlay Pedestrian Arrival Gateway.......... 5-48
5.4.1.4.6 Special Intersection Landscape Treatment............................ 5-48
5.4.2 Identity and Sign Concepts........................................................................................ 5-48
5.4.2.1 Night Lighting to Create a Festive Atmosphere......................................... 5-48
5.4.3 Sign Elements ........................................................................................................... 5-49
5.4.3.1 Changeable Message Signs ..................................................................... 5-49
5.4.3.2 Vehicular Directional Signs ....................................................................... 5-49
5.4.3.3 Pedestrian Directional and Informational Signs......................................... 5-49
5.4.3.4 Regulatory Signs ...................................................................................... 5-50
5.4.3.5 Private Signs............................................................................................. 5-50
5.5 Design Criteria for The Public Realm ...................................................................................... 5-51
5.5.1 The Public Streets ..................................................................................................... 5-51
5.5.1.1 Disneyland Drive....................................................................................... 5-51
5.5.1.2 Harbor Boulevard...................................................................................... 5-54
5.5.1.3 Katella Avenue.......................................................................................... 5-54
5.5.1.4 Disney Way............................................................................................... 5-55
5.5.1.5 Clementine Street and Manchester Avenue.............................................. 5-55
5.5.1.6 Walnut Street............................................................................................ 5-56
5.5.1.7 Magic Way................................................................................................ 5-57
5.5.1.8 Ball Road .................................................................................................. 5-57
5.5.1.9 Haster Street............................................................................................. 5-57
5.6 Design Criteria for The Setback Realm ................................................................................... 5-58
5.6.1 Exterior Lighting......................................................................................................... 5-60
5.6.2 Freestanding Sign Guidelines and Standards............................................................ 5-60
5.6.3 Disney California Adventure Theme Park Setbacks................................................... 5-61
5.6.4 The Eastern Parking and Drop-Off Area .................................................................... 5-61
5.6.5 Western Gateway...................................................................................................... 5-62
5.6.6 Disneyland Drive Hotel Setbacks............................................................................... 5-62
5.6.7 Disneyland Theme Park Back-of-House Setbacks..................................................... 5-63
5.6.8 Parking Facility Setbacks........................................................................................... 5-65
5.6.8.1 Parking Facilities in the East and West Parking Areas .............................. 5-65
5.6.9 Interior Setbacks........................................................................................................ 5-66
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5.7 Design Criteria for The Private Realm..................................................................................... 5-68
5.7.1 Private Realm Guidelines vs. Standards.................................................................... 5-68
5.7.2 General Site Planning................................................................................................ 5-68
5.7.3 Theme Park Back-of-House Service Areas................................................................ 5-70
5.7.4 Service and Loading Areas........................................................................................ 5-70
5.7.5 Exterior Lighting......................................................................................................... 5-71
5.7.6 Surface Parking Areas............................................................................................... 5-72
5.7.6.1 General Parking Guidelines ...................................................................... 5-72
5.7.6.2 Parking Area Design................................................................................. 5-72
5.7.6.3 Parking Lot Circulation.............................................................................. 5-73
5.7.7 Parking Structure Apperance..................................................................................... 5-73
5.7.8 Special Parking Facility Layout Guidelines ................................................................ 5-75
5.7.9 360-Degree Architectural Treatments........................................................................ 5-80
5.7.10 Building Apperance ................................................................................................... 5-83
5.7.10.1 Building Massing..................................................................................... 5-83
5.7.10.2 Building Materials and Colors ................................................................. 5-83
5.7.10.3 Building Equipment................................................................................. 5-84
5.7.10.4 Color....................................................................................................... 5-85
5.7.10.5 Awnings .................................................................................................. 5-85
5.7.11 Signs......................................................................................................................... 5-85
5.7.11.1 General Sign Guidelines ......................................................................... 5-86
5.7.11.2 Wall or Building Sign Standards.............................................................. 5-87
5.7.12 Landscape ................................................................................................................ 5-87
5.7.12.1 General Site Landscape Guidelines........................................................ 5-87
5.7.12.2 Surface Parking Area Landscaping......................................................... 5-88
5.7.12.3 Planting Design....................................................................................... 5-88
5.7.12.4 Private Pedestrian Paving....................................................................... 5-88
5.7.12.5 Landscape Walls and Fences ................................................................. 5-89
5.7.12.6 Irrigation.................................................................................................. 5-89
5.7.12.7 Landscape Maintenance......................................................................... 5-90
5.8 Design Plan Summary ............................................................................................................ 5-90
5.8.1 Full-Street Reference Plan and Cross-Sections......................................................... 5-90
5.8.2 Interior Property Line Cross-Sections ........................................................................ 5-97
5.8.3 District Concept Plans ............................................................................................... 5-99
6.0 General Plan Consistency.............................................................................................. 6-1
7.0 Zoning and Development Standards............................................................................. 7-1
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit 1.1a – Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Boundary and Project Setting......................................1-4 Exhibit 1.1b – Development Plan .....................................................................................................1-8 Exhibit 1.1c – C-R Overlay ..............................................................................................................1-9 Exhibit 1.1d – Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay..................................................................................1-10 Exhibit 3.1a – Regional Location Map ..............................................................................................3-1 Exhibit 3.2.1a – Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Boundary and Project Setting ...................................3-3 Exhibit 3.2.2a – Aerial Photograph with DRSP and The Anaheim Resort Boundaries ...........................3-4 Exhibit 3.2.3a – Existing Structures Permitted to Remain ...................................................................3-5 Exhibit 3.3c – Development Plan ...................................................................................................3-10 Exhibit 3.3.5a – C-R Overlay .........................................................................................................3-17 Exhibit 3.3.6a – Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay...............................................................................3-21 Exhibit 3.4a – Phasing Plan for Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay.........................................................3-25 Exhibit 4.2a – Existing Vehicular Circulation Plan..............................................................................4-3 Exhibit 4.2b – Proposed Vehicular Circulation Plan ...........................................................................4-4 Exhibit 4.2c – Proposed Abandonment Areas ...................................................................................4-5 Exhibit 4.4.1a – Access to Parking Facilities .....................................................................................4-8 Exhibit 4.4.1b – Interstate 5-west Street/Disneyland Drive Interchange (Showing Entrance to West Parking Facility).....................................................................................................................4-9 Exhibit 4.4.1c – Interstate 5/Katella Avenue Interchange (Showing Entrance to East Parking Facility) ...........................................................................................................................4-10 Exhibit 4.4.2a – Cross-Section Street Segments .............................................................................4-11 Exhibit 4.4.2b – Disneyland Drive from Ball Road to Magic Way Cross-Section (A-A).........................4-12 Exhibit 4.4.2c – Disneyland Drive from Magic Way to Katella Avenue Cross-Section (B-B) .................4-12 Exhibit 4.4.2d – West Place Cul-de-Sac Cross-Section (C-C)...........................................................4-13 Exhibit 4.4.2e – Disney Way from Harbor Boulevard to West of East Parking Area Access Points Cross-Section (D-D) .....................................................................................................................4-14 Exhibit 4.4.2f – Disney Way from East of East Parking Area Access Points to Clementine Street Cross-Section (E-E) .....................................................................................................................4-14 Exhibit 4.4.2g – Disney Way from Clementine Street to Anaheim Boulevard Cross-Section (F-F) ........4-14 Exhibit 4.4.2h – Katella Avenue from Interstate 5 to Disneyland Drive Cross-Section (G-G) ................4-15 Exhibit 4.4.2i – Katella Avenue from Walnut Street to Disneyland Drive Cross-Section (H-H) ..............4-15 Exhibit 4.4.2j – Walnut Street Cross-Section (I-I).............................................................................4-16 Exhibit 4.4.2k – Harbor Boulevard from Katella Avenue to South End of Drop-off Area Cross-Section (J-J).......................................................................................................................4-16 Exhibit 4.4.2l – Harbor Boulevard Adjacent to Disneyland Back-of-House from South End of Drop-Off Area to East Shuttle Cross-Section (K-K)..........................................................................4-17 Exhibit 4.4.2m – Harbor Boulevard Adjacent to Disneyland Back-of-House from East Shuttle to Manchester Avenue Cross-Section (L-L) ........................................................................................4-17 Exhibit 4.4.n – Harbor Boulevard Adjacent to Disneyland Back-of-House from Interstate 5 to Manchester Avenue Cross-Section (M-M) ......................................................................................4-17 Exhibit 4.4.2o – Ball Road West of West Place Cross-Section (N-N) 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Exhibit 4.4.2q – Ball Road East of Cast Place Cross-Section (P-P)...................................................4-18 Exhibit 4.4.2r – Magic Way from Walnut Street to Downtown Drive Cross-Section (Q-Q) ....................4-18 Exhibit 4.4.2s – Magic Way from Downtown Drive to Disneyland Drive Cross-Section (R-R) ...............4-18 Exhibit 4.4.2.t – Clementine Street from Disney Way to Katella Avenue Cross-Section (S-S) ..............4-19 Exhibit 4.4.2u – Clementine Street North of Disney Way Cross-Section (T-T) ....................................4-19 Exhibit 4.4.2v – Haster Street Cross-Section (U-U)..........................................................................4-20 Exhibit 4.5.2a – Existing Bus and Shuttle Drop-Off Area Aerial Photo (as of 2021) .............................4-22 Exhibit 4.5.2b – Location of Drop-Off Bus Bays...............................................................................4-23 Exhibit 4.6.1a – Example of Ride Crossing .....................................................................................4-24 Exhibit 4.6.1b – Example of Ride Crossing .....................................................................................4-25 Exhibit 4.6.1c – Existing Bridge Over Disneyland Drive....................................................................4-25 Exhibit 4.6.2a – Example of Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Design ..........................................4-25 Exhibit 4.6.2b – Example of Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Design ..........................................4-25 Exhibit 4.6.2c – Example of Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Design ..........................................4-26 Exhibit 4.6.2d – Example of Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Design ..........................................4-26 Exhibit 4.6.2e – Example of Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Design ..........................................4-26 Exhibit 4.6.a – Proposed Pedestrian Circulation..............................................................................4-29 Exhibit 4.6.b – Pedestrian and Vehicular Access Points...................................................................4-30 Exhibit 4.16a – Landscape Installation Plan....................................................................................4-39 Exhibit 5.2.3a – Utilize the Streets for Landscaping ...........................................................................5-4 Exhibit 5.2.5a – The Anaheim Resort Central Core............................................................................5-4 Exhibit 5.2.7a – Three Elements of Design Hierarchy ........................................................................5-5 Exhibit 5.3.1.1a – Unity and Diversity ...............................................................................................5-6 Exhibit 5.3.1.2a – Landscape Reflects Scale.....................................................................................5-6 Exhibit 5.3.1.5a – Layered Landscape Creates Depth........................................................................5-7 Exhibit 5.3.2.2a – Small Canopy Trees.............................................................................................5-8 Exhibit 5.3.2.2b – Medium Canopy Trees .........................................................................................5-9 Exhibit 5.3.2.2c – Large Canopy Trees.............................................................................................5-9 Exhibit 5.3.2.2d – Vertical and Pyramidal Trees ..............................................................................5-10 Exhibit 5.3.2.3a – Use of Shrubs to Screen Surface Parking Lots .....................................................5-10 Exhibit 5.3.2.3b – Formal (Clipped) Hedges Vary in Height ..............................................................5-10 Exhibit 5.3.2.3c – Ground Cover Includes Turf and Other Grasses, Annuals, Vines, and Other Varieties of Plants ..............................................................................................................5-11 Exhibit 5.3.3a – Layered Landscape Design Criteria for Long Parcel Frontage Greater than 300 Feet ..............................................................................................................................5-13 Exhibit 5.3.3b – Layered Landscape Design Criteria with Parcel Frontages Less than 300 Feet ..........5-13 Exhibit 5.3.3c – Elevation of East Parking Area from Clementine Street Showing Layered Landscape (refer to Exhibit 5.7.7a for Mickey and Friends parking structure image from the West Parking Area)...............................................................................................................................5-14 Exhibit 5.3.3d – Layered Landscape Setback Width Criteria.............................................................5-14 Exhibit 5.3.3e – Elevation of Theme Park District from Katella Avenue Showing Layered Landscape...5-15 Exhibit 5.3.3f – Elevation of Parking Facilities in Theme Park District from Walnut Street Showing Layered Landscape...................................................................................................................................5-15 Exhibit 5.3.4.2a – Levels of Tree Density........................................................................................5-16 The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Table of Contents
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Exhibit 5.3.4.2b – Tree Point Values ..............................................................................................5-16 Exhibit 5.3.4a – Tree Density Plan .................................................................................................5-18 Exhibit 5.3.4.3a – Walnut Street Landscape at Maturity (After 20 Years) ...........................................5-19 Exhibit 5.3.4.3b – Photos of Walnut Street Landscape as of 2022.....................................................5-20 Exhibit 5.3.7a – Setback Realm Landscape Cross-Section Segments...............................................5-23 Exhibit 5.3.7.b – Disneyland Drive Landscape Setback Section (A-A) ...............................................5-24 Exhibit 5.3.7c – Disneyland Drive Landscape Setback Section (B-B).................................................5-25 Exhibit 5.3.7d – West Place Landscape Setback Section (C-C) ........................................................5-26 Exhibit 5.3.7e – Disney Way Landscape Setback Section (D-D) .......................................................5-27 Exhibit 5.3.7f – Disney Way Landscape Setback Section (E-E) ........................................................5-28 Exhibit 5.3.7g – Katella Avenue Landscape Setback Section (G-G) ..................................................5-29 Exhibit 5.3.7h – Katella Avenue Landscape Setback Section (H-H)...................................................5-30 Exhibit 5.3.7i – Walnut Street Landscape Setback Section (l-l) .........................................................5-31 Exhibit 5.3.7j – Harbor Boulevard Landscape Setback Section (J-J)..................................................5-32 Exhibit 5.3.7k – Harbor Boulevard Landscape Setback Section (K-K)................................................5-33 Exhibit 5.3.7l – Harbor Boulevard Landscape Setback Section (L-L) .................................................5-34 Exhibit 5.3.7m – Harbor Boulevard Landscape Setback Section (M-M) .............................................5-35 Exhibit 5.3.7n – Ball Road Landscape Setback Section (N-N)...........................................................5-36 Exhibit 5.3.7o – Ball Road Landscape Setback Section (O-O) ..........................................................5-37 Exhibit 5.3.7p – Clementine Street Landscape Setback Section (S-S)...............................................5-38 Exhibit 5.3.7q – Clementine Street Landscape Setback Section (T-T) ...............................................5-39 Exhibit 5.3.7r – Haster Street Landscape Setback Section (U-U) ......................................................5-40 Exhibit 5.4.1.1a – Disneyland Drive Freeway Interchange................................................................5-42 Exhibit 5.4.1.1b – Harbor Boulevard Freeway Interchange ...............................................................5-42 Exhibit 5.4.1.1c – Katella Avenue/Disney Way Freeway Interchange ................................................5-42 Exhibit 5.4.1.3.1a – Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival Gateway North .............................................5-43 Exhibit 5.4.1.3.2a – Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival Gateway South.............................................5-43 Exhibit 5.4.1a – Gateway Location Plan .........................................................................................5-44 Exhibit 5.4.1.3.1b – Disneyland Drive Arrival Gateway.....................................................................5-45 Exhibit 5.4.1.3.2a – Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival Gateway South.............................................5-46 Exhibit 5.4.1.4.3a – Disneyland Drive Pedestrian Arrival Gateway South Landscape Treatment ..........5-47 Exhibit 5.4.1.4.6a – Special Intersection Landscape Treatment ........................................................5-48 Exhibit 5.5a – The Public Realm ....................................................................................................5-52 Exhibit 5.5.1a – The Public Realm Cross-Sections Key....................................................................5-53 Exhibit 5.5.1.1a – Disneyland Drive Public Realm (A-A)...................................................................5-54 Exhibit 5.5.1.2a – Harbor Boulevard Public Realm (B-B)..................................................................5-54 Exhibit 5.5.1.3a – Katella Avenue Public Realm (C-C) .....................................................................5-55 Exhibit 5.5.1.4a – Disney Way West of Clementine Street in the Public Realm (D-D)..........................5-55 Exhibit 5.5.1.5a – Clementine Street in the Public Realm (Interim Condition) (E-E).............................5-56 Exhibit 5.5.1.5b – Clementine Street in the Public Realm (Ultimate Condition – North of Disney Way) (F-F) .....................................................................................................................5-56 Exhibit 5.5.1.5c – Clementine Street in the Public Realm (Ultimate Condition – South of Disney Way) (G-G) .....................................................................................................................5-56 Exhibit 5.5.1.6a – Walnut Street in the Public Realm (H-H)...............................................................5-57 The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Table of Contents
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Exhibit 5.5.1.7a – Magic Way (I-I) ..................................................................................................5-57 Exhibit 5.5.1.8a – Ball Road (I-5 to West Place) in the Public Realm, with painted median (J-J)...........5-57 Exhibit 5.5.1.8b – Ball Road (West Place to Walnut Street) in the Public Realm, with landscaped median (K-K) .............................................................................................................................5-57 Exhibit 5.5.1.9a – Haster Street in the Public Realm (L-L) ................................................................5-58 Exhibit 5.6a – The Setback Realm .................................................................................................5-59 Exhibit 5.6.1a – Localize Lighting Effects........................................................................................5-60 Exhibit 5.6.2a – Existing Freestanding Sign Example.......................................................................5-61 Exhibit 5.6.3a – Setback Adjacent to Disney California Adventure Theme Park: Katella Avenue (Ultimate Condition) between Harbor Boulevard and Disneyland Drive..............................................5-61 Exhibit 5.6.6a – Disneyland Drive Setback......................................................................................5-63 Exhibit 5.6.7a – Harbor Boulevard Adjacent to Existing Disneyland Theme Park................................5-63 Exhibit 5.6.7b – Harbor Boulevard North of the Bus Shuttle Drop-Off Area ........................................5-64 Exhibit 5.6.7c – West Parking Area Adjacent to Disneyland Theme Park Back-of-House ....................5-64 Exhibit 5.6.7d – Example of Walls and Fences Visible and Accessible to the Public (at left) ................5-64 Exhibit 5.6.7e – Ball Road: Adjacent to Theme Park Back-of-House .................................................5-64 Exhibit 5.6.7f – Ball Road: Adjacent to Disneyland Administration Building ........................................5-65 Exhibit 5.6.8.1a – West Parking Area Setback: Walnut Street...........................................................5-65 Exhibit 5.6.8.1b – East Parking Area Setback: Disney Way (West of East Parking Area Access Points).............................................................................................................................5-66 Exhibit 5.6.8.1c – East Parking Area Setback: Disney Way (East of East Parking Area Access Points).............................................................................................................................5-66 Exhibit 5.6.8.1d – East Parking Area Setback Area: Clementine Street .............................................5-66 Exhibit 5.6.8.1e – East Parking Area Setback Area: Katella Avenue (Interim Condition)......................5-66 Exhibit 5.6.9a – Interior Setback Area Adjacent to Residential Uses..................................................5-67 Exhibit 5.6.10a – Walnut Street Setback Realm Landscape .............................................................5-67 Exhibit 5.6.10b – Katella Avenue Setback Realm Landscape ...........................................................5-67 Exhibit 5.6.10c – Harbor Boulevard Setback Realm Landscape........................................................5-67 Exhibit 5.6.10d – Ball Road Setback Realm Landscape ...................................................................5-67 Exhibit 5.7a – The Private Realm...................................................................................................5-69 Exhibit 5.7.6.1a – Screen Parking Areas from View .........................................................................5-72 Exhibit 5.7.6.2a – Pedestrians Move Perpendicular to Parking Spaces..............................................5-73 Exhibit 5.7.6.3a – Provide Vehicle Queuing Space ..........................................................................5-73 Exhibit 5.7.7a – Example of Desirable Parking Structure Façade Design from the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure in the West Parking Area..................................................................5-75 Exhibit 5.7.8a – Typical Public Parking Structure Elevation, Parking District.......................................5-77 Exhibit 5.7.8b – Typical Public Parking Structure Elevation Showing Landscape in the Setback and Public Realm ...........................................................................................................5-77 Exhibit 5.7.8c – Acoustical Lovers, West Parking Area Adjacent to Walnut Street ..............................5-78 Exhibit 5.7.8d – Public Parking Facility Layout ................................................................................5-78 Exhibit 5.7.8e – Parking Facility Screening .....................................................................................5-79 Exhibit 5.7.8f – Employee Parking Layout.......................................................................................5-79 Exhibit 5.7.9a – 360-Degree Architectural Treatments Criteria Height Levels .....................................5-80 Exhibit 5.7.9b – Examples of Potential Treatment for the Ground Level Up to 30-Feet Height Level.....5-80 The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Table of Contents
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Exhibit 5.7.9c – Examples of Potential Treatment for the Greater than 30-Foot up to 50-Foot Height Level ..............................................................................................................................5-81 Exhibit 5.7.9d – Examples of Potential Treatment for the Greater than 50-Foot Height Level...............5-82 Exhibit 5.8.1a – Full-Street Cross Sections Key...............................................................................5-91 Exhibit 5.8.1b – Harbor Boulevard Full Street Cross-Section (A-A)....................................................5-92 Exhibit 5.8.1c – Katella Avenue Full Street Cross-Section (B-B) .......................................................5-92 Exhibit 5.8.1d – Walnut Street Full Street Cross-Section (C-C) .........................................................5-93 Exhibit 5.8.1e – Disneyland Drive Full Street Cross-Section (D-D) ....................................................5-93 Exhibit 5.8.1f – Ball Road Full Street Cross-Section (E-E)................................................................5-94 Exhibit 5.8.1g – Clementine Street and Manchester Avenue Full Street Cross-Section (F-F)...............5-94 Exhibit 5.8.1h – Disney Way Full Street Cross-Section (G-G)...........................................................5-95 Exhibit 5.8.1i – Haster Street Full Street Cross-Section (H-H)...........................................................5-95 Exhibit 5.8.1j – West Place Cul-de-Sac Cross-Section (I-I)...............................................................5-96 Exhibit 5.8.2a – Interior Property Line Setback Adjacent to Anaheim Resort Specific Plan or C-R Overlay................................................................................................................................. 5-97 Exhibit 5.8.2b – Interior Property Adjacent to Residential Uses.........................................................5-98 Exhibit 5.8.3a – Theme Park District Concept Plan - A................................................................... 5-100 Exhibit 5.8.3b – Theme Park District Concept Plan - B................................................................... 5-101 Exhibit 5.8.3c – Parking District Concept Plan – West Parking Area................................................ 5-102 Exhibit 5.8.3d – Parking District Concept Plan – East Parking Area ................................................ 5-103 Exhibit 5.8.3e – Southeast District Concept Plan........................................................................... 5-104 Exhibit 5.8.3f – Wall/Fencing Plan................................................................................................ 5-105 List of Tables
Exhibit 1.6a – The Disneyland Resort District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Maximum Allowable Development ................................................................................................................1-11 Exhibit 1.6b – The Disneyland Resort Existing District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Existing Development...................................................................................................................1-13 Exhibit 3.3a – The Disneyland Resort District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Maximum Allowable Development ..................................................................................................................3-7 Exhibit 3.3b – The Disneyland Resort Existing District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Existing Development.....................................................................................................................3-9 Exhibit 3.3.3a – Program Summary for District A.............................................................................3-15 Exhibit 3.3.5b – Program Summary for C-R Overlay ........................................................................3-18 Exhibit 3.3.6b – Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay Development Program .............................................3-22 Exhibit 5.3.4.2a – Levels of Tree Density........................................................................................5-16 Exhibit 5.3.4.2b – Tree Point Values ..............................................................................................5-16 The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Table of Contents
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Appendices
Appendix A – List of Specific Plan Amendments, Adjustments and Associated Actions Appendix B – Conditions of Approval
Appendix C – Mitigation Monitoring Program
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Section 1.0: Executive
Summary
1.1 Introduction
On June 29, 1993, the Anaheim City Council
adopted Ordinance No. 5378 relating to the
establishment of Zoning and Development
Standards for The Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan (SP92-1) (the "DRSP" or "Specific Plan") by
the addition of Chapter 18.78 (subsequently
renamed to Chapter 18.114) to the Anaheim
Municipal Code and Ordinance No. 5377,
amending the zoning map to reclassify
approximately 489.7 acres of certain real property
into the DRSP Zone. The DRSP is specifically
designated by the City of Anaheim's General Plan
for recreation and tourist-related activities.
Since the adoption of the original DRSP, proposed
modifications to the Specific Plan have included
nine amendments, fourteen adjustments, and one
zoning code revision. Refer to Appendix A, ‘List of
Specific Plan Amendments, Adjustments and
Associated Actions’ for a consolidated list of the
City Council Resolutions and Ordinances and
approval dates associated with the 1993 Specific
Plan adoption and all subsequent amendments
and adjustments, including associated General
Plan Amendments.
In 2021, to allow continued, long-term growth of
The Disneyland Resort®, Walt Disney Parks and
Resorts U.S., Inc. (“Disney”) proposed
DisneylandForward, an update to The Disneyland
Resort Project to allow the transfer of uses
permitted under the Specific Plan to other areas of
the Specific Plan and properties within the
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (ARSP) No. 92-2
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.”) The update also
provides for future administrative review by the
City of Anaheim (“City”) of Disney’s development
projects on Disney Property within the Specific
Plan area and the ARSP area. In [insert year], the
Anaheim City Council approved
DisneylandForward, including amendments to the
Land Use and Circulation Elements of the City’s
General Plan [Resolution No. xxx adopted on xxx],
and Amendment No. 9 to the DRSP document and
zoning and development standards [Ordinance
Nos. xxx adopted on xxx].
1.2 Purpose of the Specific Plan
The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan provides for
the development of an international, multi-day
destination resort on 489.7 acres within the City of
Anaheim in The Anaheim Resort®. The overall
goal is to provide and support a multi-day
destination resort by integrating the Specific
Plan’s theme parks, hotels, and visitor-serving
facilities into an exciting, appealing, unified resort
environment. To achieve this, the Specific Plan
contains a land use plan, a public facilities plan, a
design plan, and zoning and development
standards, which describe how the Specific Plan’s
overall goal will be realized.
The Specific Plan contains four planning districts -
a Theme Park District, a Parking District, a
Southeast District, and District A, and two overlays
- a C-R Overlay and an Anaheim GardenWalk
Overlay, which provide the regulations and
tailored guidelines to assure the Specific Plan
area continues to achieve the vision for a highquality destination resort. Refer to Section 3, ‘Land Use Plan’ of this document for more detailed
district descriptions.
1.3 Organization of the Specific
Plan Document
The Specific Plan is divided into ten sections
which establish a comprehensive vision for the
future.
• Section 1.0, the Executive Summary, is a
brief overview of the Specific Plan.
• Section 2.0, the Planning Context,
discusses the purpose of the Specific Plan, the
City planning policies that affect development
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of the Specific Plan area, the authority and
scope of the Specific Plan, and its relationship
to other City planning documents.
• Section 3.0, the Land Use Plan, describes
existing and proposed land uses and
conditions within the Specific Plan area, and
describes each of the Specific Plan Districts
and Overlays.
• Section 4.0, the Public Facilities Plan,
discusses the existing and proposed
infrastructure within the Specific Plan area,
including, but not limited to, circulation and
transit connectivity, water, sewer, waste, and
energy services.
• Section 5.0, the Design Plan, establishes the
design criteria for the Specific Plan area. It
also contains references to the zoning and
development standards found in Title 18 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code.
• Section 6.0, General Plan Consistency,
describes how the Specific Plan is consistent
with the City’s adopted General Plan.
• Section 7.0, Zoning and Development
Standards, contains the detailed regulations
that control development within the Specific
Plan area.
• Section 8.0, Legal Description, contains a
legal description of the Specific Plan area.
• The Appendices contain the conditions of
approval, mitigation monitoring programs, and
a list and description of the City Council
actions associated with the 1993 approval of
the Specific Plan and all subsequent
amendments and adjustments and associated
actions including General Plan Amendments.
1.4 Setting
The Specific Plan area is located within The
Anaheim Resort, a portion of the City of Anaheim
specially designated by the City’s General Plan for
recreation and tourist/convention-related activities
along with related uses. The Anaheim Resort
contains approximately 1,078 acres. It is generally
located southwest of Interstate 5 between the
Disneyland Drive/Ball Road interchange and
Chapman Avenue, although a portion is located
north of the Interstate 5/Harbor Boulevard
interchange. The Specific Plan area is shown in
Exhibit 1.1a (Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
Boundary and Project Setting) and includes 489.7
acres. For a full legal description of the DRSP
boundary, refer to Section 8, ‘Legal Description’.
In addition to this Specific Plan, the City has
undertaken and adopted other planning efforts for
the remaining 588.10 acres in The Anaheim
Resort. The City has adopted the 581.3-acre
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (Specific Plan No.
92-2) and the 6.8-acre Hotel Circle Specific Plan
(Specific Plan No. 93-1). The three Specific Plans
have been prepared to complement one another
by incorporating similar zoning and development
standards, design guidelines, streetscape and
signage programs and infrastructure
improvements. Together, these documents guide
the development and enhancement of The
Anaheim Resort. In addition to the specific plans,
the City Council also adopted The Anaheim
Resort Identity Program and The Anaheim Resort
Public Realm Landscape Program to provide for
the streetscape elements and landscape plans
that will be implemented in public rights-of-way
within The Anaheim Resort.
1.5 Implementing the General
Plan
The Specific Plan implements the City’s General
Plan by addressing the pertinent goals, policies
and objectives of the General Plan. In 1993, when
the City adopted the DRSP, the following General
Plan policies relevant to development of the
Specific Plan were in place:
• To maintain and encourage Anaheim’s
position as a nationally recognized tourist,
convention and recreation center;
• To increase sales tax yields and further
enhance the economic base of the community,
thereby lessening the tax burden on real
property;
• To encourage the development of quality
facilities which complement conventions,
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family entertainment, and recreation within
appropriate areas of the community; and,
• To maintain the integrity of the Commercial
Recreation Area (now generally referred to as
The Anaheim Resort) by permitting only
compatible land uses within this designated
area.
In 2004, the Anaheim City Council adopted a
comprehensive update of its General Plan, which
continues to incorporate similar goals and polices
relevant to the DRSP. A complete discussion of
the relationship between this Specific Plan and the
Anaheim General Plan is found in Section 6.0,
‘General Plan Consistency’.
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1.6 Project Goals
These General Plan policies will be implemented
through the following overall goals of the Specific
Plan:
• To reconfirm and enhance Southern California
as one of the world’s greatest tourist
destinations;
• To support the ongoing transformation of the
Specific Plan area into a multi-day destination
resort for use by Southern California
metropolitan area residents, as well as visitors
from around the world;
• To promote the goals of the Anaheim General
Plan by enhancing visitor-serving commercial
uses in the City and to provide a catalyst for
the economic and physical enhancement of
Anaheim;
• To create a fully integrated resort that
increases visitation levels and generates an
economic base capable of supporting project
components consistent with the objectives of
the City;
• To maintain and enhance the economic vitality
of the City of Anaheim and Orange County by
providing business and job opportunities
associated with the construction and operation
of The Disneyland Resort;
• To enhance the Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan area by providing a wider range of
attractions, hotel accommodations,
restaurants, shopping opportunities, and
public parking;
• To develop public/private cooperation and
partnership which utilize the private sector to
fund vitally needed improvements to benefit
the public;
• To accommodate existing and anticipated
traffic through implementation of an innovative
transportation and parking plan, including
convenient access to parking facilities from
freeways, use of conveyance systems to
shuttle visitors from parking facilities and
hotels to area attractions, and provision of
pedestrian walkways throughout The
Disneyland Resort;
• To lay a foundation for future economic
expansion; and,
• To minimize environmental impacts through
comprehensive site development guidelines.
1.7 Implementing the Specific
Plan
The Specific Plan will be implemented through a
combination of design guidelines in Section 5.0,
‘Design Plan,’ and zoning regulations and
development standards in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning
and Development Standards’.
This Specific Plan includes photographs,
illustrative sketches, diagrams, and plans which
convey the overall design intent of the Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan. Trees and other plants have
been drawn to show their sizes at maturity. These
illustrative exhibits are not intended to be used as
the final plans or development drawings that will
be reviewed by the City.
Modification to some design concepts may be
necessary in order to accommodate new or
changing conditions not anticipated by this
Specific Plan. Modifications are a normal part of
the development process and will be permitted if
the basic intent of the Specific Plan is preserved.
Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards’
sets forth the parameters within which
modifications may be considered.
1.8 Development Plan – Summary
of Districts/Overlays
The maps and tables on the following pages
constitute the Specific Plan Development Plan.
The maps show the location of each of the four
Districts – Theme Park, Parking, Southeast, and
District A - and the two Overlays – C-R and
Anaheim GardenWalk - within the Specific Plan
and the tables summarize proposed and existing
development. Refer to Section 3, ‘Land Use Plan’
for more specific district and overlay information.
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1.8.1 Theme Park, Parking, and Southeast
Districts
Within the Theme Park, Parking and Southeast
Districts, the Specific Plan permits theme park
uses, hotels and entertainment areas, parking
facilities, and internal transportation systems, as
further described in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards’. The Specific Plan
envisions the continued modification and
expansion of attractions and facilities in the
existing Disneyland theme park, Disney California
Adventure theme park, Downtown Disney, and
hotels and entertainment areas throughout the
Theme Park District. The Parking District contains
public day-use parking facilities in the West
Parking Area and in the East Parking Area. These
facilities primarily accommodate visitor and
employee parking for The Disneyland Resort. The
parking facilities can also accommodate parking
for the Anaheim Convention Center. Finally, the
Southeast District provides new opportunities for
integrated theme park, hotel, and retail, dining and
entertainment uses in a unique destination
experience to complement the existing
Disneyland and Disney California Adventure
theme parks and Downtown Disney. The Specific
Plan envisions the continued modification and
expansion of attractions and facilities throughout
the Theme Park District and the Southeast
District. Of note, the Southeast District is located
directly adjacent to the Theme Park East Overlay,
located within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan.
Development within the Southeast District and the
Theme Park East Overlay will be planned in
coordination with one another to provide a more
cohesive approach in these areas. For additional
information, refer to the Anaheim Resort Specific
Plan.
1.8.2 District A
The Specific Plan proposes that the approximate
18.9-acre District A be developed with the same
uses permitted or conditionally permitted under
the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2,
Zoning and Development Standards (Chapter
18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code).
Additional description of District A is located in
Section 3.3.3, ‘District A’.
1.8.3 C-R Overlay
The C-R Overlay is a special provision of the
Specific Plan that allows certain parcels the ability
to be developed with the uses permitted by the
base District or to be developed with the uses
permitted or conditionally permitted by the
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2, Zoning
and Development Standards (Chapter 18.116 of
the Anaheim Municipal Code). Additional
description of the C-R Overlay is located in
Section 3.3.5, ‘C-R Overlay’.
1.8.4 Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay
The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay encompasses
District A and the portion of the Parking District
(East Parking Area)/C-R Overlay south of Disney
Way (approximately 29.1 acres). This Overlay is a
special provision of the Specific Plan that provides
for the development of the Anaheim GardenWalk
Lifestyle Retail and Entertainment
complex/project subject to the approval of
Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended.
The Anaheim GardenWalk project includes the
following: 590,265 gross square feet of specialty
retail/dining/entertainment uses, including movie
theaters; 1,628 hotel rooms/suites (including up to
500 Vacation Ownership Resort Units) and
278,817 gross square feet of hotel accessory
uses; and parking facilities with up to 4,800 striped
parking spaces and 15 bus parking spaces with a
7,700 gross square foot bus terminal/
transportation center for airport transport and
to/from sightseeing venues. The Anaheim
GardenWalk project will be an integrated
development to be constructed in two areas
(Areas A and B, as identified in Exhibit 1.1d
(Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay)).
Area A encompasses approximately 20.3 acres of
the project site, with 460,115 square feet of
specialty retail, restaurants, and entertainment
uses, including movie theaters; 1,266 hotel rooms
(including up to 400 vacation ownership units) and
216,820 square feet of hotel accessory uses, a
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transportation center, and 3,200 parking spaces.
The main retail concourse and 3,076 parking
spaces will be developed first, followed by the
hotels and the remaining 124 parking stalls.
The remaining 8.8 acres (Area B) would be
developed as a subsequent phase with up to
130,150 square feet of specialty retail, restaurants
and entertainment uses, 362 hotel rooms
(including up to 100 vacation ownership units) and
61,997 square feet of hotel accessory uses, and
1,600 parking spaces.
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Exhibit 1.6a – The Disneyland Resort District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Maximum Allowable Development
DISTRICT/OVERLAY SUMMARY
District/
Overlay Name Land Use Area (acres)
Maximum
Allowable
Development
Theme Park District
Theme Park and Back-of-House Uses
Administration Building
Administration Building Parking
Hotel Rooms
Theme Park Parking
Hotel Retail / Restaurant
Hotel Meeting Space
Parking for Hotel Uses
389
6,850,000 sf (1, 9)
475,000 sf
2,300 spaces
Up to 5,600 rooms (5, 8)
5,000 spaces (2,3)
300,000 sf
200,000 sf
9,930 spaces (2)
Parking District East Parking Area
West Parking Area
30.1 27
17,600 spaces (2, 3)
16,700 spaces (2)
Southeast District
Theme Park and Back-of-House Uses
Hotel Rooms
Parking Spaces
24.7 390,000 sf (9)
Up to 1,852 rooms (5, 8)
5,100 spaces (2)
Combined Total Maximum Allowable Development 489.7
7,825,000 sf
5,600 rooms
51,630 spaces
District A (6) Commercial Recreation Uses 18.9
C-R Overlay (4)
within Theme Park District
within Parking District, East Parking Area
within Southeast District
Subtotal
20 30.1
1.1 51.2
Anaheim Garden
Walk Overlay (7)
within Parking District East Parking Area/C-R Overlay
within District A
Subtotal
10.2 18.9
29.1 Notes:
(1) Theme park square footage may be developed as Retail, Dining and Entertainment. The Specific Plan allows up to 350,000 sf of Retail, Dining and Entertainment square footage in the Theme Park District. (2) Number of spaces will be determined by the provisions of Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards’. (3) Up to 5,000 parking spaces may be constructed in the Theme Park District; however, an equivalent number of potential parking spaces would be removed from the allotment of the East Parking Area. (4) The C-R Overlay may be developed with hotels or visitor-serving and parking uses subject to the permitted and conditionally permitted uses allowed by the ARSP Zone as set forth in Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. See Section 3.3.5, ‘C-R Overlay’.
(5) 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. (6) Up to 75 hotel rooms per gross acre are permitted in District A. (7) The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay as amended may be developed with the Anaheim GardenWalk Project subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended, or with uses set forth in the Parking District (East Parking Area)/C-R Overlay (refer to Exhibit 3.3.6b (Program Summary for Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay). See Section 3.3.6, ‘Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay’. (8) Hotel rooms can be converted to Vacation Ownership Resort Units. See Chapter 18.114.120 of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
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DISTRICT/OVERLAY SUMMARY
(9) Theme park sf may also be developed in the Southeast District (up to 390,000 sf), the ARSP Theme Park East Overlay (up to 840,000 sf) and the ARSP Theme Park West Overlay (up to 80,000 sf); 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. Also see the ARSP and Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
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Exhibit 1.6b – The Disneyland Resort Existing District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Existing Development
EXISTING DISTRICT/OVERLAY SUMMARY
District/
Overlay Name Land Use Area (acres) Existing Development (1) Theme Park District
Theme Park and Back-of-House Uses
Theme Park Retail, Dining and Entertainment
Administration Building
Administration Building Parking
Hotel Rooms
Hotel Retail / Restaurant
Hotel Meeting Space
Parking for Hotel Uses
389
2,946,183 sf
246,702 sf
305,430 sf
1,545 spaces
2,342 rooms (6)
159,549 sf
161,220 sf
5,885 spaces
Parking District East Parking Area
West Parking Area
30.1 27
2,179 spaces (2, 5)
16,298 spaces
Southeast District Parking Spaces 24.7 2,529 spaces
Combined Existing Development within Theme Park,
Parking, and Southeast Districts
470.8
3,819,084 sf
2,342 rooms
28,436 spaces
Total Acreage of Districts 489.7
District A (3) Commercial Recreation Uses 18.9
C-R Overlay (2)
within Theme Park District
within Parking District East Parking Area
within Southeast District
Subtotal
20 30.1
1.1 51.2
Anaheim Garden
Walk Overlay (4)
within Parking District East Parking Area/C-R Overlay
within District A
Subtotal
10.2 18.9
29.1 Notes:
(1) These numbers are as of the date of the Notice of Preparation of SEIR No. 352, October 21, 2021; over the course of the DisneylandForward project, these numbers may change due to ongoing development efforts. (2) The C-R Overlay may be developed with hotels or visitor-serving and parking uses subject to the permitted and conditionally permitted uses allowed by the ARSP Zone as set forth in Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. See Section 3.3.5, ‘C-R Overlay’.
(3) Up to 75 hotel rooms per gross acre are permitted in District A. (4) The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay as amended may be developed with the Anaheim GardenWalk Project subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended, or with uses set forth in the Parking District (East Parking Area)/C-R Overlay (refer to Exhibit 3.3.6b (Program Summary for Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay). See Section 3.3.6, ‘Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay’.
(5) This amount includes the existing 842 parking spaces in the Ball Cast Member Lot. The Specific Plan allows up to 5,000 parking spaces identified for the East Parking Area to be located in the Theme Park District. (6) Hotel rooms include Vacation Ownership Resort (VOR) units at the Grand Californian Hotel and VOR units at the Disneyland Hotel.
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Section 2.0: Planning Context
2.1 Purpose of the Specific Plan
A destination resort containing theme parks and
visitor-serving facilities, such as hotels, is a unique type of development that requires special
consideration and attention to ensure the resort’s
various elements come together to create an
exciting, attractive environment. The specialized
inner workings of a theme park and the unique
relationship a resort must have with its
surrounding environment are not easily addressed
by traditional zoning. This Section, Planning
Context, establishes a comprehensive framework
of planning policies and standards which assure
that resort and theme park uses will come together
as an integrated whole.
In addition to overall planning policies, the Specific
Plan establishes design guidelines and
comprehensive zoning regulations which
recognize the distinctive nature of theme parks
and effectively implement the policies of the
Specific Plan. It also identifies the public facilities and services that will be needed to support
development and describes how the Specific Plan
and its related improvements will be phased.
The zoning regulations contained within this
Specific Plan in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards,’ are regulatory in nature
and serve as the zoning and development
standards for the Specific Plan area. Subsequent
development plans and subdivision maps must be
consistent with both this Specific Plan and the City
of Anaheim General Plan. Any situation or
condition not specifically covered by provisions
contained within this Specific Plan will be subject
to the regulations of the City of Anaheim Municipal
Code.
2.2 Authority and Scope of the
Specific Plan
The City of Anaheim’s authority to prepare, adopt,
and implement Specific Plans is provided by
California Government Code Sections 65450
through 65457. Procedures for the adoption,
implementation and amendment of Specific Plans
are provided in Chapter 18.72, ‘Specific Plans,’ of
the Anaheim Municipal Code. As with General
Plans, the Planning Commission must hold a
public hearing before it can recommend the
adoption or amendment of a Specific Plan by the
City Council. The City Council may then adopt the
Specific Plan or subsequent amendments to the
Specific Plan by ordinance.
As required by Chapter 18.72 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code and California Government Code
Sections 65450, et. seq., this document and the
associated environmental impact reports that
have been prepared for the DRSP specify the
following in detail:
• The nature, location, density and size of all
existing and proposed land uses;
• Vehicular and pedestrian circulation within the
project and surrounding area;
• The provision of essential urban services
including, but not limited to, energy, public
safety, public utilities, sewage, solid waste
disposal, storm water drainage, water,
recreation and other essential facilities, as
may be needed to support proposed
development;
• Pertinent land use regulations for
implementation of the Specific Plan, including
supporting justification for any development
standards or procedures which deviate from
existing City zoning and land use regulations;
• Programs, public works projects, and
financing measures to implement the specific
plan;
• A development schedule setting forth phasing
of development and target dates for
completion; and,
• A discussion of the proposed Specific Plan’s
consistency with the provisions of the General
Plan.
Chapter 18.72 of the Anaheim Municipal Code
also requires a development schedule setting
forth phasing of development and target dates for
completion. The DRSP is intended to provide
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guidelines and regulations for the future
development of the DRSP area and does not
contain any proposal for specific developments.
As such, it does not contain a phasing plan, which
establishes a precise sequence, time, and level of
development. Development of the DRSP area will
likely be spread over a number of years as Disney
and other landowners renovate their property, or
replace existing buildings with new ones. SEIR
No. 352 has assumed for purposes of analysis
that Disney would implement the Project over the
next decades depending on market conditions,
and contains mitigation measures to ensure that
infrastructure improvements will be required
commensurate with development.
In addition, this document addresses subjects,
such as urban design, which are necessary and
desirable for the implementation of the General
Plan.
2.2.1 Findings for Specific Plan Adoption
This document provides information which
specifies how the Specific Plan conforms with the
following findings, which the Planning
Commission and City Council are required to
make prior to approving or amending a Specific
Plan:
• That the property proposed for the Specific
Plan has unique site characteristics, such as
topography, location or surroundings, that are
enhanced by special land use and
development standards;
• That the Specific Plan is consistent with the
goals and policies of the General Plan, and
with the purposes, standards and land use
guidelines therein;
• That the Specific Plan results in development
of desirable character that will be compatible
with existing and proposed development in the
surrounding neighborhood;
• That the Specific Plan contributes to the
balance of land uses throughout the City; and,
• That the Specific Plan respects environmental,
aesthetic and historic resources consistent
with economic realities.
2.3 Relationship to City Planning
Documents and Regulations
This section describes the relationship of the
Specific Plan to other relevant City planning
documents and regulations.
2.3.1 Relationship to the General Plan
The Specific Plan must be consistent with the
goals and policies of the General Plan. Section
6.0, ‘General Plan Consistency,’ includes a
discussion of each of the applicable General Plan
Element’s goals and policies and how they are
implemented through the Specific Plan. Appendix
A, ‘List of Specific Plan Amendments,
Adjustments and Associated Actions ’ includes a
consolidated list of the City Council Resolutions
and Ordinances and approval dates associated
with the 1993 Specific Plan adoption and all
subsequent amendments and adjustments,
including associated General Plan Amendments.
2.3.2 Relationship to Zoning Ordinance
The Specific Plan Section 7, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards’ defines zoning districts,
regulations, and development standards that
apply to the Specific Plan area. In cases where the
Specific Plan does not address a particular
situation, the regulations and development
standards contained within Title 18 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code apply. To the extent the two differ,
the Specific Plan’s policies, design guidelines,
regulations and development standards apply.
2.3.3 CEQA Requirements
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
requires that local agencies, prior to taking action
on projects over which they have discretionary
approval authority, consider the environmental
consequences of such projects. An Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) is a public document
designed to provide the public,
responsible/trustee agencies, special districts,
and local and State government agency
decisionmakers with an analysis of the potential
environmental consequences of project
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implementation in order to support an informed
decision.
An EIR for the adoption of the Specific Plan was
prepared in compliance with CEQA. Pursuant to
local and State CEQA Guidelines, the City of
Anaheim prepared an Initial Study which
determined that certain potentially significant
environmental impacts might be associated with
development under the Specific Plan. The City
prepared EIR No. 311 (under separate cover)
which identifies impacts that may result from the
development of The Disneyland Resort project
and includes recommended mitigation measures
to lessen these impacts. As described in EIR No.
311, further environmental review would be
required before a theme park or associated uses
could be developed in the Southeast District
(referred to as the Future Expansion District in EIR
No. 311). The City of Anaheim certified the Final
EIR for The Disneyland Resort project, which
included the approval of the Specific Plan, on June
22, 1993.
In 2021, to allow continued, long-term growth of
The Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney Parks and
Resorts U.S., Inc. (Disney) proposed
DisneylandForward, an update to The Disneyland
Resort Project to allow the transfer of uses
permitted under the Specific Plan to other areas of
the Specific Plan and properties within the
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (ARSP) No. 92-2
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”). The update also
provides for future administrative review by the
City of Anaheim (City) of Disney’s development
projects on Disney Property within the Specific
Plan area and the ARSP area .
DisneylandForward does not increase previously
approved square footage or hotel rooms in the
DRSP, however it does increase the number of
theme park-related parking spaces in the ARSP
Parking Overlay by 4,376 spaces.
Pursuant to local and State CEQA Guidelines, the
City of Anaheim prepared an Initial Study which
determined that certain potentially significant
environmental impacts might be associated with
development of the DisneylandForward project.
As a result, the City prepared Subsequent EIR No.
352 (under separate cover) which identifies
impacts which may result from the development of
DisneylandForward and includes recommended
mitigation measures to lessen these impacts. The
City Council certified the Final Subsequent EIR
No. 352 for DisneylandForward on [insert date]. In
serving as the CEQA compliance document for
DisneylandForward, SEIR No. 352 provides the
additional environmental analysis contemplated
under EIR No. 311 for the addition of theme park,
hotel rooms, and retail, dining and entertainment
uses in the Southeast District. SEIR No. 352 also
provides the environmental analysis required for
the addition of theme park uses in the ARSP
Theme Park East and ARSP Theme Park West
Overlays and the addition of parking uses in the
ARSP Parking Overlays. For non-Disney
properties located in the DRSP and the ARSP,
EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340, including the
associated Mitigation Monitoring Plans, would
continue to apply to future development.
Specifically, development in District A, the
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay and the C-R
Overlay would not be regulated by the mitigation
measures associated with this Subsequent EIR.
For a consolidated list of all CEQA documentation
associated with previous DRSP amendments and
adjustments prior to Subsequent EIR No. 352,
refer to Appendix A, ‘List of Specific Plan
Amendments, Adjustments and Associated
Actions’.
2.3.4 Relationship to the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan No. 92-2 and
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
No. 313
The City of Anaheim adopted the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan (Specific Plan No. 92-2, also
referred to as ARSP) and certified Environmental
Impact Report No. 313 (EIR No. 313) in
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September 1994 to comprehensively plan for
549.5 acres of The Anaheim Resort. The ARSP
replaced the previous C-R Zone for this area. The
majority of the properties within The Anaheim
Resort not included within The Disneyland Resort
Specific Plan area were rezoned to the ARSP. The
remaining 6.8 acres were rezoned as the Hotel
Circle Specific Plan (Specific Plan No. 93-1, also
referred to as HCSP) Zone. The land uses allowed
in the C-R Overlay and District A contained in The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan are the same as
those permitted by the ARSP, C-R District.
In June 1997, the ARSP boundaries were
expanded to include 4.67 acres, located on the
northern side of Orangewood Avenue and east of
Harbor Boulevard. In August 1999, the ARSP
boundaries were expanded to include 0.73 acres
located at the northwestern corner of Casa
Grande Avenue and Casa Vista Street. Mitigated
Negative Declarations served as the
environmental documentation for these actions.
In July 2004, the ARSP boundaries were
expanded to include 26.4 acres between
Orangewood Avenue and Chapman Avenue
along Harbor Boulevard for a total of 581.3 acres.
EIR No. 330, certified in connection with the
adoption of the citywide General Plan Update,
served as the environmental documentation for
this action.
In December 2012, the City Council certified
Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No.
340 as part of a comprehensive amendment to the
ARSP. This document reevaluated environmental
changes that had occurred in and around The
Anaheim Resort and an expansion of the Anaheim
Convention Center.
The ARSP includes refinements to the C-R Zone
development standards and regulations originally
adopted in 1967 and revised in September 1990.
It also includes refinements of design guidelines
established in the C-R Zoning Code and a public
facilities plan, which addresses the timing and
extent of various infrastructure improvements
needed to serve the area. In connection with the
adoption of the ARSP, the City Council adopted
The Anaheim Resort Identity Program and The
Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program to provide for streetscape improvements
within The Anaheim Resort public rights-of-way,
such as special entry treatments, street trees,
landscaped medians, lighting and street furniture.
Although they are separate projects, preparation
of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, the
ARSP, the HCSP, The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program, and The Anaheim Resort Public Realm
Landscape Program were coordinated to ensure
planning consistency, and to ensure that elements
of the plans are complementary (for example,
definition of planning area boundaries, the design
of the streetscape improvements and the
provision of adequate infrastructure). Where
appropriate, references or descriptions of the
programs adopted as part of the ARSP, the
HCSP, The Anaheim Resort Identity Program, and
The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program are included within this document to
provide a comprehensive understanding of the
relationship between the planning concepts and
programs proposed as part of those Plans and
Programs. However, the ARSP, the HCSP, The
Anaheim Resort Identity Program, and The
Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program should be reviewed for the most accurate
description of elements within the public realm and
the setback realm monument sign requirements.
2.4 Specific Plan Policies
The Specific Plan goals stated in Section 1.0,
‘Executive Summary,’ define the basis for the
following Specific Plan policies. They include:
• Policy 1: Create and sustain an urban
destination resort;
• Policy 2: Establish and maintain a unified
resort identity;
• Policy 3: Supply adequate visitor facilities to
meet long-term demand for entertainment,
lodging, and retail uses;
• Policy 4: Improve public facilities and
infrastructure to accommodate projected
growth;
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• Policy 5: Improve the transportation system;
• Policy 6: Develop implementation
mechanisms to assure quality development;
and,
• Policy 7: Protect and enhance surrounding
uses.
The following subsections describe these policies
in more detail.
2.4.1 Policy 1: Create and Sustain an
Urban Destination Resort
The primary planning policy for the Specific Plan
is to create and sustain an urban destination resort
that features theme park attractions, resort hotels,
restaurants, and shopping opportunities. By
creating and sustaining this destination resort,
visitors will be encouraged to stay for several days
and enjoy the variety of recreation and
entertainment opportunities available.
2.4.2 Policy 2: Establish and Maintain a
Unified Resort Identity
In order to establish and maintain the identity of
The Disneyland Resort as a premiere destination
resort, the Specific Plan presents a unifying theme
throughout the Specific Plan area. The theme is
achieved through consistent visual language for
the public areas outside the theme parks that
extends throughout the Specific Plan area. The
main components of the unifying visual language
are architecture, landscape, signs and street
furnishings.
The architectural character and quality of the
buildings proposed for areas outside the Theme
Park District is regulated through a combination of
setback requirements and height restrictions
contained in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards,’ and design guidelines
contained in Section 5.0, ‘Design Plan,’ of the
Specific Plan. Extensive planting of trees, shrubs
and ground cover creates the landscape character
of the Specific Plan. Similarly, signs within the
Specific Plan area present a unified visual
character through compatible and complementary
colors, forms, and typography. Street furnishings,
including lighting fixtures and benches, reinforce
the overall identity of The Disneyland Resort.
2.4.3 Policy 3: Supply Adequate Visitor
Facilities to Meet Long-Term
Demand for Entertainment,
Lodging, and Retail Uses
Another important Specific Plan policy is to supply
the visitor facilities needed to meet the long-term
demand for recreation and resort activities. There
are three primary types of facilities that achieve
this: theme park attractions, resort hotels, and
visitor-serving retail and entertainment facilities.
For theme park attractions, the Specific Plan
allows for 6,850,000 square feet of theme park
uses between the Theme Park District and the
Southeast District and in the ARSP, the Theme
Park East Overlay and the Theme Park West
Overlay.
For resort hotels, the Specific Plan allows 5,600
hotel rooms to be developed within the Theme
Park and Southeast Districts (not including hotels
constructed in District A and under the C-R and
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlays).
For visitor-serving retail and entertainment
facilities, the Specific Plan allows up to 350,000
square feet of theme park square footage to be
developed as retail, dining, and entertainment
within the Theme Park District, 300,000 square
feet of hotel retail and restaurant, and 200,000
square feet of meeting rooms and convention
space. The Specific Plan also provides for visitorserving retail, entertainment facilities, and parking within District A and the C-R and Anaheim
GardenWalk Overlays.
For additional information on the quantity and
location of theme park attractions, resort hotels,
and visitor-serving retail and entertainment
facilities by District, refer to Table 3.3a – The
Disneyland Resort District/Overlay Summary
Tabulation – Maximum Allowable Development in
Section 3.
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2.4.4 Policy 4: Improve Public Facilities
and Infrastructure to Accommodate
Projected Growth
In conjunction with adding attractions and lodging
facilities, another important Specific Plan objective
is to improve public facilities and infrastructure to
accommodate the growth and development that
will occur at The Disneyland Resort. The public
facility components to be improved as a result of
this Specific Plan include: the transportation
infrastructure (described in Section 4.0, ‘Public
Facilities Plan’), and the pedestrian environment
and the streetscape (described in Section 5.0,
‘Design Plan’).
The Specific Plan creates an inviting, integrated
pedestrian environment that provides convenient
connections throughout The Disneyland Resort
and surrounding Anaheim Resort. An important
element of the pedestrian environment will be the
landscaped promenades, plazas, walkways, and
gardens that, while in some locations private, will
facilitate physical and visual connectivity
throughout The Disneyland Resort. The Anaheim
Resort Identity Program and The Anaheim Resort
Public Realm Landscape Program govern the
streetscapes within the public rights of way. The
streetscapes contribute to a unifying visual
character for the entire Anaheim Resort.
Improvements to underground infrastructure will
also be made, including improvements to storm
drainage, water supply, electrical systems and
sewage systems.
2.4.5 Policy 5: Improve the
Transportation System
An essential part of the Specific Plan is to provide
improvements to the transportation system so that
access to The Disneyland Resort and its
attractions is convenient, pleasant and intuitive.
These improvements may include a combination
of access routes to and from Interstate 5, local
roadway improvements, high-capacity public
parking facilities, monorail, pedestrian walkways
and/or transportation system(s).
Day visitors to the theme parks at The Disneyland
Resort arriving by Interstate 5 will have convenient
access to and from public day-use parking
facilities. These facilities will have a maximum
capacity of 34,300 cars and may accommodate
Resort employees and Convention Center
visitors, in addition to theme park visitors. Access
from the parking facilities to the theme parks will
be by pedestrian walkways and/or transportation
system(s). In addition, areas of potential
pedestrian bridge(s) would connect theme park
uses with The Anaheim Resort as indicated on
Exhibit 4.5b (Pedestrian and Vehicular Access
Points). . Overnight visitors arriving by Interstate 5
may use the same interchanges as day visitors but
will be directed to surface streets for access to
hotels or other facilities within The Anaheim
Resort.
2.4.6 Policy 6: Develop Implementation
Mechanisms to Assure Quality
Development
To assure the overall quality of The Disneyland
Resort development, the Specific Plan contains
implementation mechanisms that promote the
design goals of the Specific Plan. These
mechanisms include development regulations,
standards, design guidelines, as well as phasing
and public facilities plans. Section 5.0, ‘The
Design Plan,’ describes the design concepts to be
implemented to provide a unified identity. The
zoning and development standards are contained
within Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’. They define the permitted uses and
establish building height and setback standards,
among other regulations.
2.4.7 Policy 7: Protect and Enhance
Surrounding Uses
Implementation of the Specific Plan protects and
enhances surrounding uses through the following
means. First, development setback areas are
created and maintained to provide an aesthetically
appealing, landscaped buffer between the
development in the Specific Plan area and
neighboring uses. Second, development in the
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Specific Plan will incorporate 360-degree
architectural treatments described in Section 5,
‘Design Plan’, to protect and improve public views
into the Specific Plan area. Third, convenient
access to the public parking facilities from
Interstate 5 minimizes the use of local streets by
visitors to the Specific Plan area. As a fully
integrated planning document, the Specific Plan
provides the overall policy direction (this Section,
Section 3.0, ‘Land Use Plan,’ and Section 4.0,
‘Public Facilities Plan’) as well as the planning
tools (Section 5.0, ‘Design Plan,’ and Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards’) needed to
ensure that these goals are achieved as
development of The Disneyland Resort proceeds.
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Section 3.0: Land Use Plan
3.1 Regional Location
The Specific Plan area is located in the City of
Anaheim, thirty-five miles southeast of downtown
Los Angeles and seven miles northwest of Santa
Ana, in Central Orange County, California. Exhibit
3.1a (Regional Location Map) shows the regional
location of the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
area. The Disneyland Resort is located southwest
of Interstate 5 and is accessible from the Interstate
5 interchanges at Disneyland Drive/Ball Road,
Harbor Boulevard, Katella Avenue/Disney Way,
and Gene Autry Way.
Exhibit 3.1a – Regional Location Map
3.2 Existing Conditions
This section contains a description of the Specific
Plan area and other relevant existing conditions.
3.2.1 The Specific Plan Area
The Specific Plan Area is located within The
Anaheim Resort, an area designated on the City
of Anaheim General Plan for tourist and
entertainment-related industries, such as theme
parks, hotels, tourist-oriented retail, movie
theaters, and other visitor-serving uses. The
Anaheim Resort contains approximately 1,078
acres. Exhibit 3.2.1a (Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan Boundary and Project Setting) shows the
location of the approximate Specific Plan area
within The Anaheim Resort boundaries. For a full
legal description of the DRSP boundary, refer to
Section 8, ‘Legal Description’. Harbor Boulevard is
the main north-south thoroughfare through The
Disneyland Resort. Disneyland Drive provides
north-south access within the Theme Park District.
Katella Avenue and Ball Road are the main eastwest thoroughfares. Interstate 5 forms the northeastern boundary of the Specific Plan area.
3.2.2 Existing Uses
The current uses within the Specific Plan area
include the Disneyland theme park, the Disney
California Adventure theme park, Disney’s Grand
Californian Hotel & Spa, the Disneyland Hotel
complex, the Downtown Disney retail, dining, and
entertainment area, the Mickey & Friends parking
structure, the Pixar Pals parking structure, several
surface parking lots, and the back-of-house
support and administrative facilities that serve the
theme parks. Typical uses in the back-of-house
areas include: storage facilities, mechanical
equipment, Disneyland employee facilities,
administrative offices, parking, and other facilities
associated with theme park operations. In addition
to the uses associated with the existing
Disneyland theme park, several parcels included
within the Specific Plan area are currently
occupied by other uses, including hotels, parking
lots, restaurants, and retail shops, or are currently
vacant.
A variety of commercial, retail, hotels, motels and
other visitor- and convention-serving uses
surround the Specific Plan area. The Anaheim
Convention Center is located on the south side of
Katella Avenue, west of Harbor Boulevard. The
Specific Plan area is generally north and east of
the Anaheim Convention Center. Residential
neighborhoods consisting of single-family homes
and multiple-family dwelling units are located west
of Walnut Street and immediately north of Ball
Road. Similar residential uses and a mobile home
park are located south and east of the Southeast
District of the Specific Plan area.
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Exhibit 3.2.2a (Aerial Photograph with DRSP and
The Anaheim Resort Boundaries) is an aerial
photograph of The Anaheim Resort area and
Specific Plan boundaries as of November 2021.
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3.2.3 Existing Structures Permitted to
Remain
Prior to the adoption of the Specific Plan on June
22, 1993, The Disneyland Resort contained
existing buildings, fences and walls, a service
access point, and monorail beamways, support
columns, and associated maintenance buildings,
as shown on Exhibit 3.2.3a (Existing Structures
Permitted to Remain). In adopting the Specific
Plan, these structures became non-conforming
with the Specific Plan regulations. However, as
part of the June 22, 1993 City approval, these
structures were determined to be exceptions to
non-conformity and were allowed to be continued.
Refer to Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’ for additional information related to
Exhibit 3.2.3a (Existing Structures Permitted to
Remain).
3.3 Land Use Plan
The 489.7-acre Disneyland Resort includes four
land use districts: the Theme Park District (389
acres), the Parking District (57.1 acres), the
Southeast District (24.7 acres), and District A
(18.9 acres). With DisneylandForward, approved
in [insert date], the former Hotel District became
part of the Theme Park District and the Future
Expansion District became the Southeast District.
In addition, the Specific Plan establishes the C-R
Overlay, which allows specific parcels to become
part of the overall Disneyland Resort or be
developed with the uses established by Chapter
18.116 (‘Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2’)
of the Anaheim Municipal Code. The Anaheim
GardenWalk Overlay also applies to specific
parcels within the Specific Plan area and provides
for the development of the Anaheim GardenWalk
lifestyle retail and entertainment complex (subject
to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No.
4078, as amended). This section contains a
general description of each District and the C-R
Overlay and Anaheim GardenWalk Overlays,
while Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’ contains specific, detailed, zoning and
development standards.
The four land use Districts and two Overlays will
be linked together by existing and new public
and/or private pedestrian walkways. The Specific
Plan provides for transportation system
improvements, including improved access to and
from Interstate 5, and peripheral public parking
facilities. Once visitors leave their cars, a
transportation system and/or a network of public
and/or private pedestrian walkways facilitate
guest mobility throughout The Disneyland Resort.
The character of the Specific Plan area includes
extensive landscaping within the public street
rights-of-way, along pedestrian walkways, within
building setbacks, and inside the theme parks.
This landscaping creates a unifying identity for the
Specific Plan area that integrates the surrounding
areas of The Anaheim Resort.
Exhibit 3.3a (The Disneyland Resort
District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Maximum
Allowable Development) and Exhibit 3.3b (The
Disneyland Resort Existing District/Overlay
Summary Tabulation – Existing Development) on
the following pages summarize development in
the Specific Plan area. Exhibit 3.3c (Development
Plan) identifies the four land use districts. Further
information about development can be found in
Exhibit 3.3.5a (C-R Overlay) and Exhibit 3.3.6a
(Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay), which show the
location of areas where the provisions of these
Overlays apply. The Development Plan, C-R
Overlay, and Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay serve
as the zoning maps for The Disneyland Resort.
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Exhibit 3.3a – The Disneyland Resort District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Maximum Allowable Development
DISTRICT/OVERLAY SUMMARY
District/
Overlay Name Land Use Area (acres)
Maximum Allowable
Development
Theme Park District
Theme Park and Back-of-House Uses
Administration Building
Administration Building Parking
Hotel Rooms
Theme Park Parking
Hotel Retail / Restaurant
Hotel Meeting Space
Parking for Hotel Uses
389
6,850,000 sf (1, 9)
475,000 sf
2,300 spaces
Up to 5,600 rooms (5, 8)
5,000 spaces (2,3)
300,000 sf
200,000 sf
9,930 spaces (2)
Parking District East Parking Area
West Parking Area
30.1 27
17,600 spaces (2, 3)
16,700 spaces (2)
Southeast District
Theme Park and Back-of-House Uses
Hotel Rooms
Parking Spaces
24.7 390,000 sf (9)
Up to 1,852 rooms (5, 8)
5,100 spaces (2)
Combined Total Maximum Allowable Development 489.7
7,825,000 sf
5,600 rooms
51,630 spaces
District A (6) Commercial Recreation Uses 18.9
C-R Overlay (4)
within Theme Park District
within Parking District East Parking Area
within Southeast District
Subtotal
20 30.1
1.1 51.2
Anaheim Garden
Walk Overlay (7)
within Parking District East Parking Area/C-R Overlay
within District A
Subtotal
10.2 18.9
29.1 Notes:
(1) Theme park square footage may be developed as Retail, Dining and Entertainment. The Specific Plan allows up to 350,000 sf of Retail, Dining and Entertainment square footage in the Theme Park District. (2) Number of spaces will be determined by the provisions of Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards’. (3) Up to 5,000 parking spaces may be constructed in the Theme Park District, however, an equivalent number of potential parking spaces would be removed from the allotment of the East Parking Area. (4) The C-R Overlay may be developed with hotels or visitor-serving and parking uses subject to the permitted and conditionally permitted uses allowed by the ARSP Zone as set forth in Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. See Section 3.3.5, ‘C-R Overlay’.
(5) 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. (6) Up to 75 hotel rooms per gross acre are permitted in District A. (7) The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay as amended may be developed with the Anaheim GardenWalk Project subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended, or with uses set forth in the Parking District (East Parking Area)/C-R Overlay (refer to Exhibit 3.3.6b (Program Summary for Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay). See Section 3.3.6, ‘Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay’. (8) Hotel rooms can be converted to Vacation Ownership Resort Units. See Chapter 18.114.120 of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
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DISTRICT/OVERLAY SUMMARY
(9) Theme park sf may also be developed in the Southeast District (up to 390,000 sf), the ARSP Theme Park East Overlay (up to 840,000 sf) and the ARSP Theme Park West Overlay (up to 80,000 sf); 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. Also see the ARSP and Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
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Exhibit 3.3b – The Disneyland Resort Existing District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Existing Development
EXISTING DISTRICT/OVERLAY SUMMARY
District/
Overlay Name Land Use Area (acres) Existing Development (1) Theme Park District
Theme Park and Back-of-House Uses
Theme Park Retail, Dining and Entertainment
Administration Building
Administration Building Parking
Hotel Rooms
Hotel Retail / Restaurant
Hotel Meeting Space
Parking for Hotel Uses
389
2,946,183 sf
246,702 sf
305,430 sf
1,545 spaces
2,342 rooms (6)
159,549 sf
161,220 sf
5,885 spaces
Parking District East Parking Area
West Parking Area
30.1 27
2,179 spaces (2, 5)
16,298 spaces
Southeast District Parking Spaces 24.7 2,529 spaces
Combined Existing Development within Theme Park,
Parking, and Southeast Districts
470.8
3,819,084 sf
2,342 rooms
28,436 spaces
Total Acreage of Districts 489.7
District A (3) Commercial Recreation Uses 18.9
C-R Overlay (2)
within Theme Park District
within Parking District East Parking Area
within Southeast District
Subtotal
20 30.1
1.1 51.2
Anaheim Garden
Walk Overlay (4)
within Parking District East Parking Area/C-R Overlay
within District A
Subtotal
10.2 18.9
29.1 Notes:
(1) These numbers are as of the date of the Notice of Preparation of SEIR No. 352, October 21, 2021; over the course of the DisneylandForward project, these numbers may change due to ongoing development efforts. (2) The C-R Overlay may be developed with hotels or visitor-serving and parking uses subject to the permitted and conditionally permitted uses allowed by the ARSP Zone as set forth in Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code. See Section 3.3.5, ‘C-R Overlay’.
(3) Up to 75 hotel rooms per gross acre are permitted in District A. (4) The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay as amended may be developed with the Anaheim GardenWalk Project subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended, or with uses set forth in the Parking District (East Parking Area)/C-R Overlay (refer to Exhibit 3.3.6b (Program Summary for Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay). See Section 3.3.6, ‘Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay’.
(5) This amount includes the existing 842 parking spaces in the Ball Cast Member Lot. The Specific Plan allows up to 5,000 parking spaces identified for the East Parking Area to be located in the Theme Park District. (6) Hotel rooms include Vacation Ownership Resort (VOR) units at the Grand Californian Hotel and VOR units at the Disneyland Hotel.
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The following is a summary of each of the four
districts of the Development Plan, C-R Overlay,
and Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay in the Specific
Plan area.
3.3.1 Theme Park District
The Theme Park District is the largest of the land
use areas within the Specific Plan area and
includes approximately 389 acres. It is located
between Ball Road on the north, Katella Avenue
on the south, Walnut Street on the west, and
Harbor Boulevard on the east. This District
accommodates the Disneyland theme park, the
Disney California Adventure theme park,
associated administration and back-of-house
facilities, parking, ticketing, hotels, and Downtown
Disney retail, dining, and entertainment facilities,
and Magic Way, which will become a private street
pending the City’s abandonment of the public
right-of-way (refer to Exhibit 3.3c (Development
Plan)).
The Theme Park District allows for 6,850,000
square feet of theme park uses. The Theme Park
District also is intended to accommodate hotels
(up to a maximum of 5,600 hotel rooms),
accessory retail, recreational uses (i.e., swimming
pools, tennis courts, etc.), and landscaped areas.
At the time of the Notice of Preparation for the
DisneylandForward project (October 21, 2021),
2,342 hotel rooms had been developed or
approved, some of which are developed as
Vacation Ownership Resort Units.
Refer to Exhibit 3.3a (The Disneyland Resort
District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Maximum
Allowable Development) and Exhibit 3.3b (The
Disneyland Resort Existing District/Overlay
Summary Tabulation – Existing Development) for
summaries of existing and maximum theme park
development square footage, hotel rooms,
parking facility spaces, and other identified use
square footages within the Theme Park District.
The following is a brief description of each of the
major uses within the Theme Park District.
• The existing Disneyland theme park contains
theme attractions, retail uses and restaurants.
Disneyland will continue to renovate, upgrade,
and add new attractions, as it has since it first
opened.
• The existing Disney California Adventure
theme park is located south of the Disneyland
theme park. This theme park contains
attractions, an amphitheater, retail, dining,
hotel, ticketing, pedestrian circulation, parking,
and open space, including support uses and
service access and will continue to renovate,
update, and add new attractions.
• Back-of-house uses, including maintenance
facilities and staging areas, are located north
and west of the existing Disneyland theme
park as well as south of the Disney California
Adventure theme park. Access to these areas
is from Ball Road, Harbor Boulevard, and
Disneyland Drive.
• The Disneyland Administration Building is
located in the northeast corner of the Theme
Park District adjacent to Interstate 5. The fourto five-story building (approximately 75 feet tall) may contain up to 475,000 square feet of
office and related uses and up to 2,300
parking spaces. It was conceived to be
constructed in two phases. The first phase is
complete and consists of 305,430 square feet,
as well as an eight-level, 80-foot-high parking
facility containing up to 1,464 parking spaces
which is located immediately west of the office
building, with an additional 81 spaces in a
surface parking area just north of the parking
facility. The second phase will consist of up to
169,570 square feet to serve additional
personnel plus up to 755 more parking
spaces. Access to the Disneyland
Administration Building is from Ball Road.
• The existing Disneyland Hotel is located on
the west side of Disneyland Drive and includes
four towers with a total of 973 hotel rooms and
350 Vacation Ownership Resort Units.
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa is
located on the east side of Disneyland Drive
and includes 948 hotel rooms and 71 Vacation
Ownership Units. Up to 5,600 hotel rooms or
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Vacation Ownership Resort Units may be
constructed within the Theme Park District,
excluding those rooms permitted by the C-R
Overlay. Some of the hotels may include
meeting and convention facilities, although the
hotels are intended primarily to serve visitors
to the theme parks. Hotel accessory retail
uses, including shops, restaurants, and
service businesses also are permitted within
the Theme Park District. This retail
development will be included within the hotel
building complexes and will not have separate
parking facilities. Altogether, an estimated
200,000 square feet of meeting space and
300,000 square feet of other retail/restaurant
support uses are planned for the Theme Park
District. Guest and visitor vehicular access to
hotel rooms within the Theme Park District will
be maintained from either public streets,
including Harbor Boulevard, Ball Road,
Disneyland Drive, and Katella Avenue, or
Magic Way, which will become a private street
pending the City’s abandonment of the public
right-of-way. In addition to the above
mentioned hotels, the Theme Park District
also contains the existing non-Disney hotels:
the Candy Cane Inn, the Alpine Inn, and the
Desert Palms Hotel and Suites.
• Downtown Disney. Theme park square
footage may be developed as retail
entertainment center uses in the Theme Park
District.
Exhibit 5.8.3a (Theme Park District Concept Plan
A) and Exhibit 5.8.3b (Theme Park District
Concept Plan B), shows conceptually how the
Theme Park District’s principal site elements will
be arranged. It also describes the setbacks
proposed for this District. Section 5, ‘Design Plan’,
also provides representative cross-sections
showing the proposed treatment of the exterior
edges of the Theme Park District.
Substantial area within The Disneyland Resort
has been designed to enhance pedestrian mobility
in and around The Disneyland Resort, linking key
areas with park-like passageways and settings,
and providing pedestrians with access to the
theme park ticket areas and entrances which are
currently located in a central east-west pedestrian
plaza. This plaza may be reconfigured in the
future, however pedestrian circulation will
continue to be provided in order to allow for
Disneyland Resort guests and visitors access to
The Disneyland Resort elements between Harbor
Boulevard and Disneyland Drive/Walnut Street in
a manner that facilitates pedestrian flow during
normal hours of operation and continues to meet
public safety size requirements. This is reflected
in Exhibit 4.5b (Pedestrian and Vehicular Access
Points), Note 1, which states: “Non-ticketed
pedestrian routes for east-west circulation shall be
provided through the Theme Park District
connecting major designations (theme parks,
Downtown Disney, hotels and parking facilities) to
Harbor Boulevard, Walnut Street, and, Disneyland
Drive.” Pedestrian amenities, such as benches,
seating areas, landscape areas, will be
incorporated to provide a pleasant pedestrian
experience. The Theme Park District will be
connected to the east side of Harbor Boulevard
with one to three pedestrian bridge(s) between
Manchester Avenue and Disney Way, with the
construction of a parking facility in the East
Parking Area. The Theme Park District may also
be connected on the east and west sides of
Disneyland Drive by up to two additional
pedestrian bridges and/or crossings.
Section 7.0 ‘Zoning and Development Standards’
establishes a building envelope consisting of
maximum building heights and minimum setbacks
from property lines in which theme park uses will
be contained. Refer to the Anaheim Commercial
Recreation Area Maximum Permitted Structural
Height Map, described in AMC Section 18.40.030,
for information on maximum building heights
permitted. Generally, the maximum height at
setbacks from public streets will be limited in order
to create a more attractive pedestrian
environment. The general intent is to establish a
building height hierarchy in which most theme
park elements will range from 40 to 250 feet high,
with up to four structural thematic elements/icons
that may be up to 300 feet in height to establish
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visual interest and orientation within the theme
park. Two of the structural thematic
elements/icons will be located generally between
Harbor Boulevard and Disneyland Drive and two
of the structural thematic elements/icons will be
located generally between Disneyland Drive and
Walnut Street.
In order to provide a pleasing pedestrian
experience on the surrounding public streets, the
buildings in the portion of the Theme Park District
adjacent to Walnut Street will have a reduced
height at the required setback and be limited by a
sky exposure plane. Buildings will have a
maximum height of 50 feet on Walnut Street at the
required street setback. Behind the setback on
Walnut Street, building heights may increase at a
rate of 1 foot of height for each 2 feet of additional
setback from the property line. This limit on
building heights will require buildings immediately
adjacent to the setback and more than 50 feet tall
to step back from the street. This requirement is
called a “sky exposure plane” because of the way
it permits more light to reach the street; it also has
the effect of reducing the apparent bulk and mass
of any building. The maximum permitted building
height in the portion of the Theme Park District
adjacent to Walnut Street may vary from 50 to 250
feet depending on the building’s distance from
Walnut Street.
West of Disneyland Drive, buildings, vehicle
circulation/access, parking facilities, landscaped
open space, recreation facilities, and pedestrian
paths will be arranged in a way that focuses
visitors inward to the center of the District. To
achieve this, parking facilities and internal access
roads will generally be located at the perimeter of
the site, and buildings in the center. The hotel
buildings will be oriented to landscaped open
spaces, recreation areas, and pedestrian paths
that will help create a resort environment. Hotel
guests arriving at this area of the Theme Park
District by vehicle will enter the District from Ball
Road or Katella Avenue via Disneyland Drive, as
shown in Exhibit 4.5b (Pedestrian and Vehicular
Access Points).
Disneyland Drive will have a unique resort
character created by landscaped parkways and
special street features such as banners, night
lighting, or other elements intended to create a
festive resort atmosphere (Section 5.0, ‘Design
Plan,’ contains a more detailed description of the
character of Disneyland Drive).
Walnut Street will be used only for service and
maintenance access via the existing service
entrance to the Disneyland Hotel and for
emergency vehicle access at the existing
driveway north of the Mickey and Friends parking
structure and at Magic Way. No direct ingress or
egress to parking facilities intended for guest or
employee use will be permitted from Walnut
Street. Pedestrian access on Walnut Street will
continue to be provided at Magic Way, providing
pedestrians with access to hotels, Downtown
Disney, the theme park ticket areas and entrances
which are currently located in a central east-west
pedestrian plaza and Harbor Boulevard. If Magic
Way is reconfigured in the future, pedestrian
access will be maintained to Disneyland Drive and
these venues in a manner that facilitates
pedestrian flow and continues to meet public
safety size requirements.
Hotel parking facilities may be in parking
structures located adjacent to Walnut Street.
These facilities will be set back a minimum of 50
feet from the Walnut Street public right-of-way with
a 30-foot wide landscape setback, provided that
walls and vehicular access are permitted to
encroach in the areas beyond the 30 foot setback
area and that existing structures shown on Exhibit
3.3.2a (Existing Structures Permitted to Remain)
may remain. Parking facilities, including parking
structures and surface parking lots, may be
located anywhere within the Theme Park District,
although most facilities will be located at the
perimeter, consistent with the overall site design
concept. More information about the design and
treatment of parking facilities can be found in
Section 5.0, ‘Design Plan’.
The total number of parking spaces provided for
hotel uses will be consistent with the parking
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requirements contained in Section 7.0 ‘Zoning and
Development Standards’.
Access from the Theme Park District hotels to the
theme parks may be via monorail and/or
pedestrian walkways. The Mass Transit and
Pedestrian Circulation Plans contained within
Section 4.0, ‘Public Facilities Plan,’ (Sections 4.4
and 4.5) describe the access in more detail and
contain drawings that show conceptually how
access will be provided.
3.3.2 Parking District
The Parking District is intended to accommodate
the public day-use parking facilities within the
Specific Plan area. The 57.1-acre Parking District
will contain public day-use parking facilities in the
West Parking Area and in the East Parking Area.
They will primarily accommodate day visitor and
employee parking for The Disneyland Resort. The
parking facilities can also accommodate parking
for the Anaheim Convention Center.
The public parking facilities have been designed
for peak attendance days at the theme parks and
retail entertainment center uses; they can
accommodate up to 34,300 total parking spaces
in the parking areas in the Theme Park and/or
Parking Districts.
• The West Parking Area, located between
Disneyland Drive and Walnut Street, north of
Magic Way currently contains a total of 16,298
spaces in two parking structures, Mickey and
Friends and Pixar Pals, on 27 acres. The
maximum number of spaces allowed in the
West Parking Area is 16,700 spaces. Primary
ingress and egress by the public to these
spaces are via Disneyland Drive and Magic
Way. There is no access to or from Walnut
Street, with the exception of an emergency
vehicle access only driveway north of the
Mickey and Friends parking structure and at
Magic Way. This facility includes six levels
with a maximum height of 65 feet.
• The East Parking Area, located near Disney
Way, Clementine Street, and Manchester
Avenue, covers 30.1 acres and could
accommodate a parking facility with up to
17,600 spaces on a portion of the Parking
Area. The remaining acreage could be
developed with hotel or other visitor-serving
uses as provided for in the C-R Overlay and
the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay (see
Sections 3.3.5, ‘C-R Overlay’ and 3.3.6
‘Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay’). This facility
could be a maximum of seven levels with a
maximum height of 75 feet. This parking
facility may be constructed concurrently with a
parking facility in the adjacent ARSP Parking
Overlay so the parking facilities could operate
as one parking facility.
Interstate 5 freeway ramps provide convenient
access to parking facilities in The Disneyland
Resort. A transportation system(s) and/or network
of public and/or private pedestrian walkways and
pedestrian bridge(s) will facilitate guest mobility
from the parking areas to the ticketing and entry
area for the theme parks. Existing pedestrian
bridges over Disneyland Drive and over Magic
Way provide pedestrian access from the West
Parking Area to the Theme Park District. Section
4.0, ‘Public Facilities Plan,’ contains additional
information about access to both the East and
West Parking Areas.
Pedestrian walkways and bridge(s) will facilitate
guest mobility to/from Harbor Boulevard from the
East Parking Area and the ARSP Parking Overlay.
Existing and new public and/or private pedestrian
walkways will be utilized along the east side of
Clementine Street and Manchester Avenue
connecting to and providing access through the
East Parking Area of the Parking District and/or
the ARSP Parking Overlay to Harbor Boulevard.
This promenade will also connect with the area of
potential pedestrian bridge(s) on Harbor
Boulevard. The areas of potential bridge(s)
located along Harbor Boulevard will allow for one
to three pedestrian bridge(s) over Harbor
Boulevard between Manchester Avenue and
Disney Way and will be completed as part of
construction of a parking structure in the East
Parking Area and/or adjacent ARSP Parking
Overlay. The dimensions of any pedestrian bridge
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shall be determined through a pedestrian demand
analysis. An additional at-grade pedestrian
walkway connecting to Harbor Boulevard from the
East Parking Area will be provided adjacent to
Disney Way. Refer to Exhibit 5.8.3a (Theme Park
District Concept Plan A) and Exhibit 5.8.3d
(Parking District Concept Plan – East Parking
Area), for more information.
Parking facilities in both the East and West
Parking Areas will be architecturally treated to
minimize their impact on the surrounding uses.
For example, the parking facility in the West
Parking Area is terraced back on the Walnut
Street edge to minimize visual intrusion to the
adjacent residential neighborhoods, and
landscaped buffers and berms are provided.
Noise attenuation louvers are provided along the
openings of the first two levels of the parking
facility and solid walls with landscaped planters on
the upper levels are provided. In addition, noise
attenuation louvers are provided along the
northern openings adjacent to hotel uses.
Landscape was planted along street edges to
conceal the size and mass of the parking
structure. Landscaping in the setbacks further
enhances the architectural character of the facility.
A detailed description of the proposed
landscaping adjacent to the East and West
Parking Areas can be found in Section 5.0,
‘Design Plan’. The parking facility in the East
Parking Area will be designed with similar
architecture as the parking facilities in the West
Parking Area and include landscaping along street
edges and in the setbacks.
3.3.3 District A
District A permits the area to be subject to the
permitted and conditionally permitted uses
allowed by the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan as
set forth in Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code. The maximum number of hotel
units permitted in this District will be Medium
Density or up to 75 hotel/motel rooms per gross
acre or 75 rooms per parcel, whichever is greater.
For those parcels that are developed with
hotel/motel rooms which exceed the maximum
density designation, the number of rooms existing
on June 29, 1993, the date of adoption of The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Ordinance, may
be rebuilt or modified at their existing density. The
maximum number of hotel rooms permitted in
District A will be in addition to the 5,600 rooms
proposed for The Disneyland Resort.
Refer to Exhibit 3.3.3a (Program Summary for
District A) for a summary of the potential
development within the District.
Exhibit 3.3.3a - Program Summary for
District A
Program Summary for District A
Planned Total
Acreage(1) 18.9
Potential Hotel/
Motel Rooms 1,445
(1) Actual acres to be determined by a licensed Civil
Engineer/Land Surveyor.
3.3.4 Southeast District
The 24.7-acre Southeast District will
accommodate future expansion of The
Disneyland Resort. The District currently contains
a surface parking lot containing 2,529 parking
spaces and four toll booths for use by Resort
guests.
Originally developed for parking facilities, the
Southeast District has been re-envisioned as part
of DisneylandForward as theme park uses
integrated with hotel, retail, dining and
entertainment uses. The development standards
for this District contained in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning
and Development Standards’ have been
amended to include these uses. Development
regulations contained within Section 7.0 also
provide for other types of visitor-serving
development within the Southeast District,
consistent with the intent of The Anaheim Resort
and the C-R Overlay Area. The District may
contain up to 390,000 square feet of theme park
uses and up to 1,852 hotel rooms. The District
may be developed with up to 5,100 parking
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standalone parking facilities or as part of an
integrated project. These parking spaces can also
accommodate parking for the Anaheim
Convention Center. A shuttle service shall be
provided between the Southeast District and the
East Parking Area and/or the adjacent ARSP
Parking Overlay as additional parking for
Southeast District theme park uses could be
provided in those areas. This shuttle service will
also connect guests and visitors in the Southeast
District with the Theme Park District. The number
of parking spaces for hotel uses would be subject
to the minimum required by the AMC. Future
development in the Southeast District may occur
concurrently with development of theme park uses
or hotel uses in the ARSP Theme Park East
Overlay, which currently contains parking spaces
in the Toy Story Parking Lot used by Resort
guests and visitors to the Anaheim Convention
Center. Access to this District generally will be
from Interstate 5 via either Katella Avenue or
Gene Autry Way/Haster Street or potentially from
Harbor Boulevard through the ARSP Theme Park
East Overlay.
3.3.5 C-R Overlay
The C-R Overlay is a special land use designation
that permits certain parcels within The Disneyland
Resort to become part of the underlying base
District, or to be subject to the permitted and
conditionally permitted uses allowed by the
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Zone as set forth in
Chapter 18.116 of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
The maximum number of hotel units permitted on
a parcel subject to the provisions of the C-R
Overlay as set forth in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards,’ of this document will be
the maximum of the following:
• For parcels designated Low Density on
Exhibit 3.3.5a (C-R Overlay), up to 50
hotel/motel rooms per gross acre or 75
rooms per lot or parcel existing on the date
of the adoption of the Specific Plan,
whichever is greater.
• For parcels designated Medium Density
on Exhibit 3.3.5a (C-R Overlay), up to 75
hotel/motel rooms per gross acre or 75
rooms per lot or parcel existing on the date
of the adoption of the Specific Plan,
whichever is greater.
• Provided that for those parcels that are
developed with hotel/motel rooms which
exceed the maximum density designation,
that the number of rooms existing on June
29, 1993, the date of the adoption of The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
Ordinance, may be rebuilt or modified at
their existing density.
Refer to Exhibit 3.3.5a (C-R Overlay) for
designation locations. Exhibit 3.3.5b (Program
Summary for C-R Overlay) is a summary of the
potential development of parcels within the C-R
Overlay.
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All parcels within the C-R Overlay will be subject
to the same development standards as other
parcels in the underlying District, including
building heights, setbacks, landscape
requirements, etc. The maximum number of hotel
rooms permitted in the C-R Overlay will be in
addition to the 5,600 rooms proposed for The
Disneyland Resort. However, if the C-R Overlay
area is developed with uses defined by the base
District, the total number of hotel rooms permitted
in the Specific Plan area will not exceed 5,600
hotel rooms.
There are parcels within three of the four Districts
that have the C-R Overlay designation. Within the
Theme Park District, 20 acres have the C-R
Overlay designation. Within the East Parking Area
of the Parking District, 30.1 acres have the C-R
Overlay designation. Within the Southeast District,
1.1 acres have the C-R Overlay designation. The
parking facility in the East Parking Area of the
Parking District will cover a portion of the District
with the potential for some of the remaining acres
to be developed under the C-R Overlay.
Exhibit 3.3.5b – Program Summary for C-R
Overlay
Program Summary for C-R Overlay
District Acres(4) Rooms(1)
Theme Park District(2) 20 1,200
Parking District
- East Parking
Area(3)
30.1 2,257
Southeast District(3) 1.1 83
Total 51.2 3,540
Notes:
(1) Existing hotels may be rebuilt at existing density, even if it exceeds the maximum permitted density.
(2) Includes 14 acres with maximum density of up to 50
hotel rooms/gross acre and 6 acres with maximum
density of up to 75 hotel rooms/gross acre.
(3) Includes a maximum density of up to 75 hotel
rooms/gross acre.
(4) Actual acres to be determined by a licensed Civil
Engineer/Land Surveyor.
3.3.6 Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay
The 29.1-acre Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay
encompasses District A (approximately 18.9
acres) and the portion of the Parking District (East
Parking Area)/C-R Overlay south of Disney Way
(approximately 10.2 acres) as shown in Exhibit
3.3.6a (Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay). This
Overlay is a special provision of the Specific Plan
that provides for the development of the Anaheim
GardenWalk project subject to the approval of
Conditional Use Permit No. 4078, as amended.
The Anaheim GardenWalk project is a fullyintegrated, mixed use development which will have an integrated management, a festive theme
orientation and plaza/pedestrian-oriented
amenities, and consist of the following: up to
590,265 square feet of specialty retail,
restaurants, and entertainment uses, including
movie theaters; 1,628 hotel rooms/suites
(including up to 500 Vacation Ownership Resort
Units) and 278,817 square feet of hotel accessory
uses; a transportation center, and 4,800 parking
spaces.
The Anaheim GardenWalk project density is set
forth in more detail in Exhibit 3.3.6b (Program
Summary for Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay).
The retail/dining/entertainment square footage
would include the following: banking facilities;
children’s, men’s and women’s apparel, shoes,
jewelry and accessories; entertainment facilities
(amusement arcades, skating rinks, outdoor
recreational playground areas, etc.); shopping
services; specialty merchandise, gifts and toys;
transportation/ travel services including an
automobile rental agency office (with no on-site
storage of cars); radio and television studio to
enable live and/or taped broadcast facilities at the
site; baby-sitting services; fast-food/food courttype and walk-up/specialty restaurants; enclosed and semi-enclosed full-service and theme-type
restaurants/clubs with on-site sale and
consumption of beer, wine and alcoholic
beverages and associated entertainment uses
(billiards, dancing, live and recorded
performances, etc.) and art galleries/museum
uses.
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The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay would also
permit, as part of Conditional Use Permit No. 4078
as amended, outdoor events and uses held within
the confines of Anaheim GardenWalk, out of view
of the public right-of-way and not directed toward
the public right-of-way including open-air festival
events oriented toward tourists and guests (i.e.,
for public gatherings, speeches, concerts,
presentations or shows); outdoor booths, kiosks,
and stands; and outdoor special lighting.
In Area A, the majority of the project would be
concentrated on three levels of development.
Level 1 is at street level at the outer perimeter and
descends to approximately three feet below grade
at the center of the project. The Street Level would
consist primarily of hotel ground floors and
parking, and accessory and services uses
supporting the restaurants and retail stores,
including truck loading areas. Level 2 also starts
at street grade at the outer perimeter of the
project, beginning at the same point as Level 1.
Level 2 is built on an ascending incline over Level
1. At the center of the project, the floor of Level 1
is at four feet below street grade, Level 2 is 14 feet
above street grade. Levels 2 and 3 would include
the various retail uses listed above and hotel
rooms. Remaining hotel rooms would be on higher
floors. More detailed descriptions of the various
land uses are provided below.
The Site Plan for Area B will be determined in
connection with the processing of a Final Site Plan
prior to the issuance of the first building permit for
said Area.
Hotel Uses
The plan depicts up to four hotels on-site. Hotel
uses are proposed generally along the perimeter
of the project site fronting on Disney Way,
Clementine Street, and Katella Avenue. The
hotels would feature convention, specialty and
family suites-oriented facilities including, but not
limited to, banquet and meeting spaces, exercise
facilities, restaurants, and retail facilities.
In Area A, one hotel is located in the south-eastern
portion of the site at the corner of Clementine
Street and Katella Avenue. Another hotel is
planned at the southwest corner of Disney Way
and Clementine Street. One hotel is planned on
top of the parking structure on the north side of
Katella Avenue. In Area B, a fourth hotel is
planned at the southeast corner of Harbor
Boulevard and Disney Way. The total number of
hotel rooms will be 1,628 . The hotels would be
high-rise construction. As currently designed, the
hotels would range in height up to 135 feet. The
ultimate height of the structures will be determined
by the hotel companies who develop within the
project site; however, the hotels will comply with
the height requirements of The Disneyland Resort
Specific Plan, and if shade/ shadow impacts
exceed those addressed in this document,
additional environmental review will be conducted.
Up to 500 of the 1,628 hotel rooms may be
developed as Vacation Ownership Resort Units.
All remaining hotel rooms in the Overlay may be
developed as commercial condominium hotels,
provided no residential uses are permitted.
The final design and ultimate number of hotels will
be based on the hotel developer(s) and will be
shown on Final Site Plans to be reviewed and
approved by the Planning Commission prior to
issuance of building permits.
Retail/Dining/Entertainment (RDE)
Retail, dining, and entertainment (RDE) uses are
located on Levels 1, 2 and 3 of the project.
Restaurants include fast-food and food court-type
service, semi-enclosed, walk-up/specialty,
enclosed full-service establishments, and themetype restaurants.
Bus Terminal/Facility in the Parking Structure
A bus terminal/facility is planned in conjunction
with the project to provide bus transport to and
from regional airports for visitors to The Anaheim
Resort. In addition, the facility may be used as a
terminal for sightseeing bus trips to accommodate
hotel visitors. An enclosed loading area on the
Street Level in the center of the project will be
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via Clementine Street. The facility is not planned
to serve as a “park and ride” facility for local
residents. A high fee will be charged for overnight
parking (other than for hotel guests) as a deterrent
to use the facility as a park and facility or for other overnight parking needs.
Landscaping
The perimeter of the project site will be
landscaped in accordance with the requirements
of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan. The
following fully-landscaped setback areas will be
provided: a minimum of 26-foot wide setback
adjacent to Harbor Boulevard; a minimum 11-foot
wide setback area adjacent to Katella Avenue; a
minimum 20-foot wide setback area adjacent to
Disney Way and Clementine Street except
adjacent to the hotel lot at the southwest corner of
Disney Way and Clementine Street where the
building height exceeds 75 feet, where the
minimum setback will then be 30 feet wide.
Temporary landscaping will be installed in the
setback area on an interim basis until
development occurs on the street frontage
adjacent to the setback areas.
Signs
A coordinated signage program will be developed
for Anaheim GardenWalk. All signage will be
reviewed and approved by the Planning
Department as being in conformance with the
Specific Plan, as amended, or processed with
waiver or variance, prior to the issuance of sign
permits. Signs which require the approval of a
Conditional Use Permit will be processed
concurrently with the Final Site Plan.
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Exhibit 3.3.6b – Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay Development Program Program Summary for Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay
Land Use Project Total
HOTELS
Number 4 hotels
Rooms 1,628 rooms (including up to 500 vacation ownership units) Hotel Accessory Uses 278,817 square feet
RETAIL/DINING/ENTERTAINMENT (RDE)
Specialty Retail 248,033 square feet
Dining 163,988 square feet
Entertainment 178,244 square feet
Total RDE 590,265 square feet
PARKING
Structured/Covered Parking 1,949,800 square feet
4,800 auto spaces
15 bus spaces
Bus Terminal/Parking 7,700 square feet
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3.4 Phasing
Development of The Disneyland Resort is planned
to take place in several phases: the first completed
in 1996; the second concluding in 2001; the third
concluding in October 2021; and the fourth (full
buildout) to be completed in 2040. Phasing for
development within District A and the C-R Overlay
is not known at this time.
The Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay project will be
an integrated development which will be phased
over time. Construction activity of project buildout
will progress over the two major project areas
(Area A and Area B). The first phase was
projected to open in mid-2007 and includes the
specialty retail/dining/entertainment uses of Area
A and the parking facilities (with 3,050 spaces).
This Initial Phase includes approximately 460,115
square feet of RDE and other commercial uses.
The remaining hotel rooms and an additional 150
parking spaces in Area A and development of
Area B, with hotel rooms, commercial square
footage and 1,600 parking spaces will be added
as market conditions permit. Exhibit 3.4a (Phasing
Plan for Anaheim GardenWalk) shows the
location of phasing components for Anaheim
GardenWalk.
The primary objective of the Phasing Plan is to
minimize the effect of construction on the local
street thoroughfares and adjacent residential
neighborhoods, and to ensure the provision of
adequate infrastructure as well as to ensure
smooth operation of the existing businesses
during construction. Specific improvements
associated with each phase are indicated in the
following descriptions of each phase and in
Section 4.0, ‘Public Facilities Plan,’ which contains
information on the phasing of public facilities.
3.4.1 Phase I (1996)
The first phase of development has been
completed and entailed the construction of the first
part of the Disneyland Administration Building and
associated parking. This development was
constructed on a 9.4-acre site in the northeast
section of the Theme Park District along the I-5
corridor. A total of 305,430 square feet (of the
permitted 475,000 square feet) of the
Administration Building has been completed. Also,
1,464 parking spaces (of the permitted 2,300
parking spaces) have been built, with an additional
81 spaces in a surface parking area just north of
the parking facility.
3.4.2 Phase II (2001)
The second phase of development has been
completed and included:
• Construction and opening of the Disney
California Adventure theme park;
• New parking facilities in the West Parking
Area, the Southeast District, and the Theme
Park District;
• New central arrival plaza and ticketing area in
the Theme Park District, accommodating
guest transportation facilities that link the
arrival plaza to the parking facilities and a new
hotel shuttle drop-off area;
• Construction and opening of the 750-room
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa;
• Construction of 294,931 square feet of retail,
entertainment and dining uses in Downtown
Disney and Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel;
• Realignment of Disneyland Drive between Ball
Road and Magic Way;
• Lowering of Disneyland Drive between Magic
Way and Katella Avenue to permit a
pedestrian bridge of Disneyland Drive (linking
the Resort uses on both sides of the street);
• Construction of the Ball Road overcrossing;
• Realignment of Cerritos Avenue as Magic
Way;
• Streetscape Improvements to Katella Avenue,
Harbor Boulevard, Ball Road, Disney Way,
Haster Street, Disneyland Drive, Magic Way,
and Walnut Street; and,
• Realignment of existing Southern California
Edison electrical transmission lines to the
southern boundaries of the Theme Park
District (220kV above ground and the 66kV
underground).
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3.4.3 Phase III (2021)
The third phase of development involved a wide
range of projects completed before October 21,
2021, including:
• Construction and opening of Cars Land,
located within the Disney California Adventure
theme park;
• Construction of 6,507-space Pixar Pals
Parking Structure adjacent to Mickey &
Friends Parking Structure;
• Construction of a pedestrian bridge over
Magic Way to connect the West Parking Area
to the Theme Park District;
• Construction and opening of Star Wars:
Galaxy’s Edge, located within the Disneyland
theme park;
• Construction and opening of the Avengers
Campus, located within the Disney California
Adventure theme park; and,
• Addition of rooms to Disney’s Grand
Californian Hotel, including Vacation
Ownership Resort Units.
3.4.4 Phase IV (2040)
The fourth phase, the build out of The Disneyland
Resort, is currently planned to be completed by
2040. This phase may include:
• Buildout of the maximum planned uses as
shown in Table 3.3a, ‘District Overlay
Summary’;
• Construction of a parking structure in the East
Parking Area;
• Construction of one to three pedestrian
bridges over Harbor Boulevard as part of the
construction of a parking structure in the East
Parking Area and/or the adjacent ARSP
Parking Overlay;
• Full abandonment of Magic Way; and,
• Construction of up to two additional pedestrian
bridges over Disneyland Drive.
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Section 4.0: Public Facilities
Plan
4.1 Introduction
The Public Facilities Plan contains a description of
the plans for transportation, utilities, infrastructure, and services for the Specific Plan area. The first
two subsections describe regional improvements,
which have an impact on the Specific Plan area.
The improvements described under each of the
remaining sections are intended to summarize the
infrastructure/services needed for the complete
buildout of the Specific Plan. More detailed
information concerning the public facilities is
provided in EIR No. 311, including the Addendum,
SEIR No. 352, and Mitigation Monitoring Program
No. 387 (insert date), which contain maps and
exhibits, including a thorough discussion of the
existing conditions within the Specific Plan area.
Additional information is contained in the Initial
Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and
Addenda prepared in connection with Specific
Plan Amendment Nos. 5, 6, and 8 pertaining to the
Anaheim GardenWalk project.
For ease of reference, the Public Facilities Plan
has been updated to identify the improvements
completed since the Specific Plan was adopted in
1993 and the improvements that remain to be
implemented and will be carried forward as part of
this Specific Plan.
4.2 Regional Circulation
Programs
Currently, several major facilities provide
vehicular access to the Specific Plan area. They
include Interstate 5, Harbor Boulevard, Ball Road,
Disneyland Drive, Haster Street, and Katella
Avenue. Secondary roads within the area include
Walnut Street, Magic Way, Disney Way,
Manchester Avenue, and Clementine Street.
Many roads within and adjacent to the Specific
Plan area have been improved, or are anticipated
to be improved, with buildout of The Anaheim
Resort, in connection with other State, County and
local circulation programs. These facilities include:
• Interstate 5, interchanges at Disneyland
Drive/Ball Road, Harbor Boulevard/Ball
Road, Katella Avenue/Disney
Way/Anaheim Boulevard, and Gene Autry
Way and Orangewood Avenue were
improved as part of the Interstate 5
widening;
• Katella Avenue has been improved as part
of the Orange County Smart Street
Program and will be further widened in
conformance with the Resort Smartstreet
requirements;
• Disney Way was widened to six lanes;
• Construction of Disneyland Drive and
reconfiguration of West Street (formerly
referred to as West Street/Disneyland
Drive) occurred;
• Ball Road overcrossing was constructed;
• Relocation of Magic Way (formerly
Cerritos Avenue) between Walnut Avenue
and Disneyland Drive occurred; and,
• Several Intersections were identified in the
City’s Planned Roadway Network to
receive additional supplemental turning
lanes and have been improved: Harbor
Boulevard and Katella Avenue, Katella
Avenue and Haster Street/Anaheim
Boulevard; Harbor Boulevard and Ball
Road, and Harbor Boulevard and
Convention Way.
Funding sources for these improvements included
Federal, State, and County funds as well as other
public and private funding sources.
Concurrent with the adoption of Amendment No.
9 (DisneylandForward) to the Specific Plan, the
City’s General Plan Circulation Element was
amended to remove the planned roadway
extension of Gene Autry Way between Harbor
Boulevard and Haster Street and the planned
extension of Clementine Street between Katella
Avenue and Orangewood Avenue. Amendment
No. 9 contemplates that Magic Way will become a
private street pending the City’s abandonment of
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the public right-of-way, and will no longer provide
vehicle access to Walnut Street, except for
emergency vehicle access.
Exhibit 4.2a (Existing Vehicular Circulation Plan),
shows the existing vehicular circulation system
within the Specific Plan area and vehicular
circulation improvements completed prior to
Phase IV. The Transportation and Circulation
Section of EIR No. 311, including the Addendum,
and SEIR No. 352 also contain detailed
information on the vehicular circulation system.
Exhibit 4.2b (Proposed Vehicular Circulation
Plan), shows the proposed vehicular and other
circulation system improvements that would occur
as part of DisneylandForward during Phase IV of
the Specific Plan, as discussed further within this
Section. This includes City abandonment of the
Magic Way public right-of-way between
Disneyland Drive and Walnut Street. This portion
of Magic Way will no longer provide public
vehicular access, except for access for
emergency vehicles. Other abandonments that
would occur as part of DisneylandForward during
Phase IV of the Specific Plan include
abandonment of Clementine Street public right-ofway south of Katella Avenue to the southern boundary of the Southeast District and the Hotel
Way public right-of-way located north of Disney
Way. Refer to Exhibit 4.2c (Proposed
Abandonment Areas) for the location of
abandonments that would occur as part of
DisneylandForward.
Refer to Section 4.4.2, ‘Arterial/Secondary
System’ for additional information on vehicular
and other circulation improvements completed
prior to Phase IV, those improvements that remain
and will be carried forward as part of this Specific
Plan, and proposed modifications and public rightof-way abandonments that will occur during Phase IV.
4.3 Regional Infrastructure
Programs
The Disneyland Resort is located in an area that
has been served by public utilities and facilities for
many years. As part of ongoing efforts to improve
the City’s and County’s infrastructure, new
facilities have been installed, are currently
planned, or are underway within The Anaheim
Resort area. Some of these improvements are
planned to proceed regardless of activity in the
Specific Plan area. The projects include:
• Addition to capacity at regional sewage
treatment facilities was completed prior to
Phase IV ;
• Installation of new, larger water mains and
a new well to supply increased demand
was completed prior to Phase IV, with
additional water facilities to be
implemented as discussed in SEIR No.
352;
• Undergrounding of utilities on Harbor
Boulevard, Katella Avenue and
Disneyland Drive was completed during
Phase II; and,
• Construction of a new electrical substation
at Katella Avenue and Zeyn Street was
completed in 2019.
These projects are discussed in greater detail in
EIR No. 311, including the Addendum, and SEIR
No. 352.
4.4 Vehicular Circulation Plan
Convenient automobile access to The Disneyland
Resort is an essential component to the success
of the Specific Plan. Most visitors will come to the
Specific Plan 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 Specific Plan requires numerous
improvements to the circulation system designed
to enhance the visitor experience. Many of these
improvements have been completed since
approval of the Specific Plan in 1993.
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Two important factors have influenced the vehicle
circulation plan’s design and are related to the
special characteristics of vehicles arriving at The
Disneyland Resort, all as detailed in EIR No. 311.
First, peak arrival and departure times from the
theme parks generally will not coincide with rush
hour periods and other Angel Stadium and
Anaheim Convention Center peak events. As a
result, development of The Disneyland Resort as
described in Section 3.0, ‘Land Use Plan,’ was not
contingent on the widening of Interstate 5 (the I-5
freeway was widened in the vicinity of The
Anaheim Resort in the 1990s/2000s). Second,
automobiles arriving at The Disneyland Resort
carry an average of 3.3 persons per vehicle, more
than three times the Southern California average
of 1.1 persons per vehicle, as documented in EIR
No. 311, including the Addendum, and SEIR No.
352.
Improvements for area roads in connection with
The Disneyland Resort Project are: 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 Anaheim
Convention Center. Many of these improvements
have been constructed since approval of The
Disneyland Resort Project in 1993. The following
subsection includes a discussion of each of these
improvements.
4.4.1 Connections to Interstate 5
Providing a convenient connection from Interstate
5 to the public parking facilities is a fundamental
objective of the Specific Plan. Approximately 65-
75% of visitors to The Disneyland Resort will
arrive on Interstate 5. Moving them on and off the
freeway safely and efficiently has been and will
continue to be accomplished in a variety of ways.
With approval of the Specific Plan, access
patterns to surrounding properties generally was
maintained, except that Cerritos Avenue between
Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive was relocated
approximately 1,100 feet to the north and was
renamed Magic Way in order to discourage
through access to the residential neighborhoods
west of Walnut Street. Also, West Street (formerly
referred to as West Street/Disneyland Drive) was
made into a cul-de-sac south of Ball Road and
renamed West Place (see Exhibit 4.2a (Existing
Vehicular Circulation Plan)).
The widening of Interstate 5 brought additional
changes to Interstate 5 and the interchanges
providing access for The Disneyland Resort.
These changes include the addition of more travel
lanes on Interstate 5, including special carpool
lanes that have direct access to off-ramps leading
to the East and West Parking Areas. The widening
of Interstate 5 included northbound and
southbound high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.
The above improvements to Interstate 5 have
been completed.
The Specific Plan also provides direct access to
Disneyland Drive from southbound Interstate 5,
allowing traffic to exit from the HOV lane to
Disneyland Drive, which provides direct access to
a flyover ramp over Ball Road from which vehicles
proceed to the West Parking Area entrance plaza.
Refer to Exhibit 5.8.3c (Parking District Concept
Plan: West Parking Area) and Exhibit 5.4.1.3.1.b
(Disneyland Drive Arrival Gateway), for the access
locations to the public parking facility. When traffic
leaving the parking facility exceeds the traffic
entering the facility, the lanes leading into the
parking facility and crossing over Ball Road are
reversed, permitting visitors to exit the parking
facility conveniently onto the freeway. Generally,
the lanes are used for inbound traffic in the
morning and for outbound traffic in the afternoon
and evening. Use of the interchange by those not
visiting The Disneyland Resort and/or not in an
HOV lane are accommodated with the allowance
of a mandatory at-grade opposite flow lane in each
direction. The above improvement was completed
prior to Phase IV.
A similar system permits visitors arriving from the
south to exit the HOV lane on a ramp that travels
under the elevated portion of the freeway directly
to Disney Way and provides convenient access to
the entrance to the East Parking Area and other
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uses in the vicinity of Disney Way. This system
keeps Disneyland Resort traffic to/from the East
Parking Area from congesting traffic on Katella
Avenue. As with the West Parking Area, traffic
flows on Disney Way to and from the I-5 Freeway
may be reversible, but this system must allow two
mandatory opposite flow lanes in each direction.
The system may also include a flyover to and/or
from the East Parking Area to Disney Way. The
HOV lanes by the East Parking Area were
completed prior to Phase IV.
Section 3.3.2, ‘Parking District,’ contains
additional information about the parking facility
configuration in the East Parking Area. Exhibits
4.4.1a (Access to Parking Facilities), 4.4.1b
(Interstate 5-Disneyland Drive Interchange), and
4.4.1c (Interstate 5-Katella Avenue Interchange),
show the existing connections between the public
parking facilities and Interstate 5.
4.4.2 Arterial/Secondary System
One of the important objectives of the Specific
Plan is to minimize traffic impacts on surrounding
arterial and secondary streets. The system of
connections to Interstate 5 leads conveniently into
the public parking facilities and contributes
significantly to this objective. In addition,
improvements have been or will be made to the
local streets that enhance the overall vehicular
circulation within The Anaheim Resort. The street
Cross-Sections described in this section are
typical mid-block sections. They are not intended
to depict every condition which might exist in the
Specific Plan area. Additionally, more detailed
information about street rights-of-way can be
found in Section 5.8, ‘Design Plan Reference
Summary’. They are subject to variation at
intersections and at other locations, as
determined by the City Engineer.
Exhibit 4.2a (Existing Vehicular Circulation Plan)
shows the location of the major roads and streets
within the Specific Plan area. The specific
completed and remaining road improvements for
each street are discussed on the following pages.
Exhibit 4.4.2a (Cross-Section Street Segments)
identifies the segments of road Cross-Sections
that correspond to the completed and proposed
improvements described for the following major
roads and streets. Many of these improvements
have been completed since the Specific Plan was
approved in 1993. However, those that have not
been completed prior to Phase IV will be carried
forward as part of this Specific Plan. The exhibits
show the ultimate right-of-way unless otherwise
noted. Right-of-way dimensions are typical and
may vary from those shown to accommodate bus
turn outs and turn lanes, as determined by the City
Engineer.
• Disneyland Drive (Exhibits 4.4.2b and
4.4.2c)
• West Place (Exhibit 4.4.2d)
• Disney Way (Exhibits 4.4.2e to 4.4.2g)
• Katella Avenue (Exhibits 4.4.2h and 4.4.2i)
• Walnut Street (Exhibit 4.4.2j)
• Harbor Boulevard (Exhibits 4.4.2k to
4.4.2n)
• Ball Road (Exhibits 4.4.2o to 4.4.2q)
• Magic Way (Exhibit 4.4.2r and 4.4.2s)
• Clementine Street (Exhibit 4.4.2t and
4.4.2u)
• Haster Street (Exhibit 4.4.2v)
Disneyland Drive (formerly referred to in the
Specific Plan as West Street/Disneyland Drive)
was significantly modified in the Specific Plan area
during Phase II to serve the increased traffic
generated by the new hotels in The Disneyland
Resort and the public parking facilities in the West
Parking Area of the Parking District. The following
paragraphs describe the completed
improvements.
Disneyland Drive was connected to Interstate 5
with an interchange. Between Interstate 5 and Ball
Road, Disneyland Drive was expanded to
accommodate traffic arriving or departing from
The Anaheim Resort, as well as the public parking
facilities in the West Parking Area, the Anaheim
Convention Center, and area hotels. At Ball Road,
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Exhibit 4.4.1b – Interstate 5-West Street/Disneyland Drive Interchange (Showing Entrance to West Parking Facility)
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Exhibit 4.4.1c – Interstate 5/Katella Avenue Interchange (Showing Entrance to East Parking Facility)
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a two-lane overpass was constructed to carry
southbound Disneyland Drive traffic over Ball
Road. Vehicles bound for other destinations have
full access to Ball Road.
A section of Disneyland Drive south of Ball Road
guides visitors south to the West Parking Area
entry. This section of the street has two lanes for
each direction of travel, as well as a painted
median that serves as a reversable lane for traffic
entering or leaving the West Parking Area. Traffic
traveling on Ball Road has full, at-grade access to
the portion of Disneyland Drive south of Ball Road.
Traffic headed south for the Theme Park District
uses an elevated ramp to cross over the entry
plaza into the West Parking Facility. Exhibit 4.2a
(Existing Vehicular Circulation Plan) and Exhibit
5.4.1.3.1b (Disneyland Drive Arrival Gateway)
depict the circulation near the West Parking
Facility.
South of the entry to the West Parking Area,
Disneyland Drive provides access to hotels
located within the Specific Plan area, as well as
other hotels and uses within The Anaheim Resort.
This portion of the street has two northbound and
two southbound lanes of traffic separated by a
raised landscaped median and is located between
Katella Avenue and Magic Way, with full access to
Magic Way. In Phase II, Disneyland Drive was
lowered to allow for a pedestrian bridge that
connects both sides of the Theme Park District.
Right and left turn lanes were required in some
locations to improve traffic flow; however, access
for Theme Park parking has been controlled.
Between Magic Way and Paradise Way,
sidewalks were not installed on the west side of
Disneyland Drive, since this segment does not
provide direct pedestrian access to hotels, theme
parks, or Downtown Disney. In Phase IV, if the
City determines a sidewalk is needed on the west
side of Disneyland Drive, there is adequate rightof-way to construct the sidewalk, as shown on Exhibit 4.4.2c (Disneyland Drive from Magic Way
to Katella Avenue Cross-Section (B-B)).
Exhibit 4.4.2b – Disneyland Drive from Ball
Road to Magic Way Cross-Section (A-A)
Exhibit 4.4.2c – Disneyland Drive from Magic
Way to Katella Avenue Cross-Section (B-B)
West Place (formerly referred to in the Specific
Plan as West Street/Disneyland Drive south of
Ball Road) is a local street that ends in a cul-desac immediately south of its intersection with Ball Road. It serves uses in the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan area as well as the Theme Park
District, which currently contains a surface parking
lot and back-of-house uses for the theme parks.
All improvements to this street were completed
prior to Phase IV.
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Exhibit 4.4.2d – West Place Cul-de-Sac CrossSection (C-C) Disney Way was widened between Interstate 5
and Harbor Boulevard during Phase II from two to
three travel lanes in each direction to serve the
traffic entering and leaving The Disneyland
Resort. The improvements included a raised
landscaped median separating the opposing
travel lanes between Clementine Street and
Harbor Boulevard. Between the Interstate 5 OffRamp and Clementine Street, the median was painted in order to permit traffic to be reversed
when outbound traffic from the East Parking Area
exceeds inbound traffic.
The following is a description of actions and
improvements that will be carried forward from
previous phases or made as part of Phase IV.
Concurrent with the adoption of Amendment No.
9 (DisneylandForward) to the Specific Plan, the
City adopted a General Plan Amendment which
reclassified Disney Way between Anaheim
Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard from a six-lane
Major Arterial to a four-lane Primary Arterial (with
no change to the width of the ultimate public rightof-way). This allows Disney Way to be reduced from three to two through travel lanes between
Anaheim Boulevard and Harbor Boulevard and
would allow for a two-lane flyover ramp to/from the
East Parking Area parking structure to/from
Disney Way.
As part of Phase IV, Disney Way will be modified
to provide access to the public parking facility
access locations. See Exhibit 5.8.3d (Parking
District Concept Plan: East Parking Area), for
public parking facility access locations.
With the approval of DisneylandForward, the
following roadway improvements associated with
the East Parking Facility will occur:
• Reconfiguration of Disney Way between
Clementine Street and Harbor Boulevard
to accommodate two travel lanes in each
direction;
• Widening of the north side of Disney Way
public right-of-way between the Interstate
5 Off-Ramp and Clementine Street;
• Reconfiguration of Disney
Way/Clementine Street to accommodate
the East Parking Area parking facility exit
ramp/flyover;
• Disney Way/Clementine Street
intersection improvements to
accommodate the East Parking Area
parking facility exit ramp/flyover;
• Reconfiguration of Disney Way to
accommodate a Class I bicycle facility
partially within the right-of-way on the north
side of the street between the Interstate 5
Off-Ramp and Clementine Street. As part
of DisneylandForward, an additional 5-foot
easement from Caltrans will be pursued to
continue the Class I bicycle facility from the
Interstate 5 off-ramp to Anaheim
Boulevard.; and,
• Removal of the public sidewalk on the
north side of Disney Way from Clementine
Street to the Anaheim GardenWalk
intersection and replacement of the
removed sidewalk with landscaping
consistent with the Design Plan.
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Exhibit 4.4.2e – Disney Way from Harbor
Boulevard to West of East Parking Area
Access Points Cross-Section (D-D)
Exhibit 4.4.2f – Disney Way from East of East
Parking Area Access Points to Clementine
Street Cross-Section (E-E)
Exhibit 4.4.2g –Disney Way from Clementine
Street to Anaheim Boulevard Cross-Section
(F-F)
Katella Avenue will continue to have three lanes
of travel in each direction within The Anaheim
Resort. Previously completed improvements to
east and westbound Katella Avenue include rightturn lanes and double left-turn lanes at its intersection with Harbor Boulevard, and at other
locations as necessary, as well as a raised
landscaped median which separates opposing
traffic between signalized intersections.
Under existing conditions, Katella Avenue has
three lanes of travel in each direction. However,
Katella Avenue will be widened to four lanes in
each direction east of Disneyland Drive adjacent
to the Southeast District with cumulative
development of at least 10,000 square feet in the
Southeast District and adjacent to the Theme Park
District with cumulative development of at least
10,000 square feet in the southwestern portion of
the Theme Park District or development
generating at least 50 net new public trips at the
East Parking Area, the Parking Overlay north of
the East Parking Area, the Southeast District, or
the Theme Park East Overlay. The Specific Plan
accommodates the ultimate right-of-way needed
to provide for four lanes of travel in each direction
between Interstate 5 and Disneyland Drive.
Exhibit 4.4.2h (Katella Avenue from Interstate 5 to
Disneyland Drive Cross-Section (G-G)) shows the
location of the ultimate right-of-way adjacent to the
Specific Plan area. Exhibit 4.4.2i (Katella Avenue
from Walnut Street to Disneyland Drive CrossSection (H-H)) shows the ultimate condition of Katella Avenue between Disneyland Drive and
Walnut Street.
Katella Avenue between Walnut Street and
Disneyland Drive will remain a street with three
travel lanes in each direction; however, the raised,
landscaped median transitions from a minimum of
15 feet wide to a median which is a minimum of 24
to 26 feet wide.
In addition, between Walnut Street and a point
approximately 800 feet west of the centerline of
Harbor Boulevard, the street right-of-way on the
north side of the centerline of Katella Avenue will
be less than the street right-of-way on the south
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side of the centerline because of the presence of
a Southern California Edison (SCE) corridor. For
this length, the ultimate right-of-way will vary. The
8-foot landscaped parkway located behind the
sidewalk will be within the SCE corridor.
The following is a description of actions and
improvements that will be carried forward from
previous phases or made as part of Phase IV:
• Widening of Katella Avenue to four lanes
between I-5 and Disneyland Drive
adjacent to the Southeast District and the
Theme Park District, and other segments
adjacent to all other properties as new
development occurs.
Several segments of Katella Avenue were
improved during Phases II and III. However, as
noted above, improvements on Katella Avenue
will continue and will be carried forward as part of
Phase IV, the timing of which is set forth in the
Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 387.
Exhibit 4.4.2h – Katella Avenue from
Interstate 5 to Disneyland Drive CrossSection (G-G)
Exhibit 4.4.2i – Katella Avenue from Walnut
Street to Disneyland Drive Cross-Section
(H-H)
Walnut Street will be maintained as a residential
street. No vehicle access will be permitted from
Walnut Street into the Specific Plan area, with the
exception of limited service and emergency
vehicle access to the Theme Park District south of
Magic Way via the existing service entrance,
emergency vehicle access at Magic Way, and
emergency vehicle access north of Mickey and
Friends parking structures, as shown in Exhibit
5.8.3b (Theme Park District Concept Plan B),
Exhibit 5.8.3c (Parking District Concept Plan –
West Parking Area) and Exhibit 3.2.3a (Existing
Structures Permitted to Remain). Walnut Street
was modified to carry two lanes of traffic in each
direction. In locations where it had only one lane
of travel in each direction, additional right-of-way
was provided from property on the east side only,
and a new roadbed with curb and gutter was
constructed. For the remainder of Walnut Street,
the existing curb-to-curb distance was sufficient to
permit construction of the new median without
changing the location of the existing curb and
gutter. In order to accommodate a variety of rightof-way widths and parkway conditions, the following design principles guided the construction
of Walnut Street:
• The location of the curb and gutter on the
west side of the street did not change;
• A raised, landscaped median fifteen feet
wide was constructed between Ball Road
and Katella Avenue with median openings
approved by the City;
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• New curb and gutter were constructed on
the east side of Walnut Street where no
curb or gutter existed;
• The parkway on the east side was
modified to construct a continuous eightfoot-wide landscaped parkway and fivefoot wide pedestrian walk within the Specific Plan area;
• Turning movements were restricted at the
Walnut Street intersection with Magic Way
to reduce through traffic; and
• Signs direct traffic onto Disneyland Drive
and away from Walnut Street.
With the exception of areas adjacent to the
Disneyland Hotel, Walnut Street improvements
were completed in Phase II with landscaping
installation in the early part of Phase II.
As part of DisneylandForward, with the
abandonment of Magic Way a midblock
pedestrian signal will be installed along Walnut
Street at Magic Way to provide pedestrian access
between the east and west sides of the street. In
addition, consistent with the City’s Bicycle Master
Plan, a Class I bicycle facility will be installed
within and/or adjacent to the existing street rightof-way on the east side of the street. These improvements will be installed consistent with the
City standards, as determined by the City
Engineer.
The following is a description of actions and
improvements that will be carried forward from
previous phases or made as part of Phase IV
when Magic Way is abandoned.
• Installation of a midblock pedestrian signal
along Walnut Street at Magic Way; and,
• Reconfiguration of Walnut Street to
accommodate a Class I bicycle facility
adjacent to the existing right-of-way on the
east side of the street. Easements may be
needed from adjacent property owners to
ensure adequate minimum horizontal
width of the bicycle facility is maintained.
Remaining improvements identified in prior
phases will be carried forward as part of Phase IV
and will be implemented should these areas
redevelop in the future. The timing for installation
of these improvements is identified in Mitigation
Monitoring Plan No. 387.
Exhibit 4.4.2j – Walnut Street Cross-Section
(I-I)
Harbor Boulevard. Harbor Boulevard remains a
minimum six-lane divided road adjacent to the
Specific Plan area except at intersections, where
it was widened to accommodate additional rightand left-turn lanes.
Exhibit 4.4.2k – Harbor Boulevard from
Katella Avenue to South End of Drop-off Area
Cross-Section (J-J)
Adjacent to the existing Drop-Off Area, there is no
sidewalk as depicted in Exhibit 4.4.2l (Harbor
Boulevard Adjacent to Disneyland Back-of-House
from South End of Drop-Off Area to East Shuttle
Cross Section (K-K)). The right-of-way adjacent to
the existing Drop-Off Area will be modified to
reflect Harbor Boulevard conditions in Exhibit
4.4.2k (Harbor Boulevard from Katella Avenue to
South End of Drop-Off Area Cross Section (J-J)) if
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and when the Drop-Off-Area is relocated to the
East Parking Area and/or the adjacent ARSP
Parking Overlay.
Exhibit 4.4.2l – Harbor Boulevard Adjacent to
Disneyland Back-of-House from South End of
Drop-Off Area to East Shuttle Cross-Section
(K-K)
While the full parkway and sidewalk improvements
continue on the east side of Harbor Boulevard
continuing north to Manchester Avenue, the west
side of Harbor Boulevard right-of-way is
constrained by the monorail supports and
transition from the Caltrans off-ramp to the north,
Exhibit 4.4.2m (Harbor Boulevard Adjacent to
Disneyland Back-of-House from East Shuttle to
Manchester Avenue Cross-Section (L-L)).
Exhibit 4.4.2m – Harbor Boulevard Adjacent
to Disneyland Back-of-House from East
Shuttle to Manchester Avenue Cross-Section
(L-L)
North of Manchester Avenue, the right-of-way was
narrowed to transition to the Harbor Boulevard
overpass, which is raised above Interstate 5. In
addition, the existing monorail supports,
Disneyland back-of-house, and need for an
additional lane for traffic merging from the
Interstate 5 off-ramp further constrain the width of
the right-of-way. Harbor Boulevard improvements,
with the exception of the installation of 8-foot-wide
parkways adjacent to private properties, were
completed in Phase II. On an ongoing basis, these
remaining parkways continue to be installed in
connection with development of adjacent private
properties.
Exhibit 4.4.2n – Harbor Boulevard Adjacent to
Disneyland Back-of-House from Interstate 5
to Manchester Avenue Cross-Section (M-M)
Ball Road has six lanes with right- and left-turn
lanes. West of West Place, Ball Road has
landscaped medians and east of West Place has
painted medians. Currently, the right-of-way
varies from 103 to 106 feet. The ultimate right-ofway will continue to be 106 feet as designated in the General Plan. Ball Road improvements, with
the exception of the north side of Ball Road, were
completed in Phase II. As part of a city-led update
to the Circulation Element of the General Plan in
2017, Class II bicycle facilities were added to Ball
Road as reflected in Exhibit 4.4.2o (Ball Road
Cross-Section West of West Place Cross-Section
(N-N)).
Remaining improvements identified in prior
phases will be carried forward as part of Phase IV
and will be implemented should these areas
redevelop in the future. The timing for installation
of the bicycle facilities will be in conjunction with
new development, as further identified in
Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 387.
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Exhibit 4.4.2o – Ball Road West of West Place
Cross-Section (N-N)
Exhibit 4.4.2p – Ball Road from West Place to
Cast Place Cross-Section (O-O)
Exhibit 4.4.2q – Ball Road East of Cast Place
Cross-Section (P-P)
Magic Way (formerly referred to in the Specific
Plan as Cerritos Avenue) was relocated
approximately 1,100 feet north of its previous
location, renamed Magic Way, and realigned,
consistent with City Public Street Standards to
discourage through traffic from traveling west
through residential neighborhoods. Magic Way
contains three lanes: one travel lane in each
direction, and a center left-turn lane. These
improvements were completed in Phase II.
Exhibit 4.4.2r – Magic Way from Walnut Street
to Downtown Drive Cross-Section (Q-Q)
Exhibit 4.4.2s – Magic Way from Downtown
Drive to Disneyland Drive Cross-Section (R-R)
In Phase IV, the City will abandon the Magic Way
right-of-way, and Magic Way will end in a cul-desac on its western end, and will no longer provide vehicular access to Walnut Street. Pedestrian
access will continue to be provided from Walnut
Street. Emergency access to the Specific Plan
area will continue to be provided at Magic Way
from Walnut Street. These improvements will be
installed consistent with City standards, as
determined by the City Engineer.
Clementine Street is improved with two lanes of
travel in each direction, a landscaped median and
left and right turn lanes. The right-of-way width is
up to approximately 113 feet just south of the
Disney Way/Clementine Street intersection to
provide for a southbound right-hand turn lane into
the Anaheim GardenWalk project. South of the
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City Fire Station, a northbound left-turn pocket and
median break are provided for left turns into the
Anaheim GardenWalk project. North of the Katella
Avenue/Clementine Street intersection, the rightof-way decreases to approximately 92 feet (as required by the Anaheim GardenWalk Mitigation
Monitoring Plan). Improvements associated with
the development of the Anaheim GardenWalk
Overlay project were completed in conjunction
with project development. North of Disney Way,
Clementine Street becomes Manchester Avenue
at Alro Way, which is located in the Anaheim
Resort Specific Plan.
Prior to Phase IV, the Specific Plan contemplated
transit improvements within the median for the
segment of Clementine Street between Disney
Way and Katella Avenue. As transit improvements
within the median are not contemplated as part of
DisneylandForward, all improvements to this
street were completed prior to Phase IV. Phase IV
improvements to Clementine Street will include
the replacement of the existing sidewalk on the
west side of Clementine Street between Disney
Way and Alro Way with a multi-use Class I bicycle
facility. The adjacent property owner(s) will
dedicate the required property to the City to allow
for the minimum, adequate horizontal width for the
multi-use Class I bicycle facility. Phase IV
improvements may also include a traffic signal at
Arlo Way. The timing for installation of these
improvements is identified in Mitigation Monitoring
Plan No. 387.
Exhibit 4.4.2t – Clementine Street from Disney
Way to Katella Avenue Cross-Section (S-S)
Exhibit 4.4.2u– Clementine Street North of
Disney Way Cross-Section (T-T)
Haster Street will include three travel lanes in
each direction with a 16-foot wide painted median
consistent with its designation as a Primary
Arterial Highway in the Circulation Element of the
City’s General Plan. The western half of Haster
Street south of Katella Avenue to the southern
boundary of the Specific Plan area in the
Southeast District was completed in Phase II. As
part of a city-led update to the Circulation Element
of the General Plan in 2017, Class II bicycle
facilities were added to Haster Street as reflected
in Exhibit 4.4.2v (Haster Street Cross-Section (UU)).
Remaining improvements on the east side of
Haster Street are in the Anaheim Resort Specific
Plan and will be completed as new development
occurs in the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan.
Phase IV improvements to Haster Street may
include a potential left-turn lane on northbound
Haster Street and a potential right-turn lane on
southbound Haster Street into and out of the
Southeast District and a potential traffic signal.
The timing for installation of these improvements
is identified in Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 387.
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Exhibit 4.4.2v – Haster Street Cross-Section
(U-U)
4.5 Mass Transit Circulation Plan
Facilitating the movement of large numbers of
people from one place to another in the Specific
Plan area is an important part of the overall
circulation plan for The Disneyland Resort. To
minimize automobile traffic on local streets, mass
transit and ease of pedestrian mobility must play
a significant role. To serve this need, the Specific
Plan provides several means of moving and
facilitating the movement of people, all of which
work together to accomplish this goal. These
include, but are not limited to, the following: (1)
The Disneyland Resort’s transportation system(s),
monorail and pedestrian routes, pathways and
bridges, which provide various means for visitors
to move around the Specific Plan area; (2) The
Anaheim Regional Transportation (ART) system
operates bus and shuttle routes that take people
to and from hotels, the Anaheim Convention
Center and other venues in The Anaheim Resort
to and from The Disneyland Resort as well as to
other sites in The Anaheim Resort and to other
parts of Anaheim including, but not limited to, the
downtown area, The Platinum Triangle and the
Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal
Center (ARTIC) (the Anaheim Transportation
Network (ATN) operates the ART system under a
Franchise Agreement with the City of Anaheim);
(3) private buses/vehicles licensed by the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) or
authorized by a Franchise Agreement with the City
of Anaheim, which bring people to The Anaheim
Resort; and (4) the public bus system operated by
the Orange County Transportation Authority
(OCTA), which serves The Anaheim Resort, other
parts of Anaheim and the larger region. In addition
to these mass transit systems identified, other
public transit services also bring people to The
Anaheim Resort, such as Riverside Transit and
Los Angeles County Metro. The following sections
describe the operation of these systems.
4.5.1 The Resort Mass Transit System
For the day visitor to the theme parks, the most
important part of the mass transit system will be
the transportation systems and/or pedestrian
walkways by which they will move from the theme
park parking facilities directly to the theme park
entrances. These facilities must be designed to
move very large numbers of people quickly to and
from the public parking facilities. The pedestrian
walkway(s) and/or transportation system(s)
serving the East Parking Area may be extended
south of Katella Avenue, where the entry to the
Southeast District would be located. The
pedestrian walkway(s) and/or transportation
system(s) may be located either within the median
or adjacent to the sidewalk or parkways,
depending on the method of transport selected
and its particular requirements. Segments of the
pedestrian walkway(s) and/or transportation
system(s) were constructed in Phases II and III. In
Phase II, the tram transportation system, which
transports visitors from the West Parking Area to
the theme parks and the private esplanade
pedestrian pathway connection Harbor Boulevard
with Disneyland Drive were installed. In Phase III,
the tram facilities were modified and enhanced to
accommodate additional visitors as part of the
construction of the Pixar Pals parking facility.
Pedestrian walkways have also been installed
throughout The Anaheim Resort in Phases II and
III within the public right-of-way.
In addition to the pedestrian walkway(s) and/or
transportation system(s), the existing monorail
takes Resort hotel guests from their hotels to the
theme parks. Currently, stations are located in
Disneyland and Downtown Disney. As part of
Phase IV, no expansion of the monorail system
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outside of the Theme Park District is
contemplated.
Certain elements of the pedestrian walkway(s)
and/or transportation system(s) require the
granting of an encroachment agreement or similar
request for air rights easements over public
property by the City of Anaheim. An encroachment
agreement was granted in 2003 for the Disneyland
Resort’s monorail and the pedestrian bridge
constructed over Disneyland Drive as part of The
Disneyland Resort project. An additional
encroachment agreement was granted in 2018 for
the pedestrian bridge over Magic Way. While no
additional encroachment agreements related to
mass transit systems are anticipated as part of
Phase IV other than those described in Section
4.5 below, if the need arises in the future,
additional encroachment agreements may be
pursued with the City of Anaheim.
4.5.2 Related Mass Transit Systems
To provide access to the attractions in the Specific
Plan area to people staying outside of The
Disneyland Resort area, a bus and shuttle dropoff area is located on Harbor Boulevard north of Disney Way. The types of vehicles served at this
facility include public and private passenger
shuttles and buses as well as private rideshare
services. Exhibit 4.5.2a (Existing Buses and
Shuttle Drop-Off Area Aerial Photo (as of 2021))
portrays the existing bus and shuttle drop-off area
and shows the existing private short-term and
rideshare vehicle drop-off area, both of which are
located off of Harbor Boulevard.
In connection with construction of a parking facility
in the East Parking Area and/or in the adjacent
ARSP Parking Overlay and construction of at least
one and up to three pedestrian bridge(s) crossing
Harbor Boulevard in Phase IV, this drop-off area
may be relocated adjacent or internal to the East
Parking Area or, subject to the requirements of the
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (ARSP), it may be
relocated to the ARSP Parking Overlay along
Manchester Avenue. Refer to Exhibit 4.5.2b
(Location of Drop-Off Bus Bays) for the location of
these facilities.
OCTA and ART buses are accommodated on
public streets and bus stops located near the
theme parks and hotels according to OCTA, ART
and City standards, respectively. The majority of
the bus stops in The Anaheim Resort were
installed in Phase II, but updates to the bus stop
design and amenities and installation of additional
bus stops have continued through Phase III and
will continue through Phase IV.
There is also the potential for other regional mass
transit systems to be explored to provide
additional access to The Disneyland Resort from
areas outside the Specific Plan area.
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4.6 Pedestrian Circulation Plan
The development of new attractions, an increase
in the number of 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 Specific
Plan area and the surrounding Anaheim Resort.
This has enhanced the urban character of the
Specific Plan area and requires that facilities be
provided to meet the needs of pedestrians.
Exhibit 4.6a (Proposed Pedestrian Circulation),
illustrates the existing and proposed pedestrian
circulation system within the Specific Plan area
and the surrounding Anaheim Resort. Pedestrian
and vehicular access points, and areas where
pedestrian bridges may be located are illustrated
in Exhibit 4.6b (Pedestrian and Vehicular Access
Points). The primary destinations of pedestrians
within The Disneyland Resort 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;
• Hotels, restaurants, businesses, and parking
in the surrounding Anaheim Resort; and,
• The Anaheim Convention Center.
Areas where pedestrian bridges may be installed
serve as a key connector over public street rightsof-way, connecting users from one side of the street to the other without having to impede traffic
flow. A pedestrian bridge was constructed over
Disneyland Drive in Phase II and a pedestrian
bridge was constructed over Magic Way in Phase
III. Up to two additional pedestrian bridges or
crossings may be constructed over Disneyland
Drive as part of Phase IV. At least one and up to
three pedestrian bridges will be constructed over
Harbor Boulevard in Phase IV, at least one of
which will be constructed in conjunction with
construction of a parking facility within the East
Parking Area and/or adjacent ARSP Parking
Overlay. The locations of these pedestrian bridges
over Harbor Boulevard and Disneyland Drive will
be within the areas identified on Exhibit 4.6b
(Pedestrian and Vehicular Access Points), which
are generally located on Harbor Boulevard
between Manchester Avenue and Disney Way
and on Disneyland Drive between Magic Way and
Katella Avenue. Exhibit 4.5b (Pedestrian and
Vehicular Access Points) also describes the
potential future pedestrian bridge over Katella
Avenue connecting the Anaheim Convention
Center area to the Theme Park District. Any
pedestrian bridges and/or crossings constructed
over the public right-of-way will require an
encroachment license from the Public Works
Department.
4.6.1 Disneyland Drive Pedestrian
Crossing(s)
In order to facilitate development of new
attractions west of Disneyland Drive, up to two
additional pedestrian bridges or crossings may be
constructed over Disneyland Drive and will serve
as a continuation of the themed environment
across the roadway, similar to the existing
Downtown Disney crossing, with no access to and
from the public right-of-way. As shown on Exhibits
4.6.1a and 4.6.1b (Example of Ride Crossing) and
Exhibit 4.6.1c (Existing Bridge over Disneyland
Drive), these crossings may be in the form of a
bridge and sunken roadway similar to the existing
Downtown Disney bridge, an elevated bridge with
similar aesthetic treatment and dimensions as the
existing Downtown Disney bridge, or a themed
ride system.
Exhibit 4.6.1a – Example of Ride Crossing
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Exhibit 4.6.1b – Example of Ride Crossing
Exhibit 4.6.1c – Existing Bridge Over
Disneyland Drive
4.6.2 Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge
Criteria
With the construction of a pedestrian bridge(s)
over Harbor Boulevard, between Manchester
Avenue and Disney Way, enhancing pedestrian
paths of travel along and across Harbor Boulevard
and maintaining pedestrian access along the
public sidewalks will be important to provide
pedestrian accessibility for guests to and from
existing Harbor Boulevard hotels and other
businesses. As further depicted in Exhibits 4.6.2a,
4.6.2b, 4.6.2c, 4.6.2d, and 4.6.2e (Example of
Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Design), the
following guidelines are intended to guide the
design of future pedestrian bridge(s) over Harbor
Boulevard between Manchester Avenue and
Disney Way:
4.6.2.1 Setback from Right-of-Way
Bridge abutments/end bents will meet existing
front building setbacks along Harbor Boulevard
and Disneyland Drive, however, vertical
circulation elements (stairways and ramps) may
encroach into the setback area by no more than
twenty-five percent of the total setback depth so
long as railings and support systems are designed
to be no more than 50 percent opaque.
4.6.2.2 View of Bridge from Street Level
The underside of bridge(s) will have an aesthetic
treatment of similar character as the rest of the
structure that will obscure any exposed structural
elements and/or utility chases, to the satisfaction
of the City Engineer.
Exhibit 4.6.2a – Example of Harbor Boulevard
Pedestrian Bridge Design
Exhibit 4.6.2b – Example of Harbor Boulevard
Pedestrian Bridge Design
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Exhibit 4.6.2c – Example of Harbor Boulevard
Pedestrian Bridge Design
Exhibit 4.6.2d – Example of Harbor Boulevard
Pedestrian Bridge Design
Exhibit 4.6.2e – Example of Harbor Boulevard
Pedestrian Bridge Design
4.6.2.3 Public Access
Bridge(s) will be designed to have direct access
from street level sidewalks along both sides of
Harbor Boulevard up to and across Harbor
Boulevard and back down to street level sidewalk
on the other side. Access will be provided to the
satisfaction of the City Engineer and Building
Official, via stairs, ramps, escalators and/or
elevators depending upon space constraints. The
portion of the bridge(s) which abuts public right-ofway and crosses the public street will not require Disney security checks prior to crossing the
bridge, although security measures including
regulations against such activities as loitering,
pamphleting, vending, etc. are anticipated to be in
place to ensure pedestrian flows meet the criteria
set forth in Section 4.6.2.5. The entire bridge
structure may be secured and closed to public
access every night via gates at ground level for the
same periods of time as the parking structures in
the East Parking Area and/or adjacent Parking
Overlay are closed.
4.6.2.4 Heights, Widths and Clearances
• The lowest portion of the bridge structure
must provide seventeen feet of clearance
from pavement grade across the entire
roadway section, unless the City Engineer
determines that greater clearance is
required to allow effective access to and
maintenance of public utilities/facilities
under or adjacent to the bridge or to
address other bona fide concerns relating
to those utilities/facilities. Roadway
pavement material underneath the bridge
areas shall be concrete per City Engineer
specification.
• Minimum clearance above public
sidewalks to lowest portion of bridge
structure shall be fifteen feet, unless the
City Engineer determines that greater
clearance is required to allow effective
access to and maintenance of public
utilities/facilities under or adjacent to the
bridge or to address other bona fide
concerns relating to those utilities/facilities.
• Minimum clearance on private property
from ground level to bottom of pedestrian
bridge at bridge abutment will be twelve
feet, unless the City Engineer and/or
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Building Official determines that greater
clearance is required to allow effective
access to and maintenance of public
utilities/facilities under or adjacent to the
bridge or to address other bona fide
concerns relating to those utilities/facilities.
• Maximum bridge structure height,
including screens or other appurtenances,
will comply with the Anaheim Commercial
Recreation Area Maximum Permitted
Structural Height Map.
• Bridge(s) will include safety screening with
minimum height of twenty feet along both
sides of bridge structure or shall be
completely enclosed via screening or roof
structure, subject to the review and
approval of the Police Department.
• Bridge width will be confirmed by a
pedestrian demand study as described
below, subject to the approval of the City
Engineer, however, in no case will any
bridge width exceed fifty feet from outside
edge to outside edge. Additionally,
structural columns for the bridge may
project up to three feet outside of the
maximum fifty feet.
• Any proposed bridge crossing over Harbor
Boulevard where an existing utility vault is
located, must maintain five feet of
horizontal clearance surrounding the vault,
and thirty feet of vertical clearance above
the vault. If the proposed bridge crosses
over existing APU utility vaults not located
within the public street, then APU will
assess whether to relocate the vault and/or
its equipment to a location acceptable to
APU at developer's cost.
4.6.2.5 Vertical Circulation and Bridge
Capacity
A pedestrian LOS study will be provided at time of
construction permitting which will include, but is
not limited to, estimates of pedestrian volumes at
peak hour derived from (1) the quantity of vehicles
projected to be exiting or entering the garage,
either by phase if more than one construction
phase and bridge crossing are proposed, or based
on maximum entitled capacity for the East Parking
Area, (2) ridership emanating from the relocated
transit hub and drop-off area, and (3) pedestrian
traffic on Harbor Boulevard. The study will be
conducted in accordance with the current
Highway Capacity Manual Pedestrian Mode
methodology for Urban Street Facilities and will
show that pedestrian facilities including bridge
width and stairways or ramps will function at a
level of service sufficient to facilitate pedestrian
safety and achieve uncrowded walking conditions
during off-peak times and provide for separation
of forward-moving pedestrians during peak
periods, as determined by the City Engineer with
reference made to any criteria established or
accepted by the City at that time for pedestrian
levels of service.
4.6.3 Pedestrian Routes/Pathways
A pedestrian route running east-west between
Harbor Boulevard and Disneyland Drive was
constructed in Phase II and serves as the main
connection to the entrances of Disneyland and
Disney California Adventure, and currently
includes ticket booths, entry gates, and security
screening areas. The design and location of any
new or relocated security screening areas are
subject to the review and approval of the Planning
and Building Director, City Engineer, and Chief of
Police.
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 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 it is generally open
to the public, is on private property and subject to
Disney restrictions.
For pedestrians traveling east from the ticket area,
the pedestrian route connects to Harbor
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Boulevard. From this point, pedestrians are able
to cross Harbor Boulevard at the signalized
pedestrian crosswalk which was constructed in
Phase II. As part of Phase IV, at least one and up
to three pedestrian bridge(s) between Manchester
Avenue in the north and Disney Way in the south
will be constructed to facilitate ease of pedestrian
movement across Harbor Boulevard to and from
the East Parking Area. The construction of any
bridge over public rights-of-way will require the
granting of an encroachment agreement or similar
request for air right easements, operations and
maintenance of structures associated with
bridge(s) and/or crossings over public property by
the City of Anaheim.
As full buildout of The Disneyland Resort
proceeds after approval of Amendment No. 9 to
the Specific Plan, buildout may include
reconfiguration, removal and replacement, and/or
integration of allowed uses within the Theme Park
District from time to time, and the existing nonticketed pedestrian route for east-west circulation, including the space currently devoted to central
theme park ticketing and gate functions, to major
destinations (theme parks, Downtown Disney,
hotels and parking facilities) may shift in purpose
and location. With any such shifts, it will be
important to prioritize pedestrian circulation in
order to allow access for Disneyland Resort
guests and visitors during normal hours of
operation to The Disneyland Resort elements
between Harbor Boulevard, Walnut Street, and
Disneyland Drive in a manner that facilitates
pedestrian flow and continues to meet public
safety size requirements.
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4.7 Water
The City of Anaheim provides water to The
Disneyland Resort. Its sources include both wells
to tap groundwater resources, and water
purchased from the Metropolitan Water District.
Based on preliminary estimates, the total
additional net average daily water demand for The
Disneyland Resort at build out will be about 3.4
million gallons over and above existing average
daily demand. These figures incorporate
reductions in use due to existing facilities that will
be abandoned.
The existing water supply system consists of
numerous water mains that surround or traverse
the Specific Plan area. With approval of the
Specific Plan in 1993, modification of this system
was necessary to provide water at the pressures
and in the quantities needed to supply The
Disneyland Resort. The following is a list of the
improvements to the water distribution system that
were made prior to Phase IV as part of the
implementation of the Specific Plan. Each listed
improvement includes the phase in which it was
constructed.
• Replacement of the 8-inch water main in
Clementine Street from Katella Avenue to
Disney Way with a 20-inch water main
(Phase II);
• Replacement of the existing 10-inch water
main in Freedman Way from Clementine
Street to Harbor Boulevard with a 20-inch
water main (Phase II);
• Provision for a new well (well 55) located
at Clementine Street and Disney Way that
connects with the 20-inch water main in
Clementine Street (Phase II);
• Replacement of the existing 10-inch water
main in Harbor Boulevard from Katella
Avenue to Disney Way with a 20-inch
water main (Phase II, as specified in the
EIR Construction Phasing Plan);
• Replacement of the existing 10-inch water
main in Harbor Boulevard from Disney
Way to Manchester Avenue with a 16-inch
water main (Phase II):
• Replacement of the existing 12-inch water
main between Ball Road and the southeast
corner of the Disneyland Administration
Building with a new 16-inch diameter water
main (Phase I);
• Replacement of the existing 12-inch water
main in Katella Avenue from Harbor
Boulevard to Clementine Street with a 20-
inch water main (Phase II);
• Replacement of the existing 12-inch and
14-inch water mains in Disneyland Drive
from Katella Avenue to Ball Road with a
20-inch water main (Phase II);
• Abandonment and then replacement of the
existing 10-inch water main in Cerritos
Avenue, renamed Magic Way, from
Walnut Street to Disneyland Drive with a
new 12-inch water main located in the
realigned Magic Way (Phase II);
• Relocation of existing water mains in
Disneyland Drive as part of the
realignment of that street (Phase II); and,
• Construction of a 12-inch dual feed water
main through Esplanade between Harbor
Boulevard and Disneyland Drive. This dual
feed system created two means of water
supply to any point fed from this water
main to assure good fire flow protection
(Phase II).
Replacement of the existing 10-inch and 12-inch
water mains located between the southeast
corner of the Disneyland Administration Building
and Harbor Boulevard north of Manchester
Avenue with a new 16-inch water main in
Manchester Avenue was previously contemplated
prior to Phase IV. However, based on water
infrastructure study completed as part of
DisneylandForward, this improvement is not
necessary based on the buildout condition
scenarios.
With approval of DisneylandForward, the following
additional requirements and/or improvements to
the water supply system are required. Depending
on the final configuration of required water service
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connections and/or fire flow requirements,
localized deficiencies may need to be mitigated.
Certain improvements or mitigation measures are
required to address potential fire flow deficiencies.
Additionally, some improvements may be required
to maintain access for maintenance and operation
of public water infrastructure. These potential
improvements and mitigation measures are
described as follows:
• In the Theme Park District, west of
Disneyland Drive, all new fire water
connections, including but not limited to,
those that would serve, private fire
hydrants, in The Disneyland Resort shall
be made to water mains served by the 335
Pressure Zone. Specifically, no new fire
water connections are permissible on
existing water mains in Walnut Street or
Magic Way. Any new fire connections for
buildings adjacent to these mains shall
connect to the 20-inch water main in
Disneyland Drive.
• The Southeast District shall be served by
at least two points of connection with
internal looping.
o Any new water service connections
along Harbor Boulevard shall require
the construction of a 12-inch from
Convention Way intersection to a point
approximately 400-ft north of the
intersection.
o Any new connection to the existing
main in Clementine Street, north of
Orangewood Avenue, shall require
replacement of the existing 8-inch
water main with a new 12-inch water
main
• Abandon the existing 12-inch main within
the Esplanade between Harbor Boulevard
and Disneyland Drive. This work shall be
completed concurrently with any proposed
improvements along Disneyland Drive or
Harbor Boulevard.
• New easements may be required where
public water infrastructure are located
within private property through
abandonment(s) of a public right-of-way.
Such easements shall limit improvements
that impact access for operation and
maintenance of existing facilities.
Alternatively, a developer may abandon
and/or relocate existing public water
infrastructure. Subsequent impacts shall
be analyzed to determine any appropriate
improvements required due to such work.
• As with any major development, prior to
project approval, any new individual
development project within The
Disneyland Resort may be required to
provide hydraulic analyses to determine
the adequacy of existing and proposed
facilities.
• Prior to issuance of a building or grading
permit, whichever occurs first, the property
owner/developer shall indicate on plan
installation of all dedicated irrigation lines
ready for recycled water. All irrigation
systems shall be designed so that they will
function properly with recycled water.
Water conservation is an important part of the
Specific Plan and it will be achieved through
numerous measures intended to reduce water
consumption as set forth in the Mitigation
Monitoring Program.
In addition to the water conservation measures,
The Disneyland Resort will also comply with the
State of California’s Water Conservation in
Landscaping Act (AB 1881) by complying with the
City’s water conservation ordinance.
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4.8 Sanitary Sewer
Treatment of wastewater will be provided by the
Orange County Sanitation District (OCSAN),
which operates Sanitation District Treatment Plant
Number 1 in Fountain Valley. This facility receives
wastewater generated by The Disneyland Resort.
Average additional daily sewage generation at
buildout is expected to by 1.78 million gallons per
day, and daily peak flows are estimated to be 3.56
million gallons per day, over and above existing
average and peak flows. These figures
incorporate reduction in use due to existing
facilities that will be abandoned.
Sewers on surrounding streets generally carry
sewage south and west. The District’s
improvements serve The Disneyland Resort, as
well as other developments in the City and the
region. Several of the OCSAN new trunk sewers
are outside of the Specific Plan area. The
following is a list of the improvements to the
wastewater system that were made prior to Phase
IV as part of the implementation of the Specific
Plan. Some of the area-wide sewer projects
constructed to alleviate local sewer main
deficiencies are listed below:
• Replacement of parallel line to the existing
northerly Katella sewer main with 21- to
24-inch sewer main in Katella Avenue from
the existing 27-inch sewer line at Walnut
Street to Harbor Boulevard; and,
• Replacement of the existing 15-inch sewer
main in Harbor Boulevard from Katella
Avenue to Manchester Avenue with and
18-inch main.
The following sewer lines were constructed or
relocated specifically for The Disneyland Resort
prior to Phase IV and include:
• Construction/reconstruction of the existing
pipelines in Disneyland Drive when the
street was widened (Phase II); and
• Construction of an 18-inch pipeline in
Cerritos Avenue, renamed Magic Way,
between Disneyland Drive and Walnut
Street when the existing street was
abandoned and relocated (Phase II).
As part of DisneylandForward, a sewer study was
conducted as required by the City Engineer that
identified improvements necessary to mitigate the
impacts of DisneylandForward on the City’s sewer
system, including mitigation for any downstream
deficiencies impacted by the development. The
studies identified how previously constructed
improvements addressed, in part or in whole,
impacts of DisneylandForward. The City shall
determine the specific sewer improvements that
will be required by specific milestones of
DisneylandForward.
• Developer and City to share in the cost of
preliminary design, final design, and
construction of a sewer improvement to
increase capacity of the existing parallel
sewer system in Katella Avenue from
Harbor Boulevard to Ninth Street.
• For new hotel development that connects
to the sewer system upstream of the
intersection of Katella Avenue and Harbor
Boulevard, conduct sewer studies to
determine if adequate capacity exists in
the existing sewer systems upstream of
those intersections and, if not, construct
improvements recommended in those
studies. Said sewer main improvements
could be in Katella Avenue from Harbor
Boulevard to Clementine Street; in
Clementine Street north of Katella Avenue;
in Harbor Boulevard north of Katella
Avenue.
• For development that connects to the
sewer system in Magic Way, conduct
sewer studies to determine if adequate
capacity exists in the existing sewer
systems along Magic Way between
Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive and, if
not, construct improvements
recommended in those studies.
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4.9 Storm Drain
Storm water from the Theme Park and Parking
Districts will flow west in new or existing
underground storm drains to the Anaheim-Barber
Channel, located several hundred feet west of,
and parallel to Walnut Street. Eventually, the
storm water from the entire Specific Plan area
empties into the ocean at Huntington Harbor.
The Specific Plan proposes construction of a
subsurface storm drain system to collect runoff
from the Specific Plan area. Runoff to the Katella
Avenue storm drain system may be routed
through one or more on-site detention structures
which will not coincide with the peak flows on the
public storm drain system. This system will be
designed in compliance with the City’s Master
Storm Drain Improvement Plans.
The following is a list of the improvements to the
storm drain system that were made prior to Phase
IV as part of the implementation of the Specific
Plan. Each listed improvement includes the phase
in which it was constructed.
• A storm drain in relocated Cerritos Avenue
from Disneyland Drive to Walnut Street,
and then within the existing right-of-way
along Walnut Street and Cerritos Avenue
to the Anaheim-Barber Channel (Phase II);
• A storm drain lateral in Disneyland Drive
north of Katella Avenue (Phase II);
• A storm drain lateral in Disneyland Drive
north of relocated Cerritos Avenue (Phase
II);
• A storm drain lateral in Walnut Street north
of Katella Avenue (Phase II); and,
• A parallel storm drain lateral in Walnut
Street north of Magic Way (Phase II).
Future development in Phase IV will be required
to provide a Drainage Study when each Grading
Plan is submitted for review and approval by the
City. The required studies will identify storm drain
improvements to mitigate the impact of each
development (or collective developments) on the
City’s storm drain system, including mitigation for
any downstream deficiencies impacted by the
development. The studies provided shall identify
how any previously constructed improvements
have addressed impacts of the proposed
development(s). The studies shall identify whether
or not previously constructed improvements have
addressed the impacts of the proposed
development.
With approval of DisneylandForward, the following
will be required:
• With development of the Southeast District
and the Theme Park East Overlay within
The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan,
connections to the existing storm drains in
surrounding streets would be required;
and,
• Disney will continue to comply with, and
update as necessary, the Master Water
Quality Management Plan, which applies
to all Disney Properties in The Anaheim
Resort.
• Disney will continue to comply with, and
update as necessary, the Master Drainage
and Runoff Management Plan, which
applies to all Disney Properties in The
Anaheim Resort.
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4.10 Electricity
Electricity for the Specific Plan area will be
provided by the City of Anaheim Public Utilities
Department-Electric Division. Projected additional
annual consumption of electricity at buildout will
be approximately 290 million kilowatt hours (EIR
No. 311, Addendum No. 1, and SEIR No. 352).
Total annual consumption of electricity at buildout
could be lower in the DRSP if theme park uses are
moved from the Theme Park District to the ARSP
Theme Park East and West Overlays.
As part of an existing City of Anaheim 5-year
Capital Improvement Program Utility
Undergrounding Program, the existing overhead
electric utilities on Katella Avenue, Disneyland
Drive, Ball Road east of West Place/Flores Street,
and Harbor Boulevard were placed underground
prior to or at the same time the street
improvements were constructed. In addition, as
part of The Disneyland Resort project, the two
Southern California Edison (SCE) power lines that
would have crossed Disney California Adventure
theme park were relocated overhead from
Clementine Street to Harbor Boulevard in the
existing easement, then overhead along the
southern perimeter of Disney California Adventure
theme park parallel to Katella Avenue, across
Disneyland Drive and up Walnut Street to the
existing SCE Corridor.
In order to conserve energy, The Disneyland
Resort will implement numerous energy-saving
practices. Among those to be considered for
individual projects within The Disneyland Resort
are the following:
• Consultation with the City energyconservation experts at the Anaheim Public Utilities Community and
Sustainability Division for assistance with
energy-conservation design features;
• Use of high efficiency air conditioning,
connected if feasible to a computerized
central energy management system, and
meeting all control, scheduling and load
efficiency requirements of the California
Energy Code (Title 24, Building Efficiency
Standards);
• Use of electric motors intended to
conserve energy;
• While recognizing the unique lighting
apparatus required for some theme park
uses, use of motion-sensing light switch
devices and light-emitting diode (LED)
energy-efficiency lighting fixtures for
indoor and outdoor lighting, when feasible,
T8 lamps, metal halide and/or high
pressure sodium (HID) lamps; and,
• Incorporation of electric vehicle chargers
into parking structures.
4.11 Natural Gas
Natural gas for The Disneyland Resort will be
delivered through Southern California Gas
Company’s distribution system, which maintains
both standard and high-pressure gas lines in the
vicinity of the project. At buildout, the Specific Plan area will consume approximately an additional
369,000 million BTUs per year. Where practical,
The Disneyland Resort will incorporate energysaving means into the project to reduce consumption of natural gas. Many of the energy
conservation measures described in Section 4.9
above will also result in natural gas savings.
4.12 Telecommunication
AT&T provides telephone, digital cable, and
highspeed internet services to the DRSP area.
Existing facilities are located in the developed
areas surrounding the DRSP area. The
infrastructure capacity for telephone service
typically expands with new development.
4.13 Television/Cable Service
Time Warner Cable currently provides both fiber
and coaxial feeds in the DRSP area for a variety
of services including, but not limited to, standard
and high-definition cable television service, PRI
T1 telephony circuit(s), cable television service,
high speed internet, and digital telephone service.
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4.14 Solid Waste
Solid waste from The Disneyland Resort will be
collected by a City-contracted disposal company.
The Disneyland Resort will continue to implement
a solid waste management plan which has been
reviewed and approved by the Public Works
Department to ensure that the project plans
comply with AB 939, SB 1383 related to reducing
organic waste in landfill, the Solid Waste
Reduction Act of 1989, as administered by the City
of Anaheim, and the County’s and City’s
Integrated Waste Management Plans. Collected
waste is processed through Republic Waste
Services of Southern California LLC’s Regional
Material Resource Recovery Facility (MRF).
Remaining non-recyclable Disneyland Resort
waste is processed and consolidated before being
deposited at the Brea-Olinda Alpha landfill in
unincorporated Orange County adjacent to the
City of Brea. The project will generate
approximately 16,885 additional tons of solid
waste per year, or 46 tons per day. Numerous
solid waste reduction programs will be
implemented at The Disneyland Resort, including:
• Submittal of plans detailing the locations
and design of on-site recycling facilities;
• Providing on-site recycling receptacles to
encourage recycling;
• Continuing participation in the City of
Anaheim’s voluntary “Recycle Anaheim,”
program or other substitute program as
may be developed by the City;
• 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 for and centralized locations for
collections 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; and,
• Complying with all Federal, State, and City
regulations for hazardous material
disposal.
4.15 Public Services
The City of Anaheim Fire and Rescue (AF&R) will
provide fire protection, emergency medical
response, fire inspection and other services to The
Disneyland Resort. The existing Disneyland Fire
Department will expand its existing fire prevention
coverage and services to all areas of the Specific
Plan area. These services include:
• Development Project Meetings;
• Preconstruction Plan Review;
• Preplanning for firefighting and
evacuations;
• All new construction inspections;
• All state mandated Certified Unified
Program Agencies (CUPA) inspections;
• All state mandated and non-mandated
annual fire inspections;
• Review and inspections of all special event
permits;
• Monitoring of pyrotechnics and special
effects; and
• Interconnected Safety System (ISS)
Testing.
The AF&R, in conjunction with the Public Utilities
Department, has set the minimum standards for
water flow for the Specific Plan. In addition, they
will review buildings for compliance with AF&R
standards. Typical requirements include the
installation of sprinklers, provision of adequate
access to structures for fire fighting vehicles,
installation of amusement building alarm systems,
and location of fire hydrants in conveniently
accessible locations. Since the project will
increase the number of service calls to the AF&R,
the project has provided the following as part of
Phase II:
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• One fire truck company;
• One paramedic company; and,
• Modifications to existing fire stations to
accommodate the fire truck company and
paramedic company.
As part of DisneylandForward, the following will be
required:
• Completion of an ongoing Fire Operations
Agreement;
• A Fire Substation will be provided within
the Theme Park District, meeting the
following minimum criteria:
o Designated parking stalls for an
ambulance, medic truck, medic golf
car, and two staff vehicles;
o Equipped with dedicated fiber optic line
(services for cable, wifi);
o Two offices with two workstations each
o Breakroom/kitchen type area;
o Day room able to accommodate up to
8 personnel (4 paramedics, 2
ambulance, 2 CPR);
o Restrooms with showers/locker rooms;
and,
• The Fire Department may require
additional public fire hydrants on the east
side of Walnut Street adjacent to Disney
Property.
The Anaheim Police Department provides police
protection to the Specific Plan area. The existing
Disneyland Security Department was expanded to
provide equivalent levels of service to the entire
Disneyland Resort. The Disneyland Security
Department provides for the initial response,
investigation and report writing for nearly all
crimes occurring in the existing Disneyland theme
park and Disneyland Hotel areas. Among the
security procedures which will be used within the
Disneyland Resort are the following:
• The operator of the facilities will provide an
adequate staff of private security officers
for patrol and surveillance of the public
parking facilities;
• Payment of the fair share funding for police
personnel and equipment necessary to
meet the needs of The Anaheim Resort;
• Provision of space within the Disneyland
Security office to support the Anaheim
Police Department;
• Provision of closed-circuit television
surveillance and recording equipment
within all parking structures;
• Guarded entrance and exit gates for the
Disneyland Administration Building and
South Parking Area;
• An anti-gang and substance abuse
education program for park security and
other cast members will be implemented;
• Entry points to the theme parks will be
patrolled by the Disneyland Security
Department; and,
• The currently provided Court Liaison
Supervisor will be continued and
expanded, if necessary, to meet the needs
of The Disneyland Resort.
As part of DisneylandForward, the following will be
required:
• Completion of an ongoing Police
Operations Agreement;
• A Substation in the Theme Park District
which meets the following minimum
criteria:
o Designated parking stalls, including EV
charging stations, for approximately 4-
6 EV, 15-20 regular spaces;
o Equipped with dedicated fiber optic
line;
o Minimum of two private offices;
o Conference/briefing room;
o Interview room;
o Kitchen;
o Breakroom;
o Locker rooms with showers,
restrooms, and lockers;
o Enclosed bicycle storage for at least 12
bicycles;
o Equipment storage (size equivalent to
two offices); and,
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• A Satellite Office in the Southeast District
or the Theme Park East Overlay which
meets the following minimum criteria:
o Designated parking stalls, including 2 -
4 EV charging stations, 6 - 8 regular
spaces;
o Equipped with dedicated fiber optic
line;
o Breakroom;
o Conference/briefing room;
o Interview room;
o Restrooms; and,
o Enclosed bicycle storage for at least 6
bicycles.
4.16 Landscape
Significant landscape improvements have
occurred in the public right-of-way adjacent to the
Specific Plan boundary as a result of the Specific
Plan. Exhibit 4.16a (Landscape Installation),
shows the extent of the landscaping for the public
right-of-way, which was installed as part of the
Specific Plan prior to Phase IV and identifies areas
that have been removed as part of
DisneylandForward. The exhibit also identifies
public right-of-way areas that will be abandoned
as part of road abandonment areas along Magic
Way. Remaining landscaping within the public
right-of-way, described in detail in Section 5.0,
‘Design Plan,’ is the responsibility of the City, other government agencies, or property owners with
property adjacent to the public right-of-way.
In order to provide ongoing maintenance of
landscaping within the public right-of-way, the City
established a special landscape maintenance
district called The Anaheim Resort Maintenance
District. The Disneyland Resort is part of this
maintenance district.
Refer to The Anaheim Resort Public Realm
Landscape Program for more detailed information
of landscaping within the public right-of-way.
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Section 5.0: Design Plan
The Design Plan describes the basic concepts
that will help achieve a unified resort identity for
the Specific Plan area. Written text in this Section
describes the fundamental design concepts, while
the drawings that accompany the text show how
the concepts will be implemented.
The intent of the Specific Plan is to complement
the City’s planning efforts for The Anaheim Resort.
On September 20, 1994, the City Council adopted
The Anaheim Resort Identity Program and The
Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program to regulate the streetscape elements and
landscape elements for The Anaheim Resort
public streets. These programs have been
amended as part of DisneylandForward to ensure
consistency with this Specific Plan. They provide
the most accurate documentation of the
streetscape elements required in the Specific Plan
area. This Specific Plan generally describes the
design of the public streets, as well as the
treatment of setback areas adjacent to public
streets. The emphasis is on creating unity through
landscape design, a standardized design
vocabulary for streetscape elements (such as light
poles and directional signs), and regulation of
private property, including standards for signs,
building heights and setbacks through compliance
with Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’.
For ease of reference and to better depict the
relationship between other City planning efforts,
the Specific Plan contains information about the
treatment of all public streets that border or are
within the Specific Plan area boundaries. As a
result, there is an overlap in the information
contained in this Specific Plan along its border
with the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan. For
example, the description and illustrations of the
design concept for Harbor Boulevard includes
both sides of the street.
The information in this Section is intended to
supplement the Specific Plan zoning and
development standards contained in Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards’. It describes
fundamental design ideas and concepts that are
intended to support the larger goal of a unified
resort identity. The description of these basic
ideas and concepts will assist in the interpretation
of the intent of the Specific Plan in situations
where several design options may be consistent
with the regulations. Also, it contains design
guidelines which would be considered too general
to be standards or regulations but convey useful
information about the character and quality of
development anticipated within the Specific Plan
area. Finally, this Section contains sketches and
Cross-Sections that illustrate what the design
ideas and concepts in the Specific Plan area
should be if the standards, regulations and
guidelines are implemented in accordance with
Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’. By showing how the design guidelines
and standards work together, the intent of the
Specific Plan direction can be conveyed in a more
comprehensive manner.
For ease of reference, this Section is divided into
eight parts, including:
• 5.1 Design Plan Objectives;
• 5.2 Design Concepts;
• 5.3 Landscape Concept Plan;
• 5.4 Identity Concept Plan;
• 5.5 Design Criteria for The Public Realm;
• 5.6 Design Criteria for The Setback Realm;
• 5.7 Design Criteria for The Private Realm;
and,
• 5.8 Design Plan Summary.
5.1 Design Plan Objectives
The following are the five principal design
objectives of the Specific Plan, followed by a more
detailed description of each of these objectives.
These principal design objectives include:
1. Create visual continuity between The
Disneyland Resort and the surrounding
Anaheim Resort;
2. Create a high quality, visually appealing,
pedestrian-oriented environment;
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3. Protect the visual integrity of the theme parks;
4. Enhance public views of the theme parks,
including back-of-house uses, from public
walkways and streets; and,
5. Enhance the interface between The
Disneyland Resort and surrounding residential
neighborhoods to maintain the residential
character.
5.1.1 Create Visual Continuity Between
The Disneyland Resort and the
Surrounding Anaheim Resort
An important objective of the Specific Plan is to
visually tie the Specific Plan area to the
improvements constructed and planned as part of
the adopted Anaheim Resort Specific Plan and the
Hotel Circle Specific Plan for the surrounding
Anaheim Resort through the consistent use of
landscape and other streetscape elements
including signs, gateways, lights and other
elements. The entire area encompassed by The
Anaheim Resort will then have a more unified
identity, with a smoother transition from The
Disneyland Resort facilities to the surrounding
area. The result is a unified resort identity for the
entire Anaheim Resort.
5.1.2 Create a High Quality, Visually
Appealing, Pedestrian-Oriented
Environment
A second design objective is to create a highquality pedestrian environment that reinforces the urban character of the Specific Plan area. With
development of theme parks, construction of
public parking facilities, and the increase in the
number of visitor accommodations both within the
Specific Plan area and the surrounding Anaheim
Resort, the number of pedestrians in the area has
increased. Improvements of the Anaheim
Convention Center also contribute significantly to
the increase in pedestrians. This increase
supports an active street environment for
shopping, dining and lodging within walking
distance from the theme parks. The Design Plan
addresses the needs of pedestrians by:
• Establishing the size and location of
pedestrian walks;
• Defining the type of landscape necessary
to create a pedestrian scale; and,
• Providing for other amenities, such as
directional signs and information kiosks,
intended to enhance the overall pedestrian
experience.
5.1.3 Protect the Visual Integrity of the
Theme Parks
A major characteristic of the theme park
experience is that theme park interiors are visually
screened against the surrounding environment.
While visitors are inside the park, they only see
things that are part of the theme park and views of
the outside world are limited. This is intended to
support the feeling of fantasy, escape, and
separation from the outside world that
characterizes the theme park experience, and
makes theme parks an attractive form of
recreation. The original Disneyland theme park,
for example, is surrounded by an earthen berm
covered with tall trees and hedges. In some areas,
buildings help screen the outside world. A similar
type of treatment will be needed to visually
separate new theme park areas from the
surrounding area. An important objective of the
Design Plan, then, is to provide for this separation
without compromising the experience of visitors
outside the theme parks.
5.1.4 Enhance Public Views of the Theme
Parks, including Back-of-House Uses,
From Public Walkways and Streets
A fourth design objective is to enhance public
views of theme park uses, including back-ofhouse uses, from public walkways and streets through a variety of design interventions. Leading
up to the theme parks, visitors outside the park
utilize public walkways and streets to access
theme park uses. As visitors make their way to
and from theme park uses, landscaping and
walls/fencing are utilized at the pedestrian level to
screen on-site buildings and structures, enhance
the visual experience, and add to the sense of
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anticipation and arrival. Buildings and structures
are treated with varying design elements based on
height and visibility from public walkways and
streets in order to enhance the experience of
visitors outside of and leading up to the theme
park uses.
5.1.5 Enhance the Interface Between The
Disneyland Resort and Surrounding
Residential Neighborhoods to Maintain the
Residential Character.
A primary objective of the Specific Plan is to
maintain the character of existing residential
neighborhoods at the interface with The
Disneyland Resort. Through a combination of
landscape buffers, walls and/or fencing, additional
building and structure setbacks, and/or building
and structure height and sky exposure plane
requirements at these interfaces, the character of
these neighborhoods will be enhanced through
appropriate buffering and transitioning to provide
greater separation from theme park uses. The
intent is to ensure that while these existing
residential neighborhoods may be located nearby,
their character is maintained for the benefit of
residents.
5.2 Design Concepts
The concepts described below are the basic
design policies for the Specific Plan area and form
the basis for implementation of the Design Plan.
They address both the objectives of the Design
Plan described in Section 5.1 and include a
description of the important site factors which will
affect implementation of the design concepts.
5.2.1 Transform and Unify with Landscape
The Specific Plan area and the surrounding
Anaheim Resort historically presented a visually
confusing identity due in part to the variety of uses,
abundance of large signs, varying architectural
quality, presence of overhead utilities, mix of large
and small parcels in close proximity, and lack of
consistent landscaping.
The primary concept of the Design Plan is to unify
and enhance the visual character of both the
Specific Plan area and the surrounding area with
landscape. The primary component of this visual
character is the streetscape, which includes trees
and shrubs, as well as man-made elements such
as light fixtures, benches, entry gateways, and
signs. Setback areas on private land between the
public streets and buildings also assisted with this
transformation. In some instances, the visible
portions of buildings and private land behind the
setbacks also play a role in defining the character
of the Specific Plan area.
5.2.2 Create a District with a Civic Scale
Together, the Specific Plan area and surrounding
Anaheim Resort encompass approximately 1,078
acres, a large urban area in which to create and
encourage a unified identity. In addition, many of
the streets within The Anaheim Resort are wide
and provide important regional circulation
linkages. Finally, the number of visitors to the area
is already significant and will grow with continued
development of The Disneyland Resort and the
surrounding area.
Consequently, the character of The Anaheim
Resort as a whole must be grand in scale to
complement the size and importance of the area
as a world-class destination resort. The Design
Plan proposes a grand civic scale primarily with
large-scale landscape plantings and architectural
regulations, including regulations for building
heights and setbacks.
5.2.3 Emphasize the Landscape on the
Public Streets
Most visitors to the Specific Plan area and
surrounding Anaheim Resort will experience the
area’s streets at some time during their visit, either
from automobiles, other vehicles (such as the
pedestrian and/or transportation system(s) or
monorail), or on foot. Nearly all of the publicly
owned land within both areas is contained within
the street rights-of-way (or in easements), though
the space available for landscaping within the
public right-of-way will be somewhat limited
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because of the need to serve vehicle and
pedestrian circulation.
Streets and their edges furnish the primary space
in which landscape can be placed to transform the
identity of The Anaheim Resort (refer to Exhibit
5.2.3a (Utilize the Streets for Landscaping)).
When the expansion of right-of-way areas occurs,
these new right-of-way areas include sufficient
space to accommodate landscaping consistent
with the Specific Plan.
Exhibit 5.2.3a – Utilize the Streets for
Landscaping
5.2.4 Orient Visitors Visually
Visitors to the Specific Plan area and surrounding
Anaheim Resort often come from great distances
and lack familiarity with Anaheim and The
Anaheim Resort. These visitors need well-defined
visual cues that orient them to their location within
the area. In addition, there is great variety in the
different uses and functions of the spaces within
the Specific Plan area, and the scale of the spaces
often varies as well. The Design Plan
differentiates the major streets within the Specific
Plan area by establishing landscape treatments
that will help create a unique character for each.
5.2.5 Create a Recognizable Center for
The Anaheim Resort
In coordination with the City’s planning efforts for
The Anaheim Resort, the Design Plan establishes
an area known as the Central Core which will have
special design standards. It includes parcels
located on Harbor Boulevard between Interstate 5
and Orangewood Avenue, and on Katella Avenue
between Interstate 5 and Walnut Street. The
location of the Central Core is shown in Exhibit
5.2.5a (The Anaheim Resort Central Core) below.
For parcels adjacent to Harbor Boulevard and
Katella Avenue, special design standards will
apply to setbacks, building heights, and
streetscape treatments that are different from
other locations in The Anaheim Resort.
Exhibit 5.2.5a – The Anaheim Resort Central
Core
5.2.6 Coordinate Streetscape
Improvements with Other Improvements
Construction of The Disneyland Resort will be
phased over a number of years, however, much of
the identity-giving landscape has been
implemented. Development of new hotels and
other private improvements in the surrounding
Anaheim Resort will also be phased over a
number of years. The construction of the
streetscape improvements in the Specific Plan
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facilities. The intent is to ensure that public
streetscape improvements are installed as soon
as possible, while minimizing the need to disrupt
these improvements once they’ve been installed.
5.2.7 Establish a Clear Design Hierarchy
The Specific Plan specifies three distinct levels of
design hierarchy called the Public Realm, the
Setback Realm, and the Private Realm. The intent
is that the most visually prominent areas have the
most rigorous design controls, and that the design
of less visually prominent areas be more flexible.
Areas within the ultimate public right-of-way are
called the Public Realm. This visually prominent
area is the most precisely defined and designed of
the three Realms. The Setback Realm includes
the private property between the ultimate right-ofway and adjacent buildings. Since these areas are not quite as significant to the overall character of
the Specific Plan Area as the Public Realm, the
plan provides for more flexibility in their design.
The Private Realm, which includes areas behind
building setbacks adjacent to public streets, will be
guided by design criteria that are the most flexible
of the three realms, but still contain important
design guidelines intended to enhance the public
views of theme park uses from public walkways
and streets, the interface between surrounding,
existing residential neighborhoods, and the overall
identity of the Specific Plan area. Development of
the Private Realm will occur with less predictability
than the other Realms, and so less specificity is
provided in the design guidelines. Additional
discussion of the three realms can be found in
Subsections 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7.
Exhibit 5.2.7a – Three Elements of Design
Hierarchy
5.3 Landscape Concept Plan
This section describes the landscape design
principles for the Specific Plan area that contribute
to the unified environment of The Anaheim Resort.
It also contains a description of the basic
landscape concepts, criteria for the selection of
plant material, and general planting design
guidelines for the public streets and adjacent
setbacks, which are called the Public Realm and
the Setback Realm.
The Anaheim Resort Identity Program and The
Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program, adopted by the City, regulate the Public
Realm within The Anaheim Resort.
The landscape Cross-Sections and plans in this
Design Plan illustrate the basic design principles
described in The Anaheim Resort Public Realm
Program. The Cross-Sections do not reflect the
street light poles and signage streetscape
elements adopted by the City in The Anaheim
Resort Identity Program and The Anaheim Resort
Public Realm Landscape Program, but where
shown, are intended to demonstrate design intent.
The landscape design drawings found in this
Section are intended to illustrate basic landscape
design concepts, and, unless needed to illustrate
a concept described in the text, do not contain
dimensions or other detailed information about
street right-of-way widths or minimum setback
dimensions. Information about street rights-of-way
and minimum setbacks can be found in Section
4.3, Vehicular Circulation Plan, and Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards’
respectively. Subsection 5.8, ‘Design Plan
Summary,’ contains detailed technical CrossSections which show all elements—landscape, right-of-way and building setbacks—together on a
single page with key dimensions and landscape
descriptions.
5.3.1 Landscape Concepts
The following landscape concepts are intended to
define the character of the landscape proposed for
The Anaheim Resort Setback Realm. Refer to The
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Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program for landscape character concepts for the
Public Realm.
5.3.1.1 Unity and Diversity
To achieve the objectives of the Design Plan,
landscape planting must create an overall unity,
while allowing diversity to create distinct
differences between places. This will be achieved
by establishing a planting design system in which
basic elements are repeated in an orderly, regular
way, while the elements vary to respond to
particular situations. Exhibit 5.3.1.1a (Unity and
Diversity) is an example of how two landscape
treatments can have the same planting design
system but vary in the use of materials to create
distinct places.
Exhibit 5.3.1.1a – Unity and Diversity
5.3.1.2 Use Plant Material to Create Scale
It is important that the scale of landscape plantings
reflect the scale of place they are intended to
enhance. For example, major streets and entries
that will be viewed primarily from automobiles will
require a landscape treatment that is grander in
scale and texture than areas intended solely for
pedestrians. When there are overlapping needs,
that is, when both pedestrian and automobile
scales must be accommodated, the planting
design will address both needs.
Exhibit 5.3.1.2a – Landscape Reflects Scale
5.3.1.3 Establish a Recognizable
Streetscape Geometry
Throughout The Anaheim Resort, landscape
elements including trees and shrubs, as well as
man-made elements such as light fixtures or
banner poles, will be arranged in regular patterns
that establish order and a recognizable geometry.
The patterns will vary to create different effects,
and will help differentiate one location from
another. Generally, street tree plantings will
feature regularly spaced trees, and the same tree
will be used consistently for considerable lengths
of the same street. Changes in the variety of tree,
or the geometry of the planting design may occur
when a street changes in width, changes direction,
or crosses another important street. Informal
masses of trees will only occur in the Public Realm
where the total width of the combined landscape
area in the Public Realm and Setback Realm
exceeds forty feet. Planting designs in which trees
are scattered randomly are inconsistent with the
intent of this concept.
5.3.1.4 Define a Plant Palette
Another way the Plan will create a unified identity
is by identifying the plant material that will be used
in The Anaheim Resort, especially within the
areas visible from the street (the Public Realm and
the Setback Realm). The plant palette
emphasizes plants which will have a positive
visual impact and are well adapted to the Specific
Plan area. Many of the recommended plants are
typical of Southern California gardens and
emphasize the special qualities of plants that only
grow in moderate, subtropical climates. Palms,
broad leafed evergreens (such as Eucalyptus),
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and exotic flowering shrubs (such as the Bird of
Paradise), are typical of the kinds of preferred
plants. A complete list of the plants for use in the
Specific Plan area is included in Planning
Standard Detail No. 10.
5.3.1.5 Layer Landscape to Create Depth
To create an illusion of greater depth in narrow
spaces throughout the Specific Plan area, and to
add further variety, landscape will be planted in
layers. The layers will include plants in both the
Public Realm and the Setback Realm. Layers will
be expressed vertically by the varying heights of
plant material, street lights and other landscape
elements; layers will also be expressed
horizontally by establishing several distinct
planting areas with consistent setback
relationships. Exhibit 5.3.1.5a (Layered
Landscape Creates Depth) illustrates the layered
landscape concept. Section 5.3.2 contains
planting guidelines which establish the planting
design criteria for creating a layered landscape; it
is supplemented by the plant palette in Planning
Standard Detail No. 10, which recommends
specific plants.
Exhibit 5.3.1.5a – Layered Landscape Creates
Depth
5.3.1.6 Contrast Plant Material for
Diversity and Balance
To create diversity, landscape planting design will
often rely on contrasting one plant material with
another. The types of contrast will include form
(large vs. small, tall vs. short, narrow vs. broad,
rigid vs. loose), texture (coarse vs. fine, lush vs.
sparse, open vs. closed), and color (dark vs. light,
gray vs. green). This contrast will be expressed in
the Public Realm, for example, with street tree
plantings that consist of alternating tall narrow
trees (such as palms) with short broad trees (such
as a small or medium sized canopy tree). There
will also be contrast between the planting in the
Public Realm and the adjacent Setback Realm.
For example, a formal planting of regularly spaced
palms in the Public Realm might be
complemented by plantings in the Setback Realm
of masses of eucalyptus or pines with less regular
forms.
5.3.1.7 Colorful Plants to Emphasize a
Festive Atmosphere
Colorful plant materials will be used throughout
The Anaheim Resort to help create a festive,
cheerful atmosphere. Where appropriate,
flowering trees may be used, as well as flowering
shrubs and ground covers. These colorful shrubs
and ground covers will often be planted in large
masses of the same plant material in order to
create a more dramatic impression. The types of
colorful plants will be varied so that color is
apparent throughout the year. The preferred color
for flowering plants will be deeply colored reds,
oranges, yellows and purples. The use of plants
with pale colors, including pale blue, pink, and offwhite will be limited.5.3.2 Plant Material Selection and Use.
5.3.2 Plant Material Selection and Use
The purpose of this subsection is to:
• Describe the basic plant selection criteria
for the plants that will be used in the
Specific Plan area;
• Describe the role each type of plant (tree,
shrub, and ground cover) will play in
establishing the overall character of the
Specific Plan area; and,
• Identify in a general way where and how
each type will be used.
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The information in this subsection is
supplemented by a detailed plant palette in
Planning Standard Detail No. 10, which contains
a list of plants recommended for use in the
Specific Plan area. The purpose here is to provide
the rationale that serves as the basis for the plant
palette.
5.3.2.1 Basic Selection Criteria
The desirable attributes of plants to be used in the
Specific Plan area include:
• Climate appropriate;
• Drought tolerant and/or low water-using;
• Reasonably low in maintenance;
• Relatively free from disease and pest
infestation;
• Outstanding in some characteristic, such
as form, color, bark, etc.;
• Unlikely to be familiar outside subtropical
areas;
• Evergreen;
• Native to Southern California;
• Moderate or fast in growth; and,
• Suitable for use around people.
The intent is to establish an overall appearance
that has connection to Southern California
character while also integrating plants that are
climate-appropriate, drought tolerant and/or low
water-using.
There is virtually no list of plants that could be
developed that would completely satisfy all of
these conditions. The intent is to provide a list from
which plants can be selected that will provide the
best plants to respond to the needs of different
uses/functions in the Specific Plan area, as well as
the flexibility to be used in a variety of different
situations.
5.3.2.2 Tree Selection and Use Criteria
Trees will be the backbone plant material of the
planting design because of the size and
widespread presence in the street rights-of-way
and setback areas. The following describes the
different types of tree forms that will be used
throughout the Specific Plan area, and the criteria
that will be used to determine how they will be
used.
Varying tree sizes and species shall be selected,
with an emphasis on providing adequate
screening, canopy, species diversity, pest
resistance, and climate appropriateness within the
landscape design. This may include small canopy
trees, medium canopy trees, large canopy trees,
and vertical and pyramidal trees, as further
detailed below.
Small canopy trees: Small canopy trees are
intended for use where it is desirable to create a
more intimate scale (such as along narrow streets
or in pedestrian areas), where a contrast with a
larger tree will help reinforce the layered
landscape concept, or to contrast with a tree with
a distinctly different form. On wide streets where
the separation between trees from one side of the
street to another (or from a parkway to a median
planting) is thirty feet or greater, small canopy
trees should always be combined with medium or
large canopy trees. These trees will also be used
in areas underneath powerlines where height of
trees is limited.
Small canopy trees will have a mature height of at
least twenty feet, but not more than forty five. Their
mature spread will approximately equal their
height. Along streets with regularly spaced trees,
small-canopy trees will be planted at a rate of one
tree for each twenty to thirty lineal feet of frontage; spreading trees may require a somewhat wider
spacing.
Exhibit 5.3.2.2a – Small Canopy Trees
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Medium canopy trees: Medium canopy trees
may serve the same purposes as either the large
or small canopy trees. Typically, they will have a
mature height of at least thirty feet, but will not
typically exceed sixty feet. Their mature spread
will approximately equal their height. Along streets
with regularly spaced trees, medium canopy trees
will be planted at a rate of one tree for each
twenty-five to thirty-five lineal feet of frontage;
spreading trees may require a somewhat wider
spacing. Medium canopy trees may be used on
local or secondary streets, but should not be used
alone on arterial roads or other streets greater
than sixty feet wide unless there is a landscaped
median.
Exhibit 5.3.2.2b – Medium Canopy Trees
Large canopy trees: Large canopy trees will be
used on arterial roads to help reinforce the grand,
civic scale of The Anaheim Resort landscape.
They are intended to be large scale elements that
create a strong, positive visual impression. Their
mature height will not be less than fifty feet, and
may exceed eighty feet. For the smaller trees in
this category, the spread will approximately equal
the mature height, while in larger trees the spread
will typically be 50% to 75% of the height. Along
streets with regularly spaced trees, large canopy
trees will be planted at a rate of one tree for each
thirty to forty lineal feet of frontage; spreading
trees may require somewhat wider spacing. Large
canopy trees may also be used in setback areas
that exceed twenty feet in width, and may be
planted in masses.
Exhibit 5.3.2.2c – Large Canopy Trees
Vertical and Pyramidal trees: Vertical trees have
a mature height that dramatically exceeds their
mature width. Vertical trees will have a ratio of
height to width not less than 4:1, but which may (in
the case of certain varieties of palm) exceed 20:1.
Vertical trees will range in height from 30 to 100
feet when mature. The spacing of vertical trees will
typically be from eight feet to thirty feet on center
for streets on which they are regularly spaced,
depending on the ultimate size and spread of the
specific tree. When the primary purpose is
screening, vertical trees will be evergreen and will
be spaced so that the mature trees form a dense
visual barrier. When used in the Public Realm,
vertical trees will generally be used in combination
with canopy trees, especially in areas with
pedestrians, who will need canopy trees to provide
shade. Vertical trees are especially useful in
narrow setback areas as a contrast with lower
growing canopy trees or shrubs to create the
layered landscape.
Vertical and pyramidal trees are intended to serve
a variety of purposes. Among these are:
• Screening views of adjacent uses or
property;
• Establishing regular, easily recognizable
geometric patterns; and,
• Providing a dramatic vertical expression
that stands out from the surrounding
landscape.
Pyramidal trees have a characteristic shape like a
pyramid, and benefit from having space that
permits their lower branches to touch the ground.
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Many needle-leafed evergreens, such as pine and
cypress trees, belong to this category. Pyramidal
trees will be used as screens, as large scale
backdrop, in formal rows within setbacks, or,
where space permits, as large specimens.
Exhibit 5.3.2.2d – Vertical and Pyramidal
Trees
5.3.2.3 Shrub, Vine and Ground Cover
Selection and Use Criteria
This subsection explains the role that will be
played by shrubs, vines and ground cover to
support the basic design established by the trees.
Varying shrub, vines and ground cover sizes and
species shall be selected, with an emphasis on
providing adequate screening, species diversity,
pest resistance, and climate appropriateness
within the landscape design. This may include
shrubs, turf and other grasses, low growing
annuals and perennials, vines, and other varieties
of low growing plants, as further described below.
Shrubs: Shrubs will serve several main design
purposes to reinforce the basic landscape plan,
including the following:
• To screen views of surface parking lots,
service areas, trash enclosures, and other
sights that detract from the garden-like
character envisioned for the area, or to
provide privacy for pool areas, outdoor
eating areas, and patios associated with
ground floor hotel rooms;
• To provide a physical barrier to discourage
pedestrians from crossing streets midblock, or to direct pedestrian and vehicular traffic; and,
• To introduce an intermediate to low layer
within a layered landscape.
Exhibit 5.3.2.3a – Use of Shrubs to Screen
Surface Parking Lots
A large range of shrub species with varying
heights will be utilized to create an identity and
diversity within the planting palette in order to not
be dominated by a single species. Shrubs will
often appear as either loose (unclipped) but may
also include formal (clipped) hedges of consistent
height. Shrubs that are very low growing (less than
two feet tall), and that spread widely will be used
as a ground cover, while shrubs that grow taller
(up to fifteen feet) will be used for screening.
Exhibit 5.3.2.3b – Formal (Clipped) Hedges
Vary in Height
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Vines: Vines will be used for the following main
purposes:
• To create a cloak to cover walls and
buildings. For example, clinging vines will
be used on parking facilities, buildings and
walls to enhance building elevations, and
will help discourage graffiti;
• To create vertical and hanging gardens.
Vines will be trained to the trunks of palms
in order to enhance their appearance at
the pedestrian level, and will be used in
planters on parking facilities or other
buildings. Vines will also be used on
garden structures such as arbors and
trellises, especially where limited planting
area precludes a more traditional planting
of trees and shrubs; and,
• To establish a sprawling ground cover in
large areas where the vine’s growth can be
contained in the available space.
Ground Cover: In addition to spreading, low
growing shrubs, ground covers include turf and
other grasses, low growing annuals and
perennials, vines, and other varieties of plants that
do not generally exceed two or three feet in height
at maturity. Generally, ground covers will be used
to create a green or colored blanket over the
ground. Large areas of landscape will be planted
with drought-tolerant ground covers in order to
reduce water usage and long-term maintenance
costs. The use of turf as a ground cover will be
limited to particular areas where its smooth, green,
manicured appearance and ability to
accommodate light pedestrian traffic is needed.
Exhibit 5.3.2.3c – Ground Cover Includes Turf
and Other Grasses, Annuals, Vines, and
Other Varieties of Plants
5.3.3 Layered Landscape Design Criteria
This subsection describes in more detail the
layered landscape concept and provides criteria
that will be used to design areas in the Setback
Realm designated to have a layered landscape
treatment.
Since planting in both the Public Realm and
adjacent Setback Realm will be needed to create
a layered landscape, successful implementation
requires that planting in both realms reinforce
each other. As a result, setback landscaping will
vary depending on the treatment of adjacent
Public Realm landscape and may vary due to the
location of powerlines and transportation systems.
Implementation of the layered landscape is most
important in two areas: along Katella Avenue and
Harbor Boulevard, the two major streets and the
largest intersection within the Central Core, as an
additional device to create a unified appearance;
and, adjacent to large parking facilities, which will
benefit from the articulation of the building facade
provided by the variation in the size and height of
plant material. Such effective articulation for these
buildings would be difficult to provide only with
architecture.
While construction of the layered landscape in the
Public Realm will be achieved in large continuous
sections of street, layered landscape in the
Setback Realm will be constructed in smaller
pieces as individual parcels develop or are
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renovated. Achievement of the layered landscape
look will depend on the successful enforcement of
the concept on numerous parcels over a number
of years.
The length of the street frontage of individual
parcels is the most important factor that will
influence implementation of the layered
landscape. Parcel frontages of more than five
hundred lineal feet are long enough to provide the
variation needed to create the layered landscape
look within a single parcel, while frontages of less
than three hundred feet are too short to provide
much variation. Therefore, areas that have many
parcels with short frontages will require special
consideration. Exhibits 5.3.3a (Layered
Landscape Design Criteria for Long Parcel
Frontage Greater than 300 feet) and 5.3.3b
(Layered Landscape Design Criteria for Parcel
Frontages with less than 300 feet) illustrate
diagrammatically the criteria for creating layered
landscape based on the length of parcel frontage.
The width of the landscape setback also affects
the creation of the layered landscape. In order to
create a layered landscape, there needs to be at
least two horizontal or two vertical layers of
landscape to create rhythm and allow for planting
diversity. This means that in narrow setbacks (10-
20 feet wide), the selection of plant material is
likely to be different than for medium (20-30 feet),
or wide (greater than 30 feet) setbacks. Wider
setbacks permit the use of a larger canopy or
pyramidal trees or will allow more than three
layers in the Setback Realm alone. Exhibits 5.3.3c
through 5.3.3f illustrate diagrammatically the
criteria for creating layered landscape based on
setback width.
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Exhibit 5.3.3a – Layered Landscape Design Criteria for Long Parcel Frontage Greater than 300 Feet Exhibit 5.3.3b – Layered Landscape Design Criteria with Parcel Frontages Less than 300 Feet The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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Exhibit 5.3.3c – Elevation of East Parking Area from Clementine Street Showing Layered Landscape (refer to Exhibit 5.7.7a for Mickey and Friends parking structure image from the West Parking Area)
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Exhibit 5.3.3e – Elevation of Theme Park District from Katella Avenue Showing Layered Landscape Exhibit 5.3.3f – Elevation of Parking Facilities in Theme Park District from Walnut Street Showing Layered Landscape
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5.3.4 Minimum Tree Density
The Specific Plan identifies trees as a critical
element necessary to create a civic scale and to
establish the layered landscape envisioned for the
Setback Realm. Trees in the setbacks adjacent to
public streets also support the landscaping
proposed for the Public Realm. Therefore, both
the size and number of trees that are to be planted
in the Setback Realm are regulated by the
minimum landscape requirement.
To permit flexibility and design creativity in
landscape design, the minimum landscape
requirement recognizes that the effect of planting
many smaller sized trees is comparable to the
effect created by planting fewer large trees.
Therefore, the regulation allows for variation in the
size and number of trees.
Refer to Planning Standard Detail No. 10 for
relevant tree spacing recommendations.
5.3.4.1 Tree Density to Vary According to
Adjacent Use
The regulation also recognizes that the density of
trees adjacent to some types of uses should be
different than the density adjacent to others. The
densest tree planting will be required adjacent to
public parking facilities and residential uses.
Dense planting will also be required adjacent to
parking structures, back-of-house uses in the
Theme Park District and Southeast District,
service areas, or adjacent to other uses in The
Anaheim Resort, except within the Anaheim
GardenWalk Overlay. The least dense planting
will be required adjacent to Disneyland Resort
hotels, theme park entries, or other features where
visibility to the public is important.
5.3.4.2 The Tree Density Factor
To differentiate one tree density from another, all
final landscape plans submitted to the City for
approval will be required to show the Tree Density
Factor for each landscape area. To establish the
Tree Density Factor, all trees planted in the
Setback Realm will have a point value based upon
their size at installation. The point value varies
depending on the size of the tree: large trees have
a higher point value than small trees (the actual
values are defined below). The Tree Density
Factor for any landscape area is defined as the
sum of the point values for all trees installed
divided by the total area required to be
landscaped.
The Specific Plan establishes three levels of tree
density, defined as shown in Exhibit 5.3.4.2a,
(Levels of Tree Density).
Exhibit 5.3.4.2a – Levels of Tree Density
Tree Density Level Tree Density Factor
Very Dense ≥0.8
Dense ≥0.5 to <0.8
Moderately Dense ≥0.3 to <0.5
Exhibit 5.3.4a, ‘Tree Density Plan,’ shows the
location of each density of tree planting required
by the Specific Plan adjacent to public streets and
properties bordering the Specific Plan area. Tree
point values are defined in the Exhibit 5.3.4.2b,
(Tree Point Values).
Exhibit 5.3.4.2b – Tree Point Values
Points Size, Type
5 points 5-gallon tree (minimum tree size
permitted in the Setback Realm)
15 points 15-gallon tree
50 points
24-inch box canopy or vertical
tree; Washingtonia or Brahea
species palm with a trunk < 5
feet in height
125 points
36-inch box canopy or vertical
tree; Washingtonia or Brahea
species palm with a trunk ≤ 20
feet in height; Phoenix species
palm with trunk < 5 feet in height
300 points
48-inch box canopy or vertical
tree; Washingtonia or Brahea
species palm with a trunk > 20
feet in height; Phoenix species
palm with trunk ≤ 20 feet in
height
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Points Size, Type
600 points
60-inch box canopy or vertical
tree; Phoenix species palm with
trunk > 20 feet in height
1200 points 72-inch box canopy or vertical
tree
The total number of points for a given landscape
area within the setback must be equal to or greater
than the product of the Tree Density Factor and
the area to be landscaped. For example, a 10,000
square foot landscape area with a factor of 0.5
requires the total point value of trees planted in
this area to equal or exceed 5,000 points.
5.3.4.3 Walnut Street Tree Density
The plans, elevations and photos on the following
pages illustrate the effect of the Tree Density
Factor on Walnut Street adjacent to the West
Parking Area. As shown on the Tree Density
Factor Plan, this area has a Tree Density Factor
of 0.8. The exhibits show the appearance of the
landscape in both the Setback Realm and Public
Realm, and the plan and elevation show how the
appearance of this landscape will change as the
trees mature. They show the probable
appearance immediately after installation, after
approximately 5 years, and again at maturity
(which varies depending on the type of tree).
Exhibit 5.3.4.3a (Walnut Street Landscaping at
Maturity (After 20 years)) illustrates the Walnut
Street Landscaping 20 years after planting. The
photographs shown in Exhibit 5.3.4.3b (Photos of
Walnut Street Landscape as of 2022) indicates
how the Tree Density Factor helped to achieve the
original goals of the Design Plan, with trees
providing dense screening along Walnut Street.
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Exhibit 5.3.4.3a – Walnut Street Landscape at Maturity (After 20 Years) The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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5.3.5 Plant Selection
This subsection is intended to assist in the
selection of plant material to be used within all
three Realms of the Specific Plan area. Planning
Standard Detail No. 10 contains two plant
selection matrices: one for trees and another for
shrubs, vines and ground cover. The plants listed
in Planning Standard Detail No. 10 fulfill the
planting design requirements contained in
Subsection 5.3.2, ‘Plant Materials Selection and
Use’ and identify the specific plant material that
may be used to satisfy the landscape
requirements in the Design Plan.
Planning Standard Detail No. 10 identifies the
trees by street location and Exhibit 5.3.7a,
‘Setback Realm Landscape Cross-Section
Segments’ identifies the location of application.
Section 5.3.2, ‘Plant Materials Selection and Use,’
contains a description of these classifications, and
generally describes the basic uses for each type
of tree. For each species, Planning Standard
Detail No. 10 contains detailed information about
the character of the tree, including:
• maximum height and spread;
• spacing at installation;
• water use;
• intended use; and
• tree type.
Planning Standard Detail No. 10 identifies where
and how trees should be used, and the
appropriateness of each species for use in
different Realm areas. For the Private Realm, any
tree listed in the matrix may be utilized.
Planning Standard Detail No. 10 follows a similar
pattern by identifying the shrubs, vines and ground
cover by street location and application. For each
species, Planning Standard Detail No. 10 contains
detailed information about the character of the
shrubs, vines and ground cover, including:
• maximum height and spread;
• spacing at installation; and
• water use.
Planning Standard Detail No. 10 identifies where
and how shrubs, vines and ground cover should
be used, and the appropriateness of each species
for use in different Realm areas. For the Private
Realm, any shrubs, vines and ground cover listed
in the matrix may be utilized.
For Planning Standard Detail No. 10 , a ‘P’
indicates that the particular plant has either the
quality indicated (in the case of the portion of the
matrix which describes the plant’s character), or
that the plant is preferred for the designation. A
solid dot indicates that the plant is acceptable for
the indicated use, and the absence of a dot
generally means that the plant should not be used
for the specified situation. Within the Private
Realm, the matrix may be interpreted more freely;
for example, it is acceptable for trees not identified
as specimens to be used as specimens if planted
in larger sizes (48” box, or larger). The intent is to
permit more flexibility for landscape areas located
in the Private Realm but visible from the public
rights-of-way.
Plants listed in Planning Standard Detail No. 10
should comprise at least 80% of the area to be
landscaped and 80% of the total list of plants to be
used within the Setback Realm and Public Realm.
Plants listed in Planning Standard No. 10 should
also comprise at least 80% of the area to be
landscaped and 80% of the total list of plants to be
used within the Private Realm, where visible from
the public right-of-way. Ensuring similar and
complementary tree, shrubs, vines and ground
cover within both the Specific Plan and The
Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program, and Planning Standard Detail No. 10 will
strengthen the overall appearance of The
Anaheim Resort.
Planning Standard Detail No. 10 may be amended
from time-to-time by the Planning and Building
Director to update the matrices with more current
and contemporary plant nursery offerings that are
more drought, disease and/or pest-resistant
plantings.
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For plantings within the Public Realm, Planning
Standard Detail No. 10 identifies the preferred
species and location. The Public Realm matrix
may be amended from time-to-time by the
Planning and Building Director and the Public
Works Director. All plants and trees in the Public
Realm shall be subject to the review and approval
of the City.
5.3.6 Landscape Concept Diagram
Exhibit 3.9-1 ‘Landscape Concept Plan, within
The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program shows the different landscape
treatments for each of the major public streets in
the area, as well as the location of the layered
landscape treatment of setback areas on private
property. This Concept Plan is intended to
illustrate the overall planting design concept and
does not show the actual size or placement of
trees and other landscape elements.
5.3.7 Landscape Cross-Sections
As identified in Exhibit 5.3.7a (Setback Realm
Landscape Cross-Section Segments), important
Setback Realm areas within the Specific Plan area
have been included that necessitate an enhanced
landscape focus to ensure future compatibility
with the surrounding area as the buildout of the
Specific Plan area occurs. These landscape
Setback Realm concepts build upon and enhance
the landscape character existing within these
areas while meeting other design direction found
within the Design Plan.
The landscape Cross-Sections depicted on the
following pages are intended to be aspirational in
nature and depict the future landscape character
of the street as these Setback Realm areas
transition over time, consistent with design
direction found within the Design Plan.
Landscaping within the Setback Realm to be
provided by owner and maintained by the
Anaheim Resort Maintenance District (ARMD).
For full landscape Cross-Sections, refer to Section
5.8.1, ‘Full-Street Reference Plan and CrossSections’, which are intended to provide a general overview of the different landscape treatments
that help create the unifying identity for The
Anaheim Resort. They also show the approximate
location of the Public Realm, Setback Realm and
Private Realm on each street in the Specific Plan
area. In this way they provide a key to Sections
5.5, 5.6 and 5.7 which contain more detailed
information about each Realm, including the role
each Realm plays in creating an overall unifying
identity.
The Cross-Sections in Section 5.8.1, ‘Full-Street
Reference Plan and Cross-Sections’ are not
intended to illustrate every condition that may
occur within or adjacent to the street right-of-way,
however they do contain detailed information on
other topics such as setback and right-of-way
dimensions.
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Exhibit 5.3.7b – Disneyland Drive Landscape Setback Section (A-A) The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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Exhibit 5.3.7c – Disneyland Drive Landscape Setback Section (B-B) The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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Exhibit 5.3.7i – Walnut Street Landscape Setback Section (I-I) The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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Exhibit 5.3.7p – Clementine Street Landscape Setback Section (S-S) The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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5.4 Identity Concept Plan
Since adoption of the Specific Plan, the City of
Anaheim approved The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program which identifies specific
recommendations for the location and design of
gateways, signs, banners, light fixtures, street
furniture and other design elements in the Public
Realm which contribute to the creation of an
identity for The Anaheim Resort. The Anaheim
Resort Identity Program should be referred to for
the identity elements in the Public Realm with the
exception of specific provisions of this Section
which describe concepts and designs for the
Gateway facilities and other elements related to
The Disneyland Resort.
Section 3, ‘Streetscape Elements’ within The
Anaheim Resort Identity Program identifies design
principles and conceptual material specifications
that define the character for the major streetscape
elements in The Anaheim Resort. For additional
information regarding theme streetscape
elements not discussed within this Specific Plan,
refer to The Anaheim Resort Identity Program.
Many of the original identity concepts identified in
The Anaheim Resort Identity Program and The
Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape
Program have been implemented prior to Phase
IV. As part of DisneylandForward, The Anaheim
Resort Identity Program and The Anaheim Resort
Public Realm Landscape Program were
amended, as further described in those
documents.
5.4.1 Gateways
Gateways define the entries into The Anaheim
Resort and the Specific Plan area. They help
establish the area as distinctly different from
surrounding areas and inform arriving visitors that
they are entering The Anaheim Resort with a
resort/recreation character.
The following is a general description and guiding
principles for each of the major gateway types
within the Specific Plan area including:
• Freeway Gateways,
• Arterial Road Gateways;
• Vehicular Arrival Gateways; and
• Pedestrian Arrival Gateways.
Refer to Exhibit 5.4.1a (Gateway Location Plan)
for the specific location of existing and proposed
gateways. For additional information regarding
freeway gateways and arterial road gateways,
which are located in the Public Realm, refer to The
Anaheim Resort Identity Program.
With the exception of the Vehicular Arrival
Gateways at the Southeast District and on Disney
Way and the Pedestrian Arrival Gateways at the
Southeast District and Disneyland Drive North and
the Vehicular Arrival Gateway and Pedestrian
Arrival Gateway at the Theme Park East Overlay
on Harbor Boulevard in the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan, all Freeway Gateways, Arterial
Road Gateways, Vehicular Arrival Gateways, and
Pedestrian Arrival Gateways were completed prior
to Phase IV. Future designs of these gateways
may be modified as part of future development, in
accordance with relevant Specific Plan and The
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan guidance.
5.4.1.1 Freeway Gateways
As most of the visitors to The Disneyland Resort
and the surrounding Anaheim Resort will arrive via
Interstate 5, these gateway areas have an
important role in creating and enhancing the
overall Anaheim Resort identity and the identity of
The Disneyland Resort. Accordingly, the design of
the Interstate 5 interchanges at Disneyland Drive,
Harbor Boulevard, and Katella Avenue/Disney
Way reinforces and complements the overall
design objectives of the Specific Plan.
The treatment of each interchange as a largescale garden is easily perceived from vehicles traveling at freeway speeds. To differentiate the
interchanges from one another, each features a
distinct landscape type found in Southern
California. The design plan includes planting
treatments at Disneyland Drive (Exhibit 5.4.1.1a
(Disneyland Drive Freeway Interchange), Harbor
Boulevard (Exhibit 5.4.1.1b (Harbor Boulevard
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Freeway Interchange)), Katella Avenue/Disney
Way (Exhibit 5.4.1.1c (Katella Avenue/Disney
Way Freeway Interchange)) interchanges. Plants
were selected for their drought tolerance to the
extent feasible, as well as their ability to create a
visual identity and impact.
Exhibit 5.4.1.1a – Disneyland Drive Freeway
Interchange
Exhibit 5.4.1.1b – Harbor Boulevard Freeway
Interchange
Exhibit 5.4.1.1c – Katella Avenue/Disney Way
Freeway Interchange
Other optional features which could be
incorporated into these Gateways include:
• Night lighting which highlights the arrival
experience;
• Architectural elements consistent with the
other garden-like elements to be used in
the area; and,
• Identification signs to supplement the
directional signs.
5.4.1.2 Arterial Road Gateways
As described in The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program, there are four Arterial Road Gateways
within The Anaheim Resort. These Arterial Road
Gateways reinforce the overall identity of The
Anaheim Resort. Arterial Road Gateways are
located in the Public Realm and were previously
completed prior to Phase IV. This includes Arterial
Road Gateways located within the public right-ofway on Harbor Boulevard south of Manchester Avenue and south of Convention Way as well as
along Katella Avenue west of Anaheim Boulevard
and east of Walnut Street. For additional
information on the design criteria for Arterial Road
Gateways, refer to The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program, Section 3.1, ‘Gateways’.
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5.4.1.3 Vehicular Arrival Gateways
There are five Vehicular Arrival Gateways located
within the Specific Plan area and two within the
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan. These Vehicular
Arrival Gateways include Disneyland Drive North,
Disneyland Drive South, Southeast District North,
Southeast District East, and Clementine
Street/Disney Way in the Specific Plan Area and
Manchester Avenue along the Parking Overlay
and Harbor Boulevard at the entrance to the
Theme Park East Overlay in the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan as shown on Exhibit 5.4.1a
(Gateway Location Plan).
These Vehicular Arrival Gateways will be primarily
oriented to vehicles but will also accommodate
pedestrians. To be compatible with the Arterial
Gateways in The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program, the Vehicular Arrival Gateways will
include elements located in both the median and
parkways. Special landscape planting will
enhance the gateway area and will provide for
pageantry, such as flags and banners. Special
architectural features may span from one side of
the street to the other, or from parkways to
medians. Night lighting will be used during the
evening to enhance the gateway’s effect. Sign
copy identifying The Disneyland Resort (such as
signs) may also be included within the Vehicular
Arrival Gateways in the setback area. Any
elements constructed in the public right-of-way will
be required to obtain an encroachment agreement
from the City. A more detailed plan depicting the
arrival areas of the public right-of-way shall be
submitted for review and Public Works Director for
conformance with The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program.
5.4.1.3.1 Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival
Gateway North
The Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival Gateway
North is located at the entry to the West Parking
Facility on Disneyland Drive. It is oriented primarily
to vehicles but also accommodates pedestrians
and includes special landscape planting, lighting,
surrounding garden elements along with
pageantry. It includes a pedestrian bridge over
Magic Way to allow pedestrian access to the
Theme Park District.
Exhibit 5.4.1.3.1a – Disneyland Drive
Vehicular Arrival Gateway North
5.4.1.3.2 Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival
Gateway South
The Disneyland Drive Vehicular Arrival Gateway
South is located immediately north of the
intersection of Disneyland Drive and Katella
Avenue. It is oriented primarily to vehicles but also
accommodates pedestrians and includes special
landscape planting, lighting, surrounding garden
elements along with pageantry.
Exhibit 5.4.1.3.2a – Disneyland Drive
Vehicular Arrival Gateway South
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Exhibit 5.4.1.3.1b – Disneyland Drive Arrival Gateway
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5.4.1.3.3 Southeast District Vehicular Arrival
Gateways
As part of DisneylandForward, two new Vehicular
Arrival Gateways are proposed at the Southeast
District. The Southeast District Vehicular Arrival
Gateway North will be located at the intersection
of Katella Avenue and Clementine Street and the
Southeast District Vehicular Arrival Gateway East
will be located along Haster Street, just south of
Katella Avenue. Both of these Arrival Gateways
will be oriented to vehicles, with the location off of
Katella Avenue also oriented to pedestrians.
These Vehicular Arrival Gateways will include
special landscape planting surrounding garden
elements along with pageantry and night lighting
to enhance the gateway’s effect. Sign copy
identifying The Disneyland Resort (such as signs
described in Section 7.0, Zoning and
Development Standards) may also be included in
the setback area at these Vehicular Arrival
Gateways.
5.4.1.3. 4 Disney Way/Clementine Street
Vehicular Arrival Gateway
As part of DisneylandForward, a new Vehicular
Arrival Gateway is proposed along Disney Way
between Clementine Street and Harbor Boulevard
and Clementine Street from Disney Way to the
north boundary of the Specific Plan into the
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area. Since the final
configuration of the East Parking Area has not yet
been determined, the precise configuration and
character of this gateway has not yet been
established. However, the gateway elements may
include:
• The drop-off area adjacent to Harbor
Boulevard, which may be moved to the
East Parking Area or the Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan Parking Overlay in
conjunction with the construction of the
parking facility in the East Parking Area
and at least one and up to three pedestrian
bridges over Harbor Boulevard; These
bridge(s) will also provide public
pedestrian access to and from the public
right-of-way and are subject to Section 4.6,
Pedestrian Circulation Plan;
• Landscape, architectural, and sign
elements that visitors entering the theme
parks will use and see;
• Pedestrian walkways and/or transportation
system(s) which will move people to the
entry plaza; and,
• A Harbor Boulevard pedestrian crosswalk
in combination with at least one and up to
three pedestrian bridges over Harbor
Boulevard.
5.4.1.3.5 Theme Park East Overlay Vehicular
Arrival Gateway
As part of DisneylandForward, a new Vehicular
Arrival Gateway is proposed along Harbor
Boulevard at the Theme Park East Overlay within
the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan. The Theme
Park East Overlay Vehicular Arrival Gateway will
be located on the east side of Harbor Boulevard at
the intersection of Convention Way. This
Vehicular Arrival Gateway will be oriented to
vehicles and include special landscape planting
surrounding garden elements along with
pageantry and night lighting to enhance the
gateway’s effect. Sign copy identifying The
Disneyland Resort (such as signs described in
Section 7.0, Zoning and Development Standards)
may also be included in the setback area at these
Vehicular Arrival Gateways.
5.4.1.4 Pedestrian Arrival Gateways
Pedestrian Arrival Gateways occur between
public parking facilities and theme park entry
plazas, such as the existing Pedestrian Arrival
Gateway on Harbor Boulevard. They will be
primarily oriented to pedestrians and the gateway
area may include the entire experience from the
parking facility to the theme park entry. The
character of these gateways is related to the
theme park experience and may consist of
architectural, lighting, and landscape elements
which are organized to heighten the pedestrian’s
anticipation of entering the theme park.
Informational and directional signs, flags and
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displays may be part of the gateway, as well as
marquee signs intended to identify the theme
parks to pedestrians and vehicles. A more detailed
plan depicting the arrival areas in the public rightof-way shall be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Building Director and Public
Works Director for conformance with The
Anaheim Resort Identity Program.
5.4.1.4.1 Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Arrival
Gateway
The Harbor Boulevard Pedestrian Arrival Gateway
extends from Disney Way to the theme park entry
plaza located between the Disneyland and
California Adventure theme parks on the west side
of Harbor Boulevard. It is oriented primarily to
pedestrians and includes special landscape
planting, lighting, surrounding garden elements
along with pageantry.
5.4.1.4.2 Disneyland Drive Pedestrian Arrival
Gateway North
With approval of DisneylandForward another
gateway may extend south of the West Parking
Area to the Theme Park District. The Disneyland
Drive Pedestrian Arrival Gateway North extends
from the West Parking Area to Magic Way. Some
gateway elements are existing, however new
gateway elements may include:
• Pedestrian bridge over Disneyland Drive
and Magic Way;
• A pedestrian and/or transportation
system(s), which will move people south
along Disneyland Drive or an alternative
route to the entry plaza;
• Landscape and architectural elements
within the landscaped area west of the
main entry plaza between the theme park
uses and the resort hotels located west
and east of Disneyland Drive; and,
• Sign elements, including informational,
directional, and other signs intended to
assist visitors arriving at the theme park.
5.4.1.4.3 Disneyland Drive Pedestrian Arrival
Gateway South
As part of DisneylandForward, another gateway
may extend north from Katella Avenue along
Disneyland Drive adjacent to the Theme Park
District. The existing 125’ by 125’ landscape
triangles located along Disneyland Drive north of
Katella Avenue will be maintained, as depicted on
Exhibit 5.3.7c (Disneyland Drive Landscape
Setback Section (B-B)). Some Gateway elements
are existing, however new gateway elements may
include:
• A pedestrian and/or transportation
system(s), which will move people north
along Disneyland Drive or an alternative
route to the entry plaza;
• Landscape and architectural elements
within the landscaped area west of the
main entry plaza between the theme park
uses and the resort hotels located west
and east of Disneyland Drive; and,
• Sign elements, including informational,
directional, and other signs intended to
assist visitors arriving at the theme park.
Exhibit 5.4.1.4.3a – Disneyland Drive
Pedestrian Arrival Gateway South Landscape
Treatment
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5.4.1.4.4 Southeast District Pedestrian Arrival
Gateway
As part of DisneylandForward, a new Pedestrian
Arrival Gateway is proposed at the Southeast
District. The Southeast District Pedestrian Arrival
Gateway will be located at the intersection of
Katella Avenue and Clementine Street. This
Arrival Gateway will be oriented to pedestrians
and will also have vehicular access. It will include
special landscape planting surrounding garden
elements along with pageantry and night lighting
to enhance the gateway’s effect. Sign copy
identifying The Disneyland Resort (such as signs
described in Section 7.0, Zoning and
Development Standards) may also be included in
the setback area at this Pedestrian Arrival
Gateway.
5.4.1.4.5 Theme Park East Overlay Pedestrian
Arrival Gateway
As part of DisneylandForward, a new Pedestrian
Arrival Gateway is proposed along Harbor
Boulevard at the Theme Park East Overlay in the
Anaheim Resort Specific Plan. The Theme Park
Easy Overlay Pedestrian Arrival Gateway will be
located on the east side of Harbor Boulevard at
the intersection of Convention Way. It will include
special landscape planting surrounding garden
elements along with pageantry and night lighting
to enhance the gateway’s effect. Sign copy
identifying The Disneyland Resort (such as signs
described in Section 7.0, Zoning and
Development Standards) may also be included in
the setback area at the Pedestrian Arrival
Gateway.
5.4.1.4.6 Special Intersection Landscape
Treatment
Special intersection landscape treatment, as
depicted in Exhibit 5.4.1.4.6a (Special Intersection
Landscape Treatment), is required and further
described in Section 7.0, Zoning and
Development Standards, for the following
intersections:
• Harbor Boulevard and Katella Avenue;
• Katella Avenue and Walnut Street; and,
• Disneyland Drive and Ball Road.
Exhibit 5.4.1.4.6a - Special Intersection
Landscape Treatment
5.4.2 Identity and Sign Concepts
As outlined in The Anaheim Resort Identity
Program, there are five concepts that guide the
development of identity and sign elements within
the Public Realm. These include:
• Reinforce the Landscape Character of the
Specific Plan Area;
• Forms to be Traditional in Appearance;
• Integrated Sign Program Directs Visitors
Efficiently;
• Consistent Color System; and,
• Family of Signs.
This Section will guide the development of identity
and sign elements located within the Setback and
Private Realms.
5.4.2.1 Night Lighting to Create a Festive
Atmosphere
Night lighting will be another component of the
identity concept. Lighting visible from public
streets will be especially important in helping to
create the festive, garden-like atmosphere of the
Specific Plan area. Accordingly, the following
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night lighting concepts will be applied within the
Specific Plan area:
• Identity will be created by the effects
created by night lighting, rather than the
specific form or design of individual light
fixtures;
• The spectrum of night lighting will be
limited to warm colors to create a more
unified identity, and may include colored
LED lighting; and,
• Lighting on private parcels will be
concentrated primarily in pedestrian areas.
5.4.3 Sign Elements
Signs contribute to the unified appearance within
the Specific Plan area. Private signs support the
overall design goals of the Specific Plan, though
greater flexibility in the design, location, and
messages of private signs will be provided in
response to the widely varying needs of individual
properties. Design guidelines for private signs are
discussed further in Section 5.6, ‘The Setback
Realm’ and Section 5.7, ‘The Private Realm’.
For signs located within the public right-of-way,
refer to The Anaheim Resort Identity Program for
additional design direction. Signs in the public
right-of-way have a consistent theme that includes
consistent support structures, type face, and color
palette. Sign elements may be externally or
internally illuminated. The placement of signs and
their individual messages will be established prior
to sign construction and installation. The major
sign elements in the public right-of-way include:
• Changeable message signs;
• Vehicular directional signs;
• Pedestrian directional signs; and,
• Regulatory signs.
5.4.3.1 Changeable Message Signs
Changeable message signs feature electronically
controlled display areas which allow custom
messages to be displayed. The messages may
vary during the day and will provide important
information to arriving or departing visitors about
the location of attractions, parking, or traffic
conditions. The final location of these signs will be
identified prior to construction. Temporary
installations of these signs may be necessary in
order to respond to the changing nature of The
Anaheim Resort during the development process.
Changeable message signs may be supported by
structures with the facade incorporating a garden
character found in the entry gateways and other
sign and light pole supports.
5.4.3.2 Vehicular Directional Signs
Vehicular Directional Signs include the following
basic types:
• Primary signs which provide major
directional and informational content which
may span the roadway; and,
• Secondary sized signs which may be
located in either the parkway or median.
Although these signs are usually non-changeable,
it is likely that some will include changeable
portions which can direct traffic or provide
information about current events. Vehicular
directional signs will be designed to be compatible
with other signs and identity elements in terms of
their character, color and type face. The large and
medium-sized sign support structures may
incorporate the garden vocabulary used in The
Anaheim Resort Gateways.
5.4.3.3 Pedestrian Directional and
Informational Signs
In addition to those listed in The Anaheim Resort
Identity Program Section 4.3.5, ‘Pedestrian
Directional and Informational Signs,’ pedestrian
directional and information signs may include two
different types:
• Minor pedestrian directional signs which
will be placed within the parkways of the
public right-of-way in appropriate
locations, and which will be compatible
with vehicular directional and informational
signs; and,
• Information kiosks, which will be located in
pedestrian gathering places, and which
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will provide a place for information about
current activities within The Anaheim
Resort. The kiosk appearance will
complement the garden character of other
identity elements.
5.4.3.4 Regulatory Signs
Refer to Section 4.3.3, ‘Regulatory Signs,’ of The
Anaheim Resort Identity Program for relevant
design direction on Regulatory Signs within the
Public Realm.
5.4.3.5 Private Signs
Private signs include those signs on private
property which are intended to identify particular
uses or properties. The Design Plan, in
conjunction with Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards,’ and Section 4.3.6,
‘Freestanding Monument Signs,’ of The Anaheim
Resort Identity Program, contains design criteria
which regulate the location, size, appearance and
message of these signs. Refer to the above
referenced documents, Planning Standard Detail
Nos. 5-8, as well as the basic principles listed
below which guide the design of private signs
(which are also explained in more detail in Section
5.6.2, ‘Freestanding Sign Guidelines’) include the
following:
• Except as specifically permitted in this
Specific Plan and in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning
and Development Standards,’ all freestanding signs shall be monument signs; and,
• Monument signs will have a consistent
design which identifies the use as being
part of The Anaheim Resort, unless
otherwise permitted in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning
and Development Standards’.
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5.5 Design Criteria for The Public
Realm
The Public Realm is the most visible segment of
the design hierarchy, as it includes all of the area
within the ultimate public right-of-way within The
Anaheim Resort, including but not limited to public
streets, street medians, parkways, and sidewalks.
Due to the visual prominence and because
development of this segment will primarily be
implemented by the City, or other governmental
agencies (i.e., Caltrans for I-5 widening), the
Specific Plan proposes more detailed design
solutions for the Public Realm than for the Setback
or Private Realms.
The primary design emphasis in the Public Realm
is to provide a streetscape design that implements
the major design concepts described in the
preceding sections. Adherence to the streetscape
design concepts proposed for the Public Realm is
extremely important because of the dominant role
a street’s image has in creating the identity of The
Anaheim Resort. Creating a strong identity is
critically dependent on implementing a consistent,
high quality, streetscape treatment. Virtually all
who pass through The Anaheim Resort will be
affected by the quality of the street environment.
The Public Realm includes public streets wholly
within the Specific Plan area or public streets on
the border of the Specific Plan area. To simplify
the description, the Specific Plan describes all
public streets contained wholly or partially within
the Specific Plan area for the benefit of
consistency with the Anaheim Resort Specific
Plan. Public streets entirely outside the Specific
Plan area have been excluded. Interstate 5, which
is located outside The Anaheim Resort, has been
included within the Public Realm because of its
importance to the visitor experience.
Exhibit 5.5a (The Public Realm), shows the extent
of the Public Realm within The Anaheim Resort
and includes some areas that are only described
in the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan, such as the
section of West Street south of Katella Avenue, or
Harbor Boulevard north of Interstate 5. The CrossSections in this section are intended to illustrate the general tree categories, such as canopy or
vertical trees, and are not intended to illustrate
specific tree types.
5.5.1 The Public Streets
Public streets are the backbone of the Public
Realm. Consequently, it is important that the
public streets conform to the design concepts
described in this section. Refer to Exhibit 5.5.1a
(The Public Realm Cross-Sections Key) for the
location of public streets within the Specific Plan
area.
5.5.1.1 Disneyland Drive
Disneyland Drive is the main north-south street
through The Disneyland Resort. Prior to Phase IV,
a segment of Disneyland Drive was lowered to
allow a pedestrian bridge linking the east and west
sides of the street. The landscaping within the
Public Realm is intended to help tie together the
different uses on either side of the street with a
planting of medium or small canopy trees and
vertical trees from Katella Avenue to the north end
of the West Parking Area. Pedestrian walks will be
separated from vehicular traffic by a landscaped
parkway along most of the entire length of the
street. Exhibit 5.5.1.1a (Disneyland Drive Public
Realm) shows the treatment of the Public Realm
of Disneyland Drive, with landscape within the
parkways and median (landscape within the
parkways and median may be eliminated under
pedestrian bridges only)
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Exhibit 5.5.1.1a – Disneyland Drive Public
Realm (A-A)
5.5.1.2 Harbor Boulevard
Harbor Boulevard is the main north-south street
within The Anaheim Resort and serves as an
important edge for the Disneyland and Disney
California Adventure theme parks, and other
Anaheim Resort uses. The landscape treatment
unifies the two sides of the street by establishing
landscape treatments that are consistent on both
sides of the street. The treatment consists of
regularly spaced medium or large spreading
canopy trees and vertical trees. The canopy trees
provide shade for pedestrians that walk to the
theme parks, Anaheim Convention Center, or
other Anaheim Resort uses from the hotels on
Harbor Boulevard, and the vertical trees are
intended to provide a skyline identity for the street.
The median is planted with the same canopy trees
that are planted in the landscaped parkways. The
trees create a green canopy over the street. A
landscaped parkway separates pedestrians from
vehicular traffic. Within the median, shrubs form a
barrier to prevent pedestrian crossings at midblock. This barrier should be easily seen to be impenetrable to pedestrians. Exhibit 5.5.1.2a
(Harbor Boulevard Public Realm) shows the
typical treatment of the Harbor Boulevard public
right-of-way.
Exhibit 5.5.1.2a – Harbor Boulevard Public
Realm (B-B)
5.5.1.3 Katella Avenue
Katella Avenue is the main east-west street within
The Anaheim Resort and serves as the southern
boundary to the Theme Park District and the
northern boundary of the Southeast District. In the
spirit of differentiating the major streets from each
other, the landscape on Katella Avenue features
formal colonnades of regularly spaced palms. The
intent is to:
• Create a dramatic impression with the
multiple rows of closely spaced palms;
• Maximize the effectiveness of the area
available for landscape by using the
multiple layers to create an increased
sense of depth of the landscape along the
street; and,
• Use the palm’s ultimate height to help
create a feeling of enclosure, thereby
reducing the apparent scale of the street.
A landscaped parkway separates pedestrian
walks on both sides of the street from vehicular
traffic. The broad canopy of the palm trees
provides shade on the walks, and the narrow
trunks permit views into adjoining properties.
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Exhibit 5.5.1.3a – Katella Avenue Public
Realm (C-C)
5.5.1.4 Disney Way
Disney Way will bring automobiles efficiently into
the East Parking Area. The landscape treatment
within the Public Realm features regularly spaced
alternating small or medium canopy trees, such as
those shown in the accompanying Cross-Section.
Pedestrians will be able to walk to the theme parks
from the East Parking Area, as will guests of The
Anaheim Resort hotels who choose to walk to the
Theme Park District via this route. There will be no
pedestrian walkway for approximately 750 feet on
the north side of Disney Way from Clementine
Street to the Anaheim GardenWalk traffic signal in
the event this area is used as an entrance to a
parking structure in the East Parking Area. A
sidewalk with eight-foot landscaped parkway will
separate pedestrians from vehicular traffic from
the Anaheim GardenWalk traffic signal to Harbor
Boulevard on the north and south sides of Disney
Way.
Exhibit 5.5.1.4a – Disney Way west of
Clementine Street in the Public Realm (D-D)
5.5.1.5 Clementine Street and Manchester
Avenue
Like Disney Way, Clementine Street and
Manchester Avenue are important vehicular
access roads to the East Parking Area. The
proposed landscape for the public rights-of-way of
these streets is similar to the treatment of Disney
Way and is illustrated in the Cross-Sections in
Exhibits 5.5.1.5a/b (Clementine Street in the
Public Realm (Interim and Ultimate Condition)).
Pedestrian walkways are separated from
vehicular traffic by a landscaped parkway. With
development of a parking structure in the East
Parking Area north of Disney Way, the existing
pedestrian walkway will become a wider shareduse pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists on the west side of Clementine Street between Disney
Way and Alro Way.
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Exhibit 5.5.1.5a – Clementine Street in the
Public Realm (Interim Condition) (E-E)
Exhibit 5.5.1.5b – Clementine Street in the
Public Realm (Ultimate Condition – North of
Disney Way) (F-F)
Exhibit 5.5.1.5c – Clementine Street in the
Public Realm (Ultimate Condition – South of
Disney Way) (G-G)
5.5.1.6 Walnut Street
Walnut Street forms the western edge of the
Specific Plan area. The landscape within the
public right-of-way includes vertical trees planted
in a continuous parkway on the east side of the
street and medium canopy trees in a median
between Ball Road and Katella Avenue. Vertical
trees of a similar size and type are on the west
side of the street. A continuous pedestrian
walkway on the east side of the street separates
pedestrians from vehicular traffic by a landscaped
parkway. As part of Phase IV, a pedestrian
crossing will be incorporated near Magic Way to
provide a pedestrian connection from one side of
the street to the other and a wider, shared-use
pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists will be
added to the east side of Walnut Street.
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Exhibit 5.5.1.6a– Walnut Street in the Public
Realm (H-H)
5.5.1.7 Magic Way
With approval of DisneylandForward, the City will
abandon the public right-of-way for Magic Way
and a cul-de-sac will be constructed at the western
end of Magic Way to prevent vehicular access to
and from Walnut Street. Emergency vehicular
access and pedestrian access will continue to be
provided. The landscape currently consists of
regularly spaced small or medium canopy trees on
both sides of the street, with a continuous
pedestrian walkway on the north and south side of
the street that separates pedestrians from
vehicular traffic by a landscaped parkway.
Exhibit 5.5.1.7a – Magic Way (I-I)
5.5.1.8 Ball Road
Ball Road is another major east-west street and
the northern edge of the Specific Plan area. The
landscape treatment for the public right-of-way
includes medium or large canopy trees in tree
wells and trees of the same species and
complementary ground cover planted in the raised
medians.
Exhibit 5.5.1.8a – Ball Road (I-5 to West Place)
in the Public Realm, with painted median (J-J)
Exhibit 5.5.1.8b – Ball Road (West Place to
Walnut Street) in the Public Realm, with
landscaped median (K-K)
5.5.1.9 Haster Street
The Haster Street landscape consists of
alternating, regularly spaced small or medium
canopy trees and vertical trees. Pedestrian
sidewalks are separated from vehicular traffic by a
landscaped parkway.
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Exhibit 5.5.1.9a – Haster Street in the Public
Realm (L-L)
5.6 Design Criteria for The Setback
Realm
The Setback Realm includes the required
structural setback area between the Public and
Private Realms as identified in Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards’. The
primary role of the land in the Setback Realm is to
support the design objectives for the entire
Specific Plan area by reinforcing the design of the
streets. The setback areas vary significantly in
width, use, and character. Consequently, the
design guidelines for the Setback Realm vary
depending on these factors. Visual consistency
will be achieved by application of the common
landscape vocabulary, such as the layered
landscape concept described in preceding
sections, and the landscape treatment along the
adjacent public streets. Exhibit 5.6a (The Setback
Realm), shows the location of the Setback Realm
within the Specific Plan area.
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5.6.1 Exterior Lighting
The following guidelines apply to exterior lighting
in the Setback Realm or visible from the public
right-of-way.
• All night lighting shall predominantly
consist of lights that have a warm,
incandescent appearance; “cool” light
sources, such as mercury vapor lights, or
other light sources which give people and
plants a strange appearance at night, such
as low- or high-pressure sodium lights,
shall not be visible from major streets,
including Harbor Boulevard, Katella
Avenue, or West Street/Disneyland Drive
(Code Section 18.114.050).
• Illuminated areas shall be localized as
much as possible; light fixtures which
broadcast light over large areas, or which
are a source of glare are not permitted
(Code Section 18.114.050).
Exhibit 5.6.1a – Localize Lighting Effects
• Exterior building illumination shall be
focused at the pedestrian level—
storefronts, building entries, porte
cocheres, and other comparable locations
(Code Section 18.114.050).
• Special accent lighting may illuminate
unique architectural details where
appropriate, but such lighting should be
focused and used sparingly; night lighting
effects which illuminate entire buildings, or
large portions of buildings will not be
permitted where such buildings are
prominently visible from adjacent public
streets (Code Section 18.114.130.050).
• Multi-colored lights may only be used
sparingly; the dominant light colors shall
be “warm,” incandescent-like colors (Code
Section 18.114.050).
• Landscape lighting, including tree up
lights, small barebulb incandescent lights,
“twinkle” lights and other similar lighting
effects are encouraged to add a glittering
or specular effect to supplement the
indirect nature of the rest of the Specific
Plan area’s night lighting.
• Except for small, bare-bulb and “twinkle”
lights, all landscape lighting fixtures,
including tree up lights, shall be concealed
from view by burial in the ground or by
locating them in landscaped areas (Code
Section 18.114.050).
5.6.2 Freestanding Sign Guidelines and
Standards
The Anaheim Resort Identity Program, Section
4.3.6, ‘Pedestrian Directional and Informational
Signs’, contains the design criteria for
freestanding signs. Regulations regarding the
standard Anaheim Resort freestanding business
monument signs and the landscaped wall identity
sign (in lieu of a freestanding monument sign) on
Disneyland Drive are also found in Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards’ and
Planning Standard Detail Nos. 5 - 8. Exhibit 5.6.2a
(Existing Freestanding Sign Examples) provides
an example of existing freestanding sign.
• Encourage landscape screening behind
the landscaped wall identity sign.
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Exhibit 5.6.2a – Existing Freestanding Sign
Example
5.6.3 Disney California Adventure Theme
Park Setbacks
The Disney California Adventure theme park
setback includes the area that separates Harbor
Boulevard and Katella Avenue from the back-ofhouse buildings and uses along the southern boundaries of the Theme Park District. With
approval of DisneylandForward, full abandonment
of Magic Way was approved by the City and the
applicable setback standards will no longer apply
to areas once the roadway abandonment has
been finalized. There will be two different
conditions adjacent to Disney California
Adventure: The Eastern Parking and Drop-Off
Area and the Katella Avenue edge.
The Eastern Parking and Drop-Off Area extends
north on Harbor Boulevard from the C-R Overlay
(as shown on Exhibit 3.3.5a, (C-R Overlay)) to the
theme park entry plaza and ticketing areas and is
described in detail in the Section 5.6.4, ‘The
Eastern Parking and Drop-Off Area’.
Setbacks adjacent to Katella Avenue feature the
layered landscape described conceptually in
Section 5.3.3, ‘Layered Landscape Design
Criteria’. Landscape planting in this setback area
screen views into the adjacent theme park backof-house and complement the regular spacing of the palms planted within the Public Realm.
Adjacent to Disney California Adventure, the
Southern California Edison power lines are
located within the Setback and Private Realm.
Exhibit 5.6.3a – Setback Adjacent to Disney
California Adventure Theme Park: Katella
Avenue (Ultimate Condition) between Harbor
Boulevard and Disneyland Drive
The landscape in the setback realm adjacent to
the new theme park along Disneyland Drive
between Paradise Way and Katella Avenue will
also be planted according to the layered
landscape concept previously described. When
appropriate, the landscape may vary from the
layered landscape to respond to adjacent uses
within the Theme Park District. For example, the
setback realm landscape adjacent to a hotel within
the Theme Park District in this location may vary
from the layered landscape concept in order to
better complement the theme of the adjacent
hotel. Instead of screening the hotel buildings, this
landscape treatment is intended to enhance the
appearance of the hotel and provide visitors with
visual cues as to the location of hotel entry drives.
5.6.4 The Eastern Parking and Drop-Off
Area
The Eastern Parking and Drop-Off Area is located
on Harbor Boulevard at the west terminus of
Disney Way between the north edge of the area
designated as C-R Overlay and the north edge of
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the entrance to the theme park entry plaza and
ticketing area. The Eastern Parking and Drop-Off
Area serves as the main pedestrian entry into the
Theme Park District for visitors arriving from
Anaheim Resort hotels, the Anaheim Convention
Center, and the East Parking Area. It currently
contains a drop-off area for shuttle buses,
automobiles, and other vehicles. This drop-off
area may be moved to the East Parking Area or
the adjacent Anaheim Resort Specific Plan
Parking Overlay. As the major eastern entry into
the Theme Park District, special design elements
may also be located here. These elements may
include, but are not limited to:
• Special planting that enhances the entry
experience;
• Gateway signs and structures that identify
The Eastern Parking and Drop-Off Area as
a major entry;
• Special pedestrian paving; and,
• Other special elements, such as exterior
lighting and special street furnishings.
At least one and up to three pedestrian bridges
may be built over Harbor Boulevard in conjunction
with development of a parking structure in the East
Parking Area to carry people coming from the East
Parking Area, hotels, and other visitor-serving
uses located on the east side of Harbor Boulevard
to the theme parks. These bridge(s) will also
provide public pedestrian access to and from the
public right-of-way and are subject to Section 4.6,
Pedestrian Circulation Plan.
Within The Eastern Parking and Drop-Off Area,
there may be a drop-off/pick-up area intended to
serve shuttle buses, vans, and automobiles that
will be dropping off or meeting Disneyland Resort
visitors. The precise design of this facility will be
refined as plans for The Disneyland Resort
develop. This drop-off area may be moved to the
East Parking Area or the adjacent Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan Parking Overlay.
5.6.5 Western Gateway
The Western Gateway into the Theme Park
District will be established on Disneyland Drive. A
pedestrian bridge across Disneyland Drive
currently provides visitors the ability to move from
one area of the Theme Park District to another and
provides access to a theme park central ticket
area and entry gates. As part of Phase IV, one to
two pedestrian bridges will be constructed over
Disneyland Drive between Magic Way and Katella
Avenue as part of the Project.
5.6.6 Disneyland Drive Hotel Setbacks
Disneyland Drive will continue to provide vehicular
access in the Theme Park District. The hotel
setback landscape along this street is intended to
create a distinct identity for the Theme Park
District, while reinforcing the overall unity of the
streetscape plantings. The following describes the
interim design intent until abandonment is
complete:
• Generally, the setback areas will be
planted with informal masses of trees set
in turf and ground cover areas. Formal
planting may be appropriate in limited
areas, such as entry drives, arrival courts,
etc.;
• The mix of plant materials may be limited
to a few species grouped in masses of the
same species; the random scattering of
unrelated species will be avoided; and,
• The base of the hotels may be located
slightly higher than the street to enhance
the appearance of the street by exposing
more landscape to view than would be
visible if the hotels were located at the
same grade as the street.
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Exhibit 5.6.6a –Disneyland Drive Setback
Additional information about the regulations for
the Theme Park District can be found in Section
7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards.’
5.6.7 Disneyland Theme Park Back-ofHouse Setbacks
The uses in the back-of-house area of the Theme
Park District are extremely important to the
smooth functioning of the theme park attractions.
It is equally important that these areas be
concealed from visitors. In part, this is to preserve
the mystery of the attractions, but it is also
important that the visual character of these uses
(which include storage buildings, workshops and
maintenance facilities) not intrude into the
surrounding neighborhood, which consists
primarily of hotels and other visitor-serving
commercial uses.
To achieve this, setbacks surrounding this area
will be landscaped with trees and shrubs that
screen back-of-house buildings and activities.
Adjacent to Interstate 5, an opening in the
landscaping will permit views of the Disneyland
Administration Building.
Other setback areas will feature more traditional
landscape treatments described in the following
criteria:
• The landscape treatment for the setback
area extending from the south end of the
Disneyland Administration Building to the
Interstate 5/Harbor Boulevard interchange
will reinforce the landscape design of this
interchange;
• The setback area between Harbor
Boulevard and the wall that separates the
street from the existing Disneyland theme
park back-of-house service road will
remain in its historical condition in order to
accommodate the monorail beam way,
back-of-house service road, and the repair
and maintenance facilities for the monorail
and existing Disneyland theme park train
(see Exhibit 5.6.7a (Harbor Boulevard
adjacent to Existing Disneyland Theme
Park));
Exhibit 5.6.7a – Harbor Boulevard adjacent to
Existing Disneyland Theme Park
• From the Bus Shuttle Drop-Off Area north
to the place where the setback is
constricted by the existing service road
and monorail beam way, the landscape in
the setback will be a layered landscape
(see Exhibit 5.6.7b (Harbor Boulevard
north of the Bus Shuttle Drop-Off Area));
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Exhibit 5.6.7b – Harbor Boulevard north of the
Bus Shuttle Drop-Off Area
• The landscape adjacent to the entry into
the West Parking Area will feature closely
spaced columnar trees that will screen
views into the existing Disneyland theme
park back-of-house, as well as shrubs on
the ground that conceal the fence or wall
that separates the back-of-house from
Disneyland Drive (see Exhibit 5.6.7c (West
Parking Area adjacent to Disneyland
Theme Park Back-of-House));
Exhibit 5.6.7c – West Parking Area Adjacent
to Disneyland Theme Park Back-of-House
• Walls and fences visible and accessible to
the public will be planted with evergreen
vines, vertical trees, or other plants to
discourage graffiti (Exhibit 5.6.7d,
‘Example of Walls and Fences Visible and
Accessible to the Public’);
Exhibit 5.6.7d – Example of Walls and Fences
Visible and Accessible to the Public (at left)
• Adjacent to Ball Road, the Disneyland
theme park back-of-house setback will
feature a minimum ten-foot-wide
landscape area intended to enhance the
fence or wall that separates the back-ofhouse from the street (see Exhibit 5.6.7e (Ball Road: Adjacent to Disneyland Theme
Park Back-of-House)); and,
Exhibit 5.6.7e – Ball Road: Adjacent to Theme
Park Back-of-House
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• The Disneyland Administration Building
will be set back an average of thirty feet
from the Ball Road right-of-way, though a
small portion of the structure, less than ten
feet wide, will extend to the public right-ofway line. This setback will be planted with trees, shrubs and ground cover (see
Exhibit 5.6.7f (Ball Road: Adjacent to
Disneyland Administration Building)).
Exhibit 5.6.7f – Ball Road: Adjacent to
Disneyland Administration Building
5.6.8 Parking Facility Setbacks
The parking facilities within The Disneyland
Resort vary in size and scale depending on their
use. The largest will be the public parking facilities
in the East and West Parking Areas. They are
intended to accommodate visitors to the theme
parks, and to provide day use parking for visitors
to the Anaheim Convention Center, as well as
theme park employees. Because of their size, the
setback landscape planting will consist of largescale materials planted according to the layered landscape principles described previously. This
planting style is intended to reduce the apparent
size of the structures and help screen them from
view, reinforce the overall landscape identity of the
Specific Plan area, and create an attractive
environment along the streets that the structures
face. The smaller parking facilities adjacent to
Walnut Street within the Theme Park District will
also be screened with landscape planted
according to the layered landscape concept. Refer
to Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards,’ for specific development standard
requirements.
5.6.8.1 Parking Facilities in the East and West
Parking Areas
The parking facilities in the East and West Parking
Areas will be set back from adjacent public street
rights-of-way and the setbacks will be landscaped.
The setback from the property line varies
depending on the size of the street and the
adjacent use.
The following Cross-Sections show the landscape
treatment for the East and West Parking Areas.
For the West Parking Area, in addition to the
extensive landscaping, the upper levels of the
parking facility are terraced back to reduce the
apparent height and mass of the structure.
Exhibit 5.6.8.1a –West Parking Area Setback:
Walnut Street
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Exhibit 5.6.8.1b –East Parking Area Setback:
Disney Way (West of East Parking Area
Access Points)
Exhibit 5.6.8.1c –East Parking Area Setback:
Disney Way (East of East Parking Area
Access Points)
Exhibit 5.6.8.1d – East Parking Area Setback
Area: Clementine Street
Exhibit 5.6.8.1e – East Parking Area Setback
Area: Katella Avenue (Interim Condition)
5.6.9 Interior Setbacks
Interior setbacks are those setbacks not adjacent
to a public street. There are four typical conditions
within the Specific Plan area, each with their own
landscape treatments. These typical conditions
include interior setbacks between adjacent
properties within the same district, adjacent
properties in different districts, adjacent to
Anaheim Resort uses, adjacent to C-R Overlay,
and setbacks adjacent to residential uses. Refer
to the Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
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Standards’, for relevant interior setback
standards.
The following Cross-Section illustrates the interior
setbacks adjacent to residential uses.
Exhibit 5.6.9a – Interior Setback Area
Adjacent to Residential Uses
5.6.10 Minimum Landscape Requirements
All areas within the Setback Realm which are
required to be landscaped will have a minimum
landscape requirement, which is described in
Section 5.3, ‘Landscape Concept Plan’, and
codified in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’. The following images provide
conceptual examples of the minimum landscape
requirements for the Setback Realm within key
locations of the Specific Plan area.
Exhibit 5.6.10a - Walnut Street Setback
Realm Landscape
Exhibit 5.6.10b – Katella Avenue Setback
Realm Landscape
Exhibit 5.6.10c – Harbor Boulevard
Setback Realm Landscape
Exhibit 5.6.10d – Ball Road Setback
Realm Landscape
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5.7 Design Criteria for The Private
Realm
The Private Realm (shown in Exhibit 5.7a (The
Private Realm)) includes the privately owned
property not included in the Setback Realm
described in the previous section. It encompasses
all the developable area of a parcel. Although the
Private Realm is less visually prominent than the
Public Realm and the Setback Realm, the design
guidelines contained in this section are intended
to help strengthen the overall quality and
character of development in the Specific Plan
area, in addition to relevant design standards
found within Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards’. The design guidelines
serve three main purposes:
• To ensure high quality development projects
will occur over time by providing uniform
design criteria;
• To protect and enhance public investment in
the area by ensuring that development within
the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area will
strengthen the City’s commitment to high
quality design and development; and,
• To help minimize development costs by
reducing ambiguity about what type of criteria
will be applied by the City when evaluating
specific development proposals.
5.7.1 Private Realm Guidelines vs.
Standards
In this Section, “guidelines” are considered to be
generalized rules to be applied by designers with
discretion and judgment to the particular condition
which they address. They are intended to help
guide designers to solutions that will enhance the
quality of development projects within the Specific
Plan area. They are not intended to provide the
only design solution to every condition a designer
might face and should not discourage creative and
innovative solutions. In situations where they
apply, however, they should be followed.
The term “standards” refers to regulations found in
Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’.
The City will use the design guidelines to evaluate
projects for conformance with the intent and
specific requirements of the Design Plan.
The guidelines found within this section which
apply to the Private Realm are divided into the
following subsections:
• General Site Planning;
• Theme Park Back-of-House Service Area;
• Service and Loading Areas;
• Exterior Lighting;
• Surface Parking Areas;
• Parking Structure Appearance;
• Special Parking Facility Layout;
• 360-Degree Architectural Treatments;
• Building Appearance;
• Signs; and,
• Landscape.
The guidelines included in this section do not
apply evenly to every District within the Specific
Plan area. Included with each subsection of these
guidelines, there is a list of the Districts where the
guidelines apply, as well as a brief explanation of
why the application of the guidelines and
standards has been limited. Unless otherwise
noted, all design guidance found within Section
5.7 is related to private property.
5.7.2 General Site Planning
Site planning is the process of arranging buildings,
landscaped areas, circulation, parking and service
areas on a particular site. The following guidelines
are recommended in addition to the requirements
in the Anaheim Municipal Code. Refer to Section
7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards’, for site
planning standards. Generally, these guidelines
will apply to District A, C-R Overlay, Anaheim
GardenWalk Overlay, and parts of the Theme
Park District and Southeast District in the Private
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Realm that are not within the theme parks or backof-house areas. The guidelines are:
• Long, unarticulated building facades should
not be placed adjacent to portions of the
Setback Realm adjacent to public rights-ofway;
• Provide landscape buffers between different
land uses to provide smooth transitions
between land uses of differing intensity;
• Conceal all service areas, storage areas,
utility meters and other outdoor equipment
from public view;
• Incorporate service areas into the main
building whenever possible; screening
devices should be compatible with adjacent
buildings;
• Screen auto-related facilities such as working
bays, storage, etc., from off-site public view;
• Orient at least one public entry toward major
streets;
• Provide direct pedestrian access from public
walkways to buildings, where appropriate;
• Provide secondary entries to buildings from
parking areas or interior pedestrian walks;
• Design buildings to allow pedestrians to
circulate around buildings without stepping
into vehicular driveways;
• Provide pedestrian circulation between
adjacent commercial properties where
appropriate;
• Place utilities and power service lines
underground; and,
• Provide reciprocal easements between
adjacent properties for shared driveways and
parking aisle connections.
5.7.3 Theme Park Back-of-House Service
Areas
These standards and guidelines are intended to
apply only to the back-of-house uses within the
Theme Park and Southeast Districts, if developed
with theme park uses, because they are the only
Districts which have back-of-house uses. (See
Section 3.2.2 for a description of back-of-house
uses).
• Consolidate and screen from public view all
rooftop and ground-mounted service
equipment (i.e., air conditioners, fan units,
transformers, trash collection equipment and
other service functions);
• Screen service areas and loading docks from
public view;
• Screen views from public areas to service
areas not otherwise screened by adjacent
structures with walls, berms, and
landscaping. Screen walls will be constructed
of materials which are compatible with those
used on the adjacent buildings;
• Use landscaping to soften the visual
appearance of service areas;
• Design service access to minimize
interference with public vehicular and
pedestrian movement; and
• Provide pedestrian crosswalks when
walkways cross service areas.
5.7.4 Service and Loading Areas
Although service and loading areas are important
to the smooth function of uses within the Specific
Plan area, they are not aesthetically compatible
with the planned resort and entertainment areas.
These design guidelines will prevent service and
loading areas from detracting from the visual
quality of the Specific Plan area.
The following guidelines are recommended in
addition to the requirements in the Anaheim
Municipal Code. Refer to Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards’ for service and loading
standards. Generally, these guidelines will apply
in the Parking District, District A, the C-R Overlay,
and the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay. They do
not apply to the Theme Park District and the
Southeast District because Section 5.7.3 contains
guidelines intended to apply to comparable areas
located within those Districts. The guidelines are:
• Screen service areas (including storage,
special equipment maintenance, and loading
areas) from public views with landscaping
and architectural elements, such as walls, to
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conceal these areas from adjacent buildings,
streets, sidewalks, and driveways;
• Position service and loading areas to prevent
disruption of the traffic flow by service
vehicles to and from the site;
• Locate loading areas entirely on-site,
including space for truck maneuvers; prohibit
off-site vehicle loading;
• Screen loading and service areas from
streets, the freeway or adjacent properties;
• Locate loading docks and service areas on
interior, side, or rear yards, concealed from
public view;
• Screen utility equipment and communication
devices (antennae, satellite dishes, etc.) so
that the site appears from public views free of
all such devices;
• Install utility connections equipment for
electrical and communication underground;
• Locate refuse collection areas in an
accessible interior, side, or rear yard to the
satisfaction of the City Maintenance
Department;
• Construct and maintain service, storage, and
maintenance areas according to the following
criteria:
o Store materials supplies or equipment
inside an enclosed building to prevent
visibility from neighboring property and
streets;
o Screen all storage areas with solid walls
(minimum six feet, maximum twelve feet
high except for District A and the C-R and
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlays where
the maximum height is eight feet);
o Construct architectural screening of the
same materials and finishes compatible
with the adjacent building and designed
and placed to complement the building
design.
• Prohibit extension of service, storage,
maintenance, parking, and loading area into
a required landscape area;
• Screen automobiles awaiting repairs from
public view with the building, solid fencing,
and/or landscaping; and,
• Arrange new service stations so that
buildings are located adjacent to the front
setback areas abutting the street, and pumps,
service bays and other functions are located
behind the building. Landscape the area
between the building and the street
consistently with the requirements of the
setback landscape concepts.
5.7.5 Exterior Lighting
Nighttime illumination of buildings is important in
creating an interesting and safe environment. In
addition, it can highlight building design features,
add emphasis to prominent entrances and plazas,
and create an ambiance of vitality and security.
The following guidelines are recommended in
addition to the requirements in Anaheim Municipal
Code. Refer to Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards’, for exterior lighting
standards. Generally, these guidelines will apply
in the Parking District, District A, the C-R Overlay,
and the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay. The
guidelines are:
• Relate exterior lighting to the design elements
of the site and building they serve. Lighting
should highlight architectural elements and
details;
• Design exterior lighting to be an integral part
of the overall architectural concept. Fixtures,
standards and all exposed accessories
should be harmonious with the building
design and the visual environment. Obtrusive
lighting elements which detract from the
appearance of their setting should be
avoided;
• Illuminate the entrances of buildings and
parking areas to promote convenient, safe
and easy identification;
• Exterior lighting within private development
should complement and not conflict with
public lighting;
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• Consider energy conservation in nighttime
lighting plans. Plans for the design and
operation of lighting and illumination should
be developed consistent with the latest
technical and operational energy
conservation concepts; and,
• Minimize the use of fluorescent, mercury
vapor, high- and low-pressure sodium light in
areas where it might be visually prominent.
• Include exterior lighting of pedestrian
walkways within private development.
Pedestrian walkway lighting levels should be
set relative to the level of security necessary
and the mounting height of the luminaires.
The standards shown below are averages.
Higher lighting levels may be necessary to
provide for safety, subject to the approval of
the City.
~ Average conditions: 0.5 footcandles (fc)
~ Security conditions, 9-15 foot tall fixtures: 2.0 fc
~ Security conditions, 15-30 foot tall fixtures:
4.0 fc
5.7.6 Surface Parking Areas
Parking lot design is a critical factor in the success
or failure of commercial and hotel uses. In
considering the possibilities for development of a
parking area, the following factors should be
analyzed: ingress and egress; avoidance of
pedestrian and vehicular conflicts; conflicts with
street traffic; and the overall configuration and
appearance of the parking area.
The following guidelines are recommended in
addition to the requirements in Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards’ for parking
standards. Generally, these guidelines will apply
in District A, the C-R Overlay, the Anaheim
GardenWalk Overlay, and to hotel parking areas
within the Theme Park District and the Southeast
District.
5.7.6.1 General Parking Guidelines
• Maintain parking area paving, as well as
striping and directional markings, in good
condition at all times;
• Provide pavement strength of all parking
areas consistent with the expected traffic;
• Reserve space for future parking area
expansion and show such areas on plan
submittals;
• Remove all driveway pavement, curb and
gutter and replace the curb and gutter, and
landscape the area to conform to the
landscape guidelines contained in this
Section, whenever a driveway is abandoned;
• Shared parking should be accommodated
between adjacent parcels when appropriate;
• Avoid heavily textured paving that may create
a difficult walking surface;
• Mark all parking spaces clearly and
permanently in conformance with City
standards;
• Provide parking stalls for disabled persons
close to the building entrance, consistent with
City and State standards; and
• Discourage surface parking (excluding short
term parking associated with hotel drop-off
areas) between the street and a
building/structure within one hundred feet of
a street intersection, as measured from the
right-of-way line.
Exhibit 5.7.6.1a – Screen Parking Areas from
View
5.7.6.2 Parking Area Design
• Locate parking areas to the rear or, if no
space is available, to the side of buildings,
whenever possible;
• Design parking facilities in a manner such
that any vehicle on the property will be able
to maneuver to exit from the property
traveling in a forward direction;
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• Design parking facilities so that a car within a
parking area will not have to enter a street to
move from one location to another within the
same site;
• Provide a six-inch continuous raised curb on
all parking stalls (except parallel parking)
heading into a sidewalk, planting area, or
setback area;
• Use landscape areas, walkways, and plazas
to reduce the visual impact of large surface
parking areas; and,
• Encourage right angle (90°) parking stalls to
minimize total surface parking area, and for
safety considerations.
Exhibit 5.7.6.2a – Pedestrians Move
Perpendicular to Parking Spaces
5.7.6.3 Parking Lot Circulation
• Design parking areas so that pedestrians
walk parallel to moving cars;
• Minimize situations where pedestrians must
cross parking aisles at right angles;
• Design the parking lot so that drive aisles are
perpendicular to the main building wherever
feasible;
• Direct vehicular circulation through a parking
area to the outer edge of the lot where there
is less pedestrian traffic;
• Direct vehicular circulation away from fire
lanes;
• Design the parking area to link the building to
a sidewalk system that is an extension of the
pedestrian walk system through the use of
design elements such as painted or
enhanced paving, architectural features,
and/or landscape treatments; and,
• Minimize the number of entrances and exits
to reduce conflicts at entries and lessen
possible congestion at street intersections.
• Provide vehicle queuing within surface
parking lots according to the following
standards, and as measured from the
ultimate public right-of-way (Code Section
18.78.110):
Number of Cars
Served
Minimum Vehicle
Queuing
1-60 Forty (40) feet
61-120 Sixty (60) feet
>120 One hundred (100) feet
Exhibit 5.7.6.3a – Provide Vehicle Queuing
Space
5.7.7 Parking Structure Appearance
Parking structures will be found throughout the
Specific Plan area, and their design is an
important consideration in the overall visual
quality of The Anaheim Resort. The design
guidelines in this section are intended to assure
that parking structures incorporate design
features which make them more attractive.
The following guidelines are recommended in
addition to the requirements in Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards’, for parking
structure standards. Generally, these guidelines
will apply in the Theme Park District, the
Southeast District, the Parking District, District A,
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the C-R Overlay, and the Anaheim GardenWalk
Overlay. The guidelines are:
• Conceal views of cars parked in parking
structures through a combination of visual
barriers, planting, or other means; open sided
facilities which allow complete views of
parked vehicles are not permitted;
• Articulate the elevations of parking facilities
visible from public streets; such articulation
may consist of indentations in the structure,
changes in color, addition of applied elements
to the surface of the facility, or other devices,
including the provision of a landscape buffer
with a minimum width of 10 feet;
• Construct parking structures of masonry
materials that are predominantly light in color;
• Consider allowing climbing vines to grow on
the surfaces of parking structures on
elevations of the structure that face public
streets.
• Consider adding planters for hanging or
climbing vines on the elevations of the
structure that face public streets;
• Consider stepping back parking structures
above the fourth level on elevations adjacent
to a public street, when such structures
exceed four levels in height (unless a more
restrictive requirement is set forth in Section
7.0, Zoning and Development Standards). If
a parking structure has frontage adjacent to
two or more public streets, consider stepping
the structure back on the street with the
highest traffic volume;
• Consider creating openings in the upper
decks that allow light to lower levels for
parking structures that are only one or two
levels above grade, and permit trees to be
planted on grade under the openings that,
when mature, will extend above the structure;
• Parking levels may be stepped or terraced to
visually soften the overall mass of the
structure;
• Parking structure façade articulation should:
o Create a sense of order through play of
light, shadow and texture;
o Minimize horizontal or vertical banding by
balancing both vertical and horizontal
elements;
o Use openings, columns and beams to
visually segment exterior surface and
provide scale;
o Spandrels are to be level and uniform
when feasible; and,
o Differentiate pedestrian and vehicular
entrances;
• Pedestrian and vehicular entrances shall be
clearly identified and easily accessible to
minimize pedestrian/vehicle conflict;
• Building design should employ clean, simple,
geometric forms and coordinated massing
that produce overall unity, scale and interest.
Appropriate treatments include:
o straightforward geometry;
o unified composition;
o expression of floor levels and structure;
and,
o solid parapets;
• Facades should reflect a coordinated design
concept, including expression of building
function, structure and scale. Appropriate
treatments include:
o straightforward, functional design;
o expression of structure;
o unity and scale reinforced through an
integrated grid module; and,
o surface delineation through expression of
reveals, mullions, recesses and structure;
• Detailing should be clean, clear and
straightforward. Details should reinforce
overall design unity, interest and scale.
Appropriate treatments include:
o coordinated mullions and details;
o expression and alignment of structural
connections;
o finishes commensurate with building
materials; and,
o coordinate entry spaces and landscaping;
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• Street facades should be designed to be
visually interesting and screen parked cars
from exterior views; and,
• Avoid horizontal banding.
Exhibit 5.7.7a – Example of Desirable Parking
Structure Façade Design from the Mickey and
Friends parking structure in the West Parking
Area
5.7.8 Special Parking Facility Layout
Guidelines
The Disneyland Resort will contain parking
facilities with special characteristics unlike typical
parking facilities. These facilities will be designed
to permit the public to enter and leave the facilities
quickly and conveniently. For example, in the
parking facilities within the Parking District,
vehicles will be directed to parking spaces and will
not be permitted to circulate freely searching for a
parking space. In addition, areas intended for
theme park employees are also atypical. The
guidelines in this section are intended to
accommodate the special provisions of these
types of facilities.
The following guidelines are recommended in
addition to the requirements in Section 7.0, Zoning
and Development Standards, for special parking
facility layout standards. Generally, these
guidelines will apply in the Parking District,
Southeast District, and Theme Park District. The
guidelines are:
• The overall intent of the guidelines for the
public parking structures is to reduce the bulk
and the mass of the structures by providing
well-proportioned architectural elements
which complement the surrounding
landscape;
• The facade of the public parking structures
will be divided horizontally into three
divisions: a base, body and cap, which are
further described below and are illustrated in
Exhibits 5.7.8a (Typical Public Parking
Structure Elevation, Parking District) and
5.7.8b (Typical Public Parking Structure
Elevation Showing Landscape in the Setback
and Public Realm). The purpose of this
horizontal division is to:
o Create more visual interest in the facade
by creating a variety of related treatments
on a single elevation;
o Respond to the variation in floor-to-floor
heights that will occur in the public
parking structures; and,
o Reduce the apparent scale of the building
façade;
• The base will include the first one or two
levels of the structure only. It will act as a
visual foundation for the building by
conveying a sense of strength and solidity.
The spacing of columns and spandrels will
create large-scale repetitive patterns that
reinforce the scale
of the first level of the structure. Architectural
detail on the columns and spandrels may
include score joints, reveals, applied
materials or other devices which increase the
visual interest of the structure adjacent to the
Public Realm;
• The body includes the middle three to four
levels. The architectural character of the
facade should have a finer scale than the
base which will be created by the lower floorto-floor heights. Architectural details on the columns and spandrels will be minimized to
create more uniformity in the appearance of
the structure;
• The cap will include the top level of the
structure, or perhaps only the top of the top
level. The intent is to create a recognizable
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cornice line with a spandrel treatment that
contrasts with the treatment of spandrels in
the main body of the structure. Architectural
detail which emphasize the horizontal
character of the structure cap (such as
scoring patterns or reveals) will be provided;
• Facing Walnut Street, tier the structure back
after the third level and provide noise
attenuation louvers (as described in Exhibit
5.7.8c (Acoustical Lovers, West Parking Area
Adjacent to Walnut Street)) along the
openings of the first two levels of the parking
structure and provide landscaped planters on
the upper levels
• Utilize the structure as an armature for vines.
Plant clinging vines at the base of parking
structure columns and encourage the vines to
climb high onto the structure.
• Provide noise attenuation louvers when
adjacent to hotel or residential uses;
• The layout of public parking facilities intended
for visitors to the theme parks and other
attractions within The Anaheim Resort will be
as shown in Exhibit 5.8.7d (Public Parking
Facility Layout);
• The screening of vehicles, particularly
headlights, from the exterior of the parking
structure are required as shown in Exhibit
5.8.7e (Parking Facility Screening);
• The layout of parking facilities intended for
theme park employees, including permanent,
temporary or interim facilities, will be as
shown in Exhibit 5.8.7f (Employee Parking
Layout); and,
• Parking facilities intended for theme park or
hotel employees will be screened from public
view by a landscape area with evergreen
plants, but are not required to provide trees
within parking areas.
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Exhibit 5.7.8a – Typical Public Parking Structure Elevation, Parking District Exhibit 5.7.8b – Typical Public Parking Structure Elevation Showing Landscape in the Setback and Public Realm
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Exhibit 5.7.8c – Acoustical Lovers, West Parking Area Adjacent to Walnut Street Exhibit 5.7.8d – Public Parking Facility Layout
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Exhibit 5.7.8e –Parking Facility Screening
Exhibit 5.7.8f - Employee Parking Layout
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5.7.9 360-Degree Architectural Treatments
The following criteria provides design guidance for
on-site buildings and structures visible from the
public right-of-way and from abutting residentiallyzoned properties along the internal southern property boundary within the Southeast District,
the internal southern and eastern property
boundaries of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan
Theme Park East Overlay. This criteria would also
apply to on-site buildings and structures visible
from the public right-of-way along Magic Way until
such time as any approved road abandonment is
finalized. This 360-Degree Architectural
Treatments criteria only applies if it has been
determined through a sight-line study submitted to
the Planning and Building Department that a
proposed building or structure will be visible by a
6-foot tall person from the furthest point of the
ultimate public right-of-way on the opposite side of
the street or from a point 400 feet from the
property line on perpendicular streets, as detailed
in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’.
Application of the design criteria for the highest
height range for a proposed building or structure,
in lieu of criteria for the lower height ranges, will
be required all the way to grade unless the
Planning and Building Director determines by
review of a sight-line study that the fencing/walls
and landscape buffers provided will adequately
screen views of the proposed building or structure
in the lower height range(s) from the public rightof-way.
In the Southeast District and Anaheim Resort
Specific Plan Theme Park East Overlay, buildings
or structures adjacent to the abutting residentiallyzoned properties, application of the Greater than 30-Foot up to 50-Foot Height Level design criteria
will be required for surfaces above 20 feet.
Exhibit 5.7.9a: 360-Degree Architectural
Treatments Criteria Height Levels
Ground Level up to 30-Foot Height Level
The intent of this design criteria level is to provide
an aesthetically pleasing appearance while
leveraging adjacent fencing/walls and landscape
buffers to enhance the character of the public
right-of-way.
Beginning at ground level and continuing up to 30-
feet, building/structure treatments will include
paint and/or simple graphic applications. Paint
may include one or multiple colors. Simple graphic
applications may include murals, thematic
graphics, or other applied illustrations, consistent
with permitting requirements outlined in Section
7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards’.
Treatments may include painted surfaces,
integrally colored stucco, score joints, reveals,
variations in applied material, metal panel curtain
wall systems, wood (or simulated wood) trellis
systems, GFRC panel systems, other rain screen
type cladding systems, and theme carved plaster.
Exhibit 5.7.9b: Examples of Potential
Treatment for the Ground Level Up to 30-Feet
Height Level
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Greater than 30-Foot up to 50-Foot Height
Level
The intent of this design criteria level is to enhance
the appearance of buildings or structures visible
from the public right-of-way while also contributing
to the character of the public right-of-way.
Beginning at 30-feet above ground level and
continuing up to 50-feet, building/structure
treatments will include a façade system intended
to provide a “front of house” appearance through
screening with a high-level of finish and
ornamentation. To keep harmony with adjacent
structures or “themed” areas, no one specific
architectural style is prescribed and project
designers shall have discretion to determine the
appropriate style or “theme” of the cladding.
Screening may be in the form of contemporary or
traditional interpretations with ornamentation that
may include composite wood, composite metal,
integral color plaster cladding, simulated windows
(mullion detailing with paint treatment, no glass),
and/or other material(s) selected for long-term
durability and corrosion resistance in order to
minimize ongoing maintenance. This may also
include use of a green wall, which would provide
landscaping in front of and/or affixed to the
building or structure, as a treatment as long as
adequate screening is maintained. Illumination of
the screening treatments is also appropriate.
Exhibit 5.7.9c: Examples of Potential
Treatment for the Greater than 30-Foot up to
50-Foot Height Level
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Greater than 50-Foot Height Level
The intent of this design criteria level is to further
enhance the appearance of buildings or structures
visible from the public right-of-way while also
contributing to the character of the public right-ofway.
Beginning at 50-feet above ground level and
continuing upward, building/structure treatments
will include articulated facades, rockwork, or other
complex ornamentation. Articulated facades or
other complex ornamentation will provide the
appearance of multiple floors with varying color
and material applications and/or have a unique
structural appearance. To keep harmony with
adjacent structures or “themed” areas, no one
specific architectural style is prescribed and
project designers shall have discretion to
determine the appropriate style or “theme” of the
cladding. Cladding may be in the form of
contemporary or traditional interpretations with
ornamentation that may include composite wood,
composite metal, integral color plaster cladding,
simulated windows (mullion detailing with paint
treatment, no glass), and/or other material(s)
selected for long-term durability and corrosion
resistance in order to minimize ongoing
maintenance. Rockwork will provide the
appearance of an integral and realistic material
with a medium to heavy level of detail, integral
color and applied theme paint.
In instances where treatments are combined
within this design criteria level, natural transition
points will be identified in order for the transitions
to appear integral to the overall design concept.
Exhibit 5.7.9d: Examples of Potential
Treatment for the Greater than 50-Foot Height
Level
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5.7.10 Building Appearance
Building appearance guidelines address the
following elements: massing, shape, scale, and
materials. The intent of these guidelines is to
assure a harmonious relationship between
buildings in the Specific Plan area without
requiring a particular architectural theme. This can
be achieved by careful attention to building
massing, building materials and color. The
guidelines in this section are intended to apply to
both new construction and renovation of existing
buildings.
Existing buildings may need more latitude in the
interpretation of these guidelines because of the
limited opportunities to make fundamental
changes in building massing that might be
possible in new construction.
The following guidelines are recommended in
addition to the standards found in Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards’. Generally,
these guidelines will apply in District A and the CR Overlay and to hotels in the Theme Park and Southeast District. The guidelines also apply to
the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay with the
exception that the guideline “avoid creating
building masses which are perceived as objects”
would not apply to any icon/themed signage
element as defined in Section 18.114.130 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code.
5.7.10.1 Building Massing
Creating attractive building masses is an
important factor contributing to the overall
character of the Specific Plan area. The intent of
the guidelines is to promote building massing that
is rich visually and creates a more exciting and
varied urban landscape but does not place too
much importance on any single building. Buildings
which have a large undifferentiated mass are often
unattractive and detract from the Specific Plan’s
goal of encouraging more pedestrian activity,
because their size and scale make pedestrians
feel uncomfortable.
The following guidelines are intended to guide
designers in creating building masses that satisfy
the goals of the Specific Plan. It is not necessary
that every guideline be employed in the design of
every building; rather, each guideline should be
viewed as a suggestion that should be considered
for any building in the Specific Plan area. The
guidelines are:
• Create spaces with building masses,
whenever possible; avoid creating building
masses which are perceived as objects.
Design buildings to be members of a
harmonious group, rather than independent,
sculptural masses;
• Use building mass to enhance the pedestrian
scale of the street. Increase the articulation of
building massing adjacent to major
pedestrian walks and gathering places.
Increase landscape and architectural detail at
the ground level;
• Consider the location, size and scale of
neighboring buildings when massing new
buildings. Create a harmonious relationship
between adjacent facilities, regardless of
whether or not they are on the same parcel;
• Articulate the different parts of a building
facade using color, arrangement of facade
elements, a change in materials, or other
architectural devices;
• Vary the height of the building so that it
appears to be divided into distinct elements;
and,
• Use rooflines to help establish the mass of a
building; whenever feasible, the form of the
roofline should physically represent its
function; avoid mansard roofs.
5.7.10.2 Building Materials and Colors
The intent of these guidelines is to encourage the
use of materials and colors that enhance the
physical cohesiveness of the area, and to convey
a sense of permanence. Although no material is
specifically prohibited, the use of some materials
is discouraged because it would be difficult to
achieve the guidelines’ goal of promoting
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cohesiveness and permanence. The guidelines
are:
• Walls and Exterior Cladding
o The preferred dominant material for walls
and exterior cladding is masonry in any of
the following forms: natural stone
(including granite, sandstone, marble and
limestone), brick, stucco, poured in place
or precast natural concrete (sand-blasted,
textured, or exposed aggregate), and
painted concrete. Other wall and exterior
cladding materials that may be used
when detailed through a thoughtful design
process include:
Split face, slump, or other forms of
concrete block; and,
Shingle, clapboard, vertical, or angled
wood siding;
o Use of the following materials will require
a special design solution or other unique
condition for walls and exterior cladding in
order to be successful:
Exotic wood treatments, such as
distressed wood, pecky cedar, log
cabin look, stained fir plywood, or
gingerbread filigree;
Reflective (mirror) glass curtain wall;
Corrugated metal;
Imitation rock work;
Plastic molded imitations of any
conventional building material;
Silver or clear anodized aluminum
sheets;
Imitation wood siding;
Flat or molded plastic sheeting;
White brick;
Tilt-up concrete;
Antique or old brick with partial paint,
mottled light variegated brick,
oversized brick, and white brick
mortar;
• Windows
o The preferred dominant material for
windows is transparent or lightly tinted
glass;
o Lightly reflective or solar glass may be
used above the first floor; and,
o Windows of dark or highly reflective glass
are not recommended, especially on the
first-floor elevations, and will require
exceptional or unique solutions to make
them acceptable;
• Roof Materials
o When visible from the street, the
preferred roof materials include natural
colored terra cotta tile, concrete tile, and
other similar materials; and,
o Roof materials that will require a special
design solution or other unique condition
in order to be successful include: wood
shakes, wood shingles, fiberglass
shingles, composition shingles,
corrugated metal and standing metal
seam roofs.
5.7.10.3 Building Equipment
• Discourage wall and/or window mounted
room air conditioners unless they are
concealed from public view or are integrated
into the architecture.
• Integrate rooftop mechanical and utility
equipment into the design of the building.
• Set rooftop screening devices back from the
roof edge so that they are concealed from
public view.
• Conceal rooftop mechanical and utility
equipment from nearby taller buildings with
screening devices.
• Paint and/or order utility equipment and pipes
and vents visible from surrounding streets,
properties, or buildings to complement the
color of the roof or wall to which they are
attached.
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• Screen rooftop equipment on buildings two
stories or less on all sides, including from
above.
• Visible screens should be compatible with the
building architecture and not be perceived as
an equipment screen.
5.7.10.4 Color
Building color guidelines provide another means
to visually unify the Specific Plan area by
narrowing the range of choices to a group of colors
that are visually compatible with one another.
Although it is not the intent of the guidelines to
eliminate any color from consideration or use
within the Private Realm, the following criteria
provides guidance for the selection of building
color. The guidelines are:
• Encourage large building surface areas to be
light colored. In general, accent elements,
including, but not limited to, windows, doors,
awnings, building trim, and light fixtures may
be either dark or light colored; and,
• Limit the dominant surfaces of a building to
only complementary colors; accent areas
may include a greater variety of colors.
5.7.10.5 Awnings
Awnings can be used to create an inviting space
in front of a building where people may step away
from the flow of pedestrian traffic and find a shady
protected area. The guidelines are:
• Allow awnings that are continuous or broken
to differentiate windows and display areas;
awnings can become an important element in
a storefront design as they may be used to
unify a storefront with the whole building;
• Design the shape of the awning to fit the
architecture. Awnings that are barrel shaped
segmented arches or round-ended create
distinctive images but should be used
sparingly and only when they do not conflict
with the building’s architectural elements;
• Ensure the highest point of a first-floor awning
not be higher than the midpoint of the space
between the second story window sills and
the top of the first-floor storefront window,
awning, canopy, or transom. This attachment
should leave a comfortable space between
awning and architectural elements which
comprise the building;
• Ensure that the awnings do not obstruct the
views to adjacent businesses; and,
• Avoid awnings of more than a single color per
building.
5.7.11 Signs
Signs are one of the most visible design elements
in the Specific Plan area. The following sign
guidelines establish criteria for the design of signs
which complement the other building elements in
the Specific Plan area. The guidelines serve to:
• Reinforce identity;
• Encourage graphic excellence;
• Reduce conflicts between signs;
• Improve appearance of the Specific Plan
area;
• Create consistency among signs;
• Promote sign legibility; and,
• Promote smooth flow of traffic as people are
able to identify sites.
The guidelines and standards in Section 5.7.11
apply to all Districts, in addition to the standards
identified in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development
Standards’. However, in the Theme Park and
Southeast Districts and interior portions of the
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay as described in
Section 18.114.130.020, if developed as a theme
park or retail entertainment center uses, the
guidelines and standards shall only apply to signs
adjacent to perimeter streets and within the
Setback Realm, excluding Disneyland Drive
(formerly referred to as West Street/Disneyland
Drive).
As part of DisneylandForward, the full
abandonment of Magic Way was approved by the
City and the applicable sign guidelines and
standards will no longer apply to areas once the
roadway abandonment has been finalized. In the
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Disneyland Drive may be abandoned. Upon
abandonment, the applicable sign guidelines and
standards would no longer apply to areas once the
roadway abandonment has been finalized.
For the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay, the
guidelines shall only apply to “non-interior” signs
with the exception of icon/themed signage
elements as defined in Section 18.114.130.020
which shall not be subject to these guidelines. In
addition, these guidelines and standards shall not
apply to interior signage which is defined as:
Signs, objects, or structures located in the
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay are considered to
be “interior” for the purposes of Section
18.114.130.020.0201.02(a) if they are: a) Not
visible to pedestrian or vehicular traffic from the
public right-of-way at an equal elevation as the
Anaheim GardenWalk property line (measured at
five (5) feet above the grade of the sidewalk on the
opposite side of the street from the Anaheim
GardenWalk project); or, b) At least 160 feet from
the adjacent public right-of-way or correspond
with the setback of the last building bordering the
view corridor, whichever is further, as shown on
Exhibit 5.8.3.f.5 (Anaheim GardenWalk Interior
Signage and Icon/Themed Signage Element) for
Anaheim GardenWalk Area A and to be identified
on the Final Site Plan for Area B, and only visible
to pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic through
limited view corridors at the entrances to the
Anaheim GardenWalk Lifestyle Retail and
Entertainment Complex as shown on Exhibit
5.8.3.f.5 for Area A and to be identified on the
Final Site Plan for Area B. The final dimensions of
the view corridor will be shown on project Final
Site Plans.
5.7.11.1 General Sign Guidelines
• Use a brief message. The fewer the words,
the more effective the sign. A sign with a brief,
succinct message is simpler and faster to
read, looks cleaner and is more attractive.
• Avoid faddish and bizarre typefaces. Such
typefaces may look good today, but soon go
out of style. The image conveyed may quickly
become that of a dated and unfashionable
business.
• Avoid hard-to-read, intricate typefaces.
These typefaces reduce the sign’s ability to
communicate.
• Select sign colors and materials to contribute
to legibility and design integrity. Even the
most carefully thought-out sign may be
unattractive and a poor communicator
because of poor color selection.
• Use significant contrast between the
background and letter or symbol colors. If
there is little contrast between the brightness
or hue of the message of a sign and its
background, it will be difficult to read.
• Use complementary colors on signs. Too
many colors overwhelm the basic function of
communication. The colors compete with
content for the viewer’s attention. Limited use
of the accent colors can increase legibility,
while large areas of competing colors tend to
confuse and disturb.
• Place signs to indicate the location of access
to a business. Signs should be placed at or
near the entrance of a building to indicate the
most direct access to the business.
• Harmonize sign size with the scale of the
structure.
• Place signs consistent with the proportions of
scale of building elements within the facade.
Within a building façade, the sign may be
placed in different areas. A particular sign
may fit well on a plain wall area but would
overpower the finer scale and proportion of
the lower storefront. A sign appropriate near
the building entry may look tiny and out of
place above the ground level.
• Place wall signs to establish facade rhythm,
scale and proportion where facade rhythm
doesn’t exist. In many buildings that have a
monolithic or plain facade, signs can
establish or continue appropriate design
rhythm, scale, and proportion.
• Use widely recognized logos rather than
print/text whenever possible.
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• Avoid signs with strange shapes. Signs that
are unnecessarily narrow or oddly shaped
can restrict the legibility of the message. If an
unusual shape is not symbolic, it is probably
confusing.
• Consider carefully the proportion of letter
area to overall sign background area. If letters
take up too much sign, they may be harder to
read. Large letters are not necessarily more
legible than smaller ones. A general rule is
that letters should not appear to occupy more
than 75% of the sign panel area.
• Make signs smaller if they are oriented to
pedestrians. The pedestrian-oriented sign
should read from a distance of fifteen to
twenty feet, the vehicle-oriented sign is
viewed from a much greater distance. The
closer a sign’s viewing distance, the smaller
that sign need be.
• Design the sign to be appropriate to the
building on which it is placed. The sign is an
integral part of the building facade. The style
of a sign should be appropriate to the style of
a building’s design.
• As part of development of a parking facility in
the East Parking Area, encourage a
wayfinding program to direct motorists and
pedestrians to parking and theme park areas.
• As part of development of a parking facility in
the East Parking Area, provide a pedestrian
wayfinding program for existing hotels and
other businesses along Harbor Boulevard.
5.7.11.2 Wall or Building Sign Standards
The following standards apply to wall or building
signs, unless otherwise set forth in the Code for
the Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay. Also refer to
the Sign Standard Matrices within Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards,’ of the
Specific Plan (Code Section 18.114.130).
• Use a consistent color scheme on all exterior
signs which are compatible with all other
signs on the building and all freestanding
signs on the parcel.
• Identify each building or store’s address in 6-
inch high numbers a maximum of three feet
over the main entry doorway or within ten feet
of the main entry.
5.7.12 Landscape
The following guidelines are recommended in
addition to the requirements in Section 7.0,
‘Zoning and Development Standards, for
landscape standards. Generally, these guidelines
will apply in District A, the C-R Overlay, and the
Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay. It will apply to
areas of the Theme Park District and Southeast
District outside the Setback Realm that are not
within the theme parks or back-of-house areas.
5.7.12.1 General Site Landscape Guidelines
• Design landscape and open space areas to be
an integral part of the overall site plan design.
• Use trees to define and enclose exterior
spaces, and to provide physical protection
from the sun and wind.
• Provide for landscaped open space areas
that enhance the building design and public
views and provide buffers and transitions
between adjacent uses.
• Use trees, shrubs and-vines to conceal
garden walls, building elevations and parking
facilities.
• Use arbors, trellises, walls, gates and other
elements to reinforce the architecture of
adjacent buildings; landscape structures
should be compatible and consistent with the
architectural treatment of the adjacent
buildings.
• Screen undeveloped, vacant land intended
for future phases with plants that prevent
wind and water erosion.
• Space plants to assure unobstructed visual
access for vehicles and pedestrians.
• Ensure that plant materials do not interfere
with security lighting or restrict access to
emergency apparatus such as fire hydrants
or fire alarm boxes.
• Design landscape in conformance to Chapter
10.18 (Water Conservation and Water
Shortage Contingency Rules and
Regulations) and Chapter 10.19 (Landscape
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Water Efficiency Ordinance) of Title 10
Anaheim Municipal Code, and Guidelines for
Implementation of the City of Anaheim
Landscape Water Efficiency Ordinance.
5.7.12.2 Surface Parking Area Landscaping
The following guidelines are intended to apply to
surface parking areas generally accessible to the
public, such as areas associated with a hotel.
• Use trees with a spreading canopy in parking
areas sufficient to cover at least 30% of the
parking surface with tree canopy within five
years of installation.
• Select tree species to minimize pavement
damage within parking areas.
• Distribute the required trees throughout the
parking area.
• Mass trees in large planters within the parking
area in parking lots with more than 50 spaces,
to reduce the apparent size of the lot.
• Ensure that the lowest tree branches are
more than six feet above the finish grade at
the base of the tree to prevent damage from
automobiles.
• Screen parking areas visible from public
streets in the following manner:
o low, evergreen shrub masses; or
o landscaped berms that conceal parking
areas; or
o a combination of the two.
5.7.12.3 Planting Design
• Provide simple, bold and easy to maintain
landscape planting designs which
incorporate many drought tolerant plant
materials.
• Landscape elements visible from the public
right-of-way should blend with and seem a
part of the public right-of-way landscaping.
See Section 5.6, the Setback Realm.
• Provide a mix of plant material sizes in
informal planting. The following is a typical
mix of plant sizes for an informal planting:
o Trees:
30%. 48-inch box
60%, 24-gallon
10%, 15-gallon
o Shrubs:
60%. 5-gallon
40%, 1-gallon
o Ground Cover:
100% coverage, within 1 year
• Provide for plant palettes that include both
long and short lived plant materials. Longlived materials include trees and most shrubs; short-lived materials include perennials,
annuals, and some shrubs. See Planning
Standard Detail No. 10.
• Select plant materials which are suited to the
soil and climatic conditions of the site.
• Utilize 24-gallon trees in parking areas, with
species selected to minimize root damage.
• Minimize the use of water through the
selection of plants that are drought tolerant
when they are mature.
• Space trees and shrubs with consideration for
their ultimate size.
• Ensure that all ground cover is healthy and
densely foliated and is comprised of well
rooted cuttings or container plants.
• Ground covers planted from flats should be
planted no more than eighteen inches (18”)
on-center. One gallon container ground cover
should be planted no more than four feet (4’)
on-center.
5.7.12.4 Private Pedestrian Paving
These guidelines for pedestrian paving apply to all
paved areas on private property intended for use
by pedestrians, including areas to be used by both
pedestrians and vehicles. Pedestrian paving may
include, but is not necessarily limited to:
sidewalks, paths, walkways, courtyards, and
plazas.
• Desirable qualities of pedestrian paving
surfaces:
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o a surface texture rough enough to prevent
slipping, but smooth enough to prevent
stumbling.
o maintenance free.
o stain resistant.
o fade resistant.
o non-reflective.
• Acceptable pedestrian paving materials:
o concrete: broom finished, salt finished,
heavy sand blasted.
o colored concrete.
o stamped and saw-cut concrete, provided
the pattern does not have joints or score
lines that catch high heels, or cause
tripping.
o unit pavers, including brick, stone,
concrete and tile, provided the pavers do
not have joints or score lines that catch
high heels, or cause tripping.
• Pedestrian paving surfaces which may be
used in situations where the limitations of the
material have been considered include:
o decomposed granite (not suitable for use
where disabled access should be
provided).
o loose gravel (not suitable for use where
disabled access should be provided, or
where heavy pedestrian traffic can be
expected).
o white, or very light-colored paving (not
suitable where glare from the surface will
affect pedestrian safety)
o asphalt (not suitable where the asphalt is
likely to become soft on hot days).
o wooden boardwalk type paving (not
suitable where heels might catch in the
cracks between the boards).
• Unacceptable pedestrian paving surfaces
include:
o stamped concrete or unit pavers with
deep rounded joints, or score lines and
joints that are wider than 1/4.”
o “Turf block.”
5.7.12.5 Landscape Walls and Fences
• Use walls and fences for security, visual
screening, and aesthetic purposes.
• Ensure that walls and fences are consistent
with the architecture of the adjacent building in
terms of material, color, and form.
• Avoid walls which feature long, unarticulated
surfaces. Use pilasters, height variation,
setback variation, landscaping, and surface
texture to vary the wall surface.
• Provide walls and fences that are of the
following preferred materials: masonry,
wrought iron and painted steel tubing. Wood
and uncoated chain link fences should not be
used in public view.
• Coated fences can be used within public view
if a dense landscape buffer is in front of the
fence or if vines are planted on the fence.
• Prohibit walls from encroaching into areas
needed for safe sight-distance.
• Ensure that walls intended to screen storage
or refuse areas, outdoor mechanical
equipment, or to provide separation between
different uses at a property line be of masonry
construction and not be less than six, nor more
than twelve feet in height, provided that in the
C-R and Anaheim GardenWalk Overlays and
District A, the maximum wall height is eight
feet.
• Cover walls accessible to the public, with the
exception of walls that are part of an entry
design and uncoated chain link fences, with
living vines in order to discourage graffiti and
enhance the appearance of the fence and/or
wall.
5.7.12.6 Irrigation
The intent of the irrigation guidelines is to provide
for adequate irrigation coverage while efficiently
conserving water, consistent with Chapters 10.18
and 10.19 of Title 10 Anaheim Municipal Code,
and Guidelines for Implementation of the City of
Anaheim Landscape Water Efficiency Ordinance.
• Irrigate all permanently landscaped or
required landscape areas with a permanent,
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underground irrigation system that is
operated by an automatic irrigation controller.
• Use triangular spacing of spray heads in turf
areas whenever feasible.
• Irrigate shrub areas with low gallon spray
heads. When appropriate, drip irrigation
should be provided in shrub areas.
• Irrigate individual shrubs with a pressure
compensation bubbler with low flow
characteristics.
• Irrigate at night and early morning to reduce
evaporation due to sun and wind.
• Apply irrigation water in multiple short
applications to reduce runoff on to areas not
needing irrigation.
• Ensure that irrigation water is not applied to
walks, driveways, walls, fences, and building
faces.
• Provide methods of retaining irrigation runoff
water on site; it should not flow on to other
property or the public right-of-way.
• Require approved backflow preventers on all
systems.
• Screen from public view all irrigation
equipment including backflow preventers and
controller boxes.
• Install automatic valves in valve boxes, and
use pop-up spray heads, whenever feasible.
5.7.12.7 Landscape Maintenance
• Maintain all landscape materials, including
trees, shrubs, ground covers, and vines in a
healthy condition at all times.
5.8 Design Plan Summary
This subsection contains a summary of the design
guidelines contained within the Design Plan that
apply to the public right-of-way (the Public Realm)
and the adjacent setbacks (the Setback Realm). It
also contains general references to design
standards that apply to streets which continue
outside the Specific Plan area, such as Harbor
Boulevard and Katella Avenue. The intent is to
summarize in one location the street right-of-way
widths, setback, and direction to applicable
standards from Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and
Development Standards’, and landscape
concepts in order to show the relationship
between these various elements.
It contains full Cross-Sections of the following
streets:
• Harbor Boulevard (Exhibit A-A);
• Katella Avenue (Exhibit B-B);
• Walnut Street (Exhibit C-C);
• Disneyland Drive (Exhibit D-D);
• Ball Road (Exhibit E-E);
• Clementine Street (Exhibit F-F);
• Disney Way (Exhibit G-G);
• Haster Street (Exhibit H-H); and,
• West Place (Exhibit I-I);
The intent is to show typical full street CrossSections for all streets in the Specific Plan Area.
As there is only one Cross-Section for each street,
these Cross-Sections are typical and may not
apply to every situation along the specific street.
5.8.1 Full-Street Reference Plan and
Cross-Sections
Exhibit 5.8.1a (Full Street Cross-Sections Key),
shows the location of full street Cross-Sections
Exhibits 5.8.1b through 5.8.1j within the Specific
Plan. All references to the “Public Right-of-Way”
mean the “Ultimate Public Right-of-Way” unless
otherwise specified.
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Exhibit 5.8.1d – Walnut Street Full Street Cross-Section (C-C) Exhibit 5.8.1e – Disneyland Drive Full Street Cross-Section (D-D) The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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Exhibit 5.8.1f – Ball Road Full Street Cross-Section (E-E) Exhibit 5.8.1g – Clementine Street and Manchester Avenue Full Street Cross-Section (F-F) The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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Exhibit 5.8.1h – Disney Way Full Street Cross-Section (G-G) Exhibit 5.8.1i – Haster Street Full Street Cross-Section (H-H) The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan 5.0 Design Plan
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5.8.2 Interior Property Line Cross-Sections
The exhibits on the following pages show the location of the Setback Realm within the Specific Plan Area.
It is followed by the Cross-Sections that describe the conditions at all edges of the development.
Exhibit 5.8.2a – Interior Property Line Setback Adjacent to Anaheim Resort Specific Plan or C-R Overlay
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5.8.3 District Concept Plans
The concept plans on the following pages are a compilation of the information contained in the Design Plan and other sections of the Specific Plan. Each contains information about setbacks, building area, and access.
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Section 6.0: General Plan
Consistency
California Government Code §65450-§65453
permits the adoption and administration of
Specific Plans as an implementation tool for
elements contained within the local General Plan.
The City of Anaheim General Plan provides
guidance for long-term growth and development in
the City through comprehensive plans for future
development. Specific Plans must demonstrate
consistency in regulations, guidelines and
programs with the goals, objectives, policies,
programs and uses that are set forth in the
General Plan.
Table 5.10-1 of Subsequent Environmental
Impact Report No. 352 addresses the consistency
of the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan (DRSP)
with the relevant City of Anaheim General Plan
Goals and Policies. This table is herein
incorporated into the Specific Plan by reference.
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Section 8.0: Legal Description
All that certain real property, in the City of
Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California,
more particularly described as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of the northerly line of Katella
Avenue, 120 feet wide, with the westerly line of
Harbor Boulevard, 120 feet wide; thence North 89°
11’ 53” West 2583.25 feet along said northerly line
to the centerline of West Street, 90 feet wide;
thence continuing North 89° 41’ 05” West 1255.79
feet along said northerly line to the beginning of
that certain property line curve return concave
northerly and having a radius of 17.00 feet, as
shown on Tract No. 2854, in said City, as per map
recorded in Book 90 Pages 39 through 40 of
Miscellaneous Maps of said County; thence
westerly 7.32 feet along said curve through a
central angle of 24° 40’ 57” to the easterly line of
Walnut Street, 90 feet wide; thence on a
nontangent line North 00° 40’ 55” East 1265.11
feet along said easterly line to the southerly line of
Lot 3, Block 14 of Fairview Colony Tract, in said
City, as per map recorded in Book 1 Page 33 of
Miscellaneous Maps of said County; thence North
89° 30’ 26” West 4.00 feet along said southerly
line to the beginning of a non-tangent curve,
concave westerly, having a radius of 698.77 feet
and to which beginning a radial line bears South
89° 19’ 05” East, said curve being the easterly line
of that certain document recorded in Book 7700