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ZBA Hearing - June 2, 2021

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Jun 2, 20215h 8m

to um to miss saletta so she does have that um but were exhibits received for this because

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yes they were we did receive exhibits for this one okay yeah i wasn't aware the applicant isn't

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present okay um yeah i mean i if they're not present then i believe this is the first listing

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so it can be continued continued yep okay so mi 2021 that's 000581 5966 elsner street

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is continued. Let's go to number 10. Calendar number MI 2020 00369 6053-55, Caster Avenue.

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This is Sharon. Mr. Sabatina did forward documents that appear to have been submitted

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on January 25th. Everything is included, so this can go forward. Okay, Mr. Sabatina.

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Mr. Sabatina, if you're still in the audience, please raise your virtual hand, sir.

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Sabatina has been promoted to panelist, sir.

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Thank you. Mr. Sabatina, can you put your name and address on the record and spell your last name, please?

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John, you have to unmute yourself.

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Yes.

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Hi, can you put your name and address on the record, please, and spell your last name?

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John P. Sabatina, S-A-B-A-T-I-N-A, address 1742 Emerson Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19152.

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Thank you. Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

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I do.

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Do you also agree to wait the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?

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yes have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership tax compliance

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refusal referral photos under plans of this property five days in advance of this hearing

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and have you met with the rco and do you have a letter yes to all you both okay thank you you may

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proceed yes uh this this is a reapplication for a uh which we had a temporary

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approval for two years. The two years are up. We're now going and there were no problems with it

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and we met with the RCO and the various neighbors and they also had no problem with it.

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We would appreciate it if we could move to a permanent situation rather than

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having to come back every two years.

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uh no sharon do we need drawings for this was a two-year tim and it's a reapplication i don't

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think so no change in the size of the structure john no no change it's the same material changes

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okay yeah all right wow so any questions from the board no no no anyone else to testify in

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this case, please raise your hand. Mr. Folks, you're still under oath from earlier. Please

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identify yourself as the record. Good afternoon, Chairman Chico. Can you hear me, sir?

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yes yes we can okay thank you my name is sloan folks i represent the office of councilman

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maria canola sanchez 508 city hall um in regards to this case um

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having met with the coordinating rco and receiving a letter of non-opposition the

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councilman's office offers no opposition to this request thank you relax you're running

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here you're out of breath yeah i'm sorry i was in i was in i was in the kitchen making something

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for my door so i heard you call the case i ran back upstairs hope you made something good all

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right planning commission this is uh ron bednar city planning uh the property is indicated for

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commercial commercial use on the city plan given the documented history

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we recommend the request for variance. Thank you. MI 2020-00

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recommend the request for Vance. Thank you. MI 2020-00369-6053-55 Caster Avenue. My vote is yes.

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My vote is yes. My vote is yes. My vote is yes. My vote is yes. My vote is yes.

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Thank you. Sorry John for the delay. Have a good night. Take care. Thanks. Would that be for

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forever yeah

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that was a good answer right yes um do we go back to

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Jeffrey Young did we find Jeffrey Young yet

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Mr. Nipper has his hand raised uh well hold off on that one I'm going to number seven first

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Dauphin Street. Jeffrey Young. Still can't find Jeffrey. No, sir. All right. Unless he comes back,

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I'm going to make a motion that this case be continued. MI 2020-001010, 2608 West Dauphin

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street my vote is to continue this case will be continued sorry all right let's go to number eight

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carol okay calendar number mi 2021 001147 48 west upsell street timothy and marcella nipper

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are the others and again i have no exhibits on this we don't have a deed we don't have any of

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the information that you would need mr nipper

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all right mi 2021 that's zero zero one one four seven four eight

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yes yes i don't know if you heard our council

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we have not received any any exhibits yeah we did submit them so apologies for the

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miscommunication i'm not sure what happened there well did you copy me on them because i've gone

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all through my email and i have nothing it you know it i know we were getting uh an email

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bounce back for one address but i mean i have the email right here i don't know

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Okay. You know, I need to look at it first because, again, we haven't seen the deed. We haven't seen anything. I haven't.

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Did you submit a deed, Mr. Knipper?

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I believe everything was submitted.

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How recent was that?

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About a week ago, last week.

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Okay. Can you say what email address you sent it to me at?

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my email address is S-U-L-E-T-A-Z-B-A at gmail.com. I think we had S-U-L-E-T-A-Z-B-A

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at phila.gov. No, that's not my email address. It's not what's listed on the instructions.

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And we can continue, Frank? Yeah, we're going to continue. Yep. I'm sorry. Can I ask a question,

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please sure um did you send it to the rcl zba box as well i believe so because mr letter if you

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recall there was an error on the disclaimer um so if we want here we could do a very short

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continuous yeah why don't we yeah i think it was an error on the zba part with the email address

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yeah i think it's a legitimate mistake and we're going to work with you mr nipper to get you a

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hearing ASAP all right thank you we need the document we can't do without the document so

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there is a mistake and we'll acknowledge that and we will continue your case so on the record

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MI 2021-00114748 West Upsall Street will be continued Ms. Sunkett will notify you of the

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continuance date sorry for the inconvenience thanks so much have a good evening you too thank you too

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Thank you.

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Did we ever get Elsner Street?

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Or did we say that was continued?

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I forget.

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I don't think that you announced it was continued.

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I'm not sure.

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I know I called it.

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No one answered it.

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It's continued, correct?

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I made it continued.

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All right.

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We can't find Jeffrey.

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Can't find Jeffrey.

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That case is continued, right?

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Yes.

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all right i think that completes the list yes is there anyone who is uh

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waiting to be heard and has not yet been heard regarding the cases on the 330 list

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3.30 list only.

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3.30 list only

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I have a Mr. Connor McHugh

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I have a Mr.

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Connor McInery with his hand raised.

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Do I let him speak?

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Yes.

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He was on one

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of these cases.

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Mr. Carnivan?

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Connor?

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Connor McInerney.

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I'm sorry.

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Wrong name. I apologize.

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Oh, that's all right. Yeah, it was just regarding 48 West Upsall Street. You know, we received an email that, you know, we sent it to the RCO at zba.phila.gov and then suletazba.phila.gov. And that's the email address that...

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Yeah, obviously, not to interrupt you, there's been a mistake. We apologize for the error. We will do our best. Ms. Sunke will do her best to get a hearing ASAP.

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okay no i appreciate it we just we we've been we're looking forward to you know getting it done

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and we did split everything within the timely fashion so i guess um yeah sorry you know these

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days are technical issues constantly so we apologize and as i said mrs sunken will provide

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a date as soon as possible okay well i appreciate it guys thank you sorry about the inconvenience

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Chair, can I please ask a quick question of Connor?

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Sure.

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Connor, could you, did you provide the document to the RCOZBA box ahead of time?

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And if so, can you email it to me so that I can confirm that you sent it timely and I can schedule you immediately?

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The email address is tanya, T-A-N-Y-A dot sunket, S-U-N-K-E-T-T, at solar.gov.

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and then i can send that to you i have your email address from prior correspondences um

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yeah we were just getting a kickback from the suletta like you said there was an error but um

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no problem if you send that we'll take care of you i apologize no it's okay yeah if you guys could

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just try to get us back on because i know the homeowner is very uh we've been going through

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this for like nine months now but i know everyone and i already tried to i'm trying to accommodate

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so if you could just do what i have we could take care of you we'll take care of it all right for

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for that discussion i just wanted to make sure we were clear thank you thank you thank you thank

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you for your understanding sir yeah uh i think that completes the list

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all done yes i'm totally that's it thank you everyone again thank you to everyone

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especially the folks behind the scenes have a great have a good one everyone stay safe

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thank you thank you thank you thank you everybody oh wait i'm sorry before we go shoot

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um sharon the letters from the attorneys for 1526 packer are they electronically going to be sent to

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us oh the written arguments yeah closing arguments they're supposed to be submitted by five

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are they here oh i'm sorry i was muted that whole time

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construction down my house so i have to keep them with me um yes they they were due by five i think

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i got them all at about 455 i'll forward them to you electronically okay just want to make

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sure we're on the same page thank you thank you take care

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