Sausalito board approves plan for inn at old bank

The Sausalito Planning Commission has approved a proposal to convert a 100-year-old bank building into a restaurant and inn.

The former Wells Fargo branch is on a 4,372 square-foot parcel at 715 Bridgeway. The owner, Kent Ipsen, plans to make it a three-room hotel called Inn the Pocket.

The commission held a hearing on the proposal on Dec. 11. The vote in favor was unanimous.

“I’m not a developer, I’m a businessman,” Ipsen said. “We find unique, interesting, outrageously cool...