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$25,500 and $42,500, or possibly even $850,000 if the Millers could not sell at all. Note: noisy neighbors are required by law to be disclosed on realtor sales forms. • The illegal glass French doors installed facing the Millers are not sound rated and therefore, even if the Masons contain the parties inside, loud music still bleeds through creating a noise nuisance. These doors need to be changed to STC rated doors or solid doors if the Masons want to continue to have loud music in the dining hall with the "boom, boom, boom" bass sounds creating vibrations and noise. • The Millers are not only fighting for themselves, but for everyone in Pleasanton since this issue has far reaching implications for every Pleasanton resident. If the City allows entities in residential areas to violate their CUPs and morph into commercial establishments at will, no one who lives next to such establishments will be safe. • If Pleasanton is a City of Character, which is what we all want it to be, the City must keep its promises and enforce its codes. Otherwise, this is an empty slogan. 5. What do the Millers want? The Millers feel that they are being good neighbors by agreeing to the following: • The Masons can do whatever they want inside the building, even if these activities violate codes, as long as the Millers are not impacted by a noise nuisance from these activities. • The commercial entities, which currently include the Pleasanton Masonic Center and A Tasteful Affair, can continue to operate at the lodge even though they are not allowed in a residential area and should rightfully be told by the City to cease and desist operations. • The Masons, the Pleasanton Masonic Center, and A Tasteful Affair will all stop their use of the outside of the building on the north and west sides of the property, i.e. the backyard area. That is, the Millers want the original 1977 CUP, 1977 staff report, and 1977 design review to be enforced, including that "any" noise is to be contained within the building. Note: this would include A Tasteful Affair keeping the backdoor to the kitchen closed to prevent the noise nuisance from kitchen operations. This should be documented in Conditions of Use forA Tasteful Affair, since none exist at this time. • The glass French doors will be changed to STC rated doors or solid doors if the Masons want to continue to have live or recorded music in the dining hall, or if the doors are not replaced, music must be restricted to the Masons' meeting room located on the south side of the building so that noise is contained within the building. • The large flood lights on the north and west sides of the building will be extinguished except as required by law for emergency exists. If the Masons find these terms unacceptable, the Millers will ask the City to order the Pleasanton Masonic Center's party venue and A Tasteful Affair's catering company to cease and desist operations since they are both commercial companies which are not allowed to operate in residential zones. Furthermore, the Millers may also ask the City to cease and desist operations of the Masons' fraternal operations of Pleasanton Lodge #321 since the fraternity is currently violating the General Plan and zoning codes, which is discussed in the next section below.