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Council denies rezoning request for 3719 Dartmouth Street; applicant urged to reapply with staff guidance

2368849 · January 14, 2025
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Summary

Portsmouth City Council denied 5‑1 a request from AQ Contracting LLC to rezone 3719 Dartmouth Street from general mixed use to urban residential. Planning staff and commission said the narrow lot would function better combined with adjacent property.

Portsmouth City Council voted 5‑1 to deny a rezoning request from AQ Contracting LLC for a 0.07‑acre lot at 3719 Dartmouth Street that would have converted the parcel from general mixed use to urban residential to permit a single‑family dwelling.

The applicant, Claudia Arista Saba of AQ Contracting LLC, said she revised an earlier three‑story plan to a two‑story design after planning feedback and argued the project would…

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