Thank you.
how do we look Tanya
they're slowly coming and we're almost ready okay
okay chair you can begin as you wish thank you good morning everyone my name is bill bergman
and i will be chairing this morning's zba hearings with me is carol tenary our vice chair
present mr chairman ishmael shaheed our board secretary present mr chairman thomas holliman
our board member. Present, Mr. Chairman. And James Snell, our board member.
Present, Mr. Chairman. Also present is our executive director, Tanya Sunkit,
and our board attorney, Hillary Emerson. Before we begin, here's our virtual format.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded. By participating, your knowledge agreement to be
recorded. A video will be available by contacting tonyasunkett at phila.gov. For the benefit of our
court sonographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating by phone, if you wish to testify, press star nine to raise your hand
and star 6 to unmute. To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548. Leave your email
address and the property and the address of the property in question. And finally,
the question answer box on the screen is not for comments or testimony. All comments should be
directed to our Executive Director, Tanya Sunkit. Let's look at our continuations for today.
Number three, MI 2022-002-815, that case is continued.
Is there anyone have any comments relative to that case?
good morning chair i see no hands at this time thank you and also case number 15 mi 2022
004-396-2901 grant avenue councilman o'neill has a request for a continuation
is council adam laver present
Mr. Laver is here, Chair. Mr. Laver, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair, please.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Laver, good morning. Could you state your name and spell
for the court reporter? Yes, Adam Laver, L-A-B-E-R. Right. Do you swear for him to tell
the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? Yes, Mr. Chairman, I do. We have a request for
continuation for your case. Yes, I'd like to speak to that briefly. I have been in touch with
Councilman O'Neill's staff regarding this matter, and we respect very much Councilman O'Neill and
and his staff uh in in light of their requests we are not opposing uh the continuance however
i'd like to state for the record that the hearing in this matter was held on december 2nd 2020
so almost two years ago the notice of decision was uh issued the decision was issued on that date
a request for reconsideration was filed on December 14th of 2020. The
zoning notice regarding this hearing was issued on August the 11th.
I would request that if the board grants the continuance that we have
grants the continuance, that we have certainty in this matter as soon as possible, and that I
have the opportunity, please, to work with Ms. Sunkit on scheduling an expedited hearing so that
we are not further delayed. Okay, thank you. This case will be continued, and please contact Ms.
Sunkit, and I'm sure that she'll try to do the best she can with this, okay? Thank you, Mr.
Chairman members. All right. Thank you. Are there any other requests for continuances for this
this morning? I see no hands. Okay. Hold on. Pardon me? We have someone by the name of Alonzo
Boone with his hand up. Okay. Mr. Boone, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair, please.
please note you should only be asking for a continuance right now please note any other
questions q a please thank you okay please state your name and spell for the court reporter
my name is alonzo dorsey bone lias a-l-o-n-z-o middle initial d last name b-o-o-n-e hyphen l-y-a-s
all 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 continue? I would like to continue MI-2022-002759.
What's the local address? 4343 North 9th Street.
Mr. Chair, that's number four on the list. Okay.
Okay, that case will be continued.
Thank you for calling in.
Thank you.
Any other requests for continuances?
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
I have a number of cases that we do not have exhibits.
Number two, MI 2022-002349-1129 South 51st Street.
First listing, no exhibits, Mr. Din, D-I-N-H.
Are you present?
Are you present?
here i see no hands at this time that case is first listing will be continued
Here, I see no hands at this time.
That case is first listing will be continued.
also case number five that we have mi 2022 002 348 3218 holly oaks road
Also, case number five that we have, MI 2022-002-348-3218, Hollyoaks Road.
um no exhibits first listing Wayne Hoglin is the owner
is there anyone that that case 3218 Hollyoak Road first listing is continued
Mr. Chair I think Mr. Chair um I think going back to um number I'm sorry number two I
think the applicant may have their hand raised now. Okay. Mr. Dinh. Mr. Dinh, you can unmute yourself
and wait for the chair, please. Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
My name is Quang Pham. Spell your name, please, for the court reporter, sir.
My first name is C-U-O-N-G, middle name is D-I-N-H, and the last name is P-X-A-M, sir.
Right, right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
We don't have any exhibits for your case. Did you mail things in, email in?
So this is the first time I ever doing this.
Okay, so here's what I want you to do. Contact the zoning office, and they will help you on what you need to do for your case, okay?
Okay, sir.
The case is being continued, but call the office, and they will help you prepare for your case, all right?
Okay, sir.
I'm sorry. Chair, hi, this is Tanya. If I may just clarify to the applicant, the zoning board office, reach out to us, not zoning,
and we will assist you to make sure you have everything you need okay yes sir and the staff
the staff will give you the number and the email address okay could you all put that in the chat
for the applicant please thank you kindly chair number five did mr hoglin ever put his hand up
no chair his hair was not up all right so that case is continued number seven
no chair his hair was not up all right so that case is continued
mi 2022 002 881 1550 lardner street josie bondagray is the owner no exhibits first listing
mr and ms bondagray if you're in the virtual audience please raise your hand
Chair, we have someone with their hand up, but it's not the applicant.
Let's see who they are.
Mr. or Ms. Yost, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair, please.
Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Good morning.
Could you state your name, please?
Their hand is no longer up, Chair.
Thank you.
Lana Gray's hand is not up.
I'm sorry.
I apologize.
Can you hear me?
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
My name is Keeley Yost.
It's spelled K-E-E-L-Y.
The last name is Y-O-S-T.
Before I swear you in, are you relative to this case, 1550 Lardner Street?
i am relative to it yes i've been working on the case with the applicant all right do you
swear or affirm the tell the truth the whole truth is nothing but the truth yes okay so we
don't have any mr chair i would say mr chair now we have the applicant raising their hands um i'm
not sure what role miss yost is playing but the applicant is now raising their hand okay
all right okay could we could we have recognize the applicant please
Mr. Bonagree please unmute yourself and wait for the chair
yes hi can you guys see what could you say your name could you state your name and spell for the
court reporter my name is Joshua Bonagree and the first name j-o-s-u-e last name Bonagree b-o-n-e-g-r-e
right do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes sir uh so you're this is the first listing for your case we don't have any documents or no
exhibits yet okay so i'm waiting for i'm also waiting for my lawyer because he's like um my
lawyer's in court right now so we try to get him like on the line no no but i'm saying there's no
exhibits here you don't you have not sent any paperwork to us i mean what do you mean i haven't
send anything that shit i'm sorry i'm sorry sir tanya i'm okay okay what i want you to do
is to contact the zoning board office and they'll tell you how to prepare your case is being
continued okay okay i was just going to check and see if the documents were sent under different
names since there's a few people he's mentioning okay um who is the attorney for this matter
Mr. Bonagre?
His name is
Do you have the full name?
I have the full name for you.
Is Dion
Basil?
We have not
received anything.
Okay. This was your first listing. The case will be continued. Please make sure you or your lawyer
contacts the zoning board office, okay? Okay. Thank you.
Number nine, MI 2022-002-346-450 North 61st Street.
The first listing case is continued.
And number 16, MI 2022-002-353-1601 South Fraser Street.
Janice Ferguson is the owner.
No exhibits, first listing.
I'm sorry, Janice Ferguson.
Ms. Ferguson, if you're in the virtual audience, please raise your hand.
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
So 1601 South Fraser Street is no exhibits, first listing, cases continued.
Are there any requests for withdrawal?
I see no hands up at this time. Thank you. We're going to go to our add-on list. MI 2022-002-685-4331 Lancaster Avenue.
I vote yes. Thomas Holloman, also Ishmael Shaheed are the other two voting. I vote yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shahid, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
We're going to our regular list.
MI 2022-002-687-2429, Madison Square.
Vern Anastasio is the attorney.
Letter of support from South of South Neighborhood Association.
Mr. Anastasio is coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, sir. Please state your name and spell for the court reporter.
Sure. It's Vern Anastasio, A-N-A, S-T-A-S-I-O, 2016 Spruce, Philadelphia, 19103.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Could you identify your client, please, in the relationship to the property?
Yes, I represent owners Kelly and Rob Piasecki.
Okay. And our vice chair, Carl Tenere, has a few questions.
Good morning, Vern. Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Strike that. Strike that.
i still said i said i do okay so i'm out to lunch too so do you agree to waive the reading of
refusal and stipulate to its accuracy i do have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of
ownership tax compliance a copy of the refusal or referral photos under 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 your screen's up, so that's good.
Thank you.
Mr. Chair, members of the board, I'm here today for 2429 Madison Square.
This is the legalization of a non-conforming pre-existing use of a two-family dwelling, and that's why we're here today.
It is, in fact, zone RM1, but the lot size is what the issue is here.
because of the pre-existing lot size the two units would be non-compliant however it's been
consistently a two-family dwelling for just about ever here's my exhibit pack up part of my exhibit
packet i'm submitting uh exhibits amounting to 50 pages of exhibits in evidence today here's the
property parcel and the zoning map this is the the property in question right here where my cursor is
here's the plot plan and the elevation as you can see it's not very deep
here's the existing first floor with the garage and rear yard
let me pull this out a little bit
and there's the existing second floor and the existing third floor
There's some more photos of the block itself and some aerials and some rear photo.
We've got interior photos of the garage.
Please note the two electric panels.
Also in the front of the property, there are three meters already, one for each unit.
Here is the first floor apartment.
Here we go.
Here is the second floor apartment, and this is the third floor apartment, which is vacant pending approval.
Here again is the proof of the electric meters.
we got some more photos
and there's the water heater
I'm going to jump to
this is the flyer that went out
we met with SOSTA more than once
but the large meeting was June 15th
You were first on the agenda.