Incorporation

An incorporated town in the United States is an incorporated municipality, that is, one with a charter received from the state, similar to a city. An incorporated town will have elected officials, as differentiated from an unincorporated community, which exists only by tradition and does not have elected officials at the town level.

Under California's Government Code Sections 34500-34504, the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly interchangeable, i.e. there is no legal distinction between an incorporated city and an incorporated town. California has 22 incorporated municipalities that are styled "Town of (Name)" instead of "City of (Name)".

Mountain House is a municipality with a Community Services District(CSD) that manages most of the functions that a normal city or town council would normally oversee. Instead of a city council Mountain House has 5 elected board members.

The county board of supervisors has jurisdiction over land use and the Master Plan.

Incorporating Mountain House would mean:


 * A newly incorporated Mountain House would acquire land use powers and would become responsible for some of the services the county currently provides.