N.1. 25-1137 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE INSTALLATION OF PICKLEBALL COURTS AT ALTA VISTA PARK AND APPROVAL OF A CEQA EXEMPTION DECLARATION FOR THE PROJECT
As I noted in a more extensive comment by email, Leq is a lousy measure of intermittent noises like the "pop" of a pickleball. Average noise (logarithmic like the earthquake magnitudes) is misleading. It makes NO SENSE to average noise across time and claim that 4 hours of nasty hard plastic ball striking is irrelevant on average across 24 hours.
Anyone want to average in a single 1000 over 250 blood pressure pulse? It won't be significant on a 24 hour "Leq type" basis to your BP. But you will be quite the biohazard cleanup issue. Exact same concept.
How again does spreading the noise across more than it occurs in make sense?
There has been much written and there are many examples of neighborhood noise objections from pickleball. As one example, see, https://productiveparks.com/solutions-noisy-pickleball-courts
It should also come as no surprise that there are studies of the devaluation impacts of pickleball on surrounding neighbors and now lawyers who specialize in pickleball litigation. https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/fun-at-home/a62612906/is-pickleball-ruining-your-quiet-neighborhoood/
Depending on the neighbors appetite for noise and conflict, don't be surprised if they lawyer up for a nuisance claim. Why Are Your Pickleball Courts Receiving Complaints from Neighbors?
We'll see how it goes and whether of not averaging the sound away is the right move.
As I noted in a more extensive comment by email, Leq is a lousy measure of intermittent noises like the "pop" of a pickleball. Average noise (logarithmic like the earthquake magnitudes) is misleading. It makes NO SENSE to average noise across time and claim that 4 hours of nasty hard plastic ball striking is irrelevant on average across 24 hours.
Anyone want to average in a single 1000 over 250 blood pressure pulse? It won't be significant on a 24 hour "Leq type" basis to your BP. But you will be quite the biohazard cleanup issue. Exact same concept.
How again does spreading the noise across more than it occurs in make sense?
There has been much written and there are many examples of neighborhood noise objections from pickleball. As one example, see, https://productiveparks.com/solutions-noisy-pickleball-courts
It should also come as no surprise that there are studies of the devaluation impacts of pickleball on surrounding neighbors and now lawyers who specialize in pickleball litigation. https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/fun-at-home/a62612906/is-pickleball-ruining-your-quiet-neighborhoood/
Depending on the neighbors appetite for noise and conflict, don't be surprised if they lawyer up for a nuisance claim. Why Are Your Pickleball Courts Receiving Complaints from Neighbors?
We'll see how it goes and whether of not averaging the sound away is the right move.