The Treehouse School of Portsmouth at 100-102 State St. is a historic and award-winning property next to Domo Restaurant. Owners of the school building are concerned about the impact of Domo’s proposed addition, saying it could actually touch their building, seen Monday, March 24, 2025. Photo by Deb Cram, Seacoastonline)
A plan by the owners of the Domo restaurant building to add housing on-site has been delayed by concerns about how the proposed addition would impact an adjacent historic and award-winning structure.
The city’s Planning Board voted unanimously to continue a hearing on the request by 96 State Street LLC for a parking Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the building to provide zero off-street parking spaces when 30 are required under the city’s zoning ordinance. But parking wasn’t the issue.
The Planning Board’s recent vote came after board member Joe Almeida — and others — raised concerns about the proposed addition at 96 State Street and its impact on 100-102 State St., which city records show was built in 1800.
Almeida stated he believes design elements in the addition planned for 96 State Street “significantly impact that award-winning historic building next door.”
“I believe the overhang of the roof is actually crossing the property line,” Almeida said during Thursday’s Planning Board meeting in City Hall, adding there was “no need for it.”
However, he explained that he was “not concerned about (the) parking impact of the project.”
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