Planning commission backs commercial code update, asks City Council to reconsider downtown size threshold

Feb 24, 2026

The Planning Commission recommended adoption of a comprehensive commercial regulations update that creates an administrative use permit tier, tightens some downtown protections and sets food-truck rules, while asking the City Council to reconsider requiring a CUP for downtown uses between 3,005 and 5,000 sq ft.

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The Mill Valley Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that City Council adopt a package of updates to the city's commercial regulations (proposed Chapter 20.40 and revisions to Chapter 20.64) that would modernize land-use tables, introduce an Administrative Use Permit (AUP) tier to streamline some small-business approvals, and add new definitions and standards for uses such as food trucks, live-work units and indoor recreation.

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