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The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-1 The Design Plan contains descriptions of the basic concepts that will help achieve the Specific Plan’s fundamental goal of creating 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 Disneyland Resort Specific Plan is to complement the City’s ongoing 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 provide the most accurate documentation of the streetscape elements. This Specific Plan describes in detail 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. For ease of reference and to better depict the relationship between other City planning efforts, The Disneyland Resort 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. For example, the description and illustrations of the design concept for Harbor Boulevard includes both sides of the street. As precise plans for The Disneyland Resort are refined, modifications to some features illustrated in the drawings may be necessary to accommodate factors that are not yet known. For example, the final selection of plant materials will be made when more information about soil fertility is available. This type of modification to the Design Plan will be permitted, subject to the provision of Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Developments Standards’ (see Anaheim Municipal Code 18.116.040 ‘Methods and Procedures for Specific Plan Implementation’). ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-2 5.1 Design Plan Objectives The information in this Section is intended to supplement the Specific Plan Zoning and Development Standards contained in Section 7.0 in the following ways. First, it describes the fundamental design ideas and concepts that are the basis for the standards and regulations. This description of the basic concepts will assist in the interpretation of the intent of the Specific Plan in situations where several 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 show what the physical appearance and important conditions in the Specific Plan area should be if the standards, regulations and guidelines are implemented in accordance with this Section and Section 7.0. This Section also contains regulations from Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards,’ which help illustrate the design ideas and concepts. By showing how the two work together, the intent of the Specific Plan can be conveyed in a more comprehensive manner. In addition to this introduction, this Section is divided into eight parts, including: y Design Plan Objectives; y Design Concepts; y Landscape Concept Plan; y Comprehensive Identity Plan; y Design Criteria for the Public Realm; y Design Criteria for the Setback Realm; y Design Criteria for the Private Realm; and, y Design Plan Reference Summary. The Design Plan is intended to achieve three principal design objectives. They are: y Create visual continuity between The Disneyland Resort and the surrounding Anaheim Resort; y Create a high quality, visually appealing, pedestrian-oriented environment; and, y Protect the visual integrity of the theme parks. The following is a description of each of these objectives. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-3 5.1.1 Create Visual Continuity Between The Disneyland Resort and the Surrounding Anaheim Resort An important objective of the Plan is to visually tie the Specific Plan area to the improvements 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, and there will be a smoother transition from The Disneyland Resort facilities to the surrounding area. The result will be 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 high quality pedestrian environment that reinforces the urban character of the Specific Plan area. With development of the new theme parks, con- struction of the new public parking facilities, and the increase in the number of visitor accommodations both within the Specific Plan area and the surrounding Anaheim Resort, there will be a measurable increase in the number of pedestrians in the area. Anticipated improvements of the Anaheim Convention Center will also contribute significantly to the increase in pedestrians. This will help support an active street environment for shop- ping, dining and lodging within walking distance from the theme parks. The Design Plan addresses the needs of pedestrians by: y establishing the size and location of pedestrian walks; y defining the type of landscape necessary to create a pedestrian scale; and, y 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 their interiors are visually screened from the surrounding environment. While visitors are inside the park, they only see things that are part of the theme park. This is intended to support the feeling of fantasy, escape, and separation from the outside world that characterizes the theme park ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-4 5.2 Design Concepts experience, and makes them an attractive form of recreation. The existing 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 the new theme park 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. 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 Unity with Landscape The Specific Plan area and the surrounding Anaheim Resort present 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 transform the visual character of both the Specific Plan area and the surrounding area with landscape. The primary component of this transformation will be the streetscape, which will include 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 will also be important in this transformation. In some instances, the visible portions of buildings and private land behind the setbacks will 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 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 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-5 grow with 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 creating a grand civic scale primarily with large-scale landscape plantings and architectural regulations, including 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 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. Where new rights-of-way are being created, sufficient space will be provided within the right-of-way to accommodate the proposed landscape. 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. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-6 5.2.5 Create a Recognizable Center for The Anaheim Resort In coordination with the City’s ongoing 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 the diagram to the left. 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. 5.2.6 Coordinate Streetscape Improvements with Other Improvements Construction of The Disneyland Resort will be phased over a number of years, and construction of much of the identity- giving landscape will follow this same schedule. 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 Disneyland Resort Specific Plan area will be coordinated with all public and private improvements, such as the undergrounding of utilities, or the construction of the public parking facilities. The intent is to assure 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 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 will be 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-of-way 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 in- ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-7 5.3 Landscape Concept Plan cludes 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 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. This section of the Design Plan describes the landscape design principles for the Specific Plan area that will contribute to the unified environment envisioned by the Plan. It 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 the Plan calls the Public Realm and the Setback Realm. However, the adopted Anaheim Resort Identity Program and The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program regulate the streetscape elements. The Landscape Concept Diagram (Exhibit 5.3.4a) shows how the principles have been applied to the important streets within the Specific Plan area, and landscape cross sections and elevations illustrate the basic landscape design principles. 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. The landscape design drawings found in this Section, including the landscape cross sections, 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 References Summary,’ contains detailed technical cross sections which show all elements—landscape, right-of-way and building setbacks—together on a single page with key dimensions and landscape descriptions. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-8 5.3.1 Landscape Concepts The following landscape concepts are intended to define the character of the landscape proposed for The Anaheim Resort. 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 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. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-9 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. 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 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. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-10 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), 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 Section 5.8.4. 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.I.5a 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 Section 5.8.4, which recommends specific plants. 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 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-11 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 off-white will be limited. 5.3.2 Plant Material Selection and Use The purpose of this subsection is to: y describe the basic plant selection criteria for the plants that will be used in the Specific Plan area; y describe the role each type of plant (tree, shrub, ground cover) will play in establishing the overall character of the Specific Plan area; and, y identify in a general way where and how each type will be used. The information in this subsection is supplemented by a detailed plant palette in Section 5.8.4, 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 plant palette. 5.3.2.1 Basic Selection Criteria The desirable attributes of plants to be used in the Specific Plan area include: y drought tolerant; y reasonably low in maintenance; y relatively free from disease and pest infestation; y outstanding in some characteristic, such as form, color, bark, etc.; y unlikely to be familiar outside subtropical areas; ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-12 y evergreen; y exotic in appearance; y moderate or fast in growth; and, y suitable for use around people. The intent is to establish an overall appearance that is recognizably Southern Californian in character. 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. 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 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. Small canopy trees will have a mature height of at least twenty feet, but not more than forty feet. 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. 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 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-13 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. 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 a 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. 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 be 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. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-14 Vertical and pyramidal trees are intended to serve a variety of purposes. Among these are: y screening views of adjacent uses or property; y establishing regular, easily recognizable geometric patterns; and, y 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. Many needle leafed evergreens, such as pine and cedar 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. 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. Shrubs: Shrubs will serve several main design purposes to reinforce the basic landscape plan, including the following: y 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; y to provide a physical barrier to discourage pedestrians from crossing streets mid-block, or to direct pedestrian and vehicular traffic; and, y to introduce an intermediate to low layer within a layered landscape. To create a stronger impact, shrubs will be planted in large masses dominated by a single species. They will often appear as either loose (unclipped) or formal (clipped) hedges of consistent height that may vary from two feet to more than fifteen feet high. Shrubs that are very low growing (less than two feet tall), and that spread widely will be used as a ground cover. Vines: Vines will be used for the following main purposes: ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-15 y 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; y 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, y 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 and sprawling vines, ground covers include turf and other grasses, annuals, 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. They will be planted so that large areas have a uniform appearance. 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. Large areas of landscape will be planted with drought tolerant ground covers in order to reduce water usage and long term maintenance costs. 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 reinforce each other. As a result, setback landscaping will vary depending on the treatment of adjacent public landscape. Implementation of the layered landscape is most important in two areas: along Katella Avenue and Harbor Boulevard, the two major streets within the Central Core; as an addi- ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-16 tional 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 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 and 5.3.3b illustrate diagrammatically the criteria for creating layered landscape based on the length of parcel frontage. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-17 The width of the landscape setback will also affect 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. 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. Exhibit 5.3.3c illustrates diagrammatically the criteria for creating layered landscape based on setback width. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-18 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-19 5.3.4 Landscape Concept Diagram The Landscape Concept Diagram in Exhibit 5.3.4a shows the different landscape treatments proposed for each of the major streets in the area, as well as the location of the layered landscape treatment of setback areas. This Diagram is intended to illustrate the overall planting design concept and does not show the actual size or placement of trees and other landscape elements. 5.3.5 Landscape Cross Sections The following landscape cross-sections are intended to provide a general overview of the different landscape treatments that will 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 of each Realm in creating an overall unifying identity and a description of the specific components of each respective Realm. The cross sections are not intended to illustrate every condition that may occur within or adjacent to the street right- ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-20 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-21 of-way, nor do they contain setback and right-of-way dimensions. Section 5.8.1 contains more detailed information about these other topics and also serves as a summary of the concepts presented here. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-22 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-23 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-24 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-25 ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-26 5.4 Identity Concept Plan Since adoption of this Specific Plan, the City of Anaheim has 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. This Section of the Specific Plan has not been modified to reflect the adopted Anaheim Resort Identity Program, however the text and the Gateway Location Plan have been retained for information purposes. 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. Additional important information about signs is also contained elsewhere in The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan. Section.5.5.2, ‘The Arrival Gateways,’ contains design criteria for each of the major gateway locations that supplement the more conceptual description contained in this Section. Section 5.6, ‘Design Criteria for the Setback Realm,’ contains a subsection (Section 5.6.1, ‘Freestanding Sign Guidelines which describes the design criteria for signs which identify particular uses. Section 5.7, ‘Design Criteria for the Private Realm,’ also contains a subsection, Section 5.7.10, ‘Signs,’ which provides sign guidelines. Code Section ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-27 18.114.130, of Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards,’ contains the Anaheim Municipal Code regulations which will apply to signs in the Specific Plan area. 5.4.1 Identity and Sign Concepts The following five concepts are the guiding principles which apply to the development of sign and identity elements within the Specific Plan area. 5.4.1.1 Reinforce the Landscape Character of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Area In order to unify the area, sign and identity elements will reinforce the landscape character described in Section 5.3 and elsewhere in the Specific Plan. This will be achieved in several ways. All sign and identity elements will: y Be consistent with the geometry established by the landscape planting, particularly the regularly spaced street trees; y Convey a warmth and friendliness that will make visitors feel welcome; y Emulate traditional garden elements, such as trellises, pergolas, garden benches, and other typical garden architectural elements; and, y Have an open, traditional, metal trellis-work design vocabulary, when appropriate. Lattice grids may be open or closed, square or diamond mesh, simple or elaborate, regular or irregular. Typically trellis design vocabulary will include uprights and capping elements in addition to the grids. 5.4.1.2 Forms to be Traditional in Appearance The basic forms of sign and identity elements will be more traditional and classical in principle and appearance. The following principles will help achieve this: y Symmetry will be employed in both the design of individual elements and in their placement in the landscape; y Wherever appropriate, individual elements will have a distinct base-middle-top hierarchy; y Classic garden furnishings will provide prototypical forms for sign and identity elements; and, y Street furniture, such as benches, bus shelters, and trash receptacles will create a richer, more interesting and inviting pedestrian environment. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Section 5.0: Design Plan Page 5-28 5.4.1.3 Integrated Sign Program Directs Visitors Efficiently In order to better orient visitors, an integrated program which includes informational, regulatory and directional signs will be established. The overall intent of this system is to inform, rather than advertise. This system will have the following characteristics: y Prior to installation, plans will be prepared which show the location, sign type, and message (or messages, in the case of a changeable message sign) that will be used for each sign in the Specific Plan area; y Signs in the public right-of-way will be designed as a family of signs with a consistent design vocabulary; and, y Consistent regulations for signs on private property will make it easier for visitors to quickly find their destination. 5.4.1.4 Consistent Color System A consistent color system for all sign and identity elements in the public right-of-way will be established to further enhance the area’s visual appearance and provide a distinct identity. The dominant hues of the color system will complement the landscape and may incorporate the colors found in traditional garden-furnishings. The color system will have the following characteristics: y The color palette will be limited; a few major colors will dominate sign and identity elements, and any minor colors used will be limited to accents and other minor usage; and, y The color palette will be applied to elements in the public right-of-way. 5.4.1.5 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 night lighting concepts will be applied within the Specific Plan area: y Identity will be created by the effects created by night lighting, rather than the specific form or design of individual light fixtures; y The spectrum of night lighting will be limited to warm colors to create a more unified identity;