mr ward do you need the revised plan stamped there's the one i don't believe so no hillary
i don't believe so because uh they don't affect the size or location of the structure nor do they
affect the refusals um you know but if the board has a courtesy to west mount area wants to stamp
them uh with the revised facade elevation uh design that's we have no objection to that but
we do fully intend to build it right no i i think we i think we will stamp it if you can just submit
um a proviso plans form and we can so that we can stamp them together so all right you'll have that
today all right thank you questions from the board so mr chair granting we need one pages
of revised plans stamped today okay sure thank you no mr chair questions or comments from the
virtual audience here we have charles richardson with his hand up mr richardson you can unmute
yourself or wait for the chair please good morning mr richardson could you state your name and spell
for the court reporter good morning mr chair charles richardson ch-a-r-l-e-s-r-i-c-h-a-r-d-s-o-n
office of councilwoman cindy bass room 312 city hall you swear or affirm to tell the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth i do proceed uh councilwoman is uh confirming what
mr ward said councilwoman is unopposed unopposed to uh granting the variance for this property
Thank you very much. Any other comments from the virtual audience?
Chair, I see no other hands at this time.
Thank you. Planning Commission.
It's our Ryan Bednar City Planning. The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the residential single-family zoning for this property. Proposed dimensions of the new structure are very close matched to the adjoining twin and all other twins on the block. Therefore, we recommend that the Board grant the dimensional and parking variances.
Thank you. MI 2021-004-758-136 West Sharp Backstreet. I vote yes. Revised plans, one page, 621.
Carol Tenere, my vote is yes with provisos.
Tomber Solomon, my vote is yes with provisos.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with provisos.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Mr. Ward.
Number eight, MI-2022-000280-525 South 42nd Street.
Mr. DeMarco is the attorney.
Letter of non-opposition from Spruce Hill Community Association.
Mr. DeMarco.
There, Mr. DeMarco is here, but DPC Zoom, I'm having problems promoting him to a panelist.
DPC Zoom, I'm having problems promoting him to a panelist. Can someone promote him, please?
Yes, I will promote him.
Thank you.
Let's see. I am receiving an error code. Did you as well receive the error code?
Yes, I got an error code when I tried to promote it.
I did also.
So could we ask him to please go out and try coming back in, see if that helps at all.
Mr. DeMarco, can you come, can you leave the hearings and come back in?
I'm waiting for him to come back in now, Chair.
Yes, that's fine.
i just rearranged myself mr chairman i can't understand why i'm always sideways i'm trying
to be like that it's fine it's fine it's fine but it's driving me nuts to look oh gosh
how's it look fully
let's see we're still waiting for him to be able to get back in sir
he's not yet listed as an attendee okay
Pauline, is it just him? Is it our system?
So, we definitely have issues with our co-host team, Tanya and team, being able to promote people.
I have been able to do so up until now, so I'm not sure if this one is just on.
There's definitely some issues, it seems, with Zoom today.
But I don't know if this issue is just directly to this attorney or if it's expanded.
But I would think that he should be able to get back in.
Okay. And we still don't have Jim in.
Okay, I just don't have that.
Hi, Chair, it's Tanya. Did you want to jump to the next one?
Yeah, I think we only have one left, I think, or so. So let me go to the next one.
And let's see if we can get him in. So number 11, MI 2022-002-825-6216 Ridge Avenue.
Sal Vacciano is the tenant there pro se. I believe we also have support from the RCO.
Mr. Vacciano, can you raise your hand, please?
Chair, he should be coming back in as a panelist now.
You're fine.
I'm getting the same error code.
For him?
I'm going to try again.
Yeah, it's not letting me promote him either.
I'm going to take a minute.
I'll Google this error code to see what's going on today.
Chair, as you wish, can we allow Sal to speak through his case if we can't find anything else?
absolutely sal you're available to speak please speak hello can you hear me all right here could
hello can you hear me all right could you state your name and spell it for the court reporter
you state your name and spelled for the court reporter
please sure it's salvaciano s-a-l-v-a-c-c-h-i-a-n-o right do you swear or affirm to tell
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do our vice chair has a few questions for
you okay hi good morning do you um no strike that have you emailed the exhibit packet with
the required documents consisting of proof of ownership tax compliance a copy of the refusal
or referral photos and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing and have you
met with the rco and do you have a letter yes okay you may proceed and share the screen please
Sorry, Ms. Tenere, can you read in this record?
Where am I?
Sent incomplete exhibit packet on 531-22.
No, you have the refusal to read in?
I don't have that right here.
It's not listed on the summary.
Okay, no worries.
And if I could ask, Mr. Sal, may I ask that you verify on the record that you are indeed Sal Vacchiano?
Yes, I am Sal Vacchiano.
Thank you. Since we don't have video, I appreciate that. And if you wish, you can continue.
Mr. Chair, I can read the refusal language in.
Go ahead.
Okay. So, for a business and professional office at first floor in the same building with all other uses as previously approved,
The proposed use, business, and professional office requires special exception approval by Zoning Board of Adjustment.
All right. Mr. Vacciano, why do you start? Tell us what you want to do and how you're doing it there.
Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chair. It doesn't give me the option to share my screens to show.
That's fine. That's fine.
Okay. So this is an all-state agency. I purchased the business, give you a little background. I purchased the business back in December of 2020. In February of 2021, I applied for a signed permit in which I was notified of this special exemption that was needed. So unfortunately, I was not notified this by the previous owner of the business.
So the business has been here. And what I did meet with the RCO, I do have a letter of support from them in regards to this from my hearing. I also have some photos I was going to share, you know, just of the signage that was going to be proposed later.
That was one of the stipulations of the RCO, just that I met their requirements on the size and type of signage, which I did, and also have their approval on if I decided to add a sign in the future.
But there's no changes being made to the building.
There's no changes being made to anything other than really just trying to get the special exception to have my all-state agency here.
Right. And identify the RCO. Is that the Roxburgh CDC?
Yeah, so I have the Central Roxborough Civic Association, and then I also have a letter of support from the Roxborough Development Corporation.
Which is right around there, right? Isn't that right along there?
I believe so, yes.
Yeah, okay. All right. All right. Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Mr. Chairman.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
here i see no other hands at this time thank you planning commission
ron bednar city planning the property is currently indicated for neighborhood commercial
mixed use on a city plan the proposal will have no more of an impact than would be expected to
have given its specific location therefore we recommend the question thank you special
except a special except should be granted right mi 2022 002 825 6216 ridge avenue i vote yes
carol tenary my vote is yes excuse me sorry one second mr chair um there there was a requested
proviso from the coordinating rco that the uh broxborough development corporation also can
uh concurred with and that proviso was all signage must comply with zoning code
i think uh the applicant had referenced that but if you would like to add that proviso that was
requested sure um so i vote yes with proviso all signage will abide to the zoning code
carol tanari my vote is yes with proviso thomas holliman my voice just with proviso
Ishmael Shaheed
my vote is
yes with proviso
Thanks for bearing with us, Ms. Vaccioni.
thanks for
bearing with us
Vacchione
yes thank you
Yes, thank you.
all right okay
All right.
All right.
How are we making out with Mr. DeMarco?
No, go ahead, Tony.
So, Chair, it looks like we're having some issues with Zoom.
Mr. DeMarco is not yet back in because it appears as though there's a gateway error.
Even my staff cannot resume Zoom.
Okay, so what we're going to do is we will continue Mr. DeMarco's case, MI-2022-00280, 525 South 42nd Street, but I think we're done with the rest of the list.
So that's the only one we'll have to continue.
Correct.
And number 12 is definitely a continuance.
Yep, we're good.
We're good.
Sorry.
And 13 was withdrawn.
Right. So it does appear as though someone has their hand up, sir.
OK, fine. Michael, you're allowed to speak.
Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Hi, Mike, Michael Greenzang, M-I-C-H-A-E-L-G-R-E-E-N-Z-A-N-G.
Right. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes. What case do you want to talk about, sir?
i'm the um i'm the owner of the one we're trying to get rich demarco back oh okay 525 south 42nd
right okay um so might i ask sir is um are you in two different locations yeah we're at two
different locations he was asking if there's a phone number he could use for audio only sure
um i'm going to give you that number cheer it's as you wish we could that's fine let's let's see
we can let's see if we can't get it done okay i have the number in front do you want me to
um read it yes that's perfect so it's two six seven two seven zero five five four eight
five four eight okay it should just take them a second um sure we're fine i hope this works i
I appreciate that.
We just use star nine to raise his hand and star six to unmute.
I do see a call-in number.
Yes, caller with the number ending in 7637.
You can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
um yeah that is good morning hi good morning mr demarco how are you could you state your name
having a lot of problems yeah richard demarco could you spell please yes sir d-e-m-a-r-c-o
do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes i do you're i guess your client has already identified himself but could you
tell us the uh the relationship to the property that your client has
yes green green zang properties five uh and i represent uh mike green zang and green zang
properties five okay um our our vice chair has a few questions sure mr marco do you agree to
waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy.
Yes. Yes. We have an amended refusal in this matter.
Okay. Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance,
a copy of the refusal or referral, photos and or plans of the property five days in
advance of this hearing? And have you met with the RCO? And do you have a letter?
yes i have all of that and everything was submitted uh timely okay great you may proceed
and please share your screen i don't know that okay i'm unable right i'm unable to do that
yeah just talk it through that's what i'm working yeah let me let me try that let me try to do that
mr chairman i appreciate your indulgence i'm not sure what happened i'm getting error codes
all across the board i tried my ipad that's okay that's okay it's not it's zoom yeah i think we're
okay i i'm not aware of any opposition the rco has sent a letter of non-opposition based on the
revisions that we submitted in our uh revised plan we do have an amended refusal so i i understand
that um even though i submitted the proviso form i don't think that's needed since there is an
amended refusal, and plans were submitted through L&I.
Our variances are basically, we do have a use variance.
Our variances are basically, we do have a use variance, we're going
We're going from a total of four existing units to seven.
And while that might seem like a lot, it's actually only a net increase of two bedrooms.
The issue as to why Mr. Greensang moved forward with this is because the existing units are abnormally large with very few bathrooms, and he's having extreme difficulty in renting the units.
So he's proposing this addition to make the units more affordable, smaller, and more in demand in the residential community.
This block is wholly a multifamily with a large number of units block.
The corner is a very large 50-plus unit multifamily dwelling.
we are with the revisions we are adding two rear parking spaces which generated a few of the
refusals in the amended refusal the community wanted rear parking there's plenty of room in
the rear to add parking and we did so also there's a side yard variance because the community group