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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />148 <br />The second type of short-term noise impact is related to noise generated <br />during site preparation, grading, and construction activities. Construction <br />noise within the City is restricted by the Municipal Code in intensity and hours <br />of operation. Because the rezoned housing sites would be developed within <br />the City limits, they would be required to meet the requirements of the <br />Municipal Code. In addition, the City has a code enforcement system that <br />would handle construction noise complaints. Enforcement of the restricted <br />hours of construction and the limit on the permissible maximum noise levels as <br />measured at a project site property plane would reduce potential <br />construction noise impacts to not result in a substantial temporary increase in <br />ambient noise levels and would especially preclude potential impacts during <br />evening and nighttime hours. Furthermore, individual housing development <br />projects would be reviewed and approved as required by the procedures of <br />the Municipal Code and may require additional CEQA review, as <br />appropriate. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that, on a <br />program level, future development of the rezoned housing sites would result <br />in less than significant construction noise impacts. <br />Operation <br />Traffic Noise Impacts <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that a significant impact would <br />occur if project-generated traffic would result in a substantial increase in <br />ambient noise levels compared with those that would exist without <br />implementation of the Housing Element Update. The General Plan states that <br />“an exterior increase of more than 4 decibels is considered significant.” The <br />Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that no modeled roadway segment <br />would experience an increase in traffic noise levels of greater than 4 dBA <br />compared to noise levels that would exist without implementation of the <br />Housing Element Update under existing plus project and cumulative plus <br />project scenarios. Therefore, buildout of the rezoned housing sites would not <br />result in a substantial permanent increase in traffic noise levels compared to <br />levels that would exist without implementation of the Housing Element <br />Update, and the impact would be less than significant. <br />Compliance with Applicable Plans, Policies, or Regulations <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated development on rezoned sites <br />for housing could expose new noise-sensitive uses to traffic or railroad noise <br />levels in excess of the City’s established normally acceptable noise land use <br />compatibility standards.