Nine-townhome plan for Point Tiburon clears key hurdle after three rejections
After three failed submissions over the past year, a Berkeley developer has cleared a major hurdle to build nine townhomes on part of the Point Tiburon Plaza parking lot.
Tiburon notified Black Oak Ventures Oct. 22 that the fourth version of its 1801 Tiburon Blvd. application is complete. The town now has until Nov. 23, 60 days after Black Oak filed that version Sept. 24, to approve or deny the project, Tiburon Senior Planner Kristin Teiche has said.
“We are pleased that the town has confirmed that our application is complete and look forward to receiving the approval of the application within weeks,” Black Oak founder and principal owner Michael Yarne said Oct. 23.
Yarne’s firm is working with Point Tiburon Plaza owner Chong Cook to subdivide part of the parking lot into nine lots for detached three-story townhomes, each with a two-car garage and partial storage cellar.
Black Oak filed the project under Senate Bill 684, the 2023 Starter Home Revitalization Act, which requires staff-level approval of housing projects of 10 homes or fewer that meet objective standards, with no public hearings or discretionary review.
Under Senate Bill 684, the town can deny a qualifying project only if it finds in writing that the project would have a specific, adverse impact on public health or safety that cannot be feasibly mitigated. Town officials have said Tiburon can attach conditions of approval.
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