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Lighting associated with recreation centers and parking lots,as well as security lighting, is typically installed on low(9-to 15-foot)light standards.Even if the height of such typical light standards were doubled at the recreation center and lit parking lots associated with the recreational facilities at the proposed community park _ and community college,direct views of this lighting from I-205,Mountain House Parkway, and Grant Line Road would be blocked by: ► proposed intervening structures between these light sources and roads; ► proposed intervening landscaping and walls between these light sources and roads; ► the landscaping proposed in the community park(Figure 3-8); ► the intervening hill between the southwestern portion of the proposed community college and I-205; and the proposed landscaped buffer along the southern boundary of the project site at its interface with the I-205 right-of-way. Hence,lighting from the proposed recreation center, lit parking lots and security lighting would not represent a new source of substantial light or glare that would adversely affect daytime or nighttime views from public vantage points. A less-than-significant impact would occur. Lighting associated with outdoor ball fields,play courts,and skate parks is limited by Chapter 11 of the MHCSD Design Manual to 70-foot-high light standards with 1,500-watt bulbs. Given the maximum permitted height of this lighting,direct views of this lighting could be visible from I-205,Mountain House Parkway,and Grant Line Road. The MHMP and MHCSD Design Manual set forth lighting standards for proposed lighting in Mountain House, including the proposed recreational lighting. MHMP Section 42.6(b)requires that lighting be designed to minimize glare and impacts to adjacent residential uses.MHMP Section 7.2.7,Implementation i,requires that the proposed community park incorporate"significant'landscaping and earthen berms where adjacent to I-205. MHCSD Design Manual Chapter 4 requires all light sources to be concealed and directed downward,that exterior fighting be shielded to minimize direct glare and reflection, and that exposed lamps, lights of unusually high intensity,low-pressure sodium lamps, and exposed galvanized finishes be prohibited. The above requirements would avoid most of the adverse light and glare impacts associated with the proposed ball field,play court,and skate park lighting for several reasons.First,direct illumination of I-205,Mountain — House Parkway,and Grant Line Road would not occur given the peat distance(1,200 feet minimum)between these proposed Light sources and the streets. Second,direct views of unshielded light sources would not occur given the MHMP and MHCSD Design Manual requirements that lighting be concealed,shielded, and directed - downward.Third,high-intensity lights(including sodium vapor)would not be used per the requirements of the MHCSD Design Manual,thus bringing the type of lighting to be used closer to standard urban lighting rather than stadium lighting.Therefore, lighting associated with the proposed outdoor ball fields,play courts,and skate parks _ would not represent a new source of substantial light or glare that would adversely affect day or nighttime views from public vantage points.A less-than-significant impact would occur. Mitigation Measure 4.14-4:Visual Quality—Generation of New Light and Glare from Lighted Outdoor Recreational _ Facilities. No mitigation is required. - EDAW College Park at Mountain House Specific Plan III Draft EIR Visual Quality 4.14-20 San Joaquin County