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the intersection regardless of how each approach is regulated—no stop sign, stop sign, or traffic signal. Fire trucks and emergency vehicles leaving the station would also exert more complete control over traffic at the Mascot Boulevard/Tradition Street intersection (as compared to the partial control achieved through the use of a warning siren alone). If the intersection were regulated by a traffic signal, the TJKM study states that the fire station would be equipped with a preemption device that "would cause the signal to display four-way red until the emergency vehicle has left the intersection." If the intersection were regulated by a four-way stop, "a similar situation would prevail." The TJKM study notes, however, that initially the intersection would likely be regulated by a two-way stop, with Tradition Street traffic stopping for Mascot Boulevard traffic. In that instance, the fire truck or emergency vehicle would need to enter the intersection with caution and then proceed in any direction, a situation typical for emergency vehicles at all uncontrolled intersections. 5. The use is compatible with adjoining land uses. • This finding can be made because: The proposed fire station is compatible with the newly constructed homes north of Mascot Boulevard and with the proposed high school and residential uses that are to be constructed adjacent to, or in the immediate vicinity of, the fire station. The scale of the building is appropriate. The architecture proposed for the facility is Civic Italianate. Porticos are integrated into the overall design of the structure. The planes of the exterior walls are varied in depth and direction, and the height of the building is varied so that it appears to be divided into distinct massing elements. Finally, the site of the fire station is separated from the adjacent high school by a 6-foot high wrought iron fence, with a 5-foot landscaped strip and a row of trees spaced 14-16 feet on center (See Figures 1.) In addition to the above, the residential area undergoing development immediately north of Mascot Boulevard in Neighborhood "F" is shielded from the intermittent noise impacts generated by the fire trucks exiting the station by a sound wall approximately 8 feet in height. Lastly, Condition 8 has been included in the conditions of approval. Condition 8 requires the landscaping and screening for the fire station to be in accordance with the Mountain House Development Title and the Mountain House Community Services District Design Manual, with the installation and maintenance of such landscaping to be in accordance with the MHCSD Public Works Design and Construction Manuals for Irrigation and Maintenance Standards. 6. All applicable provisions of the Mountain House Development Agreement have been met. San Joaquin County PA-0300259 Mountain House Community Development 12