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TABLE 11-5: NOISE AND LAND USE COMPATIBILITY GUIDELINES Land Use Category Exterior Noise Exposure(1„„) 55 60 65' 70 75 80 Single-Family Residential• Muth-Family Residential,Hotels,and Motels' Outdoor Sports and Recreation,Neighborhood Parks and Playgrounds Schools,Libraries,Museums,Hospitals,Personal Care,Meeting Halls,Churches Office Buildings,Business,Commercial,and Professional Auditoriums,Concert Halls,Amphitheater --•-_._.__ • • a In none environments resulting primarily from railroad trains,estenor noise levels up to 70 dBA Ldn are normally acceptable recognizing that day-night average noise levels are controlled by intermittent,loud events. b <65 dBA outdoors=<45 dBA indoors NORMALLY ACCEPTABLE Specified land use is satisfactory,based upon the assumption that any buildings involved are of normal conventional construction, without any special insulation requirements CONDMONALLY ACCEPTABLE Specified land use may be permitted only Mier detailed analysis of the noise reduction requirements and needed noise insulation features included in the design. UNACCEPTABLE New construction or development should generally not be undertaken because mitigation is usually not feasible to comply with noise element policies. Source: City of Pleasanton General Plan: Noise Element, 2005. City of Pleasanton Noise Ordinance. Sections of Title 9, Health and Safety, of the City of Pleasanton's Municipal Code which are relevant to this noise assessment are as follows: 9.04.035 Noise Limits — Commercial or Industrial Use Adjacent to Residential Zone: Any business establishment which is located within 300 feet from any residential zone and which remains open for business at any time between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. shall adhere to the following standards of performance: • The noise level produced on the business premises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. shall not exceed the residential noise standard at the property plane between the residential zoning district and the commercial zoning district. • No trash shall be dumped outside of the enclosed building area between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. In the alternative, a business which finds it necessary or convenient to dump trash between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. may demonstrate pursuant to section 9.04.110 of this chapter that sound levels from dumping trash are insignificant or have been adequately mitigated. This subsection does not prohibit regularly scheduled pick up of trash by commercial garbage companies. Page 7