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Noise, CUP and Off - street Parking Code Enforcernents for Chabad We are requesting a noise code enforcement, a CUP enforcement, and an off - street parking code enforcement for Chabad of the Tri- Valley for two separate occasions over the past week. Below are the details. Please contact the Millers for any additional information that you may need either by email or phone: 925 -413 -9652 March 24th Violation Date: March 24, 2016 Time: Approximately 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Noise violation: Approximately 100 people were on the Masonic property for a party entitled "Purim in the Jungle," please see attached description from Chabad's website. We called the police to take noise measurements at a distance of 25 feet in the yard. Since the event was taking place before 8PM, the "Daytime Exception" provision of the noise code applied. We could only take measurements at our fence line and not in the yard at 25 feet from the many different sources of noise. However, Officer Habib could not respond until almost an hour after our initial call. At that time, it was becoming dark, and the party moved inside. However, prior to Officer Habib arriving, we were able to take noise measurements at the fence line at 71 dba, dearly indicating the noise was exceeding the daytime limit. CUP violation: Many people were in the backyard on the north and west side, which is a violation of the Masons' conditional use permit. Note: we are operating under the Masons' original CUP during this interim period. Off- street parking violation: There were approximately 30 cars on the street, 37 cars were in the Harvest Valley Christian Church parking lot, and the Masonic parking lot was full. Pleasanton municipal code 18.88.030 states, "Auditoriums, churches, private clubs and lodges halls, community centers ... and other places of public assembly, including church, school and college auditoriums —one space for each six seats or one space for each 60 square feet of floor area usable for seating if seats are not fixed, in all facilities in which simultaneous use is probable as determined by the zoning administrator." The Masonic building has approximately 8,000 square feet. 8,000 / 60 = 133 parking spaces. Furthermore, the parking lot is shared by St. Claire's church. Therefore, the square footage of St. Clare's would need to be added into this equation. However, using only the Masonic square footage, the 133 spaces already exceed the current capacity of the shared parking lot. Therefore, it is our belief that the Masonic building does not meet the off- street parking ordinance requirements and therefore should not be allowed to have commercial activities. However, given that 30 cars were on the street last night proves that the shared Masonic parking lot is not big enough for Chabad. The street was so congested with cars and visibility so impacted that we were almost hit by a car entering South Valley Trails from Hopyard. Additional evidence: We have additional evidence available documenting the violation, if needed.