I ask that my exhibits be admitted.
And if we can unmute Mr. McAleer, I'll ask him if he'll adopt my testimony and take any questions from the board.
Mr. McAleer, are you available?
He hasn't raised his hand.
all right mr clinton uh as an officer to court will stipulate that your client
i do have a phone number ended in 4341 that's it that's it mr andy sorry
mr where yes hi good afternoon please identify yourself with the records by your last name
Cormac McAleer, M-C, capital A-L-E-E-R
We're in a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Thank you, Mr. Clinton.
Mr. McAleer, have you been on the entire call when I presented this project?
And if you had the opportunity to testify, would you adopt my testimony as your own and as true and correct?
Yes, sir.
Thank you, Mr. McAleer.
Thank you. Any questions from the board?
Anyone else would like to testify in this case? If so, please raise your hand.
We'll hand it at this time, Chair.
Thank you. Planning Commission?
Good afternoon, Chairman, members of the board.
planning commission staff the comprehensive plan proposes that this parcel be remapped to rsa 5
residential single family attached the proposal aligns with this recommendation and therefore we
have no opposition to granting the variances thank you very much mi 2020-001822 1611
on south 29th street my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote i believe that
concludes the two o'clock list tanya is that correct yes chair that's correct all right
any unfinished business not that i have not that i have either i i haven't said this in a long time
I'll see everybody at 3 30. Gary. All right. See you at 3 30.
We are recording. Thank you. Good afternoon everyone. My name is Frankie Chico. I'm the
participating in today's hearing along with our Vice Chair, Ms. Carol Tenere, Board Secretary,
I'm sorry, Board Members, Mr. Thomas Holloman and Mr. James Snell. Board Administrator Ms. Tanya
Sunkett and Board Attorney Ms. Sharon Saleta are also in attendance. For those of you who have not
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, for the benefit of anyone participating by phone, we ask that attorneys
and witnesses identify themselves prior to speaking or testify. Third, we'd like to advise
everyone that this proceeding is being recorded and that by participating you acknowledge your
agreement to be recorded. Fourth, 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
You must raise your hand by hitting star 9 and then star 6 to unmute yourself.
star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
Finally, to make an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
i'll repeat to enter an appearance statement call google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address
and the address of the property at issue with that said we can begin but before our vice chair
miss carol tenere calls our first case we'd like to ask if there's anyone who's requesting a
continuance or withdrawal for the 3.30 session this afternoon. In the meantime, I will read off
a couple of cases that we've already been requested to continue. Number two on our list,
MI 2020-000214, 1825 East Pacific Street. Also, 180, I'm sorry, MI220,
excuse me again mi 2020-001216 8104 castor avenue if the attorney or the applicant is present and
you disagree with the request for continuance please raise your hand and in addition anyone
who is requesting a continuance or withdrawal please raise your hand at this time
we have a mr polly i'm sorry i can't hear you steve pollock mr pollock good good afternoon
chairman members of the board i don't know if you can hear me yes we can please identify for
the record spell your name and i'll swear you in all right uh steven g pollock p-o-l-l-o-c-k
I am requesting a continuance for 6130 West Pass Yonk Avenue.
I swear and affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
I do, Mr. Chairman.
Okay, there's a request to continue 6130 West Pass Yonk Avenue.
Is there anyone who has any?
Hello?
Yeah, we just, we haven't had time to arrange a Civic Association RCO meeting.
I know Councilwoman Gauthier has also sent a letter requesting a continuance, so we're in full agreement.
We just hope that we could get a date sometime in January, hopefully, for this.
Okay, we're just asking if there's anyone else, anyone objects to this request for a continuance.
No objection?
No, he was.
I'm sorry?
No, he was.
MI 2020-001651-6130 West Pass Yonk Avenue is continued.
All right.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Any other requests?
Have a great day, everybody.
You do likewise.
Stay safe.
You too.
Wash your hands.
All the time.
We have some folks.
Mr. Folks?
Chairman DiCicco.
That's right.
Please identify yourself.
And you have already been sworn in.
Yes, sir. My name is Sloan Folks, Office of Councilwoman Maria Quinonez Sanchez, room 508 City Hall.
We are requesting a continuance for meeting number MI-2020-00028.
I'm sorry. No, no. I'm sorry. MI-2020-0012242740C Street.
um we don't have a record of a community meeting uh or letter from the rco thank you
um we do have a request from the applicant's attorney to continue this case very good thank
you if she is in attendance it starts breaking up sharon hello
Sharon you're muted I'm sorry I guess I'm sorry it was um the attorney is Dorothy Hamill I believe
she was in attendance earlier maybe just to confirm that it was continued oh yeah I kicked
her out because she came into the panelists list um so I don't know if she was able to get back on
because I kicked her out she will not be able to access again so I don't know if you want to reach
out to her sharon oh that's right she did request continuance she probably cares only
all right okay all right mi 2020-001224 2740 c street is continued any other requests
Any other requests?
No more hands, Chair.
Thank you.
We'll go to case number one, MI 2020-001218, 1832 North 22nd Street.
this isn't jen is coming in as a panelist
good afternoon mr jen
when you get on just identify yourself you're still under oath from earlier today
good afternoon um i am if i may just have a few more minutes
I am about to set up my system, and unfortunately, I was caught on the road a little bit.
If the board would move my case back slightly, I will be ready in about five minutes.
Okay, we'll move your case back.
We'll go to the next case, number three on our list, MI 2020-001217, 2004 Pemberton Street.
mr chairman that's me okay mr clinton uh please identify yourself you're still under oath
thank you uh good afternoon mr chairman members of the board henry clinton 1313 south 33rd street
philadelphia pa 19146 do you agree to wait with reading of the refusal and stipulate to its
accuracy mr clinton i do and have you emailed an exhibit packet with the required documents
including proof of ownership proof of 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 to all of you above thank you you may proceed
Ms. Sunkit, may I share my screen?
Yes, you can, sir.
I think I should start at the beginning.
This is the calendar number, today's date, hearing.
These are the table of contents, AA through A10.
On the line with me is Philip Conway, who is the principal of PLR Investments, LLC, and he'll be
able to adopt my testimony at the end of the presentation. Entry of appearance, refusal.
This refusal, two refusals, this proposal is for a single-family home in the middle of the block,
toward the end of the block but in the middle of a group of row homes and typically when the board
knows when you build a single family home three stories in between two stories that the third
floor has to be set back. This is in the graduate hospital area and typically the graduate hospital
community group which is SOSNA prefers that the third floor be a mansert roof with two dormers
and that's what this project is. The only other issue concerns the rear yard open space required
with five percentage points off. I can explain that to you when you see photographs of some
of the other rear yards on that particular block. We did meet with Sazna and we do have a letter of
support. This is their explanation as to the property. It's 60 by 50 and we will have a
basement. There's an existing basement there. This was the final tally or vote, basically nine in
favor, none against, and they're taking the position of support. The one thing they did ask
us to do, well, they'd asked us to do a lot of things which we agreed to, but one of which was
that when we build this structure, Mr. Conway builds this structure, that the cornice lines
from either of the two-story homes
on either side of our project
that they all line up.
And you can see that I signed that
on behalf of Mr. Conway
and we will abide by that suggestion.
These are photographs
giving the board some perspective.
This is the property right here.
You can see it's a mix
of three-story and two-story.
And some of the two-story
were put up years ago
before Sazna suggested
that the third floor be or be kind of can it back with a mansert roof.
Another just shot overhead just again just show you show you the rear yards.
Some of the rear yards are deeper than others. This house here at 2002.
Some of the rear yards are deeper than others. This house here at 2002 actually goes back this far,
and then there's another extension over here, which I'll show you in one of the other photographs
that I took. So this is looking east. This property here is 2002. This is our property,
2004. You can see where 2002 actually has half the width of the yard, another extension brick
with a roof rooftop on it leading almost back to the rear fence and an alleyway.
These are just some other homes on the block showing you that a number of homes are built
straight up without any setback and that they were built prior to the change in the code.
This is the rear yard again just giving you another perspective. Here's another home on
the same block under construction and they're doing basically what we're doing. We're going
to have a mansert roof with two dormers, but we will be continuing the cornice line as suggested
by SOSDA. This is the property itself. You may ask the question, why are you going to knock the
property down and demolish it? Well, because there's three star bolts right now between the
first and second floor actually holding the brick facade in. There's also some giving way of the
front steps. And if you look closely at the windows, the windows are peeling away from the
brick in some areas. We do have a proviso form with one page to be revised if the board looks
kindly upon this application. These are the plans. Here's the property, two-story on either side.
We're carrying the roof line over. We have some metal going on an angle. If you look at the side
view of the property, you can see that it goes up slightly and the dormers are projecting out
from the mansert roof. There's a railing for sight line for people on the other side of the
block so they can still maintain their views of center city. And here's the pilot house.
We have no issues with height. We're well within that requirement of the code.
This is the floor plan. Basement basically is open.
Living kitchen on the first floor, second floor, two bedrooms, third floor master,
bathroom in the back with a rooftop deck set back appropriately.
Again, just to give you a perspective of what this mansion will look like,
comes up on an angle with the dormer's projecting outmark.
Sazna asks us to do a number of things.
Some exterior lighting just showing down.
Cornish line, they also ask us to carry
some of the siding on the side,
which we've agreed to do.
The rest are perfunctory documents,
our deed, our tax certification,
our appeal, as well as our
program information form, and this is just a copy of the zoning for that area.
We also have our letters indicating that we did provide notice to all the neighbors of both
the community meeting as well as this meeting. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to ask Mr. Conway if he
can adopt my testimony, and Ms. Dandy, if you can unmute Mr. Conway.
yes he just needs to raise his hand
good afternoon sir please identify yourself with the record spell your name
so philip conway it's i-l-i-p last name conway c-o-n-w-a-y
do you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes I do good afternoon Mr. Conway how are you good afternoon Hank how are you good good you
were on the call when I went to the project that you intend to build at 2004 Pemberton Street yes
I was and did you hear my testimony yes I did and if you had the opportunity to testify would you