Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes for all five.
Thank you, Mr. Clinton.
Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the board. Have a great day.
You too.
Number eight, MI 2022-000638443 Martin Street.
Walter Hodge, owner pro se, for use as two dwelling units in an existing structure.
The proposed use two dwelling units is expressly prohibited in RSA3 residential district.
Letter of support from Central Roxborough Civic Association.
Chair, I see no hands for this case.
Okay. MI 2022 000 638 443 Martin Street. This case is continued. I marked must be tried.
number nine mi 2022 000 646 5100 grays avenue no exhibits first listing
patrick jones is list listed as the applicant
there are no hands for this case chair
MI 2022-00646-5100 Grays Avenue. Cases to continued mark must be tried.
MI 2021-003544-5007 North Fish Street. Natalie Hentz, Pro Se Case. Proposed use as Assembly
and entertainment the proposed use assembly and entertainment requires a special exception in the
cmx 2.5 zoning district letter of support from the 42nd ward again there is no hands for this case
okay so that case needed deeds interior photos and tax clearance
So MI 2021-003544-5007 North Street, cases continued, must be tried.
Number 11, MI 2021-003561-908 North 63rd Street.
Jennifer Basileau is the attorney.
Letter of support from Neighbors of Overbooked Association.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Jennifer Bizziglo.
B is in boy.
A is in apple.
Z is in zebra.
D is in David.
L is in Larry.
O is in Oscar.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
And I was wondering.
We'd like to try case 12 with this. Is that okay?
The second case is MI 2021-003-557-906 North 63rd Street.
Could you identify your client, please, and the relationship to the property?
Sure. George Rosinski should be on, and he is the owner of the property and also the property manager.
and then I believe Bill Holtz, sorry, I'm pronouncing his last name wrong, who's the
project manager, is also probably on the call as well. Thank you. Our vice chair has a few questions.
Sure. Good morning, Jennifer. Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate
to its accuracy? I do. Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership tax
compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral, photos under plans of the property five days in
advance of this hearing and do you have a letter having met with the RCO yes the exhibits the
primary exhibits were emailed five days before I did send some supplemental information this morning
but all the required documents were in five days I was just retained on Friday so I spoke to Hillary
about this we're all in agreement we're good and we didn't even you may you may proceed and sure
we do have a letter from the RCO so I'm going to share my screen if that's okay thank you
so i'm going to share my screen if that's okay thank you all right um let's get the right pack it up
All right.
okay so i move um i like i said i'm jennifer baziglo i'm here representing um george osinski
who is the owner of both 906 and 908 north 63rd street um i've submitted a package i'm just going
to go through a little bit of it here with the refusals. The only refusal is for multifamily
housing in RSA 3. We have the deeds that show the ownership of both properties. Scroll through
that. Um, we have that, uh, actually there is a credit on their tax balance, property tax balance
for the one property. So there's, this is a negative 2000. Uh, so the property taxes have
all been paid. Um, we also have a two letters of unanimous support from the, uh, neighbors of
Overbrook Association or yeah, Neighbors of Overbrook Association. And we just also have
some photographs, which I'm going to get into now. So 906 and 908 North 63rd Street, they're both
large RSA3 lots located on 63rd Street in Overbrook. 906 is a 5,280 square foot lot
and 908, which is this one here, is a 4,520 square foot lot. There are existing three-story structures
on each of the parcels, let's just get to the photographs here, that also are over 3,000 square
feet a piece, so they're very large buildings. I'm going to get back to the interior photos,
but I just wanted to show you the exterior. And so the application is to use each of these
buildings as three units. There's three floors, three units. I'm seeing on the plans. 906 is in
a little bit better shape. If we go and see the interior here, you know, that's in fairly decent
shape right now 908 is in need of significant repair um beautiful buildings but um definitely
had been neglected for quite a while and are going to need extensive renovations for to make
them habitable again um let me go back up to the zoning map hold on one second
So as you can see, this is 906 highlighted here
and 908 is directly next to it.
These properties are zoned RSA3,
but directly across the street are RM1 zoning
and RM2 zonings.
If these lots had an RM1 zoning,
they would be allowed 12 and 10 units by right.
So you're seeing a much smaller density
than would be allowed by right just across the street.
And in fact, across the street is a 29-unit building and an eight-unit building and another large apartment building in the RM2 that I couldn't actually find a unit count on, but it is a fairly significant mid-rise apartment building, which we can see if we look on the street view.
So, one second, we can see the large apartment buildings that surround this property.
That's the large apartment building right here.
That's the 29 unit building.
They're right across the street.
But even when we look on the side of the street that these properties are on, on the even side,
there are 20 total properties on this side of the block.
Of those only five are currently used or at least registered as single family. I suspect some of them are being used for something else. But I have to go by what the permits are. And those dwellings, those buildings, the 15 that are not single family,
are directly adjacent is a 69 unit apartment building that is being rehabbed right now. This
is the 69 unit apartment building that's right next to 906. And then there are, and then the
rest of the properties range from two to six units. Some of them also have mixed use businesses
Some of them also have mixed-use businesses in it, nail salons, dental offices, that sort of thing.
in it, nail salons, dental offices, that sort of thing.
So having three units in a three-story building on a block that is basically all multifamily in some large apartment buildings is something that makes sense, which is, I think, why we got the unanimous support from the Neighborhood Association.
I just want to also add that these are very large single-family homes.
If you use a single family home, they are seven to eight bedrooms apiece, which it doesn't make a lot of financial sense to renovate into these large homes that can't really be sold at a profit or rented in any sort of commercially viable way.
So there is sort of an economic issue besides it making sense in terms of the context of the neighborhood.
So basically, in summary, we're asking to use these properties as three unit buildings apiece, the unanimous support from the community.
And it makes sense because it's surrounded by large apartment buildings and other multifamily housing.
So a large single family home just doesn't work there.
I also just wanted to note that there is parking available in the rear of these properties.
Let's go back here.
sorry, one second. So there is parking available. You can see it through here. Maybe that I'm trying to find a good spot of it, but there's a parking area. Let's go to the aerial view. Sorry.
um but you can see here that there is a shared driveway between the two and there is a garage
and parking behind for at least some of the residents so um you know parking's not really
an issue with these additional units uh plus there's great public transportation in this area
a lot of the tenants of these buildings don't have um cars uh so yeah unanimous support of the
community appropriate because of the surrounding context makes financial sense. I'm happy to answer
any questions that the board might have. I would also like George to just get on briefly and adopt
my testimony. George, can you raise your hand? Yes. Could you state your name and spell for the
court reporter, please. George Ryzynski, R-Y-Z-I-N-S-K-Y. Do you swear or affirm to tell the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Proceed, counsel. I just want to ask you one
question. You own a property management company, Dan Housing, correct? Yes, I do. And you manage a
lot of, professionally manage a good number of properties around the city, correct? Correct.
So you're sure that you can manage these buildings and keep it in a fashion that the neighborhood would find amenable, correct?
Absolutely.
Great. And you heard my testimony here today, and do you believe it to be truthful and accurate?
Correct. As a matter of fact, the building next door to us is, I think, a 30-units apartment building.
It's burned out five years ago, and it's being restored right now.
So we're literally next to a large apartment building.
Yes. You can see it from the backyard of these properties.
So, and would you adopt my testimony as your own?
Yes, absolutely.
All right.
Thank you. Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
Chair, we have William Close.
Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
sir please unmute yourself
william klotz w-i-l-l-a-m-k-l-o-t-z i just um wait a minute wait one minute do you swear
to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth absolutely your honor proceed okay um
i i'm the um the design professional and project management on the project
um i actually raised my hand because i thought i had to but um since i'm here
uh the layout plans did uh preliminary layouts did we're working with right now show four bedrooms
four bedrooms and three bedrooms respectively and you got um if i go my zoning uh real quick
um uh two seconds please um
One, two seconds, please.
Okay, you have in the rear of those properties for parking, to give you some indication,
58 foot, nine and a half inches from the back of the building to the property line.
the garage itself is 21 feet of that 58 feet and you got a 29 foot eight and a half eight inch
eight and a half inches in width on each property line with a 17
uh foot driveway between the two buildings well and you have a front setback of 48 inch 48 feet
one inches okay so so thank thank you for your information i think the boards the board uh has
no further questions, and I'm going to go back to the virtual audience to see if there's anyone
else that has a question. Is there any other questions or comments in the virtual audience?
I see no handshare. Planning Commission. Thank you, Chair Bergman. Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia
City Planning Commission. The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing
residential single-family zoning on this block. However, the size of the structures and the
lots and their location on a wide street with access to public transit present unique physical
conditions that make single-family use infeasible. City Planning Commission recommends that the
Board grant the variance. Thank you. MI 2021-003-561-908-North 63rd and MI 2021-003-557-906-North
63rd street i vote yes to both properties carl tenere my vote is yes to both properties
thomas halliman my vote is yes to both properties
thank you council thank you thank you is there anyone in the audience whose case has not been
heard yet this morning.
Chair, we have
Fran McCoplin.
All right. Could you state your name
and spell it for the court reporter, please?
Yes, it's Francis with an I.
McCoplin, M-C, capital C-O-L,
P-S-M-P-O-L, I-N.
Wait a minute.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
What case are you here to talk about?
The case at 443 Martin Street with Walter Hodge.
Right.
I have a number.
I had that case.
That case has been continued, and Mark must be tried.
Well, we've been trying to get on, walked out for some reason.
So he's on the telephone line trying to help you guys.
Sure, sure. Let's get him on.
I'm texting him to know that they're waiting.
I'm sorry about the confusion. This is all new.
Perfect. Fine. Let's just get Walter Hodge on the line.
He needs access.
He says he texted me and says he needs access from you guys.
he can't raise his hand
excuse me Mr. Chair
is he the phone number
the 267
271-3552
is that the applicant
I'll allow him to speak
chair if that's okay
thank you
Mr. Hodge
Mr. Hodge?
Chair, I believe you'll have to press star six to unmute, star six on his phone.