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Council approves hillside variance and decks for 38 Miraflores Avenue

5772422 · July 22, 2025
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The San Rafael City Council unanimously approved a major environmental and design review, an exception to specified hillside development standards and a variance for new elevated deck and detached parking deck at 38 Miraflores Avenue in the Gerstel Park neighborhood.

The San Rafael City Council on July 21 unanimously approved a major environmental and design review permit, an exception to specified hillside-development standards, and a variance for improvements at 38 Miraflores Avenue in the Gerstel Park neighborhood.

Planner Renee Nikenick presented the project, describing the lot as a steeply sloped, single-family site sited between Miraflores Avenue and Miramar Avenue with an existing slope of about 58 percent. The proposal includes a detached parking deck at the front property line, an attached elevated deck at the rear of the house, associated access paths and landscaping. Because the…

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