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Planning commission recommends approval for Grossman Trucking chassis yard at 680 Military Road
Summary
The Portsmouth Planning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend a use permit allowing Grossman Trucking LLC to operate a shipping-container chassis storage yard at 680 Military Road, subject to conditions addressing traffic routing, entrance paving, and landscaping buffers after neighbors raised drainage and sight-line concerns.
The Portsmouth Planning Commission on May 6 recommended approval of a use permit for Grossman Trucking LLC to operate a shipping-container chassis storage yard at 680 Military Road.
Planning staff told commissioners the property—about 2.3 acres in the light-industrial (IL) district near Victory Boulevard and Deep Creek Boulevard—is already in use for short-term container storage and is surfaced with gravel and enclosed by 6-foot chain-link fencing. “The applicant is requesting a use permit for the after-the-fact authorization of the use to remediate this violation and continue trucking operations at the location,” said Valerie Malzone, principal planner for the City of Portsmouth.
Staff recommended approval with conditions including requiring the applicant to pave the entrance to commercial…
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