and his intention is to do affordable housing here as well.
But he's not going to go through the zoning bonus program.
He's just seeking to get affordable,
which he wouldn't be able to either anyway because it's an RSA by property.
But his business model is to do affordable housing.
With that being said, I would ask that Mr. Ali Dodd virtually raise his hand and be sworn in.
Mr. Ali Dodd, if you're in the virtual audience, please raise your hand.
I see no hand.
Mr. Nockmson, you're an officer of the court.
All right, thank you. I appreciate your testimony. Questions from the board?
There are comments from our attorney, Hillary Emerson.
Not at this time, Mr. Chair.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
I see no hands.
Planning, Commission.
Amy, what's the Planning Commission, A-M-Y-B-O-Y-D?
You swear or affirm to tell the truth,
to hold truth and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change in zoning
at this location from the existing
residential single-family RSA 5.
The appellant has not demonstrated
that four-family household living
is the least minimum variance to afford relief.
There is a property on the block
with a permit for four-family,
which is roughly 30% larger in lot size.
The appellant's lot is 1,405 square feet, which is just under the required size for the RSA 5 lot.
There are no unique physical circumstances or conditions that would prevent the property from being used in conformance with the zoning code for open space.
The Planning Commission recommends that the Board grant the proposed grants for multifamily with proviso, max three units, and deny the requested variance for open space.
The Planning Commission recommends that the Board grant the proposed grants for multifamily with
Mr. Chair, can I just respond quickly?
Please.
So, I appreciate that the Planning Commission is willing to recommend having three units here.
I do think that fourth unit is necessary.
Again, it's very expensive to build in the City of Philadelphia.
um we you know we're asking for that fourth unit um to you know be able to you know build this
property but also making sure that you know that we we really have those affordable units that's
my client's business model and i think that's something that hopefully the board can consider
knowing that it's not a zoning matter but it's something that's a practical matter thank you
Number four, MI 2024-005-734-1935 North 20th Street. I vote yes. Proviso, commercial trash pickup.
My vote is yes with Proviso.
My vote is yes with Proviso.
My vote is yes with Proviso.
My vote is yes with Proviso.
Thank you, Council.
Thank you.
Excuse me, Chair, can we actually jump briefly to number 11? I believe the applicant may need an interpreter, which was not requested in advance, so we may need to continue this matter.
MI 2024-005-763-221 West Loudoun Street. Armando Vincenza Bellin is the owner applicant.
oh chair we have someone with their hand up that says steven interpreter they've been unmuted in a
and hello my name is steven and i'm the spanish interpreter
oh okay great we we didn't realize we had an interpreter for this case this is a pro se
mr chair so we we can go to this case next um as well as um the interpretation okay sure all
All right. Okay. So it's MI 2024-005-763-221 West Loudoun Street. Please call – oh, interpreter, please. Do you have your interpreter?
Yes, my interpreter ID is Y.
No, no, no. Hillary, do you have your interpreter swearing in there right there?
Oh, yes, sure.
Thank you.
Yeah, new problem. And interpreter, did you put your first and last name on the record already?
So my name is Stephen, S-T-E-V-E-N, last name A-U-B-A-I-N, interpreter ID Y-M-2-8-8.
And do you swear and affirm to faithfully and accurately interpret from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English?
Yes, I do.
All right. Thank you. And if he's not promoted to panelists, can we promote him to panelists so he can turn his camera on?
Thank you.
And do you have the name of the applicant, Mr. Albain?
No, I do not.
So it's Armando Vincente Belan, B-E-L-E-N, Belan.
Armando Vincente Belan?
B-E-L-E-N.
Belan.
All right.
I do believe that he is here because he was communicating with us in the chat.
Armando Vincente, if you're in the virtual audience, please raise your hand.
Armando Vicente Valencia está en la audiencia virtual. Por favor, levante la mano.
He's being promoted to panelists now, Chair.
Could you please state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Armando Vicente Belén.
And it's Armando Vicente Belén. Señor, ¿se lo puede deletrar?
excuse me there appears to be a second person speaking you're also getting feedback um on the
um on the audio so if you have another device can you please turn it off and the only person
audio. So if you have another device, can you please turn it off?
that should be speaking is mr vicente asi que se oye como que si hay otra persona hablando y que
quizás tenga este otro de los audios prendido y puede interferir con la este con el audio
como tal. Así que si por favor pueden apagar el otro dispositivo y que solamente el señor Belen
hable. Okay. Sir, can you spell his name, please? Así que si nos puedes deletrar su nombre.
and this interpreter speaking can i just verify the
spelling yeah why don't you do that for me please do that
Vicente es V-I-N-C-E-N-T-E
y Belén es B-E-L-E-N.
¿Eso es correcto?
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Listen to me, listen to me, listen to me.
You have to tell them it's only him speaking
and they got to turn, they have another device on.
They have to turn the device off
because we're getting feedback, please.
Thank you, Richard.
solamente para que usted sepa
el señor Armando
es el único
que es permitido hablar
y se escucha
que hay otro dispositivo
prendido
en el fondo
y lo tienen que apagar
porque está habiendo
interferencia
con el audio
¿está bien?
alright
do you
do you swear
or affirm
to tell the truth
the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
cura y afirma
decir la verdad
toda la verdad
y nada más que la verdad
Okay, so I'm going to read a statement now, so it'll take a couple minutes here.
This application for the legalization of an addition at the front of a semi-detached structure.
Frentes semifrente de una estructura desatada for use as a two family household living para uso para una vivienda de dos familias.
The proposed use to family whole living to household family living is prohibited in the RSA five zoning district.
El uso propuesto de dos familias viviendo en esa ubicación es prohibido de acuerdo al reglamento RSA 5 de la zona.
Whereas in the RSA 5 district, the distance between the front facade.
Donde a través de la zona RSA 5, la distancia de la entrada al frente.
Y la distancia del frente del lote no debería de ser la distancia más de.
The front facade and the front line
of the principal building
on the immediately adjacent lot
The interpretive class repetition
I'm sorry, can you please repeat that?
Sure I can, okay
Between the front facade
and the front line line
of the principal building
on the immediately adjacent lot
y que no debería de estar al frente o entre la línea del frente de la entrada
principal del edificio que está directamente al frente
el RCO ha dado una posición unánime en una carta
please share his screen on the computer and begin the presentation
Thank you.
operator could you ask that they're having a hard time
they're going to have to do the screen.
Maybe we can be helpful.
Así que, ¿están teniendo dificultad
compartiendo su pantalla?
¿Necesitan alguna ayuda?
Sí, por favor.
Yes, we do need help.
Are they on a...
Is our...
IT person on still?
Yes, I am here.
They look to be on the telephone.
um so do you have your documents on the phone
so you want to there should be a green um share button towards the bottom of the zoom screen and
You'll wanna hit that and select the document to share.
The interpreter asks them what's their progress, how they do it.
So, he's saying that he's having difficulty.
interpreter
could you come back in a half hour
or is your scheduled book
I do have
a call I believe at
for Eastern
think I can stay
how about if we come back to you in a half hour
that'll be around 3 o'clock
and then
please tell them to try to
see if they can figure out what they're doing with that
and then if not, we'll continue it.
But I'm going to move on right now
if they're having a hard time, okay?
So we'll tell him we'll be back at 3 o'clock.
Así que nosotros vamos a regresar en media hora
y traten de arreglar el problema
y tenerlo resuelto para ese entonces.
Así que en media hora, a las 3 de la tarde,
vamos a regresar.
¿Está bien?
Thank you.
So we'll be back at 3 o'clock.
Así que regresamos a las 3.