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Noise rules at Art & Garden Center tightened following neighbor appeal

The Tiburon Town Council partially granted an appeal from the so-called Art & Garden Neighborhood Collective.

YULIYA JUL PHOTOGRAPHY VIA BELVEDERE-TIBURON LANDMARKS SOCIETYThe Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society’s Art & Garden Center in Tiburon is a popular wedding venue, but the nonprofit historical society was operating without a permit for amplified music for nearly three decades. Neighbors partially won an appeal of the new permit, requiring third-party monitoring to ensure decibel levels don’t exceed 60 at the property line.
Francisco Martinez
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ · 1 min read

The Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society will have to get third-party monitoring if it wants to keep using amplified music for Art & Garden Center events after neighbors appealed the venue’s conditional-use permit.

The Tiburon Town Council voted unanimously to implement the requirement during a May 21 hearing that extended past midnight, partially granting an appeal from the so-called Art & Garden Neighborhood Collective. The group of seven neighbors living near the center, at 841 Tiburon Blvd., sought stricter noise controls for events with amplified music, primarily weddings.

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A version of this story appeared in the May 28, 2025, print edition of The Ark. See something wrong? Request a correction.
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