Mm-hmm.
Well, I think Yvette will let us know in here.
Chair, we have 42 attendees and you can still
start when you're ready good morning everyone my name is frank
to chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of adjustment
i'll be participating in today's hearing along with
our board secretary mr confessor plaza present and board member
mr thomas holloman present board member mr james snell
Jim, you're muted.
I'm sorry about that, Frank.
How you doing?
Okay, you're present.
That's all.
Thank you.
Present.
Sorry.
Also, our board administrator, Ms. Yvette Benton, and Ms. Sharon Saletta, our board attorney,
are in attendance, as is the zoning board administrator, Ms. Tanya Sunkett.
For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of our virtual hearings, I'll go through
some of the basics of what you can expect.
First, we will be administering oaths to individual participants prior to their testimony.
Second, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded and that the recording will be made available to the public by contacting our board administrator, Ms. Tanya Sunkett at tanya.sunkett at phila.gov.
third for anyone participating by phone if you wish to testify you must raise your hand by hitting
star nine and then star six to unmute yourself i'll repeat for anyone participating by phone
if you wish to testify you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute
yourself. Finally, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave
your email address and the address of the property at issue. I will repeat that. To enter an
appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of
the property at issue and i would like to remind everyone please do not attempt to testify in the
chat any comments concerns or issues please address them to our board administrator ms yvette benton
having said that i will read off the cases on the add-on list for this morning
MI 2020-001120
348 Green Lane
My vote is no
Confessor Plaza, my vote is no
Thomas Holloman, my vote is no
James Snell, my vote is no
Number two on our add-on list
MI 2021-000336
4401 Ridge Avenue. My vote is yes. Confessor Plaza, yes. Thomas Howland. My vote is no.
James Snell. My vote is yes. Number three on our add-on list. MI 2021-003061-1130 North
41st Street. My vote is yes. Confessor Plaza, yes. Thomas Holloman, yes. James Snell, yes.
MI 2021-003-127. 2413-15 Tulip Street. My vote is no. Confessor Plaza, no. Thomas Holloman,
No, James Snell. No, you will now go to our regular list and I will read
Thank you. We'll now go to our regular list and I will read.
Excuse me, Chair. This is Sharon.
Chair, this is Sharon. Could you please revote Ridge Avenue?
That is with revised plans. I'm sorry. I believe Mr. Whalen is in attendance.
Could you remind us how many pages that was, Mr. Whalen?
He's allowed to speak now.
The Whalen, please identify yourself and I'll swear you in.
Sean Whalen, W-H-A-L-E-N.
We're going to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
Yes, I do.
Mr. Letta has a question.
You have revised plans?
Yes, we have revised plans and I'm confirming right now if it's one page or two.
i believe it's two pages sorry for the uh no problem we'll have to re-vote that right now
yeah okay mi 2021-000336 4401 ridge avenue my vote is yes with proviso
revised plan two pages approved today confessor plaza yes with proviso
uh thomas holliman i certify that i read the and viewed the september 08 video and my vote is no
james now my vote is yes or proviso thank you okay anything else on that list sharing
no that's a chair okay thank you that's all i have for today thank you now we'll go to our
regular list. The following cases have requested continuances or withdrawals. Case number five,
MI 2021-002290. 2755 Maxwell Street is continued. Number seven on our list, MI 2021-002312.
3963 North 8th Street is withdrawn. Case number 11 on our list, MI 2021-002420.
929 Ray Street is continued. If anyone objects to the cases that I read off to be continued
or withdrawn, please raise your hand at this time. Only if you object to the continuances
and the withdrawal that I just read into the record.
Raise your hand.
Chair, if I may say something,
the withdrawal that you announced
was submitted by the expediter for the owner in an email.
I just wanted to confirm with Ms. Sunkett
that that's adequate
or will you need them to submit something from the owner?
That would be perfectly fine, Ms. Saleta.
Thank you.
Thank you.
No hands are up.
We have a Mickey's Galaxy.
You can unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in.
Mickey Galaxy, please spell your full name and I'll swear you in.
You need to unmute yourself.
There you go.
Nope, you're muted again.
Unmute yourself, please.
hello yes the property at 2755 maxwell street i'm sorry hold on sir hold on uh you need to
spell your full name for the record um george mcdevitt g-e-o-r-g-e-m-c-d-e-v-i-t-t
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
The property at 2755 Maxwell Street.
When you say there's a continuance, that means that it's still not determined anything yet?
Correct. We're not hearing that case today at the request of the applicant's attorney.
This case will be continued to another date.
We don't know that date yet. It'll have to be posted.
It'll have to be posted. Okay.
But they are using that.
Any other questions that you have, you can submit to the RCO-ZBA box.
Thank you, Chair.
You can move on.
Thank you.
Anyone else?
At this time, is there anyone who would like to request a continuance or withdrawal?
Please raise your hand.
Chair, I see no hands at this time.
Chair, I see no hands at this time.
Again.
Again, hold on, Chair.
We have Jennifer Bezidlo to just put our hand up.
Ms. Bezidlo, please spell your full name.
I'll swear you, Lynn.
Jennifer Bezidlo, B as in boy, A as in apple, Z as in zebra, Y, D as in David, L as in Larry, O as in Oscar, 4500,
We're Street, Suite D202, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19124.
Do you swear if I'm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Okay, please proceed.
I'm the attorney for 2755 Maxwell Street.
We just have been unable to reach the RCO and read a date, so I just wanted to assure that man that we will be posting and everything's fine.
That's it.
Thank you.
Would anyone else like to request a continuance or withdrawal for the 930 list?
Chair, we have Charles Richardson with his hand up. Mr. Richardson, you can unmute yourself
and wait for the chair. Good morning, Mr. Richardson. Please identify yourself and I'll
swear you in. Good morning, Mr. Chair. Charles Richardson from the Office of Councilwoman
Cindy Bass from 312 City Hall. We're confirmed to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing
about the truth? I do. I am wondering about MI 2021-002114, which is 2117 Westmoreland Street.
I am in receipt, which I believe you might also be, of a letter from the RCO, Upper North
Neighbors Association, UNNA. They held a virtual meeting on the 14th, but there was no vote
because there was an agreement with the applicant. This is what they're saying, that
they didn't have enough information to make a state make any vote. So they were
going to request a continuance. And I don't know whether the individuals are here to request
the continuance or not but uh unna has indicated they will host another community meeting if the
continuance is granted so i'm just wondering where this is because we don't have a vote on this
just hang in there uh sharon uh miss saletta do we have any exhibits or online notation say no
exhibits uh chair um that would be the current status this is tanya miss saletta um lost power
so she's unavailable at the moment okay all right uh so we don't have any exhibits so that that case
when we get to it mr richardson will most likely will be continuing it okay thank you mr chair
we'll ask at that time if there's anyone who wants to represent the applicant
okay so it's number four on our list we shouldn't be that long before we get there
um anyone else requesting a continuance or withdrawal 9 30 list
chair i see no hands at this time thank you case number one mi 2021 that's zero zero two
three one seven one four two two east palmer street this case is a per se case rachel callahan
and quinn callahan there's a letter of support from the fishtown neighbors association
are any of the callahans available if so please raise your hand
chair miss callahan is coming back in as a panelist now
callahan please spell your full name and i'll swear you in
hello good morning good morning however which one will be testifying please spell your full
name and i'll swear you in quinn callahan q-u-i-n-n-c-a-l-l-a-h-a-n you swear a firm to
tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do thank you sir please proceed with
your presentation yes have you guys emailed an exhibit packet with the required documents
Proof of ownership, proof of tax compliance, copy of the refusal or referral, folders and plans five days prior to this hearing?
And have you met with the RCO and have a letter?
Thank you. Please proceed.
oh sorry how did i do this i think i
there we go uh so
There we go. So good morning. We are Quinn and Rachel Callahan. We are homeowners in Fishtown.
We have this lovely twin row home that we purchased in 2013. I've lived in Fishtown for
over eight years and look forward to staying in the neighborhood, but growing family and looking
to do an addition on the back uh this is our nice front yard and front porch this is the back area
of our home um that we'd like to do uh some addition to and this is the side yard i guess
because we are um a detached home this side yard is three and a half feet and the current zoning
calls for a five foot side yard so we're hoping to continue back at the existing three and a half feet
and here are some renderings of what we'd like to do and touch up the stucco add to the back so we
can help our growing family this is the drawings we have here the red dotted line is the current
um end of our structure and the um blue dotted line oh no that's that's just a thing but we'd
like to maintain the existing um three and a half feet and there's a drawings call for a six
foot eight inch uh setback instead of the nine foot setback due to our large front yard
uh is what we're hoping for there this is our land survey and this is our refusal um
i'm happy to answer any further questions um
did you show the tax uh clearance yes we sent that uh yesterday um there was some
trouble with the website but i did send that to um carol yesterday i could pull it up if you need
to yeah if you can put uh the i the tax clearance website was still down but um
one of the excuse me this is sharon can i confirm we did receive that chair and the carol that he
was referring to as carol fee not carol ternary okay all right thank you sorry all right i think
we uh i think that clears it up mr kelly thank you yeah there was uh some trouble with those
websites but i i think i got to them yesterday no worries uh questions from the board no mr chairman
no no who else would like to testify in this case if so please raise your hand
i see no hands at this time chair
Thank you. Planning Commission.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman. David Fecto, F-E-C-T-E-A-U with the City Planning Commission.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir, I do.
Sir, please proceed.
Thank you, sir. Mr. Chairman, members of the board, the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the residential single-family zoning at this location.
The proposal for a smaller rear yard and less open space than required by the code is minor and will not result in any impact to surrounding properties.
The building's existing front setback helps to mitigate the smaller rear yard.
We recommend that the board approve the requested dimensional variances.
Thank you very much. MI 2021-0023171422 East Palmer Street. My vote is yes.
Professor Plaza, yes.
Thomas Holloman, yes.
James Snell, yes.
Good luck to you.