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3. The South Main Focus Area is located partially within the JWA AELUP planning area. B. Noise. The residential and commercial land uses under the proposed Project are consistent with the aircraft noise standards of the JWA AELUP and the requirements of PUC Section 21670. 1. The majority of the Project falls outside of the 60 dBA CNEL aircraft noise contour. a. Per the JWA AELUP, all land uses are normally consistent within the 60 dBA CNEL aircraft noise contour using conventional construction methods. No special noise reduction methods are required. See JWA AELUP at 23, Table 1. 2. The vast majority of the Project is located outside of the JWA 65 dBA CNEL aircraft noise contour. a. Per the JWA AELUP, commercial (e.g. retail and office), community facilities (e.g. churches, libraries, schools, preschools, day-care centers, hospitals, nursing/convalescent homes, & other noise sensitive uses), and industrial uses are all normally consistent within the 65 dBA CNEL aircraft noise contour. See JWA AELUP at 23, Table 1. b. Per the JWA AELUP, single and multifamily residential uses are conditionally consistent within the 65 dBA CNEL aircraft noise contour. 3. Of the five (5) Focus Areas that will include a change in zoning and land use designation under the Project, only the 55 Freeway/Dyer Road Focus Area lies partially within the 60 dBA CNEL aircraft noise contour. 4. Per the Draft PEIR, the "proximity of the plan area to an airport or airstrip would not result in exposure of future residents and/or workers to excessive airport -related noise. [Threshold N-3]." 5. The General Plan Update states, as Policy N-1.3, that it shall be City policy to "[c]ollaborate with local and regional transit agencies and other jurisdictions to minimize regional traffic noise and other sources of noise in the City." 6. Consistent with the JWA AELUP, the General Plan Update states, as Policy N-3.3, that it shall be City policy to "[r]equire all residential land uses in 60 dB(A) CNEL or 65 dB(A) CNEL Noise Contours to be sufficiently mitigated so as not to exceed an interior standard of 45 Db(A) CNEL." 7. Based on the foregoing, the Project will not result in the exposure of City residents to excess noise within the meaning of PUC Section 21670. C. Safety. The residential and commercial land uses under the proposed project are consistent with the safety standards of the JWA AELUP. 1. The Project is not in the JWA runway protection zones (RPZ). Page 3 of 6 55A-8