Anaheim General Plan

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Read Anaheim's official General Plan: Anaheim General Plan → · 2004-05-25 · 2025-04-22

Elements · 4 Verifier-checked summaries

• Land Use Element (City of Anaheim General Plan) → Land Use 2004-05-25

  Anaheim's Land Use Element designates the amount, type, and location of development and is implemented through density and floor-area-ratio (FAR) standards. Residential designations range from Estate (0-1.5 du/ac), Low (0-6.5), Low Medium Hillside (0-6.0), Low Medium (0-18.0), Mid (0-27.0) to Medium (0-36.0 du/ac). Mixed-use designations range up to Mixed-Use Urban Core at 0-100 du/ac and 0-3.00 FAR. Where at least 20% of units are restricted for lower-income households on Sixth Cycle Housing Element candidate sites, a minimum density of 20 du/ac applies. Non-residential designations set FAR standards for Neighborhood (0.35-0.45), General Commercial (0.25-0.50), Office High (0.50-2.00), and Industrial (0.35-0.50). The element references 11 approved specific plans. Adopted May 25, 2004; revised April 22, 2025.

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• Sixth Cycle Housing Element 2021-2029 (City of Anaheim) → Housing 2025-05-01

  Anaheim's Sixth Cycle Housing Element covers the RHNA planning period October 15, 2021 to October 15, 2029. SCAG allocated the City a total RHNA of 17,453 housing units: 3,767 very low-income, 2,397 low-income, 2,945 moderate-income, and 8,344 above-moderate (market-rate). To accommodate unaccommodated need under Government Code 65583.2(h) and (i), the City commits to permitting multifamily uses by-right where 20% or more units are affordable to lower-income households, accommodating a minimum of 16 units per site, requiring a minimum density of 20 units per acre, and placing at least 50% of lower-income need on residential-only sites. Strategies include facilitating 100 new ADUs in highest-resource areas, providing an estimated 6,500 Section 8 vouchers annually, and a Quantified Objective to preserve 60 at-risk units (30 very low, 30 low).

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• Green Element - Conserving Natural Resources (City of Anaheim General Plan) → Conservation 2004-05-25

  The Green Element combines Anaheim's required Conservation and Open Space elements with Parks/Recreation. Its Conserving Natural Resources section sets goals and policies including GOAL 1.1 (maintain strict hillside grading standards, requiring infill hillside development to minimize alteration of natural landforms), GOAL 2.1 (preserve views of ridgelines and scenic vistas), GOAL 3.1 (use utility easements as recreational trails and open space), GOAL 4.1 (maximize recreational/scenic potential of reservoirs and waterways), GOAL 5.1 (water conservation at City facilities), GOAL 6.1 (a Groundwater Protection Management Program), GOAL 7.1 (reduce urban runoff), and GOAL 14.1 (conserve natural habitat and protect rare, threatened and endangered species through the Natural Communities Conservation Plan). It identifies areas within Mineral Resource Zone Class 2 (MRZ-2). Adopted May 25, 2004; revised October 27, 2022.

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• Green Element - Parks, Recreation & Open Space (City of Anaheim General Plan) → Open Space 2004-05-25

  The Green Element's parks, recreation and open space provisions set Anaheim's park dedication standard requiring new development to provide two acres of parkland for each 1,000 residents added, implemented through a park dedication ordinance with annually adjusted fees. GOAL 18.1 calls for sufficient indoor/outdoor park and recreation opportunities, with policies to maintain at least two acres of parkland per thousand residents, locate neighborhood parks within walking distance, site parks adjacent to schools for joint use, and develop at least one 10,000-square-foot multi-use indoor facility per 25,000 residents. GOAL 19.1 provides a broad range of recreation programs and disability access to facilities; GOAL 20.1 maintains and upgrades parks. The element preserves open space for habitat, recreation, and water uses, noting resources such as Chino Hills State Park, the Cleveland National Forest, and the Santa Ana River.

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• Noise Element (City of Anaheim General Plan) → Noise 2004-05-25
• Safety Element (City of Anaheim General Plan), City Council Adopted January 10, 2023 → Safety 2023-01-10
• Environmental Justice Element (City of Anaheim General Plan), Resolution No. 2025-033, April 22, 2025 → Environmental Justice 2025-04-22

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