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Board postpones Road to the West LLC outdoor‑dining hearing to May
Summary
The Portsmouth Zoning Board of Adjustment voted April 21 to postpone a public hearing on a variance request from Road to the West LLC for 140 West Road until May; the board suspended rules to take the postponement earlier on the agenda and no hearing occurred tonight.
The Portsmouth Zoning Board of Adjustment voted April 21 to postpone consideration of a variance request from Road to the West LLC for property at 140 West Road until May, and the board made clear there would be no public hearing on the matter tonight. The board first suspended its rules to take the item out of order after the request to postpone was presented at the start of the meeting.
The request, as presented to the board, sought a variance under section 10.440 (use number 19.50) to allow an outdoor dining or drinking area as an accessory use where it is not otherwise permitted. At the meeting Chair Matson and other members agreed the postponement was appropriate because the request arrived the same day; a motion to postpone was seconded and approved without further debate.
Because the public hearing will be rescheduled, the board did not take testimony or make a substantive ruling on the underlying zoning relief tonight. No new date certain was recorded beyond the board’s statement that the item will be taken up in May.
