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Mill Valley council reapproves Bayfront Terrace, trims project footprint to qualify for new CEQA exemption
Summary
The council repealed a prior rezoning and rezoned a slightly smaller 1.6‑acre parcel at 1 Hamilton Drive for a 45‑unit affordable housing project, amended the lease with EAH Housing, and approved design review and a tree‑removal permit; staff said a 0.15‑acre boundary change (removing a small seasonal wetland tip) lets the city rely on a 2025 statutory CEQA exemption while carrying EIR mitigation measures forward as conditions of approval.
The Mill Valley City Council on Jan. 12 voted to reapprove the Bayfront Terrace affordable housing project at 1 Hamilton Drive after removing a 0.15‑acre tip from the development lease area to qualify for a 2025 statutory exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The package the council approved included an ordinance to rezone the smaller parcel, a resolution to amend the lease and development agreement with EAH Housing, and a resolution approving design review and a tree‑removal permit.
Principal planner Danielle Staudy told the council the project as reapproved keeps the building design intact while reducing the site from 1.75 to 1.6 acres. "The building footprint was never going to touch that area," Staudy said, and the change is intended to make the project eligible for the statutory exemption while retaining mitigation measures from the previously certified project EIR as conditions of approval.
The reapproval covers roughly 45 affordable units (44 units plus a manager’s unit) in a podium‑parking design with about 63 ground‑floor parking spaces, Staudy said. Staff said the seasonal…
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