Hotel Drops Out of Disney Resort Suit : Development: Anaheim Plaza is mollified by park agreement to choose parking design that won’t impact its property. Two other lawsuits still must be dealt with.

The Walt Disney Co. has mollified another opponent to its proposed $3-billion Disneyland Resort by eliminating one of the options for its proposed parking structures.

The owners of Anaheim Plaza Resort Hotel will drop out of a lawsuit challenging the Disney expansion because the entertainment company has agreed to choose a parking design that does not impact the hotel property, according to the hotel’s attorney.

Disney officials declined to comment about the development because they are still embroiled in litigation with other property owners over the project.

Deputy City Manager Tom Wood confirmed Thursday that an agreement has been reached about the parking structure, but said the deal has not yet been put in writing.

The Anaheim Plaza owners filed suit in July, along with several other property owners, all of whom were concerned that the Disney venture would damage their businesses.

The hotel owners said they were opposed to a design plan that would have forced the demolition of the hotel, which is at the southeast corner of Harbor Boulevard and Freedman Way, to make room for the east parking garage.

Disney officials have agreed to abandon that plan in favor of another, which places the garage at the corner of Freedman Way and Clementine Street, stretching toward Katella Avenue. That land is owned by the Melodyland Christian Center, but Disney has an option to buy it.

As planned, the garage would contain about 17,600 parking spaces and would be used as a mass transit center that would include bus service, a rail station and other transportation uses.

The garage would be one of two mammoth parking structures to service the Disneyland Resort, which would consist of a new theme park next to Disneyland, 5,600 hotel rooms, a 5,000-seat amphitheater, a shopping district and a six-acre lake.

Even with the Anaheim Plaza dropping its legal challenge, there are still two lawsuits against the proposed resort. One is by a restaurant owner near Disneyland, and the other by various property owners in the area.

For months, Disney officials have been quietly negotiating with those opposed to the project to try to resolve differences. Most recently, the entertainment giant reached an out-of-court settlement with the Anaheim City School District, which had also filed suit against the project.

City officials say Disney is negotiating with the remaining litigants with the hopes of avoiding potentially lengthy and costly battles in court.