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Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Changes to the Original Project Addendum to the City of Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report 51 residences. However, this increase would be imperceptible and would not result in a substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels. Traffic noise would be less than significant. As identified in the Final EIR, there are no private airstrips in the vicinity of the DSP area. Therefore, implementation of the land use changes and policies consistent with the DSP EIR would have no impact related to the exposure of people residing or working in the vicinity of a private airstrip to excessive noise levels. Impacts of the Barone’s Project Construction Noise Over the course of a typical construction day, construction equipment would be located approximately 65 feet from the center of the project site to the nearest sensitive receivers but would typically be located at an average distance further away due to the nature of construction where equipment is mobile throughout the day. The nearest sensitive receivers include the -family residence on site, residences adjacent to the project site to the west, and residences across St. John Street to the south and across Arroyo del Valle to the north. Because construction would occur at different distances from the nearby sensitive receivers, construction analysis utilizes the distance to nearby sensitive from the center of the project site. Table 8 identifies the construction noise levels at the closest sensitive receivers based on the combined use of the three loudest pieces of construction equipment during each phase of construction. Table 8 Estimated Noise Levels by Construction Phase at Sensitive Receivers Leq dBA Construction Activity Phase RCNM Reference Noise Level 50 feet Residences to the southwest 65 feet Residences to the west 110 feet Residences to the south 270 feet Commercial to the east 110 feet Demolition 81 79 74 66 74 Site Preparation 81 79 74 66 74 Grading 84 82 77 69 77 Building Construction 82 80 75 67 75 Paving 87 85 80 72 80 Notes: Calculations performed with the FHWA’s RCNM software are included in Appendix F. Noise levels rounded to the nearest whole number. The City Noise Ordinance allows for maximum sound pressure levels of 86 dBA at any point outside of the property plane. Therefore, noise generated by temporary construction work associated with the project would not exceed the maximum sound pressure levels. As shown in Table 8, construction noise could be as high as approximately 80 dBA Leq at the edge of the project site where paving is expected to occur closest to the nearby sensitive receivers to the west and south. Therefore, construction noise levels with this equipment would not exceed the City of Pleasanton Noise Ordinance threshold of 86 dBA Leq at residential land uses. Therefore, construction noise levels would be less than significant.