The Marin County Planning Commission has signed off on a five-story, 32-apartment building in Tamalpais Valley.
Approval of the project at 150 Shoreline Highway was necessary for the county to achieve its objective of shrinking plans for a 74-apartment complex at 825 Drake Ave. in Marin City, which drew sharp criticism and a lawsuit launched by a group of activists in that community.
The developer of the Marin City project agreed to reduce the size of that project in return for approval of the Tamalpais Valley development…