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Planning commission approves revised design for 97 Buena Vista with conditions

Mill Valley Planning Commission · August 12, 2025
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The Mill Valley Planning Commission unanimously approved a design review for 97 Buena Vista Avenue after staff and the applicant addressed prior concerns; conditions include a CEQA categorical exemption citation and a requirement that gates providing access to a public storm drain remain unlocked for maintenance.

The Mill Valley Planning Commission on Aug. 12 unanimously approved a design review application to replace the existing residence at 97 Buena Vista Avenue with a new two-story single-family home and an attached accessory dwelling unit.

Michelle Johnson, associate planner and project manager for the application, told the commission the proposal would demolish a circa-1903, 2,321-square-foot house deemed not historically eligible and construct a roughly 2,933-square-foot, two-story residence with a 494-square-foot attached two-car garage and an attached two-story ADU. Johnson said staff had reviewed site conditions — including a 13% east–west slope, redwood groves at the northwest and southwest corners to be preserved, and an unprotected cherry tree proposed for removal — and found the updated design “demonstrates…

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