Portsmouth Advocates, Inc. v. City of Portsmouth

The issue before us on this appeal is whether the Portsmouth City Council had authority under RSA 674:46 (Supp. 1990) to change the boundaries of Portsmouth’s two historic districts. The plaintiff, Portsmouth Advocates, Inc. (Advocates), challenges the Superior Court’s (Nadeau, J.) order upholding the City of Portsmouth’s rezoning of its historic district boundaries to move certain properties from the city’s Historic District A to its less restrictive Historic District B. We affirm.

At the center of this dispute is a Portsmouth restaurant owned by Peter Lukas, trustee of the intervenor in this…