Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Mr. Chairman.
Questions from the virtual audience or comments?
Chair, we have Charles Richardson with his hand up.
Mr. Richardson, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Good morning, Mr. Richardson.
State your name and spell for the court reporter.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Charles Richardson, C-H-A-R-L-E-S-R-I-C-H-A-R-D-S-O-N.
Office of Councilwoman Cindy Bass Room, 312 City Hall.
Thank you.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Proceed, sir.
The Councilwoman has no opposition to granting this variance.
Thank you very much.
any other comments from the virtual audience
there are no other hands at this time chair 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 rsa 5 single family zoning at this location however
as we've seen this property has a documented prior use of three residential units the proposed use
is consistent with this and with the physical configuration of the building and so the city
planning commission recommends that the board grant the variance thank you very much MI 2021
004465 to McPherson Street I vote yes Harold Tenere my vote is yes Thomas Holloman my vote is yes
James Snell my vote is yes
my vote is yes thank you verne thank you okay and number 10 mi 2021 002194 2621 west
allegheny avenue rco community action group letter of opposition mr mobahills the attorney
Mr. Mulville, can you please raise your hand?
Any hands?
No, not as of yet, Chair.
Where are you going there?
Chair, this is Tanya.
I do have some information about the case that we held over, if you wish to discuss that with the...
Let's hold this one here to see if Melvihill comes on in a little bit, and let's talk about the case we held.
Tanya, the case we held, withheld, we held?
Tanya?
sorry yes the applicant is jung i believe miss jung
if they could raise their hand
do you want me to promote her tanya or just a muter just unmute please
yep miss jung please unmute yourself and wait for the chair
Hi, Ms. Jung.
Could you state your name and spell it for the court reporter, please?
It's Peggy Jung, J-U-N-G.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Do you have the information relative to your case this morning?
Are you ready to go on?
Mr. Gutierrez has it.
So, Chair, the updated information is the individual, Ms. Jung, is unprepared to present today. They were under the impression that Mr. Gutierrez could present, and he cannot. Therefore, they would have to request continuance.
Okay, that case is continued.
Thank you.
Okay, Ms. Jung, we will send you notification of the new date of the hearing, okay?
Thank you.
Tanya, thank you.
Call Mr. Movahill one more time, please.
Mr. Movahill, are you there?
Are you having technical problems?
If you need to, you can always reach out to us in the Q&A.
Okay, maybe there's an issue.
If we don't mind, can we wait for this one?
Sure, let's continue on.
Thank you.
MI 2021-004-525-468 Paoli Street, Pro Se, Nicole Chesky, no RCO letter.
Ms. Chukoski is coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
good morning could you state your name and spell for the court reporter please
nicole chakoski n-i-c-o-l-l-e c-h-a-c-o-s-k-y 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
hi miss chakoski can you email the exhibit packet with proof of ownership tax compliance
a copy of the refusal and or and 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 sent all
those things um in an email like over like two or three weeks ago and i met with the rco marlene
back in mid-january i was hoping she was supposed to send the letter there was no opposition
i don't know if we have a letter but you may proceed okay um yeah bear with me i'm not an
attorney um and tech so um this is the proposed i have it on my ipad here hopefully you guys can see
um it's basically just a bathroom addition um to the back of my property
um the issue is with the fence line um my house is built back in the 50s about five feet from the
fence line um in the 70s they put an addition off the back um which was 10 feet from the fence line
and there leaves maybe it's easier just a picture there leaves a gap basically um you know six feet
you know, six feet by 18 feet. And I'm just looking to fill in the gap more or less. So
by 18 feet. And I'm just looking to fill in the gap.
it's extending the same edge of the house line out and just making a, um, filling in the corner
there. Um, pretty simple. I've, uh, you know, sent all the letters. Um, the most important
person is my fence line neighbor, lawyer, um, Laura, Nikki, I included in the emails I sent
you guys um a scant copy of the email that they sent marlene um granting their you know approval
of the project and things those the ones that share the fence line with me um over the fence
line over there um i don't know if you guys can see or not or if that's enough but it did
um and i can pull up the email like i sent you with all the information
it was like over two weeks ago
um i had the mi number in the subject line and stuff
okay so i think there's enough information that i understand it
questions from the board
no Mr. Chairman
no Mr. Chair
questions or
questions or comments from the virtual audience
I see no hands at this time
what's the name of the RCO
Marlene
oh god no
look at her last name
well I see her name but I mean what's the RCO
So, is it the area RCO or?
Marlene Scheifler.
Sorry, I'm on my computer now.
What is the RCO name?
What's the name of the RCO?
I know that's the woman that's there.
Oh, my God.
Let me go back to the first things you guys sent me.
I mean, I'm near Ridge Avenue.
I think it's.
marlene the rco will contact you and you went to the rco meeting
mid-january we had you went you went to that meeting yeah okay so why don't we do this let's
close the record get a letter from the rco i'll have the planning commission take a position
after the letter comes in and we'll take the vote then is that okay okay so i'll just reach
out to marlene to try and get her you need a letter you need a letter yeah i'll confirm with
her okay thank you very much i'm sorry is it okay um could we have planning commission's position
uh because they won't um be viewing it okay thank you thank you thank you tanya thank you
chair bergman um uh thank you mr koski ian hegarty for the philadelphia city planning commission
the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing RSA one single family zoning at this
location we believe the proposed dimensions are consistent with structures on this block
in the same zoning district generally and specific to this property there's an existing
non-conforming distance from the side lot line which would be increased only minimally
and so the city planning commission recommends that the board grant this variance
thank you very much we'll close it as soon as we hear from the rco or you send the letter in
we'll take a vote and we'll get back to you okay okay is there any way to confirm you guys got
the packet of information i emailed i just want to make sure i did everything yes if we didn't
receive the package you would okay you did everything i've been crossing my t's and dumb
eyes on this so when you get the letter then you can send it to the same rco zba email box
the board will vote and then you'll be notified through mail okay thank you so much you're welcome
okay mi 2021 004516 5707 ashland avenue rco southwest philadelphia district services letter
of support, pro se, Nico Pruitt. Mr. Pruitt is coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
Okay. Good morning. Could you state your name and spell it for the court reporter?
unmute yourself
good morning could you state your name and spell for the court reporter
Good morning. My name is Nico Clark Pruitt, spelled N-I-C-H-O-C-L-A-R-K-P-R-U-E-T-T.
good morning my name is nico clark pruitt
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Our vice chair has a few questions for you.
Hi, Ms. Pruitt. Did you email 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 mailed the
documents. I had some issues converting them to the PDF as required, so it was not five days in
advance, but I think you all have them now. I have met with the RCO, and they have provided
a letter of support. We met. Okay, you may proceed. Thank you. Okay. Good morning, Mr. Chair,
Madam Vice Chair, and board members. Thank you for allowing me to speak this morning. Again,
My name is Nico Clark Pruitt. I'm the current owner of the property at 5707 Ashland Avenue.
This building has been in our family for the last 50 years or so. The project that I'm requesting be
approved is for a multi-family dwelling with four units, two of which are being developed to support
disabled residents. Currently, the building has fallen into a bit of disrepair. However,
However, if approved, this project will put the building back in good use, improve the community aesthetics and increase property values for current homeowners, homeowners.
It will offer quality and affordable housing to the community.
Additionally, as the owner, one unit will serve as my primary residence.
Ms. Pruitt, could you share your screen with us?
Yes, sir.
Let me know when you can see it.
Thank you. We see it.
You see it? Okay.
Today I'm requesting the variance be approved to, as I said, convert this single family unit into a four unit.
um this is the um project can you see this picture is it large enough we can we can this
is the existing property as it sits now um and this is the property um proposed one of the things
that we're doing is adding on this this back here uh addition to the building and converting it to
make it handicap accessible. I'll go through and show you the notice of right to the notice of
refusal. We're requesting that the variance be approved based on the fact that on the use and
allowance, there are existing properties on the same street and within the immediate community
with the residential zoning that I'm requesting, specifically 5710 and 5714 Ashland Avenue
are both four-unit multifamilies. And many of the three of the four surrounding streets,
57th and 58th Street and Thomas Avenue all have approved multi-unit properties.
The dimensional standards, the plans are non-compliant for about three feet in width and approximately 20 feet in length.
I will show you here. We meet the side yard standards except for this section right here.
So it's about this three feet here that we're losing and about 20 feet in length at the back of the property.
We do have parking here.
We only have one of the four required parking spaces.
It isn't quite large enough to meet the requirements for the disability requirements, but we do have that one unit.
We believe that the parking will have a negative impact on the area as many of the current properties on the street have driveways also.
and what is the other yeah and those are the only two uh the only four uh requirements that
And what is the other?
we were not meeting for zoning um i do have my architect online um and i can we can bring him
on Mr. Kirk Raymond I think he's online. Can we see if Mr. Raymond is online?
I'm sorry that's a call. Mr. Raymond if you're available please raise your hand.
Chair if you need him we can provide his audio. Please.
actually miss prude i think we understand what you're doing i don't i don't know the architect
i mean i i think the drawing is for enough to make us understand exactly what you're doing
so you don't really need your architect okay i mean if anybody on the board has a question we
can bring him in but i i think what you've provided makes us understand what you're doing
okay no no mr chairman any other questions from the board no mr chairman no mr chairman
questions from the virtual audience chair we have someone by the name of mary holland
miss holland you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair
i'm sorry this is kurt raymond the architect i i uh i don't know why it's signed in as my partner
okay that's okay we're we're we're i don't think we need you right now but thank you
for calling in sir sure any other comments from the virtual audience
planning commission