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elsewhere in the City that pedestrians cross without crosswalks and that it would be acceptable for parishioners to cross Rheem Drive without a crosswalk. The appellants' letter states that they are concerned with existing excessive traffic speed along Rheem Drive. Staff notes that the Pleasant Village Association had previously requested that the City install centerline striping along Rheem Drive between Stoneridge Drive and Kamp Drive in order to define/narrow the travel lanes and reduce speeds and to install centerline striping along the "S-Shaped" turn at Rheem Drive/Bowen Street/Alexander WaylKrause Street in order to deter vehicles from unsafely "cutting the comers." The City Traffic Engineer believed the striping to be an acceptable tool to try to reduce speeds on Rheem Drive and to deter traffic from making dangerous turns, and authorized the striping projects. The striping, consisting of two centerlines with reflectors, was recently installed by the City. Pleasant Village residents had also indicated that on Sundays after the church services let out, the northbound left turn lane at the Rheem Drive and Stoneridge Drive intersection can get congested because the signal only lets a few cars turn left from Rheem Drive to Stoneridge Drive. The City Traffic Engineer recently changed the signal timing on Sundays to allow more vehicles to make this left-turn movement. The Traffic Engineer will monitor the intersection to see if the signal timing modification is effective or if some other solution is necessary/possible. Noise The appellants state that they are very concerned with the additional noise that will be generated by the use of the parish center building, including traffic noise, noise from people walking to/from their vehicles, and noise from activities within the building. Staff does not believe that there would be a substantial increase in traffic noise as a result of the parish center unless church members were revving their engines loudly coming to/from the site, which staff does not believe would occur. Staff also believes that noise generated from church members walking to and from their vehicles would be limited as staffs experience has been that church members are not typically disorderly or loud. Principal noise sources from inside the proposed parish center building would include live bands and DJ's during the banquet/benefit/dances and basketball practices/game. The parish center building would be separated a minimum of 77 feet from the closest residential properties on Bowen Street and the applicants have noted that the building would be insulated, which should help prevent interior noise levels from disturbing the nearby residents. In order to further reduce potential noise impacts on the surrounding neighbors, there are several noise-related conditions: I) requiring that the parish center doors remain closed when not being used for ingress/egress purposes; 2) requiring that self-closing door mechanisms be utilized on all exterior doors; and 3) requiring that any operable windows remain closed during basketball practices/games and banquet/benefit/dances. In addition, since the City's Noise Ordinance does not establish noise limits for properties zoned Agriculture, a condition requires that the parish center activities not exceed the City's Noise Ordinance limits for commercial properties that operate after 10:00 p.m. SR:07:003 Page 6