TO: John P. Bohenko
FROM: Terry L. Provencher, Planning Department Secretary
RE: Actions taken by the Portsmouth Historic District Commission at a meeting held on February 6, 2002, Council Chambers, Municipal Complex, One Junkins Avenue, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
PRESENT: Chairman John Rice; Vice-Chairman David Adams; Members Rick Becksted, John Golumb, Ellen Fineberg, Joanne Grasso; Planning Board Representative Paige Roberts; Alternates Maija Hibbard and Richard Katz
ALSO PRESENT: Roger Clum, Assistant Building Inspector
ABSENT: None
Chairman Rice
informed the Board that Public Hearing #3 would be moved to the end of the
Public Hearings.
I. PUBLIC
HEARINGS
1) Voted to grant as presented the Petition of Jean C. Odiorne, owner, for property located at 17 Pray Street wherein permission is requested to allow demolition of an existing garage and construct an 18 x 11 attached garage as per plans on file in the Planning Department with the following modifications:
· That there be a side entrance door;
· That there be a center overhead door;
· That Novelty siding be used;
· That there be two-lite swinging doors;
· That the overhead door be of single panels without glass;
· That the trim match existing trim; and,
· That Brosco two-over-two windows match existing house windows.
2) Voted to deny as presented the Petition of Charles and Mary Hoyt, owners, for property located at 149 Islington Street wherein permission is requested to allow exterior renovations to an existing structure (add 3 x 11 x 1 transom lite over front door; replace existing corner boards with 5/4 x 6 corner boards with beaded edge, and remove existing chimney) as per plans on file in the Planning Department.
3) Voted to grant as presented the Petition of
Sean Caughran, owner, for property located at 552 State Street wherein permission is requested to
allow new construction to an existing structure (construct addition to shed) as
per plans on file in the Planning Department.
4) A motion was made to approve as presented the Petition of Caroline Newman, owner, for property located on 699 Middle Street wherein permission is requested to allow exterior renovations to an existing structure (replace small window on left facade of building with same size window and move window up 6") as per plans on file in the Planning Department. This motion was withdrawn and then voted to grant amended application with the following stipulation:
· That the replaced window be a two over one unit.
5)
Voted to grant the Petition for Robert
Maranhas, owner, for property located at 39 Mt. Vernon Street wherein permission is requested to
allow demolition of a 16'6" x 24'6" two-story addition to be built in
the same location as existing barn/garage (rebuild similar structure on the
same footprint with full foundation; add six Brosco wood double-hung divided
lite windows; add two Velux wood skylights; add a brick masonry single-flue
chimney; replace siding with cedar shingles; and add a 4'6" x 14' deck
); and
to allow exterior renovations to an existing structure (replace single 2
over 2 kitchen window with a mullion two-unit 6 over 6 window) as per plans on
file in the Planning Department with the following stipulation:
·
That the crown be a
flat board crown canted at a 45-degree angle.
6)
A motion was
made to approve as presented the Petition for
J.L. Coombs, applicant, for property located at 46 Market Street wherein permission is requested to
allow exterior renovations to an existing structure (installation of a 236 x
36 fixed canvas awning on front faηade of building with a galvanized steel
tubing frame) as per plans on file in the Planning Department. This motion
was tabled until the March 6, 2002,
meeting with the recommendation for a Site Walk prior to the next meeting.
II. APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
Chairman
Rice suggested voting on the minutes at this time so that Item #7 and the Work
Session for Lisa DeStefano could be taken under consideration together.
The minutes were unanimously
approved for the meeting of January 2, 2002, and the Special Meeting of January
16, 2002.
I.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7)
Voted to grant the Petition requested by Lisa
DeStefano for property located on Porter Street wherein permission is requested
to allow new construction (construct 11 townhouse condominium units with
parking at street level) as per plans on file in the Planning Department with
the following stipulations:
·
That the architect
provides additional window details dimensioning actual proposed conditions;
and,
·
That the architect
provides brick and mortar mock-ups.
III. WORK SESSIONS
A) Work Session requested by Lisa DeStefano for property
located at 325 State Street. Said property is shown on Assessor Plan 116
as Lots 001, 006, and 007 and lies within the Central Business B and Historic A
districts.
B) Work
Session requested by Larry McManus for property located at 40 Pleasant Street. Said
property is shown on Assessor Plan 107, as Lot 081 and lies within the Central
Business B and Historic A districts.
This Work Session was withdrawn
until the March 6, 2002, meeting.
C) Work Session requested by Steve McHenry for property located
at 348 Maplewood Avenue. Said property is shown on Assessor Plan 141
as Lot 002 (1-5) and lies within the General Residence A and Historic A
districts.
D) Work Session requested by Charles Thibedeau of CP Management for property located at 500 Market Street Extension (Nobles Island). Said property is shown on Assessor Plan 120 as Lot 002 and lies within the Central Business A and Historic A districts.
IV.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Commission, the Commission members acted unanimously to adjourn and meet at the next scheduled meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2002, in the City Council Chambers.