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MOUNTAIN HOUSE MASTER PLAN 3.1.E Neighborhood Structure and Village Centers Mountain House is organized into 12 distinct nalghborhoods of raughly the same size, Including nina4mri family neigf borhoodsare; two mixed active adult and family neighbarhoods„ted-ene aeive aE - egghboFb�g# Farrrily neighborhoods shall contain a Centrally located K-6 school, a Neighborhood Park, and a Neighl3orhood CommerciM afea, serving as the center of neighborhood activities. The two mixed active adult and family neighborhoods, Neighborhoods J and K. will share one K-S school between there. The Lammersville Unified School district has determined that a K-8 school in Neigh borhoad J is not warranted based On the nlirnber of K-B students expected to be generated in Neighborhood J- Students from Neighborhood J wilt attend the K-8 school In Neighborhood K. NeighboOioods A and 13 are combined to accommodate a college campus in the southwestern corner of the community, and share a consolidated Neighborhood Center. Neighborhocids will he planned to create a distinct Sense of identity and character that offer safe and visually appealing envlranments,with street landscaping, entries, walls and fences,signage and other elements designed as an integrated system for each neighborhood. Figure 3,4: Neightxar¢tood Structure Illustrates a conceptual layout of a riathborhood within the community. Nalghborhoods are sired to provide corivenlent walking access to the local Neighborhood Center and commerclal uses. Each family neighborhood,and the Neighborhood K mixed active adult and family neighborhood, is organized around a Neighborhood Center consisting of a K-8 school, a Neighborhood Park, and a Neighborhood Commercial area- Family neighborhood boun6aftes. and the neighborhood botrndarles for the Neighborhood J & K mixed aotiue adult and family neighborhoods,are also intended to delineate the attendance boundaries of the K-8 schools. The Neighborhood J mixed active adult and family neighborhood will not contain a Neighborhood Center but Will feature only One component of a Neighborhood Center, a Neighborhood Park located on the east of the neighborhood. 'three VIIIage Centers are located to provide nearby shopping and service heads for groups of four neighborhoods. Thi VlRage Centers will also provide transit connections and facilities, 3.1.4 Community Identity and Design Expression Creating a distinct image and identity is important ku the suoCess of the cprnrnunity envlran ment, The image of Mountain House will he partially established through the consistent treatment of community-wide elements such as landscaping and site graphics. Additionally,the Master Plan contains provisions regarding buildings,public art.Water elerrlenis,site furnishings and other elerrtents which contribute to the overall IrnBge of the comrnun4. Within this community-wide framework,each rielgihborhood will beneFlt from a consistent applicattan of design elements that are uniquo to that neighborhood. The intent is to provide a sense of continuity but not to produce a regimented,monokanoua ehviroament. Chapter Three mage 3.2 Revised February&N0VemV0 Qhs Nnvamber 2019 Resolution Template 01/2017