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Design review board approves enclosed pool house at 759 Hawthorne with required screening
Summary
The Tiburon Town Design Review Board approved an FAR exception to enclose an approved 470‑sq‑ft outdoor kitchen at 759 Hawthorne, conditioning approval on larger privacy plantings along the north fence to screen the pool house from neighbors.
Rich Viola, the homeowner and applicant for 759 Hawthorne, asked the Tiburon Town Design Review Board on Nov. 20 to enclose an approved covered outdoor kitchen and add a bathroom, saying the enclosure would protect furniture and reduce rodents and noise ("So the big question here that we're asking is to enclose the space and add a bathroom.").
The board approved a floor‑area exception to permit the enclosed pool house, with a 3–1 roll‑call vote after an earlier, stricter screening motion failed. Vice Chair Rosner and two other members voted to condition approval on a…
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