So these are built, A, B, C, D, E, during the process.
All of this is by right, single-family home development.
Community asked that we set F, G, H, I, and J back and provide some much-needed parking relief.
This street here would not have legal parking otherwise, so putting these curb cuts here would not adversely impact, in fact, compliance in this case,
which would be single-family home development, like we did here on the left, would actually be
a hardship for the community. And as a result, the community had asked that we put these
five front loaders in. As you can see, the G through J set back a little bit more than F,
and that's why there's a little difference in that. But all of them have been refused for the
same thing, ostensibly, which is the off-street parking, the front-loading parking on these
properties. I'm going to zoom out a little bit. These are the interiors that I am going to bring
on the architect to walk you through design, if you'd like, and answer any design questions.
Here's the first, second, and third floor plans. Beautiful single-family home.
all with materials that reflect the brick history of Philadelphia.
Here's the rear elevations. Here's some renderings.
So these are the front loading spots.
this is the subdivision plan also entered into evidence
and here are the homes that have been built already by right
As you can see, they're fairly reflective of the materials that were presented.
This is the letter that went out to all interested parties.
The meeting was extremely well attended.
239 people were mailed.
Overwhelming majority support.
There was a little bit of opposition.
um some of it had to do with some of the construction issues during the the first phase
uh those have been addressed we and we have of course offered to even enter into a construction
agreement if that made some folks happy leadership of the rco didn't seem to be too concerned about
it but we certainly are still willing to to talk to any immediate neighbor who might have any issue
with that. Of the handful of people that were opposed, about 80 percent of them were opposed
because they park illegally on that sidewalk. So they're going to be losing their illegal
parking spots, which is understandable, and I respect that. But the larger community had asked
us actually to provide this relief so that overall it will, in fact, be a net positive for the
community with that i'd like to call first uh bar levy who is the architect on the project
he'll be coming back in as a panelist chair thank you
hello everyone can you hear me all right council i mean architect please
This is the architect, Mr. Chair, Mr. Levy.
Hi, Mr. Levy. Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
My name is Bar Levy, B-A-R, last name L-E-V-Y.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed, counsel.
Thank you. Bar, do you have anything to add to the initial presentation prior to opening the question?
um i think you did a great job really discussing the front uh the front parking and it was uh
i think you did a great job really discussing the front uh the front parking and it was uh
requested by the community uh what i would say is that it's not only helping the community in terms
request
of alleviating the parking uh but if you go uh if you go forward into the um into the light diagram
what happens there is that uh we are widening the actual sidewalk stay there go one slide
after this for a second and if you look at this green um at this green storage structure uh what
these structures what they do they they limit the side the sidewalk width and the sidewalk width
kind of moves between five to six feet um mostly five for it for as it's existing with the new
design we are enlarging it into six feet so very walkable um and also we're setting back the
structures farther more from that North Elkhart. If you go up one slide, or to the, yep, upwards,
so that street is really to our north, it's our northeast side of the structures. Pushing the
front side of those buildings 18 feet from the streets allows for more light to travel from the
south onto the street and have a more kind of a happier experience on the street. Not only that,
besides the parking, it allows for some greenery, some front garden, some flowers, really to make
the experience of Elkhart that seems to be, it is a slow-paced street, but it's narrow as it stands
currently. That widening of the street and widening of the light, allowing more light to travel into
the street, will create that experience a little bit more friendly. But that's really, I think,
is what I would
like to talk about in terms of
the width of the buildings
and the setbacks.
Yeah, if you have any other
questions, we could go through.
Why don't we, Vern, why don't we leave him there?
I need to bring on my client.
Why don't you bring your client on?
Nataniel, leave you, please. Levy?
Nataniel Levy is coming back in as a
panelist, Sheriff. Thank you.
hi can you hear me good morning could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer
netanel levy n-e-t-a-n-e-l levy l-e-v-i right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth i do please proceed counsel thank you mr chair
netanel did you hear my presentation and bars to the to the board today yeah i did thank you
Is it true and accurate?
It is.
Do you adopt it as your own?
Thank you very much, Mr. Levy.
Question is from the board.
Can you go back to the floor plans for the houses, please?
And kind of...
Okay, thank you.
Any other questions?
Yeah, I have two questions.
One, why is the first unit not including the parking space?
Or it's already built into it somewhere here, right?
Well, yeah, but I didn't see a plan that showed that, which is why.
Bar. Yeah. So you're talking about it said it on the site plan, but there was no floor plan that showed that. So I'm just, yeah, we have, we have five separate binders. Okay.
All of that has been submitted.
I understand that, but it was not shown in this presentation. So I was just trying to clarify.
That's cool.
so the first unit does have a parking space so then my second question is then why what was the
reason to not set it back similarly to the other four that now face Eckhart street Elkhart street
good that's a question for bar go ahead yeah so the uh the main reason is the last size
if you'd see the four um the four last uh g to j uh which are the right side of this plan
are all deeper. So they're deeper, they have much more depth to allow for a backyard that is
sufficient, even with the setback of the 18 foot up front. Now, we are setting back the first floor
to allow for that front parking, but it is the second floor that kind of goes above it.
In order to get a three-bedroom, two-bed structure, very Philadelphian kind of, you know, single family for a family, we needed a square footage.
We didn't want to get rid of the entire backyard and just have a tiny little backyard.
We didn't want to get rid of the entire backyard and just have a tiny little backyard.
So we have set back the first floor, but built on top.
And then what is the depth of the basement below grade?
So it's a semi-submerged basement.
It's at 410 to the lowest part.
And so it will receive some light via window.
I would say that if you go into the floor plan of the other four, you go down one more.
So the developer requested one more down that the basement is utilitarian kind of Philadelphia investment.
There is not a real program to it.
It will be unfinished, but it will receive light.
It would have all of the mechanical systems and such.
And maybe in the future, if the homeowner would have their will to go and finish it, that's a different permit, that's a different design on its own.
But the building as it stands is a three-bedroom, three-bedroom, while we have the master parent room all the way at the top.
And the second floor is a two-bedroom, kind of the kids area, or if it's a small family, a kid and an home office, one bedroom on the second floor.
and the washer dryer on the second floor to kind of have it in the middle of the structure
as you don't have to go all the way to the basement. There is no way I can read the rest
of the plans, but thank you. Any other questions? Questions for our attorney? No, Mr. Chair.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience? I see no answer this time, Chair.
planning commission
thank you chair bergman
comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing residential single family zoning
the appellant has not shown that the property cannot possibly be used in strict conformity
with the zoning code and that the variance is therefore necessary to enable the viable economic
use of the property city planning commission recommends that the zoning board deny the
variance for accessory surface parking, excuse me, accessory surface parking, proposed rear
yard depth, and proposed setback. Thank you. I'm going to vote this 9, 11, 12, and 13,
and then I'll come back for 10. Okay. All right. So number 9, MI 2024, 007, 502, 2507 East Elkhart
Street. Number 11, MI 2024-007-509-2511 East Elkhart Street. Number 12, MI 2024-007-511-2513
East Elkhart Street. And number 13, MI 2024-007-512-2515 East Elkhart Street.
I wrote yes to all four with proviso. Approved use is single family household living with one
accessory service parking space. My vote is yes with proviso. Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes to
all four with proviso. Taneta Graham, my vote is yes to all four with proviso. Taya Nguyen,
my vote is yes to all four with proviso ishmael shaheed my vote is yes to all four with proviso
and number 10 mi 2024 007 508 2509 east helcourt street i vote yes
my vote is yes gerald gaster my vote is yes it's not a gram my vote is yes i win my vote is yes
ishmael shaheed my vote is yes thank you counsel thank you all all right is there anyone in the
audience whose um 9 30 case has not been called just break it right no hands please here thank
you um see everybody two o'clock everyone my name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this
afternoon's meeting with me is our vice chair ismail shaheed president mr true our board member
Sheryl L. Gaston. Present, Mr. Chairman. Our board member, Tanetta Graham. Present, Mr. Chairman.
Board member, Michael Johns. Present, Mr. Chairman. Our board member, Taya Nguyen. Present, Mr. Chairman.
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number six mi 2025 000 462 2842 south franklin street scott cloney is the owner applicant
this case is being continued at the request of council member squilla
is mr cloney here oh mr cloney could you step forward a minute please
yep yep 2041 yeah why don't you want to turn on the mic and we'll tell you where we stand with
this so the mic what you gotta press the button yeah pull it a little closer to you state your
name and spell for the stenographer uh scott cloney uh c-o-t-t-c-l-o-n-e-y right do you
swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth mr cloney we have a request
to continue this it has to do with the rco yes we didn't have enough time um apparently it was sent
to one of the rcos in center city and we just got it sent back to the rco in south philadelphia
last week so the letters are actually out already um i've been working on those um that we have a
date of the 27th for the rco board so we're just asking to have this good for like okay or two
All right. So we're going to continue this case till October 15th, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Now, I know that's not what you were looking for.
Give us a call and we'll see if we can move that to a quicker date.
OK, how well, pardon me, how fast, though?
I mean, I paid for the habit expedited. I know. I know. I know.
That's what I'm saying. We're going to take all that into consideration.
But right now, that's the dates that were listed.
We're going to see if we can find one for you.
So call those staff and we'll see what we can do.
Thank you, sir.
So MI 2025, 000462, 2841 South Franklin Street.
That case is continued at this point to 1015 2025 at 2 p.m.
number seven mi 2025 000 464 42 30 main street this case is continued attorney moving party
number eight mi 2025 000 469 1618 webster street cases continued attorney moving party
And number 12, MI-2025-000-492-6515 Ridge Avenue.
continue. This case is continued until 10, 15, 20, 25 at 2 p.m. Are there any other requests