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Planning commission approves reduced deck encroachment at 68 Shelley Drive after neighbor objections

Mill Valley Planning Commission · November 25, 2025
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Summary

Commission approved variances to legalize and reduce two decks at 68 Shelley Drive that extended over the property line and exceeded height limits. Staff and the applicant revised the design to cut back encroachments and add a privacy screen; the vote was unanimous.

The Planning Commission unanimously approved variances Nov. 25 to allow two existing decks at 68 Shelley Drive to be reconstructed within a reduced encroachment and to exceed the standard height limit given the site’s steep, double‑frontage configuration.

Associate planner Michelle Johnson presented the application, explaining a recent topographic survey showed portions of the upper and lower decks extend over the east property line and that the applicant revised plans to reduce…

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