Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project 15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist 133 this reason, short-term intermittent noise from construction trips would not be expected to result in a perceptible increase in hourly or daily average traffic noise levels. Therefore, the Housing Element Update FEIR concluded short- term construction-related noise impacts associated with the transportation of workers and equipment to a development site would be less than significant. The second type of short-term noise impact is related to noise generated during site preparation, grading, and construction activities. Construction noise within the City is restricted by the Municipal Code in intensity and hours of operation. Because the potential sites for housing would be developed within the city limits, they would be required to meet the requirements of the Municipal Code. In addition, the City has a code enforcement system that would handle construction noise complaints. Enforcement of the restricted hours of construction and the limit on the permissible maximum noise levels as measured at a project site property plane would reduce potential construction noise impacts to not result in a substantial temporary increase in ambient noise levels and would especially preclude potential impacts during evening and nighttime hours. Furthermore, individual housing development projects would be reviewed and approved as required by the procedures of the Municipal Code and may require additional CEQA review, as appropriate. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that, on a program level, future development of the potential sites for housing would result in less than significant construction noise impacts. Operation Traffic Noise Impacts The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that a significant impact would occur if project-generated traffic would result in a substantial increase in ambient noise levels compared with those that would exist without implementation of the Housing Element Update. The General Plan states that “an exterior increase of more than 4 decibels is considered significant.” The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that no modeled roadway segment would experience an increase in traffic noise levels of greater than 4 dBA compared to noise levels that would exist without implementation of the Housing Element Update under existing plus project and cumulative plus project scenarios. Therefore, buildout of the potential sites for housing would not result in a substantial permanent increase in traffic noise levels compared to levels that would exist without implementation of the Housing Element Update, and the impact would be less than significant.