Marin Planning Commission denies appeal, approves Bolinas land trust tentative map for 8 affordable condominiums

The Marin County Planning Commission on Sept. 15 denied an appeal and conditionally approved a coastal development permit and tentative map to convert eight affordable rental units and a commercial rental unit into eight deed-restricted affordable condominium units at 31 Wharf Road in Bolinas.

Planner Easton Ehlers summarized the project and the appeal, telling commissioners the proposal would not change the physical development previously authorized by the Board of Supervisors and that the deputy zoning administrator had found the tentative map consistent with applicable regulations and the county’s Local Coastal Program. Ehlers said the project has received approximately $2.6 million in funding and that building permits are imminent.

Appellant attorney Tom Lippe and appellant James Meyer argued the deputy zoning administrator had improperly relied on the 2021 entitlement and that under CEQA the county must compare the proposed project to existing conditions on the ground. Lippe contended the Bolinas Historic District is a presumptive historic…