lines of the added traffic, what does that do to the overall noise level due to the freeway, or a rooftop fan, for example? you add it to the environment that is on 10 hours a day. how does that change what is already existing in that neighborhood? we looked at what are the changes in the ambient noise levels, or noise levels at that site due to various operating conditions of the brickyard bar and restaurant. doors opened, doors closed across the street and close in. vice president garcia: it seems to me that if you are going to establish a base based on those figures, you could choose a night when the bar was particularly loud, and that would establish a higher ambient noise level. that is why i am asking whether there is some range or other established way of deciding what the ambient noise level should be for a neighborhood. tell me this. what does leq stand for? >> equivalent noise level. noise goes up and down. it varies over time. the leq is a measure of what happens if you take that energy and make it equivalent over a particular time. vice president garcia: it is like a mean? >> it i

rooftop deck. even with the sound barrier that was added, i hear noise at night of music, of voices, of dishes, of a huge fan that goes 24/7 -- i am not sure why. i am one of the people that sleeps with earplugs and windows closed. even though it is really warm. i am asking you to deny this and work with the neighbors. >> there is a problem with the bell. it is hard to hear. >> i am sorry. thank you for your time on this. >> my name is paul wermer. although i am not a new neighbor of -- near neighbor, i am concerned about two issues. one is the noise. the noise ordinance specifically regulates -- it does not look at individuals dining and talking. that can get loud. we have a weakness in the way noises considered. i am -- noise is considered. i am more concerned about a major revision of the planning code and planning code intent by permitting commercial uses on rooftops. if we are setting the rooftop is not a story, that opens opportunities for rooftop businesses in all sorts of businesses -- sorts of districts. there are lots of ways to game the system on this. it may well be that rooftop activity is appro

rooftop deck. even with the sound barrier that was added, i hear noise at night of music, of voices, of dishes, of a huge fan that goes 24/7 -- i am not sure why. i am one of the people that sleeps with earplugs and windows closed. even though it is really warm. i am asking you to deny this and work with the neighbors. >> there is a problem with the bell. it is hard to hear. >> i am sorry. thank you for your time on this. >> my name is paul wermer. although i am not a new neighbor although i am not a new neighbor of -- near neighbor,