Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 132 The project-specific analysis presented herein is based primarily on the Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Noise (Noise Assessment) prepared for the proposed project by Veneklasen Associates, Inc. (Veneklasen) (see Appendix G).20 a) Substantial Noise Increase in Excess of Standards Would the project: a) Expose persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies? Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR Construction The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that a significant impact would occur if project-related, noise producing construction activities exceed the City’s established noise performance standards for construction activities. According to Section 9.04.100 of the Municipal Code, construction noise is exempt from the noise performance standards of the Noise Ordinance between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. daily, except Sunday and holidays, when the exemption shall apply between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., provided the construction activity meets at least one of the following noise limitations: A. No individual piece of equipment shall produce a noise level exceeding 83 dBA at a distance of 25 feet. If the device is housed within a structure on the property, the measurement shall be made outside the structure at a distance as close to 25 feet from the equipment as possible; or B. The noise level at any point outside of the property plane of the project shall not exceed 86 dBA. For future development projects, two types of short-term noise impacts would occur during site preparation and project construction. The first type would result from the increase in traffic flow on local streets, associated with the transport of workers, equipment, and materials to and from the project site. Based on existing traffic volumes on roadway segments adjacent to each potential site for housing, any future individual development project’s construction trips would not be expected to double the hourly or daily traffic volumes along roadway segments in the vicinity of a development site. For 20 Veneklasen Associates, Inc. Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Noise, The Vineyards in Pleasanton CEQA Noise Report. December 19, 2024.