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Chapter 2 <br />Project Description <br />Mountain House Developers, LLC is proposing amendments to the Mountain House Master Plan and <br />Specific Plan ]L specifically, amendments to Neighborhoods H,1, J, [-and the Town Center in the <br />Mountain House development. Amendment to Neighborhood I includes a revision to the Tentative <br />Subdivision Map conditions of approval. The following sections describe the project location, project <br />objectives, detailed project description, utilities requirements, project construction details, and <br />project approvals. <br />2.1 Project Location <br />Mountain House is located north of the city of Tracy. General boundaries of the Mountain House <br />Community include the Alameda CountyfSan Joaquin County line on the west; Old River on the <br />northr Mountain House Parkway on the east, and 1-205 on the south (Figure 2-1). The Town Center <br />and Neighborhood H are located just south of Byron Road and Neighborhoods 1, j, and L are located <br />just north of Byron Road and south of Old River Road (Figure 2-21. <br />2.2 Project Background <br />Mountain House is a 4,784 -acre Master Plan Community located in western San Joaquin County. The <br />Mountain House Master Plan was approved in 1994 after certification of Final Environmental <br />Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 9002D776) for the Mountain House Master Plan and Specific <br />Plan L <br />Subsequently. Specific Plan II was approved in 2004 to implement the goals and objectives of the <br />Master Plan for Neighborhoods C, D, H, I, J, K L and the Town Center. An Initial Study and Mitigated <br />Negative Declaration were approved prior to adaption of Specific Plan H. Concurrent with the <br />approval of Specific Plan 11, the Master Developer (Trimark Communities, LLC) and San Joaquin <br />County executed a Specific Plan Il Development Agreement, amendments to the Master Plan and <br />other related Community Approvals. Calle ctively, these approvals vested the rights of the developer <br />to develop the number of dwelling units and non-residential acreage specified in Specific Plan A. <br />More specifically, the developer of Specific Plan II has a vested right to build out according to the <br />policies, standards, and ordinances of San Joaquin County existing at the time the Development <br />Agreement was executed. This right is a Vested Element of the Development Agreement <br />between the Developer and San Joaquin County. Part of the Vested Element includes the density <br />and pace of development of Specific Plan E. The Development Agreement date was December 1, <br />2000, and date of expiration is December 1, 2025. <br />Mountain House master Plana Fbd speck Plan H April2au <br />Public Draft <br />Amendments and Reuisio.ra to a pproued actions CF IMSO <br />Initial stu*lm iterated Negative Declaration 2-1 <br />154328501.1 <br />Resolution Template 01/2017 <br />