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Mountain House Specific Plan III ........................................................................................................................................................................... Street Character As in most mid 20"Century San Joaquin Valley towns, tree-lined streets represent a tradition of good neighborhood value and character. Streets and the landscape areas occurring in medians,parkway strips and adjacent buffer landscaping are a major component of the Mountain House open space corridor systerrL These areas convey the immediate impression of the overall community image,provide pedestrian and circulation routes, and provide a landscape interface between traffic corridors and adjacent land uses. All streets in the neighborhoods will have curb-separated sidewalks with continuous tree planting. The landscape character of each neighborhood shall be different from adjoining neighborhoods and shall generally be consistent throughout the neighborhood. Central Parkway is the icon street of the community and is envisioned as the"parade route"of the community. It has a distinctive character as it threads through the entire community from south to north acting as a strong community linkage element. Central Parkway will be dominated by groves of canopy trees with occasional vertical tree species or colorful deciduous trees at nodal or accent points along the Parkway. The character is informal,with heavily shaded street corridors,with sidewalks separated from the roadway by a planted parkway strip. All planting shall be consistent with the MHCSD Design — Manual. De Anza Boulevard, Mountain House Parkway and Grant Line Road will incorporate the existing character already developed for these Arterial roads, and shall be consistent with the MHCSD Design _ Manual. Enhanced parkways such as the trail systems along these Arterial roadways will provide a buffer to the adjacent residential,commercial and industrial uses,and soften the sound wall impact of these Arterial roads. Landscaping will be used to help identify the hierarchy of the neighborhood street system, from Arterial roads to interior local streets,creating defined pedestrian corridors (refer to Figure 4-11). This will be accomplished through variation in palette, size, color and character. 4-6 Draft 03/14/05 ............................................................... ..........................................................................................................