SPECIAL MEETING

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION

PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

1 JUNKINS AVENUE

City Council Chambers

7:00 p.m. AGENDA January 16, 2002

SITE WALK - Saturday, January 12, 2002 at 9:30 a.m. - 141 Congress Street

I. WORK SESSION/PUBLIC HEARING

1). Work Session/Public Hearing for Peter Chen, owner, for property located at 141 Congress Street wherein permission is requested to allow exterior renovations on the front façade to an existing building as per plans on file in the Planning Department. Said property is shown on Assessor Plan 126 as Lot 005 and lies within the Central Business B and Historic A districts.

II. ADJOURNMENT

Roger W. Clum

Assistant Building Inspector

As an abutter, you are invited to attend the meeting in person or by counsel or agent and state reasons why the above application(s) should or should not be granted. If you have any questions, please call the Planning Department at 431-2006, ext. 235.

NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HEARING IMPAIRED

If you wish to attend a meeting and need assistance, please contact Human Resources Department at 431-2006, Ext. 270, one week prior to the meeting.

Members of the public and abutters should be aware that after the Commission renders its decision tonight, that a later request could be made to reconsider the decision and/or appeal the decision to the Rockingham County Superior Court. Please note that an abutter/aggrieved party may file a motion to reconsider if they are dissatisfied with the Commission’s decision. If you have any interest in finding out whether a motion to reconsider has been filed; you should contact the Planning Department twenty-one (21) days after the HDC decision is rendered. Thereafter, depending on the outcome of the reconsideration request, you are also invited to make inquiries at the Legal Department to determine whether an Appeal to the Superior Court has been filed.