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Mountain House Specific Plan III ........................................................................................................................................................................ • Provide light industrial and commercial office use areas suitable for the development of high quality business parks, allowing potential employers to relocate and expand in a strategic regional location with adequate transportation, services, moderate land costs,few site constraints and housing affordable to the jobs provided. • Accommodate a satellite campus within the community for Delta Community College. • Allow for a diversity of residential areas and a hierarchy of commercial areas. _ • Provide sufficient employment areas to create a job for every resident of the community who is projected to be working. Minimize impacts on County agricultural lands. • Develop the community in an orderly and efficient manner, at average residential densities of at least 6.5 units per acre. • Establish strong community boundaries and reduce potential conflicts with adjacent agricultural lands by creating buffers along the western and eastern community boundaries. Housing r Provide an adequate supply of housing for all income groups in the community. • Establish neighborhoods with varying levels of amenities and a mixture of housing densities ranging from golf course-related residential developments to entry-level neighborhoods. • Designate an average density of between six and seven units per acre overall in order to achieve a higher density than is currently found in the County, thereby meeting market needs and achieving more affordability and entry-level housing opportunities. • Establish a balance of jobs and housing by matching projected income levels of jobs provided within the community with the projected cost of housing. • Ensure housing for a variety of income levels within each neighborhood. ` • Provide multi-family housing within the community,to be concentrated near Neighborhood Centers or adjacent to the Mountain House Creek corridor,Village Centers, employment centers,and in and adjacent to the Town Center. Economic Development Create a financially and fiscally viable community resulting in positive economic impact on the County. • Ensure fiscal protection of the County and future community residents by creating an independent and self-sustaining community. Provide for efficient phasing in order to avoid potential fiscal impacts. • Plan for the location of new,expanding or relocating businesses serving the Central Valley and the Bay Area,by designating areas for industrial and office commercial use. Draft 03/14/05 2-3 ...........................................................................................................................................................................