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Planning commission approves use permit for 39‑unit multifamily project; applicant seeks time after geotechnical work
Summary
The Portsmouth Planning Commission approved Use Permit UP‑25‑16 for Community Housing Partners to revive a previously authorized 39‑unit multifamily development; staff said wetlands and required geotechnical surcharging delayed construction and the council will separately consider vouchers to subsidize units for households at 0–50% AMI.
The Portsmouth Planning Commission on Feb. 3 approved Use Permit UP‑25‑16, allowing Community Housing Partners to move forward with a 39‑unit, two‑building multifamily development on two parcels listed as 2216 and 2220 (street name spelling varies in the record) in the multifamily urban residential (URM) district.
Staff principal planner Bill Landfair told commissioners the site is vacant and heavily vegetated, contains jurisdictional wetlands that will require permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and was previously approved by City Council under Resolution R‑23‑16; that earlier approval expired and the applicant filed a new use permit to establish a new…
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