Belvedere backs expansion of shared dock on Strip

The owners of two adjoining Beach Road homes in Belvedere may enlarge their shared dock and add two boat lifts — but not the structures they had sought on the city-owned Strip.

The Belvedere Planning Commission voted 4-0 July 21 to allow a 270-square-foot expansion of the existing fixed dock at 310 and 312 Beach Road, along with two new boat lifts and a pair of kayak racks on the city-owned water parcel in Belvedere Cove. The homes are owned by Mark Conroe, at 310, and Scott and Nancy Robertson, at 312. Commissioners Don Schinske and Ghazaleh Jamei were absent, and Isolde Wilson served as an alternate.

The dock is subject to a shared lease with the city that runs through 2039. The commission conditioned its approval on reducing the number of walkway lights on the dock, consistent with a staff recommendation to cut the 35 proposed fixtures to no more than 20, and on using the most open of three kayak-rack designs that Conroe presented.

Senior Planner Samie Malakiman said Conroe and the Robertsons scaled back the request in the days before the hearing, dropping wood platforms and a revocable license for the Strip after residents raised concerns about building on the city-owned shoreline.

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