Ann or Karen, can you raise your hand on the Zoom if you're here?
Hi, this is Ann, Ann Lee, A-N-N-L-I. Thank you, ma'am. Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth,
the whole truth, nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you, Mr. Chen. Thank you. And you have
heard my testimony and representation to the zoning board, including the plans and other
evidence. Can you verify that everything we presented is true and correct and adopt my
testimony as your own? Yes, I do. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions from the board? No.
No. No. Would anyone like to testify in this case? If so, please raise your hand.
no chair thank you planning commission I'm Ben our city planning while this
property is currently indicated for a single-family residential use on a city
plan property has been granted a variance previously for professional
office use in the basement level there's no unique physical circumstances
particularly to this property however we do believe that the parents is
necessary to enable a viable economic use of the property accordingly we recommend the quets
for variance be granted thank you zero two six seven two one zero zero mcgee avenue my vote is
yes my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes thank you mr jen you have the next
case i believe i do if it's uh yes calendar number zero no strike that calendar number one
two eight seven fifteen twenty four south 10th street yes that is my case do you agree to waive
Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy i do
Oh, and do you swear to tell the whole truth, nothing but the truth, even though we've already asked you that?
Have you submitted everything in the packet?
Yes, five days in advance, along with the letter from the community.
Thank you. You may proceed.
I will share now with the board the documentation relating to this case.
In this case, we also have a refusal based on the CMX district. My client is proposing
a restaurant at this location. The community has issued a non-opposition. All votes including
committee and community members were in non-opposition. Partly because my client is a very skilled
Mexican chef who has finally decided to take on his own restaurant attempt at his own property
property, which was primarily a CMX property before. So the first floor would be used as his
kind of a boutique restaurant. I want to point out that he is part of the Zavino wine bar
pizzeria before. He's a very skilled chef. And this will be a authentic Mexican style cuisine
from his homeland. And he's going to be introducing that at this location, which will also be
directly running, managing, and because of his history of working with food is part of the reason
why the community welcomes his restaurants in addition to the neighborhood. I want to show that
this is not a large space having very little major impact on any aspect of this corner because it is
again a small restaurant with limited seating and given the current circumstance of course we would
expect that it will be takeout only until such time that the pandemic has passed us and we can
once again eat safely within the restaurants. In addition, the location is again commercial in
nature before and has been and my client will be renovating it and adjusting it based on the plan
that I have attached with my exhibits. So here again is the plan for the board's review. The
entrance will be in the front, there's seating, there'll be open kitchen so that the clientele
customers can see what is being prepared. 88 bathroom with rear storage and prep area. Trash
storage will be managed and the exhaust will be also managed to be put to the roof. This will not
be a large operation. We don't expect a large number of workers at this location. It's primarily
going to be the chef his assistants and perhaps a waiter once the sitting portion is fully open
so with that i would ask the board's consideration in granting this uh variance and i'm open to any
questions is that the intersection of the tenth and cross uh this is a cross and tenth yes tenth
and cross okay i'm just trying to acclimate myself with the property all right uh do you have your
client you want to yes um it's uh mr juan um carlos torres should be here with us good evening
sir please identify yourself with the net for the record please spell your first last name
and i'll swear you in hello my name is juan carlos aparicio torres uh
Juan, C-A-R-L-O-S, Aparicio, A-P-A-R-I-C-A-O, yes.
Hold on one minute.
Did the court reporter, were you able to get that?
I'm sorry, what was that again?
I'm speaking to the court reporter.
Yes, I did, thank you.
Okay, okay, thank you, sir.
You're swearing to the firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
Yes, sir, I do.
Thank you.
Mr. Torres, you've heard my testimony and representation to the zoning board, including the exhibits that were presented on Zoom.
Can you verify that they're all true and correct and adopt my testimony as your own?
That is all correct. I do.
Thank you. Any questions from the board?
Anyone like to testify in this case? If so, please raise your hand.
no one thank you planning committee property is indicated ron bednar city planning property is
indicated for neighborhood commercial mixed use on the city plan given the site's history we have
no objection to granting it thank you ron one two eight seven one five two four south 10th street
my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes best of luck and if
best of luck and if it's as good as you say it is i'll be walking there many nights
it's as good as you say it is i'll be walking there many nights
thank you thank you good luck evening calendar number 0741 500 south 42nd street
um this is sharon sletta though this case says that it is also mr jinn's i believe that it is not
um and i also have no exhibits for this case or the next mr jinn you're still on is that correct
this is not your case yes that's correct it's not my case i don't know how it ended up with
my appearance but we do not have a file on this matter i think the applicant was listed as zen
and it is an unusual name and they assumed it was you very popular right okay is anyone here
for 500 South 42nd Street.
No hands, but Chair.
Okay, Tanya.
I must be heard, Chair.
You muted yourself.
Calendar number 074.
741, 500 South 42nd Street is continued.
must be heard again jason will reach out directly to the applicant you um before we move on to the
next case i do have a request um if we could go back to mr labor's case uh number three grant
avenue if you could re-vote that the revised plans are actually two pages not one
okay one one two eight nine two nine oh one grant avenue my vote is yes
with the proviso revised plan two pages approved tonight today yes with proviso yes with proviso
yes with proviso yes with proviso got seven minutes before i get out of here seven o'clock
i'm leaving calendar number 0709 5830 art street philadelphia pennsylvania drag it out philadelphia
pennsylvania and this is sharon celeta again i have no record of having received exhibits
is there anyone here for 5830 art street
it appears not thank you tanya has this pace the case already been continued
quite a few times this could be a must be heard well i wish the old days were back dismissed all
right uh well that'll be january all right thank you 709 5830 arch street is continued must be heard
thank you all so much
oh thank you all so much
that's it