Leave your email and address of the property in question.
And finally, the question and answer box on the screen is not for comments or testimony.
Any comments have to be directed to our Executive Director, Tanya Sunkett.
Let's look at our continuances for this afternoon.
Number two, MI 2021-003-767, 2622 East Allegheny Avenue.
Number 12. MI 2022-003-964-2236 North 16th Street. And number 13. MI 2022-003-991-4076
6 spring garden street that is a continuance attorney moving party are there any comments
relative to the three continuances i just called good afternoon mr chair this is jason hand i do
not see any hands at this are there any other requests for continuances
once again sir no hands at this time thank you we're going to go to our add-on list
hold on one minute our first add-on list is MI 2020 000 631 4230 Otter Street number two
for point of information RCO Belmont Alliance Civic Association has a letter of support
RCO West Belmont letter of support and the People's Emergency Center has a letter of support
and Councilwoman Gauthier also supports this project. Planning Commission could you please
give your recommendation? Thank you Chair Sarah Bond S-A-R-A-H-B-A-N-H.
All right you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Proceed.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing RSA 3 single-family semi-detached housing.
The applicant has failed to demonstrate a hardship.
Accordingly, the Planning Commission recommends the Board deny the variance.
Thank you.
MI 2020-000631-4230 Otter Street, number two, I vote yes.
Carol can't vote on this.
I'm not voting on this.
Great.
Jim? No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Carol. I did watch. This is Hillary. I watched the video.
You were present for this. You can vote on this one. I had to rewatch it and you were on there.
So, you know, I thought I was. It's Otter Street. Carol Teneri, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Sahih, my vote is yes. Thank you. Our second add-on.
MI-2022-00.
MI 2022-003-642-514 West Burke Street.
I vote yes with proviso.
Revised plans, two pages, stamped by ZBA, November 30, 2022.
Carol Tenere, my vote is yes with proviso.
James Snell, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Thank you. We're going to go to regular list.
MI 2022-003-963-10700-NITROVE.
Ronald Patterson is the attorney.
Letter of support from West Tarsdale, Morrell Park Civic Association with a Proviso.
and letter of non-opposition from Councilman Brian O'Neill.
Patterson will be rejoining as a panelist.
Okay, thank you.
Hi, good afternoon.
Hi, Mr. Patterson.
Could you state your name and spell please for the court reporter?
Sure. Ronald Patterson, P-A-T-T-E-R-S-O-N, with Claire Harrison Law Firm, that's K-L-E-H-R, 1835 Market Street, Philadelphia PA 19103, on behalf of the owner-applicant, which is Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Medicine.
Thank you. Do you swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Our vice chair has a few questions.
Hi, do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, 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, I have, to all of the above.
Okay, great. You may proceed and begin to share your screen.
Great, thank you.
You see my screen?
Just about.
Beautiful.
That's gorgeous.
Yeah. So thank you. This regards 10700 Knights Road. It is a satellite standalone building as part of the Jefferson Tarsdale Hospital complex. And this picture you're looking at as part of the complex.
This is the site here, which is a little bit down the street. But the complex houses the hospital, a trauma center, and a Kimmel Cancer Center. So with regard to this property, it's a standalone building.
um it's located in an rsa4 residential zoning district although as you can see by the building
was never built for residential uh there's an existing music school saturn music school has
has a program there uh it was last used for treatment of of patients and rehabilitation
but so this application uh is for a new medical use that's called it's an outpatient
Vestibular Therapy Program, or VRT as it may be called. It's for patients that have equilibrium
and balance disorders. It's caused by many, many causes. But in this location, which would be half
of the building, the Settlement Music School would stay on the other half of the building.
Let me just locate this here.
We would occupy half of the building and the half of the building, which would be the half that is facing.
Let me get to the site plan here.
This upper half is settlement. This half would be the Rehabilitation Center, access off of Knights Road with a parking lot, having, I believe it's 24 parking spaces.
So access is from there.
Operations would be Monday, 8 to 8 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, 7 to 8 p.m., Friday, 8 to 4.30 p.m., no weekend hours.
Approximately 10 employees with 40 to 50 patients per day, which translates into about 10 to 12 per hour, which is important to show about the no adverse impacts.
The entrance, as I mentioned, is off a night road. There are 28 spaces, which, based on the numbers I just mentioned, will be more than adequate to suffice for this particular use.
for this particular use. As you can imagine, here's the building. Yeah, it's in a residential
district, but the hardship lies in the design, the configuration, the past and current uses of
the building. Clearly not a single-family dwelling unit and not, you know, viable to convert it to
one. Yet the property can be used to accommodate this use, which has used a medical use in the
past, causing no adverse impacts on the public health, safety, welfare, or traffic, and actually
I would call it a beneficial use for this location. As Chairman mentioned, we did meet with West
Tarsdale Morrell Park Civic Association. The property is also located in a northeast overlay,
which permits no medical uses for historical reasons, but in reality what happens is you
You then meet with the local RCO and explain what your use is and the actual nature of the medical use, which is what we did.
And we do agree to the proviso conditions that were set forth in the association's letter, which I'm putting on the screen here.
So with that said, I'd like to promote one witness, John Malara, M-A-L-A-R-A.
John, could you please state your name and spell it, please, for the court reporter?
Sir, if you're in the virtual audience, please raise your virtual hand.
He's been about to speak, sir.
Do we see him?
Yes, he's been allowed to speak, sir.
Okay. Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell it for the court reporter?
Sure. Thank you, Chairman. My name is John, J-O-H-N, Malara, M-A-L-A-R-A.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Proceeding counsel.
Thank you. Hi, John. Could you tell the board your position with Jefferson?
Thank you, Ron. My position is a senior director, clinical operations of the service line, one being physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Okay. And so you're overseeing this project, we could say?
Yes, that's correct.
Okay. And you've heard my presentation. Would you agree that it's true and accurate and you would adopt it as if it were your own?
Would you like to add anything about what the services that are being provided here, rehabilitation services?
Sure. I'd be happy to. Thank you, Ron.
And this is a long overdue, really, initiative for the Tarsdale Hospital and really the respective community.
At the present state, we have a physical therapy, occupational therapy, and physiatry location that is in the hospital proper.
As you can imagine, the patients have to come.
They park in the parking garage.
You know, some walk almost a mile to navigate the hospital and the wayfinding to that present
location, and as you can imagine, from a physical therapy standpoint, some of those patients have
significant challenges. This new location, standalone location, would allow for improved
access, and we will be providing services of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech
therapy and physiatry, which would be EMGs. Great. And as you mentioned, there is parking
here as shown on the screen. And is it your position that this parking is adequate to serve
the number of employees and patients you expect to receive per hour? Yes, it is. And you also
are aware of the provisos and we agree that there's proviso conditions, John? Yes, I do.
Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That's all I have. Thank you. Questions from the board?
no mr chairman no questions or comments from the virtual audience
no answer mr chair okay planning commission thank you chair sarah bond philadelphia city
planning commission s-a-r-a-h-b-a-n-h board members the proposed use is consistent with
documented previous uses on this property the city planning commission recommends that the
Zoning Board grant the variance. Thank you. MI 2022-003-963-10700-NITRODE. I vote yes with
proviso. Use limited to provisions of physical, speech, occupational therapy, as well as
electromyography testing. Carol Tenere, my vote is yes with proviso. Thomas Holliman.
Harold Tenere, my vote is yes with provisos.
Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes with provisos.
James Snell, yes with provisos.
Ishmael Shaheed, yes with provisos.
Thank you counsel.
Great, thank you. Have a great day.
You too.
Number three, MI 2022-004-017-5427 Wayne Avenue.
So, Dorothy Ann Hamill is the attorney.
Letter of support from Faith Community Development Corporation.
Councilwoman Cindy Bass is not opposed to the granting of this variance.
Mr. Chair, this is Hillary.
I just wanted to update a couple things on this case.
One, we have to receive the tax clearance.
So, unless the board would like to deliberate on this case,
after it hears it. It can be voted on today. Secondly, we received a letter from Swampoodle
Neighborhood Parcels Association, another RCO in the area, asking for a temporary three-year
special exception and that the trash be stored in another location. Councilman Bass was in support
of a temporary three-year special exception. Thank you. Thank you very much. Dorothy Ann Hamill,
Please, the attorney.
Mr. and promote it to the panel, sir.
Hi, could you state your name?
Good afternoon, members of the panel.
My name is Dorothy Hamill.
I represent the owner of the property.
This is an application to, for a zoning, for a.
Yeah, so why don't we do this?
Why don't you do me a favor?
Could you spell your name for the court reporter first?
Oh, sure. I totally forgot. Dorothy Ann, D-O-R-O-T-H-Y-A-N-N-E, one word. Hamill, H-A-M-I-L-L, with Sherlin, Lesser, and Benson.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Could you identify your client in a relationship to this property?
My client is the owner of the property at 5427 Wayne Avenue.
could could you tell me who that owner is it's colonial apartments okay colonial garden apartments
llc all right so our vice chair has a few questions i'm the samuel do you agree to
wave the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy i do have you emailed the exhibit
packet with proof of ownership tax compliance refusal 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
i do okay you may proceed and begin to share your screen which is already up let's see
sorry i got ahead of myself this is uh so this project at 5427 wayne avenue this property is
an apartment complex consisting of 72 units, and there are two non-residential spaces at the
property. The proposal today is for the operation of a group daycare, which has a maximum
occupancy of 12 children. The plan is for children between the ages of three months
and three and a half years. I've provided a copy of the deed showing ownership of the property.
This is a copy of the application for appeal and the referral. I've included copies of the postings
at the property, a copy of the letter to the RCOs and the neighbors, a copy of the
certified letters that went out to the neighbors for the hearing. And so these additional pictures,
So to give a little background, we had met with the community groups about three and a half weeks ago by Zoom, obviously.
And at the time of the hearing, there were the members of the local community organization's management, but there were no actual community members.
So the RCUs asked us if we would reschedule the meeting, try again, and flyer the neighborhood.
and flyer the neighborhood. Bright colored postings to be delivered to the houses within
Bright, colorful.
the 200 block area. Postings all within the building and down the main corridors.
which we did and I have here I have a few pictures of the postings within the building I can also
share if need be which I received today pictures of postings taped to sidewalks the quarter
quarter sidewalk walls, the telephone poles in the neighborhood, various areas to notify the
neighbors of the second hearing. We had the second hearing with the RCO on Monday,
made our presentation. At that time, the same, the issue arose, which was the same issue that
arose in the first hearing, which was not particularly about the use, but regarding
the trash situation at the property. And the trash, this is pictures of the project
and down the street uh our client has had to own the property for about four years
they made significant upgrades to the property uh security cameras lighting uh updated the
apartments and um have done a lot of work to the property and have now looking you know have had
some interest for the two non-residential spaces, which is where the tenant comes in.
This is the layout of what the space will look like, and then this is an actual interior
picture. So the issue with the trash is that the only place for the trash container to be