And Mr. Snell and Mr. Holloman, if you could turn on your cameras as well, that would be
great. Thank you. Mr. Holloman, your audio sounds great this morning.
Thank you very much. I hope it continues to be that way.
okay chair we have 41 attendees we can proceed as you wish thank you
good morning my name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this morning zba hearings
with me is our vice chair ismail shaheed present mr chairman our board member thomas holliman
Present, Mr. Chairman.
And our board member, James Snell.
Present, Chair.
Thank you.
Also present is Hillary Emerson, our attorney, and our executive director, Tanya Sunkett.
Here's our virtual format.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded.
The video will be available by contacting tanyasunkett at phila.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testify.
If you're participating by phone and you wish to testify, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email and the address of the property in question.
And finally, the question and answer box on the screen is now for comments or testimony.
All comments should be directed to our Executive Director, Tanya Sunken.
Let's look at the schedule for this morning's meeting.
Number five, MI 2022-005-928-4829 Haverford Avenue.
That case is continued.
Number nine, MI 2023-001-046-12066 Abbey Road.
Vern Anastasio is the attorney.
I understand there's a request for continuance.
Mr. Anastasio.
Good morning, Mr. Chair. This is Jason Hand. I will be your host today. Mr. Anastasio has been about to speak.
Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Anastasio. Could you state your name and spell, please, for our court sonographer?
Good morning, Mr. Chair. Vern Anastasio, V-E-R-N. Last name is A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I do, sir.
I understand you requesting a continuance for this case?
I am. I've been recently retained, like last week, by Evelyn Barrera, who is the owner, applicant, and I need to equate myself with the case before we can move forward.
Okay, thank you. So MI 2023-001-046-12066 Abbey Road. Cases continued. Mark must be tried.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you.
Number 12, MI 2021-004-460-1508 West Nidro Avenue.
Yolaine Leon is the owner applicant.
I understand this is a request for continuance.
Yolaine Leon.
Yolaine Leon, if you are in the virtual audience, please raise your virtual hand and wait to
be sworn in.
They've been allowed to speak.
Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Yolaine Leon.
Could you spell your name, please?
Yolaine, Leon, Y-O-L-A-I-N-E, Leon, L-E-O-N.
Right.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I understand you're requesting a continuance.
So this case is the fourth listing.
This will be the last continuance.
This case must be heard the next time.
So MI 2021-004-460-1508-WestNedro. Cases continued. Mark must be tried. Thank you.
thank you thank you number 13. mi 2023 000 489 4400 north a street this case is continued number
Thank you.
Number 13.
14 MI 2023 000 499 536 Green Lane. Case has continued. Number 15 MI 2022 001 765 163 to 71
West Wyoming Avenue. Joseph Consul is the attorney. I understand he may have a request for continuance.
Mr. Consul
They've been allowed to speak, sir
Mr. Consul, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer
Good morning, Joseph Consul, J-O-S-E-P-H
Last name Consul, C-O-N-S-O-L-E
You swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Are you requesting a continuance for this case, sir?
I am, Chair
Could you give us a reason why?
Yes, we met with the RCO once
There were some issues. I believe my client was working with them to try to address them. I hadn't heard from him for months. I got into conference with the councilman's representative recently about this, and he wanted to, because the church has a lot of positive energy in the community, he wanted to intervene and try to help come to something satisfactory here.
I said I would ask for one more continuance.
That was probably the best I could do.
So MI 2022-001-765-163, the 71 West Wyoming Avenue.
Cases continue, and work must be tried.
Thank you.
Number 16, MI 2023-002-171, 1359 Creasy Street.
Jennifer Jordan is the owner applicant.
I understand there may be a request for continuance. Jennifer Jordan.
Yes, that's me.
Hi, could you please state your name and spell it for the court stenographer?
I'm Jennifer Jordan, J-E-N-N-I-F-E-R, last name J-O-R-D-A-N.
Right. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I understand you have a request for continuance?
Yes, please.
Could you please give us the reason why?
I am requesting, my first application had to do with getting zoned for, and a permit for short-term rental.
However, I was worried that this wouldn't happen in time and where I would be denied and not able to make my rent during, or excuse me, mortgage during that time.
So I switched to long-term rental instead of short-term.
And I have had a short, a long-term tenant in there with the proper licensing, of course, and they renewed. So I, I don't have the need for short-term rental. However, I already paid and did all of the requirements except this hearing part. So I'd like to push it back for me to get hurt at a later date.
Okay, so MI 2022, 002-171-1359 Cressy Street.
This case continued, but must be tried the next time.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And number 17, MI 2022, 001-943-3116 North 16th Street.
Jeffrey Young is the attorney.
I understand this may be a request for continuance.
Mr. Young.
Yes, good morning, Mr. Chair.
I'm trying to get my video working here, but yes, we are.
My name is Jeffrey Young, attorney for the applicant for 3116 North 16th Street.
We are requesting a payment.
Mr. Young, just for the record, can you spell your name for the court stenographer?
Yes, J-E-F-F-E-R-Y-Y-O-U-N-G.
Right. Do you swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Mr. Young, this case is just the third listing. The next one, it must be heard, okay?
Yes, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much.
Sure. So MI 2022-001-943-3113 North 16th Street. Case is continued. Mark must be tried. Thank you.
let's go here back up um let's go to our add-ons
um let's go to our add-ons mi2022-001-058-332 excuse me mr chair this is hillary can we just
make sure there are no other um requests for continuance okay is there any other requests
for continuances in the audience mr chair i have darlene pete with her hand raised i have allowed
him to speak good morning mr chair counsel could you state your name please and spell for the court
stenographer my name is darlene threet d-a-r-l-e-n-e threet t as in thomas h-r-e-a-t-t right
do you do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do proceed mr chairman i represent uh zoning application zp 2022 10 86 98 1610 margaret street
commissioner i have been unable to schedule the uh civic association meeting this is my
second request for continuance um i would appreciate excuse me mr i think that's the
wrong location yes that no that's so that case is on the 330 list so call in on the 330 yes calling
at 330 and make the request that oh i apologize okay that's okay all right thank you is there
any other requests for continuance i do not see any hands at this time sir we're going to go to
our add-on list, MI 2022, 001-058-332 Delancey Street. At the request of the parties, the vote
in this matter has been rescheduled to Wednesday, September 27th at 9.30 a.m. We're going to go to
our regular list. Number one, MI 2022, 005-552-36 East Coulter Street. Anwar Wright is the owner
applicant pro se. There's a letter of opposition from Faith CDC coordinating RCO. There's a letter
of opposition from Solo Germantown with some enforceable proviso should the board grant it.
i am why right
mr chair they will be returning as a panelist shortly okay all right
Mr. Wright, please unmute and wait to be sworn in.
Well, good morning, Mr. Wright.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
My name is Anwar Wright, A-N-W-A-R-W-R-I-G-H-T.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Could you turn your video on, please?
One second.
Can't get my video. One second.
Oh, it's not my video.
seems like i'm having difficulty starting this camera right this is what i'm going to do i'm
going to go on to the next case i'll come back to you in about a half hour see if you can get that
straight okay definitely thank you thank you we're going to go to number eight
mi 2023 001 264 314 winona street sarin andy kim are the owners pro se
they have been promoted to panelists they will be rejoining shortly sir thank you
good morning good morning mr kim could you state your name please and spell for the court stenographer
Andy Kim, A-N-D-Y, Kim K-I-M.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
So this application is for the erection of a one-story addition to a single-family existing semi-detached structure, size and location, and shown in plans.
Where a side wall does not meet a required side yard requirement, horizontal extension of that wall into a front yard, rear yard, or side yard is an increase in a specific non-conforming conformity and is not permitted. The required side yard, whereas is four feet, seven inches, is being proposed, the width is eight feet.
um the required open area is 50 whereas the proposed is 40 the required rear yard is 15
feet whereas the proposed rear yard is 12 feet 11 inches our vice chair has just a few questions
for you mr kim okay good morning mr kim have you emailed in all the required documents and
exhibits that are needed and required to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing
yes we have done thank you please please proceed and share your screen
are you able to see we we see that sir okay so um 2019 we uh moved to 314 winona street and we
have um we had asked the builders to build this um edition and uh i didn't know uh basically they
built it very quickly and i was under the impression they would have pulled the permits
so basically the edition was built we moved in then there was the pandemic and it took a while
to figure things out and we really would like uh we're hoping to get this approved um
basically we're trying to legalize something that was built without a permit and uh we uh we had
requested the help of well first of all i had to find a new contractor um and he helped us by
referring us to Quest Design Services.
They've helped us in the whole process.
We met with the RCO, the Corning RCO,
and they all approved this.
And so we are, yeah, we are hoping that
for a favorable decision.
Would you like me to go through the paper?
So why don't you, I mean, just to make it more simple, could you go to the RCO letter, please?
That's your notification of the meetings. Okay.
That's your mailing.
you're posting
there's letters from neighbors right yes letters from neighbors uh sorry i'm trying to
okay that's that's fine take your time this is your deed
there it is here solo solo germantown okay yes i go back and show his pictures of what
what what you have there um okay uh hold on let me see where the pictures oops
i saw you go by it a couple of minutes ago
where are we
so there's there's uh there's one
here here's the the side of it yep yep yep right and that's the back that's the other side okay yes
All right.
Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Chair.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
Mr. Chair, I have Charles Richardson with the hand raised.
I have a lot of them to speak at this time.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.