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Mountain House Specific Plan III ........................................................................................................................................................................... CHAPTER SEVEN: RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE 7.1 Introduction The recreation and open space corridor system within the Mountain House community provides for an extensive and varied system of public open spaces and recreation facilities along with private recreation and resource conservation. 7.2 Parks and Recreation 7.2.1 Recreation System 7.2.1.1 Master Plan Summary To provide the community with public and private open space areas, the Master Plan calls for a full range of recreational facilities and open space corridor areas that exceed minimum County standards and are made available to residents in a timely manner. The community shall maintain a combined community and neighborhood park ratio of not less than five .. acres per 1,000 population, and shall incorporate a comprehensive system of regional, community and neighborhood parks at locations that serve every part of the community. The park system shall provide community focal points that are accessible to residential neighborhoods and complement other community programs and create educational opportunities, as well as natural resource areas that preserve and enhance wildlife habitats and corridors. The community's bicycle and pedestrian circulation system shall establish linkages between residential areas and open space corridor destinations. As required by the Master Plan,the MHCSD has prepared the Parks, Leisure and Open Space Plan,which provides additional information on recreational planning and operations. It also supplies a definition of requirements for Conceptual,Preliminary,and Final/Construction Park Plans as used in this Specific Plan. 7.2.1.2 Specific Plan III Description The park provisions for the Specific Plan III Area are intended to meet the standards for acreage, usage, service area, access and total program as described in the Master Plan. Given the Master Plan standard for five acres of park(community and neighborhood combined)per 1,000 people, and a projected population of 7360 people,the SP III Plan Area would require 36.8 acres of community and neighborhood parks. This Specific Plan allocates 11 acres to neighborhood parks and 31 acres to ` community parks, for a total of 42 acres. A neighborhood open space corridor system has been developed for the Specific Plan III linking the Community Park, the Neighborhood Parks and the schools into a complete recreational system(Figure 7-1). The open space corridor system provides an additional 8 r Draft 03/14/05 7-1 ...........................................................................................................................................................................