In February 2018, Clipper Traders, LLC requested a Zoning change for the property located at 105 Bartlett Street from Office Research (OR) and Transportation Corridor (TC) to Character District 4 West End (CD4-W). The materials and timeline related to this request are outlined below. Ahead of the August 6, 2018 City Council meeting, the Planning Department shared their recommended revisions to the zoning amendments here.

DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR PORTSMOUTH'S HISTORIC DISTRICT 

In 2015/2016 the Historic District Commission (HDC) worked with Dominique Hawkins at Preservation Design Partnership (PDP) to develop a detailed set of Design Guidelines for the nearly 1,300 properties located within in Portsmouth's Historic District.

The replacement of the Memorial Bridge in downtown Portsmouth was a federally funded project that required mitigation for the loss of a nationally significant resource individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as well as a contributing resources to a National Register eligible downtown historic district. One of the mitigation stipulations for this project was a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Portsmouth downtown historic district.

Portsmouth Housing Authority (PHA)

For over seventy years, the Portsmouth Housing Authority has been working to make Portsmouth’s housing more affordable for lower-income individuals.To learn more, Click Here.