Appendices 6 SMP, 7 Bushfire & 8 Noise impact - Email 3 of 4 - MCU16/0153 & REC16/0041

6.            Peregian Beach Hotel Noise Immissions
6.1           Overview
There are several noise sources associated with the existing Peregian Beach Hotel, as follows:
      Mechanical plant noise emissions.
      Bottle‐shop drive thru and carparking areas emissions.
      Amplified music emissions.


6.2           Noise Source Data
Unattended noise logging and noise measurements were undertaken at Location B (see Figure 2.1)
adjacent the boundary of the Peregian Beach Hotel. The logging was undertaken across a Friday, Saturday
and Sunday nights (25‐28/11/2016). The noise measurements were dominated by mechanical plant noise
emitted from the Hotel. The dominant mechanical plant sources included the following (see Figure 6.1):
      Extraction fans mounted on the roof of the Hotel.
      Plantroom louvred areas on the western wall of the Hotel, which may house the air‐conditioning and
        refrigeration plant.
The measurements indicated typical mechanical plant noise levels were as follows:
      Roof mounted extraction fans were 56 dBA Leq at 13m from the fans.
      Louvred areas to plantroom were 50 dBA Leq at 18m from the louvres.
Please note that other mechanical plant generate lower levels of noise which could not be identified, as the
above sources were the dominant noise sources during the measurements.
Amplified music noise was also observed to be emitted through open windows on the western facade of
the Hotel (see Figure 6.1) during attended noise measurements conducted on the evening of Friday
25/11/2016. A soloist with an amplified portable speaker was observed to the play within the indoor dining
area of the Hotel, located on the David Low Way frontage.
The measurements indicated typical amplified music and patron noise level was 65 dBA Lmax at 3m from the
property boundary of the Hotel, and approximately 7m from an open window. There was a brief 10 minute
period during the measurements on Saturday night where the music and patron noise levels were in the
order of 70 to 79 dBA Lmax, this short period is inconsistent with the remainder of the logging period and
has been considered an anomaly.
At this stage, the OLGR licensing requirements for the Hotel are unknown to ASK Consulting, so it is unclear
if the Hotel was operating in accordance with its Licensing conditions or not during the measurement
period.




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