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Portsmouth council denies use permit for Grossman Trucking chassis storage at 680 Military Road
Summary
After a contested public hearing that included neighbor complaints about drainage and access, Portsmouth City Council voted 7-0 to deny a use permit for Grossman Trucking to operate an overnight chassis and container storage yard at 680 Military Road.
Portsmouth City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to deny a conditional use permit that would have allowed Grossman Trucking to operate a shipping-container-chassis storage yard at 680 Military Road.
The company’s attorney, Lisa Murphy of Wilcox Savage, told council Grossman is a family-owned trucking business that stores containers on chassis overnight when port schedules require it and that the business typically has far fewer than the 75 daily trips limited in staff conditions. “If they aren’t able to get the use permit, they’ll have to shift and possibly move to…
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