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Council postpones final vote on Foundry/Hill/Hanover zoning changes; moves revised proposal to July hearing
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing with neighbors and developers, Portsmouth City Council agreed to carry proposed zoning amendments for the Foundry Place / Hill Street / Hanover Street area to a July reading and public hearing, and directed staff to change several proposed CD‑4W designations to CD‑4 for additional review.
Portsmouth City Council on Monday agreed to continue consideration of a set of zoning amendments affecting the Foundry Place, Hill Street and Hanover Street area and set a renewed public reading and hearing for July 14.
The proposals would amend the zoning maps in several places: change four parcels now zoned CD‑5 to lower‑intensity character districts, alter the boundary of the Downtown Overlay District and the North End Incentive Overlay, and change building‑height limits along portions of Foundry Place, Hill Street and Rock Street.
Why it matters: The parcels under consideration sit between recently constructed multi‑story condominium and garage projects and a long established Islington Creek residential neighborhood. The amendments would reduce allowable density and building coverage on several undeveloped parcels and change permitted uses; supporters said the revisions would restore a transitional buffer, while developers and some property owners warned the changes could…
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