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Terry Snyder <br />From: Miller, Darlene <br />Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:18 AM <br />To: Terry Snyder <br />Cc: Donna Decker <br />Subject: FW: Follow up on your parking lot question <br />Hi Terry, could you please ensure that Donna gets this email. <br />Thanks, <br />Darlene <br />Darlene Miller <br />.a- <br />From: Miller, Darlene <br />Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:16 AM <br />To: 'Donna Decker' <br />Cc: 'Mike Miller' <br />Subject: Follow up on your parking lot question <br />Hi Donna, <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />I had some additional thoughts regarding your question on the possibility of a parking lot being built on the north <br />side of the Masonic Lodge. <br />1. I am guessing that regardless of the purpose for which the Masons use the north area, the noise codes still <br />apply. The current codes state: (1) 60dba at the property plane, and (2) 70dba at 25 feet from the source <br />(where the source is defined as "structure" or lodge building) for a daytime exception. The parking lot <br />would bring noise from cars /trucks with doors opening /closing and engines starting, and people talking. I <br />am not a sound engineer but would strongly suspect that a parking lot right next to our property would <br />violate the noise ordinances, especially at night when the 60 dba rule applies. <br />Also the residential zoning ordinance has the purpose to "protect residential properties from noise, <br />illumination, unsightliness, odors, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare and other objectionable <br />influences." Pleasanton Municipal Code § 18.36.010(E1). I think that a parking lot adjacent to our <br />backyard would violate many of these protections including "noise, illumination, odors, dust, dirt, <br />vibration, and other objectionable influences" <br />1. <br />If you could please incorporate the above in your preparation of the staff report, we would certainly <br />appreciate it. <br />3/18/2009 <br />