refer to the zoning table that's on the plans, you'll note that although it was predominantly
designed to comply with RM1, the design team did make an effort to try and balance the requirements
as best as possible. So for example, although RM1 would not require an eight-foot front setback,
the proposal does include the full eight-foot front setback as well as the porch to align
with the adjacent structure at 636. The rear yard length and area is significantly more than RM1
would require, but slightly less than RSA3 would allow. Regarding the side yard, there is a side
yard proposed, however it does not extend for the full length of the property. So again the design
here was really intended to balance the dissimilar existing structures and the mixed zoning of the
property. So as always, we submit these are the least minimum variances and are in line with the
character of the intended zoning of the property in the surrounding neighborhood. We submit it
will not increase congestion, harm neighbors, or impair light and air. A full analysis of these
are provided in my memo of law submitted to the board at tab 10. Now with respect to the community,
Belmont Alliance's letter is in the packet at tab 14 and does reflect unanimous support.
I believe you did previously receive a letter of opposition from the immediate neighbor,
but Belmont's letter does seem to indicate that she did change her view in response to hearing
the presentation last week. Her original letter was sent before we even had the RCO meeting.
Rami has also indicated his excitement to work with the neighbors and area associations
seeking to address some of their concerns surrounding condition of rear alleyways and
neighborhood safety. Okay, baby. And at this point, I'm happy to bring Rami up just to
adopt my testimony real quickly. If the board has any questions, I'd be happy to address
them as well. Good evening, sir. Please identify yourself with the record, spell your first
and last name, I'll swear you in. We're looking for Rami Shrein.
We're looking for Rami Shreim.
He's been allowed to speak.
Hello, this is Rami Shreim.
R-A-M-Y-S-H-R-A-I-M.
You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
And Rami, just your address for the record as well?
433 North 32nd.
Philadelphia PA 19104. Thank you. And Rami, have you heard all of my testimony here before the
board today? Yes. And would you adopt that testimony as if it were your own? Yes. Thank
you. I apologize for speaking so quickly, but I know you've had a long day. We appreciate that.
Thank you. Questions from the board? No. No. No. Anyone else would like to testify in this case?
if so please raise your hand. Mr. Chair I have a Ms. Cassandra Slover with her hand raised.
I can allow her to speak if that is okay. Yes sir. Good evening ma'am please identify
yourself with the record spell your full name and I'll swear you in.
d-a-s-s-a-n-d-r-a-s-l-o-v-e-r you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth yes thank you please proceed hi i just would like to say i was not allowed to
testify um the earlier meeting i was off can you ma'am please this is about a different case thank
you there is two people not allowed to speak here you can continue please thank you anyone
um anyone would like to testify regarding 634 north 40th street
seeing none planning commission
good evening ariel de liberto with the city planning commission the comprehensive plan
recommends a zoning map change to residential multifamily at this location. Additionally,
the applicant's proposed property dimensions are consistent with the front setback of the
adjacent properties. The City Planning Commission recommends that the Board grant the variance.
Thank you. MI 2021-001-110, 634 North Forthia Street. Is your revised plan, Meredith?
there is one page one page my vote is yes with proviso revised plan one page approved today
yes proviso sorry carol that's okay yes with proviso yes with proviso
thank you that concludes the two o'clock list does anyone need a break
i'm sorry jason i'll need a break a quick break
jason go ahead i'll continue chair we can continue i'll get it oh thank you all right
thank you all right so now we're in the 3 30 list uh good afternoon or good evening everyone
my name is frank de chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of adjustment i'll be participating
at today's hearing, along with our Vice Chair, Ms. Carol Tenere, Board Secretary, Confessor
Plaza, and Board Members, Mr. Thomas Holloman and Mr. James Snell. Board Administrators,
Ms. Tanya Sunkett and Jason Hand, and our Board Attorney, Ms. Sharon Saleta, are also
in attendance. 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 on the web or otherwise.
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. 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'll 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'll remind everyone, please do not attempt to testify in the chat. All your
questions and comments should be directed to the board administrator. With that, I will now announce
With that, I will now announce on the 3 o'clock, 3.30 list, case number two, MI 2021-000589-1400 Wharton Street has been withdrawn.
on the three o'clock.
And there's a continuance I'll get to in a moment.
uh anyone and also i understand there are no exhibits at least we may not know of any exhibits
that have been submitted for 48 west upland street and no exhibits for 40 excuse me 6053-55
Caster Avenue. And there's also a continuance request requested by getting feedback. Oh,
I know why. I'm sorry. Requested by the North Central Philadelphia Susquehanna Community
Development Corporation. Anyone object to any of those continuances? Please raise your
hand at this time. Okay, RCO, ask if anyone is here on behalf of the RCO and Mr. Nockimson up
to respond. That's why I asked if anyone objects, yes. Thank you. Nockimson.
While we're waiting, is anyone else requesting any continuance or withdrawal, in addition
to those that have just been read into the record?
I promoted Clemenza, I believe she was here for this, but she can speak to it if necessary.
Good afternoon.
Good evening, and please spell your name for the record and I'll swear you in.
clementa amazon c-l-e-m-e-n-t-a last name amazon a-m-a-z-a-n addresses one two three
south broad street suite 1600 19109 sorry about that do you swear a firm to tell the truth the
whole truth nothing but the truth i do please proceed we know there's been a request from the
rco do you happen to know whether there was an rco meeting um we are scheduled to have an rco
meeting on June 8th. We are honoring the continuance request and we just request that
it be a short continuance. There has been a lot of back and forth for this project and
it's a small business and we would just hope that we could get a date sooner rather than later.
Okay, Ms. Sunken, we'll work that out with you offline.
Sounds good.
Okay, unless we have a date, Tanya, it's not.
No, honestly, we have no short continuances, but if you want to reach out to me,
I can try to work out something.
Okay, I'll shoot you an email.
okay thank you chair if we could also confirm that no one is here for either
let me finish i'm sorry i'm sorry it's fine i meant did you ask for her email address
no i have it i said i was on her email she got mail feed though okay i thought she had it
okay i apologize on sam's and i didn't mean to interrupt you it's perfectly fine i understand
tactic. Anyone object to any of these continuances or withdrawals?
Seeing none, is there anyone who would like to request a continuance or withdrawal at this
time? Please raise your hand. I do have Tina Marie Russell. Ms. Russell, you can
Unmiss yourself
Identify yourself
Spell your full name and I'll swear you in
Tina Marie Bussell
North Central Philadelphia CDC
Address
1631 West Susquehanna Avenue
We're going to affirm to tell the truth
The whole truth, nothing but the truth
Thank you, please proceed
Just confirming and thanking everyone involved
For the continuance
And yes, we're here
As I think someone said we were around for the record that we are here.
And we will look forward to having a continuance, but also asking that we'll be included on that date and time because we do have other cases as well for the rest of this for the next couple of months.
Sure, Ms. Amazon will notify you or Ms. Sunkett will notify your RCO.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All right.
Any other requests for continuances or withdrawals?
i have charles richardson mr richardson you can meet yourself and wait to be torn in
good evening mr richardson please identify yourself
and i'll swear good evening mr chair charles richardson from the office of councilwoman cindy
Good evening, Mr. Chair. Charles Richardson from the Office of Councilwoman Cindy Bass from 312 City Hall.
Do you swear to affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
I just had a question because I missed something that was transitioning between the computer and the phone.
Is Upsil Street continued?
Upsil?
It's number eight.
not that we know of no one has asked for a continuance we do not have any exhibits that
i'm aware of i don't know if tanya or sharon has gotten any exhibits having to it's the first
listing okay first listing so most likely will be continued but hang in there wait till we get to
that case all righty i'll try my best we won't be that long anyone else
it's not
we have a connor connor you can unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in
okay hi can you hear me yes please identify yourself first and last name spell your full
name my name is connor mcinerney c-o-n-n-o-r last name m-c-i-n-e-r-n-e-y
um i'm speaking about 48 west upsall street you swear a firm to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth i do please proceed so you mentioned that um documents weren't received
um we sent them last are you are you the owner sir excuse me are you the attorney or the owner
no not an attorney i'm a design professional who's been working with the owner timothy nipper
we appreciate your your testimony but we need to hear from the owner and or his or her attorney
okay he's on the call so i i'll ask him to raise his hand and then he could yeah
we'll go we'll ask him questions thank you
sitting with the chair whom i'm looking for oh is that mr mcdermott mcdermott
please identify yourselves by your full name and i'll last name and i'll swear you in yeah i'm with
Sabatina and Associates. He's raising his hand
but I guess it's not being recognized
Mr. Sabatina
That's a different case
Mr. Sabatina
That's a different case
Excuse me, we did call that case out
because it was
you called it out as having no exhibits
it's the second listing
The exhibits were sent on January 25th
The packet was sent on January 25th
Hold on, we're going to get to that case
this is about Upsil Street
Is there anyone here for UPSL?
The chair is Timothy Nipper.
I have allowed him to speak.
Good evening, Mr. Nipper.
Please spell your full name and I'll swear you in.
Good evening.
My name is Timothy Nipper.
That's T-I-M.
Are they syllables?
Sorry.
If that was not fair.
okay it's spell your last name please k-n-i-p-e-r you swear for him to tell the truth the whole
truth nothing but the truth i do uh we have notations that there were no exhibits submitted
are you aware of that yeah i believe what connor was trying to say is the design
consultant i've been working with is that we did submit those documents we um
sent an email so if you want to wait to talk about it when my case is on the docket then
that's fine but um if you have it all right just hang in there till we get to your case
thanks so much thank you anyone else continuance or withdrawal request
Do you know further answer this time? Carol, we'll go with number one. And there's a letter from the 51st Ward. Democrats in support.
Calendar number MI 2020 002343 1150 South 52nd Street. The attorney is Joseph Consul.
Mr. Consul has been promoted to penniless.
Mr. Consul, can you put your name and address on the record, please, and spell your last name?
Good evening, Board. Joe Consul. That's C-O-N-S-O-L-E. How are you doing? It's 1 West 3rd Street, Suite 204, Media, Pennsylvania, 19063.
Thank you.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Do you also agree to waive 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 or
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance,
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 i have uh i did and i do okay you may proceed