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Save Pleasanton's Neighborhoods <br />Although you may like going to parties, you probably never expected your neighbor on the other <br />side of your backyard fence to morph into a commercial party business and financially profit by <br />renting their backyard for large public parties (up to 600peonle. includingserving alcohol), while <br />creating a noise nuisance for you —and that the City would condone it. <br />Think living next to Chuck E. Cheese during the day and your local bar at night. <br />But you say, "This isn't possible in Pleasanton where the City protects residential neighborhoods." <br />Yet, that is exactly what is happening in Pleasanton —the City is allowing two commercial <br />businesses to operate at the Pleasanton Masonic Lodge, located in the Valley Trails neighborhood, <br />and is allowing these businesses and the Masons to violate the Masons' conditional use permit and <br />conduct loud public events outside the building. <br />Pleasanton has traditionally prided itself on being pro - resident, but the current Planning <br />Department is undermining that position. The City is destroying the peace in residential <br />neighborhoods to benefit commercial businesses. Unlike orior planners and commissioners, <br />this Planning Department is allowing a building in a residential neighborhood to be used <br />beyond anything that should be allowed in a residential neighborhood, including both loud <br />outdoor public parties (up to 600 people including serving alcohol), and a catering <br />company. The Planning Dept. is overriding zoning codes and allowing these violations by <br />calling them an "accessory use" (AKA a minor use) despite the commercial uses being the <br />major use and despite case law precedent. Who knows bow the current Planning <br />Departments' position will impact Pleasanton in the future, including allowing commercial <br />businesses to mushroom into residential neighborhoods --what could churches and schools <br />start operating to supplement their income —a furniture store, a car repair shop? Of <br />course, large parties and commercial businesses have their place —but it shouldn't be <br />in residential areas. In fact, commercial businesses are never supposed to be allowed in <br />residential areas. <br />Furthermore, you wilt see that there are much bigger issues here impacting every citizen of <br />Pleasanton: <br />• First, this dispute has exposed a big exclusion in the noise codes —which is human <br />voices. This was discovered when the Millers submitted a code enforcement to <br />complain about the noise (voices of screaming children) from a Masonic party. Walter <br />Wickboldt, Code Enforcement Officer, denied the Millers' complaint stating: <br />"The code specifically prohibits noise created by 'machine, animal, device, or any <br />combination of the same' but does not set any limit on non - amplified human <br />voice noise. As such. children's voices measured in excess of 70 dba does not <br />violate the noise ordinance. ...Since no violations of City codes were established, <br />no enforcement action will be taken at this time." <br />Page 1 of 18 <br />
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