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1 day ago · Belvedere is set to reduce the size of its Planning Commission from seven members to five, a move city officials say will allow the board to operate more efficiently and more easily achieve consensus.

2 days ago · Sacramento has rejected Belvedere’s eight-year housing roadmap for the third time, with continued questions about how properties already in use will be redeveloped to meet the state’s mandates for the city. The California Department of Housing and Community Development’s five-point, five-page review letter of Jan. 14 represents at least one big win, appearing to accept projections of up ...

Oct 23, 2024 · Tiburon will soon allow up to eight detached second units on multifamily lots and is working on a set of preapproved accessory-unit designs in anticipation of new state requirements that start Jan. 1. However, amid housekeeping that will also update local ordinances to conform with state rules already in effect this year, the town will hold off …

2 days ago · Tiburon Fire Protection District Chief Richard Pearce will retire Feb. 28 after a 31-year career with the agency in which he started as a paramedic and worked his way up to the top post. He’s slated to be succeeded by Assistant Fire Chief Tommy Hellyer, who will assume the chief position March 3 pending formal approval of his contract by the district board next month; Hellyer was promoted ...

2 days ago · Belvedere is creating a new housing incentive that will grant homeowners streamlined approval of larger second units if their rents are restricted for lower-income residents. The code amendments, unanimously approved during the City Council’s Jan. 13 meeting, will allow studio and one-bedroom accessory dwelling units of up to 1,000 square feet, 1,200 square feet if the unit’s both detached ...

2 days ago · The Tiburon Town Council has approved routine updates to the town’s second-unit rules so they align with existing and pending state laws, though a bid to increase the maximum unit size for streamlined approval failed in a split vote. At the council’s Jan. 15 meeting, Mayor Holli Thier’s attempt to increase the maximum square footage for ministerial approval — at the staff level without ...

6 days ago · Major downtown landlord and developer ACV Argo Tiburon has submitted a preliminary application for 120 new housing units at three sites along Tiburon Boulevard, including at the old Bank of America and Shark’s Deli sites and the parking lot next to Town Hall.The residential-only concept from the firm’s developer and project applicant, Fairfield-based Russell Square Consulting, would put 82 ...

Dec 20, 2024 · The Belvedere City Council elected Vice Mayor Jane Cooper to serve as mayor for the coming year, while former Planning Commissioners Kevin Burke and Pat Carapiet were sworn into office after winning their two council seats uncontested in the November election. The moves were part of the council’s Dec. 9 meeting, where Councilmember Sally Wilkinson was also sworn in for another term after ...

Dec 25, 2024 · Belvedere will direct some $550,000 in extra cash from last year’s budget toward critical infrastructure projects, including a $3-million plan to fortify Beach Road against erosion, while leaving the remaining $300,000 in the general fund with no specific designation. The City Council voted unanimously at its Dec. 9 meeting to approve the allocation, which came at the recommendation of the ...