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ZBA Hearing - August 6, 2025

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Aug 6, 20255h 46m

Now, as you can see in the aerial photos,

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the rear part of this property can be observed

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that there is a area that is being used as a storage of vehicles,

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which denota that it is being used as a mixed use property.

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I will now

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go through my exhibits

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from the top

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now I'm going to show you my exhibitions

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refusal

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this is the rechazo

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Joe, we have all your

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exhibits when he just moved to where we

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the meat of the presentation

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I would like to call my client

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Yubelka

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she's already on the call, yes

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but you're going to show the drawings

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first right

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I'm going through the

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photos now this is the front

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of the property

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this is the aerial photo

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showing the rear that I

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mentioned in my

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speech

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this is the rear of the property

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both of those doors

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as indicated on the drawings

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lead to

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the unit.

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Y esa es la parte trasera

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de la propiedad, como mencioné,

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estas puertas

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llevan a la unidad.

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Better shot.

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Esa es una mejor fotografía.

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Now the interior photos.

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Esas son las fotografías del interior.

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It's all the basement, right, Joe?

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Yes, sir.

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Yes.

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Sí.

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So there's one unit in the basement, and there's another unit on the first and second floor?

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There's a unit in the sotan, and there's another on the primary and second floor, correct?

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Yes.

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Here is just a couple of photos from the second and third floor.

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That's the extent of our photos.

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Do you want me to go through the petitions?

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You don't have to do this. Why don't you show the drawings?

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So that's the basement there, Joe, to the right?

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Is it the sótano, the right?

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Yes.

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Has space for laundry, kitchen, one bathroom, one bedroom, and a living room.

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Yes, it has space for an area of lavanderia, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a room.

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And Joe, what does the rest of the block look like?

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Okay, how does the rest of the block look like?

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As I mentioned, it's primarily single family homes. We found approvals for three other duplexes, though only 4924 appears to be still active as a duplex.

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the other ones have various violations

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and I believe

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one is cited for not

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having an updated use permit for a duplex

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Sí, básicamente

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sí, todos son de uso

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singular, familiar

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encontré tres aprobaciones

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para duplex

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solamente el 49-24 creo que

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sigue siendo una duplex activa

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hay otra que inclusive tiene una violación

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citada por no tener

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un permiso actualizado

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Questions from the board.

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And two, being a caregiver of an elderly person, not having direct access to that unit is problematic also.

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Sí, y dos, yo siendo un cuidador de una persona mayor, no tener acceso directo a ese lugar es problemático también.

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Y la única forma para que este individuo mayor pueda pasar por aquí es a través de ese parqueo activo.

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very problematic for me

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could have my client address those

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when she has an opportunity to speak

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When she has an opportunity to speak.

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my cliente puede hablar sobre eso

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Mi cliente puede hablar sobre eso cuando tenga la oportunidad de hablar.

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cuando tenga la oportunidad de hablar

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Other questions from the board.

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Más preguntas de la Junta?

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Yes, I have a question about this basement and the grade change.

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Sí, tengo una pregunta acerca de este sótano y el cambio.

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so it's lab on grade at the front but then what's the depth of the basement below ground level at

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the front muy bien ok esta nivel de suelo en la parte de de frente pero después cuál es el nivel

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del sótano la profundidad que tiene actualmente i'm not certain how high the ceilings are no

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basement. No sé qué tan altos son los techos en el sótano. I was more interested in the depth

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below grade at the front. Se estaba interesado en la profundidad de enfrente.

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Showing it to you from the front. If you look at the front, the houses are all elevated,

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it appears, which I believe explains some of what you're asking, but I don't know any figures.

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and then do you have a photo of the

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egress well

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go through

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I'm not sure

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i'm not sure any of these angles show i saw i thought i saw one there

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that's looking straight from the back through the egress wall in the front

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okay i was just i guess i'm trying to understand there's a porch there and so

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it looks like the porch

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like the unit lines up

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not with the structure

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of the porch so I just wanted to make sure

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that if a person were to use the egress

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well that they're not coming up

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under the floor of the porch

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there doesn't seem to be

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a precedent of egress

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wells in the front of any of the other houses on the block as well so

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you can clarify what's going on in the rear for me um are there is there a parking space in the

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rear or is the yard enclosed the driveway so it's a dry what that door is is that enclosed by a fence

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and then the driveway is beyond the fence?

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It's enclosed by a fence

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and that area is the driveway.

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Sí, esa parte, sí, tiene un cerco

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y ese es el parqueo también, sí.

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So a person would have to walk down the driveway

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and then open the fence to go into the entrance.

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Is that correct?

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Entonces una persona tendría que caminar por el parqueo

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y luego

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abrir el portón y después caminar

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por el parqueo y para poder entrar, ¿correcto?

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I'm going to present that to my client.

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Eso se lo voy a presentar con mi cliente.

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And then I just

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had one last question about the bathroom

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in the basement.

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I've noticed that the

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shower is not a standard

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shower pan size

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and I was

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wondering was there a

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plan or a thought to try to make that

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be a roll-in

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in the future.

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Sí, y también estaba notando de que tienen

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un baño, ok, el baño

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del sótano. Estaba notando que la ducha

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no es como una ducha

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como estándar. Quería saber

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si había algún plan como para

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hacerlo como que

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de rodo o

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algo.

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Se lo voy a presentar con mi cliente.

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Any other questions

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the board i must want my last question is this is already constructed correct so we're legalizing

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that's part of it the photos i showed you are as it was in july of last year and as it is today

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okay you want to bring your client on adopt your testimony before we go to

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web si vamos a pedir el cliente que que que hable y y belga are you on the call

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Are you on the call?

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belga puede hablar si yes

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Uvelka, ¿puede hablar?

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Sí.

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Yes.

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Yubelka, did you hear my testimony right now regarding your property and do you adopt it as your own?

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Uvelka, ¿escuchó mi testimonio en ese momento a su propiedad?

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Sí.

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Yes.

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Can we address the questions that the board had?

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Sure.

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¿Puede responder las preguntas que tenía?

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We'll start with the question of caregiver access.

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Eubelka, could you explain how you envisioned the caregiver access being handled at this property?

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Muy bien, vamos a empezar con la parte del acceso de la persona que va a cuidar y de cuidador.

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Díganos cómo es la idea que usted quiere tener ahí, cómo lo ve.

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yes this is for a family for a family unit um it's a family unit and my sister is the one

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that's going to live downstairs to take care

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of my mom.

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Okay.

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Dos salidas tiene

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para salir. Dos puertas.

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It has two doors in order

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to exit.

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Is it easy to

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get from the unit

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to the main

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property?

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¿Y es fácil salir de la unidad

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a la propiedad principal?

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Sí.

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yes you just have to go out you turn and then you walk a little bit and then it's it's you're

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inside there has two places you can go to uh okay uh regarding the egress well in the front

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does the porch in the front prevent exit through that egress well or are you able to leave through

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the front of the new unit? Muy bien, en cuanto a la salida en la parte de enfrente, el porch de

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enfrente evita la salida o puede salir de la unidad a través del porch por enfrente?

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no por el frente no tiene como entrada para para ir adentro solamente hay una ventana

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no and the in the front part is just a window you can't go in through the front

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okay

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the driveway

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in the rear

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do the

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I'm actually unsure what the board's question

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was regarding the

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driveway can we go back to the

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egress well because that didn't actually really answer

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the question okay here we go there

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it is

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