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Portsmouth council denies use permit for 21 Royal Street addiction recovery group home
Summary
Council denied a request for a use permit (UP2509) for a 3.1 group home to operate a drug-and-alcohol recovery follow-up program at 21 Royal Street, voting 6-0 after the applicant described programming and capacity limits.
Portsmouth City Council voted to deny a use-permit application (UP2509) seeking to operate a 3.1 group home substance-abuse recovery residence at 21 Royal Street.
The clerk read the application background at the meeting, which identified the applicant as Urban Life Substance Abuse and Outpatient Services and the property owner as IKEA Investments and Holdings LP; the Planning Commission had recommended denial. Applicant representative Joe Hector and owner Leon Battle described the proposal as a follow-up residential program for people returning from inpatient treatment, limited to six residents at a time, providing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychoeducational groups, case management and employment support. Hector said staff parking would be accommodated on site and that visitation would not be an on-and-off street activity.
After the presentation the council moved to deny the request. The clerk called the roll and the motion to deny carried on a recorded vote reported as 6-0 (Miss Thomas absent). No councilmember elaborated on reasons for the denial on the public record during the meeting.
