I understand that.
But my understanding is they're agreeing to take the deck off the roof.
Okay, great.
Relative to that.
So the other thing is, do you have any other thing else relative?
They've agreed to take it from three units to two is my understanding.
Do you have any other issues?
Other than that, no. Other than that, no. That's fine. I'm just going to pursue.
Thank you very much for calling in. Is there anyone else in the virtual audience that has comments?
Chair, we have Mary Jones. Ms. Jones, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Good morning, Ms. Jones. Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Yes. Good morning. Mary Jones, representing Council President Daryl Clark's office, City Hall, room 494.
Could you just spell your name for the court?
Oh, sorry. Yes. M-A-R-Y-J-O-N-E-S.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Thank you. Proceed.
The, I do, it looks like Mr. McElhenney did receive the letter, I got, we just received the letter from the coordinating RCO, Strawberry Mansion CDC, and, you know, it contains the provisos, which he stated, and our office does support their, the RCO, the coordinating RCO's position.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Any other, anyone else in the virtual audience?
Sarah, I see no hands at this time.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chair Bergman.
Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
Members of the Board, the comprehensive plan recommends RM1 multifamily zoning at this
location.
Under the recommended zoning, two dwelling units would be allowed at this location with
a lot size that's given.
And so with regard to the variance for dwelling unit count, we recommend that the Board grant
the variance with the proviso that's been suggested already, no more than two dwelling
units permitted. And we also affirm the decision to remove the variance for the roof deck.
Thank you very much. MI 2021-003717, 2028 North 29th Street. I vote yes with proviso,
no more than two units, and also the removal of the rooftop deck.
Harold Tenere, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes with Proviso.
James Snell, yes with Proviso.
Ishmael Shaheed, yes with Proviso. Thank you.
Thank you.
MI 2021 002091
2116 East Stella Street
RCO, Somerset Neighbors, letter of support.
Chair, we have someone by the name of Odette Sarris.
That's the owner, yep.
She'll be coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
Odette, could you state your name, please, and spell it for the court reporter?
My name is Othette Saudis, O-T-H-E-T, Saudis, S-A-U-R-I-S.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
And I understand you're going to make your presentation.
You may have someone there that's helping you.
Yes, sir.
Okay, proceed.
I've been a resident at 2114.
And I was given the opportunity of buying the 2116 East Stella Street,
which I built a storage for my personal use.
and I'm very active in the community, and I like to do everything by the law, by the rules.
and I'm very active in the community.
So I did not think that I had to go through the city or whatnot to make a little storage,
but when it was told to me that i had to well i went in um i got everything everything's by the
books okay and i present you all the documents she's putting it there so you can see
i don't own no taxes no nothing um i got everything done by the books that
it has there is uh the deed and the tax uh
could we move the screen the screen needs to be moved the show is the deed and everything else
right yes we do that why don't you want to move the screen as we speak okay those are the plants
there i see the location yeah can you scroll that down those are those are the letters from the
community but odette you need somebody needs the screen make the screen moved scroll down
Okay, she's strolling
Que la siga pasando
Pa' que ellos vean
So, which part
Would you like to see?
Well, just want to scroll through
Scroll through everything you have
Okay, strong
Que le pase toito
Toito lo que tiene
Poco a poco
That's the front of the location
I'm sorry
I'm Miss Odette
this is the administrator
do you have pictures
the documents that you presented
do you have that all available to show
yes she's going to stroll
but at this moment
we are still looking at the plan
so if they could move forward
oh you're looking at the plan
ellos están mirando al plan
ellos no están mirando todo y todo lo otro
okay I just told her
so she can stroll through
that is the plan
you see it
Yeah, go a little bit more.
Stroll it.
Stroll it a little bit more.
Sigue poco a poco.
Now we're back to where we were.
Okay, now she's going to stroll.
Dale, poco a poco.
Que ellos quieren ver.
Do you see different pictures?
No, it's still stuck where you were.
It's got to move.
Do you see, are you seeing the pictures?
Now we do, now we do.
Can you see now?
so that's that's an attachment you had built on the side of the house is that what you're saying
yes sir
is there any other photos you have or that's it
Okay, she's trying to, did you see that?
The confirmation, that's the clearings.
No, we're not seeing it.
If I can ask a question, are all your documents on this here file that you're presenting, or are they different places?
Yes, ma'am.
Okay, so how many other documents do you have here?
So do you have your tax clearance, your deed?
Yes, yes.
She's going to put the tax clearance now.
you can't see it okay so that's why i'm asking and if you need you might need to the d is there
We're at.
where at only d right but what i'm
Pon el D.
Right, but what I'm suggesting is
you might have to unshare
and reshare so that we can see
the other documents. We're still seeing
the same thing.
Tú tienes que sacar todo y todo
y ponerlo otra vez
para que ellos los vean, porque no se está viendo.
I just told her to
unshare and share again.
Que saque todo eso otra vez
y empiece a
and cheer this is tanya the administrator if i may state that all the documents were submitted
correctly um but if you wish to see them and they can't share now we're okay we're we're okay
we're fine thank you all right
yes everybody okay i agree with you yeah let me any any questions from the board
no mr chair i'm so sorry no no mr chair questions in the virtual audience
Here, I see no heads at this time.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chair Bergman.
Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
Members of the board, the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing single-family zoning at this location.
the applicant owns the adjoining conforming residential structure and the subject structure
of this variance could be considered as accessory to the adjoining residential use
and so we have no objection to the use being permitted on this site
however we would recommend that a proviso be added that the fence surrounding this building
be removed and replaced with one that conforms to the zoning code. That is four feet tall.
MI 2021-00209-2116 East Ella Street. I vote yes. Would Proviso the fence be replaced with one
that's consistent with the zoning code? Harold Tenere, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Thomas Holloman my vote is yes with proviso. James Snell yes with proviso. Ishmael Shahid yes with proviso.
Okay thank you.
She's off. Here we go.
mi 2021 004515222 market street rco old city district letter of support attorney justin
correct chair justin quick is coming back in as a panelist now thank you
good morning sir state your name and spell for the court reporter
yes good morning members of the board justin crick j-u-s-t-i-n-k-r-i-k all right do you swear
a firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do the vice chair has
a few questions for you. Yes. I'm Mr. Crick. Do you read away the reading of the refusal and
stipulate to its accuracy? I do. Based on my notes, you've submitted all the documents required. Is
that correct? Yes, it is. You may proceed. Thank you. Thank you. Members of the board, we're here
today on an application for the property located at 222 Market Street. The property is currently
seeking an extension of an existing restaurant that is currently used on the first floor and
basement of the building. The kitchen is in the basement. This board approved a special exception
for that first floor restaurant use back in March of 2021, wherein it allowed for the
assembly and entertainment in this district because this district refuses, it is a refusal
in the overlay district to have nightclubs and private clubs. The first floor approval
was granted because of the nature and characterization of the assembly and
entertainment. And that same nature and characteristic of the assembly and entertainment
is being extended to the upstairs. The owner applicant, I'm going to share my screen at the
moment. The owner, I'm sorry, the applicant is a tenant of the building who intended to stay on
the first floor originally but after understanding the um concerns uh does the does the panel see the
uh documents on the screen thank you so after after um recognizing the concerns that this is
So after recognizing the concerns that this is just an extension to use the second floor as additional restaurant, after realizing that the first floor had occupancy issues because of limited egress and an issue dealing with a rear alley easement that has long been cordoned off or inaccessible, the tenant decided that he would like to expand upstairs.
just an extension to use the second
The second floor, for geographic purposes, let me just say this is at Market Street between 2nd and Banks, and there is an alley, a rear alley behind these properties.
However, in the past and without going through all of the history, it has since terminated just before our property, and so therefore we do not have that extra egress on the first floor.
A little bit closer in, you can see where this alleyway kind of gets to, but not entirely.
um by example the second floor is optimum because there is a fire escape and it allows for that
additional seating to be upstairs the uh here's the picture of the front of the building
across the street looking east and looking west i mean this this corridor obviously is a commercial