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Planning commission recommends 10 PM cap on restaurant entertainment to town council after residents cite late‑night amplified music
Summary
After multiple residents described repeated late‑night amplified events at Marinitas, the San Anselmo Planning Commission voted to advise the Town Council to adopt a zoning change that allows restaurant‑related entertainment by right until 10:00 PM and requires a conditional use permit thereafter; commissioners debated enforcement, decibel thresholds and CUP revocation procedures before forwarding the measure.
San Anselmo — The Planning Commission on a majority vote recommended that the Town Council adopt a narrow zoning amendment to allow entertainment secondary to a restaurant use "by right" until 10:00 PM and require a conditional use permit (CUP) for entertainment after that hour.
Assistant Town Attorney Emily Longfellow told the commission the proposal is intended to be a narrowly tailored, enforceable ceiling. “Restaurants may provide entertainment that is subordinate and secondary to the restaurant use by right until 10:00 PM, and after that time they would need to get a conditional use permit,” Longfellow said, adding the change aims to be proactive and align with the town’s existing noise‑ordinance time…
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