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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br /> 149 <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that development consistent <br />with the Housing Element Update that would include single- or multi-family <br />land use development adjacent to roadway segments identified in Table <br />3.11-7 (in the Housing Element Update Draft EIR) that have modeled noise <br />levels in excess of 60 dBA or 65 dBA day/night average sound level (Ldn), <br />respectively, as measured at 50 feet from the centerline of the outermost <br />travel lane, would be required to demonstrate compliance with General Plan <br />policies and incorporate project design features that would reduce traffic <br />noise impacts for proposed development on that project site. <br />Stationary Operational Noise Impacts-Mechanical Equipment Operations <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that a significant impact would <br />occur if operational noise levels generated by stationary noise sources at <br />development projects on the rezoned sites for housing would result in a <br />substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in excess of the City’s <br />noise standards. The City has established operational noise performance <br />standards for residential properties in Section 9.04.030 of the Municipal Code <br />which prohibits noise levels in excess of 60 dBA at any point outside the <br />property plane unless otherwise provided in the Municipal Code. <br />Primary stationary noise source associated with development consistent with <br />the Housing Element Update would be new mechanical ventilation system <br />equipment operations. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that <br />these stationary source operational noise levels could exceed the City’s <br />threshold of 60 dBA as measured at a project property plane if they were to <br />occur at a location closer than 25 feet from the project boundary. <br />Development consistent with the Housing Element Update would comply <br />with applicable goals, policies, and programs in the General Plan. To ensure <br />compliance with applicable goals, policies, and programs, development <br />consistent with the Housing Element Update would implement MM NOI-1, <br />which requires preparation of a noise analysis for any development that <br />would locate noise producing mechanical systems within 25 feet of a project <br />property line. If potential noise impacts are identified, then mitigation must <br />also be identified. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that <br />compliance with the goals, policies, and programs in the General Pan and <br />implementation of MM NOI-1 would ensure that stationary source noise <br />impacts generated by future development projects on the rezoned housing <br />sites would be reduced to less than significant.