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-3- RESPONSE TO APPEAL STATEMENT NO. 2 The surrounding uses are primarily residential to the east and south. The East Bay Municipal Utility District(E.B.M.U.D.) owns the parcel to the north,which contains three aqueducts. The property to the north is zoned General Commercial: The Religious Assembly-Community use type may be conditionally permitted in the C-G zone with an approved Use Permit application. The proposed use will not interfere with nor alter the current land uses on adjacent properties. As a Condition of Approval, the project will be required to provide screening along the perimeter of the property to the'north, east,and south. Additionally,as a Condition of Approval, design drawings will be submitted to E.B.M.U.D. for.review. A noise study dated December 2, 2008 by Bollard Acoustical Consultants and a traffic study dated September 17, 2008 by Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc. were performed. Daily prayers will consist of five masses throughout the day that range from 15 to 30 minutes with an expected maximum attendance of 25 people: The Friday prayer service begins at 1:00 p.m. and lasts thirty minutes.' The Friday prayer service anticipates a maximum of 282 people. The classrooms will i operate on Sundays for-religious study from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and the applicant anticipates a maximum attendance of 40 children. The noise study concluded no exterior noise mitigation was recommended for the project since no outdoor activity area or outdoor call to prayer is proposed and the project is not expected to significantly affect the existing or future noise environment in the surrounding community. The study also concluded the developer shall install sound transmission class 35 or higher exterior windows and doors at the south and west facing building facades and mechanical ventilation systems shall also be included in the design to satisfy the 45 dBL interior noise exposure limit. As a Condition of Approval, the applicant will be required to include the window upgrades and mechanical ventilation systems. I The traffic study determined the highest level of traffic generated by the religious assembly will be on Fridays between 1:00 p.m. and,1:30 p.m. The traffic study recommended a narrow, raised median island should be installed along the entrance driveway to prohibit cross-movements of the first parking aisle across the main entrance aisle. Additionally,the traffic study recommended roadside vegetation be removed and a"No-Parking"zone be established along the proposed project's East Frontage Road frontage to preserve adequate stopping sight distance at the proposed driveway intersection. The raised median was not required by the Department of Public Works as the applicant redesigned their ingress and egress driveway. Additionally, the recommendation to remove roadside vegetation was not included in the Conditions of Approval because a ten foot wide landscaped strip is required along adjacent streets pursuant to, Development Title Section 1020.7. The Department of Public Works has determined that these two recommendations could be eliminated because the impacts from traffic would still be less than significant. The Department of Public Works has included the "No-Parking"zone as a . recommended Condition of Approval: Therefore, the project will not conflict with existing land uses because mitigation measures that reduce the impacts to less than significant have been incorporated into the Conditions of Approval.