Five homes' shared staircase up for nonconformity permit

At 22 Alexander Avenue, applicant Kai Okada, representing owner Timothy Isaac, is seeking a Nonconformity Permit to tear out and rebuild the existing wooden staircase, landings, rails, and lighting that serve five residences "14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 Alexander Avenue" on the east side of the street.

The plan calls for full in-kind replacement of the staircase and landings in their current location, encasing four existing concrete piles in a new concrete mud slab, and replacing the deck at 22 Alexander Avenue.

Staff finds the project categorically exempt from CEQA review as an existing facility and is recommending approval, having drafted a resolution for the Commission to adopt application 2026-00028.

No public comments are on record ahead of the hearing; the Commission is scheduled to vote on the resolution tonight.

Study session digs into streets, sidewalks and Sausalito's parklet future

Public Works Director Kevin McGowan, Principal Planner Matthew Mandich, and Parking Manager Wayne Kwon are set to walk the Commission through a wide-ranging study session on streets, sidewalks, and parking policy citywide.

The discussion will cover encroachment permit standards and revisit Council's prior direction on the city's parklet program, which has been in limbo since COVID-era outdoor dining permits expired.

As a study session, no vote is scheduled; the item is meant to give commissioners background before any future policy or permit changes come back for formal action.