on their property because they stepped out of the room during the presentation given by
they also stated that badeepsa was at the at the public meeting the public meeting was not
compliant nor the Allegheny West Foundation filed the zoning code to consult with all RCOs before
scheduling the meeting. So there were scheduling conflicts that did not have to happen if they had
followed the zoning code. So we were requesting a compliant meeting because we're getting that
area right there. There's a lot of trash parking and other problems, even though it's near Broad
street but those problems don't have to exist if we have more compliance with the appeals for
switching from single family to multi-family so we are opposed because the meeting was not compliant
and that the rco coordinator who's just one of the affected rcos were all the same
did not consult all the rcos before planning that meeting and that's why there was the low
attendance the the neighbors in the neighborhood the neighbors in the neighborhood many of them
stated they did not receive a notice we did not receive a notice um so therefore the meeting was
a mile from the property we give a lot of meetings in that area um for 17th street that is part of
our neighborhood we're well known around there and we do not give meetings one of the things we do is
give meetings close to the properties especially around there because there are a lot of senior
residents around there so um we are opposed to this variance because the way that the applicant
and also the rco coordinator went about um not complying with the zoning code we don't agree
with that and also if it's granted um we listed we listed provisos that we're asking for thank
you thank you for your input we appreciate it is there anyone else in the virtual audience
there are no further hands mr chair um council did you see the provisos um commissioner
unfortunately i did not see the provisos no household living in the basement interior trash
and recycling storage i can't see that we would really object to that commission thank you um
Anyone else in the virtual audience?
No further answer, Mr. Chair.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chair Bergman, and good morning.
David Fechter with the City Planning Commission.
Chair and Board members, the comprehensive plan recommends no change
to the residential single-family zoning at this location.
This appears to be a legalization and documentation of an existing duplex.
The City Planning Commission recommends that the Board
grant the proposed use variance for two dwelling minutes.
MI-2023-001-039-2712 North 16th Street. I vote yes with proviso. No household living in basement, interior trash and recycling storage.
Thomas Holland, my vote is yes with provisos.
James Snell, my vote is yes with provisos.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with provisos.
Thank you, counsel.
Thank you very much. Number six, MI 2023-003-527-2518-44 Frankfurt Avenue. Mark Feynman is the attorney. Letter of non-opposition from Council Member Squilla.
and also i believe yes yes mr president hillary um yeah we do have the letter of support now from
east kensington neighbors association that support was conditional on the applicant working with the
rco to refine the design of a new trash enclosure and that was accomplished prior to the the letter
being sent thank you very much mr feyman
Mr. Feynman is coming back in as a panelist.
Thank you.
Good morning, Mr. Feynman.
Good morning, Mr. Feynman.
Good morning.
Good morning, Chair Bergman.
Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Yes, good morning.
Mark Feynman, F as in Frank, E-I-N as in Nicholas, M-A-N, attorney for the applicant.
And the applicant is Sheikh Yusuf Morhoff and Kathleen, husband and wife.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
And our vice chair has just a few questions, sir.
Good morning, counsel.
Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to his accuracy?
Have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits that are needed and required to proceed to this case five days in advance of this hearing?
Technically, some items were not sent in within five days.
Most were.
The items that were not were items that were just recently received, and we made sure that they were sent over.
All documents have been received and I believe are of record.
Understood.
And I believe we did receive the RCO letter as well.
So please proceed and share your screen.
Thank you very much.
the green button on the bottom
are you able to see anything yet
mr fineman did you hit share screen i did and i'm looking at that again uh and once you share
the screen you have to click another button so that it'll come up visible to all the um
anyone with the link, correct?
I did that and then done
and seeing if that's coming up.
What kind of computer are you using, sir?
I have a MacBook Pro.
There we go.
There's the problem.
Our technical administrator,
are you able to assist at all?
I'm here.
One moment.
Thank you, Nikki.
okay you said you had a macbook macbook pro correct okay and what happens when you hit share
screen hit share screen it pops up share 25 uh 1844 uh frankfurt avenue document pdf and uh
people with access uh general access anyone with the link
okay so those are the options it's giving you correct
and then i clicked on and
mr fineman are you in zoom and clicking the green share screen button because it sounds
like you're hitting the share document button instead let me go back to my
Bear with me.
Here we go.
Is it coming up?
It should be coming up any minute.
It says started screen sharing it, but I don't see anything.
My apologies.
Why don't we do this?
Can I give an overview?
and also reference the uh i think we need i i think we need to see it mr feinman why don't we
do this why why don't we um why don't we move on and we'll come back to you maybe you can figure
out in the next 15 20 minutes how to do it is that okay i will try that yes okay all right thank you
Okay. We're going to move on to number seven. MI 2022, 005-717, 3517 North 18th Street.
Okay. All right. Mr. Movahill is the attorney for the owner. Letter of support from.
uh mr movahill is the attorney for the owner letter of support from allegheny west civic
association based on a request for a triplex they're coming back in as a panel so good
good morning chairman good morning good morning could you state your name please and spell it for
the court stenographer absolutely it's leo leo last name movahill ms michael ul vism victor i
h-i-l-l right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do do you identify your client and relationship to this property
client is a3 delivery llc on behalf of the company today is travis glover that's t-r-a
v as in victor is glover g l o v as in victor er and our vice chair has just a few questions sir
thank you good morning counsel do you agree to weigh the reading of the refusal and stipulate
to his accuracy yes 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 i have thank you
please proceed and share your screen so my screen should be shared right now can everybody see it
great members of the board my client had initially submitted an application for an h
a bedroom rooming house for this and after we met with the community organization
allegheny west civic and discussed with them further what we wanted to do we requested an
amended refusal for three multi-family with three dwelling units that's why on my screen
We see a rather lengthy table of contents for purposes of the record.
We have the refusal of appeal on project information form of page one.
Our request for leave to amend at 10.
The letter granting leave to amend at 11.
Our revised refusal for three dwelling units at 12.
Area zoning maps at 13.
Deed at 15.
Our first zoning meeting notice to neighbors is at 19.
second zoning notice zoning notice to neighbors is at 22 as we did have two separate rco meetings
we did receive a letter of non-opposition from the rco that's at 25. our client's commercial
activity is at 28. tax clearance is at 29. exterior photos and property are at 31. interior photos are
at 55. our initial plan it says six it was actually eight units all together with six bedrooms that
at 63 and the revised plans for three units is at 64. so members of the board i'll first just go to
our revised refusal i'm now showing everybody page 12. so we filed our revised refusal for the
uses of multi-family three dwelling units in this property it is located in rsa5 district
showing everybody now page 14 we can see the rsa 5 district indicated in yellow
there is rsa 3 across the street and when we get to the photos later in the presentation we will
see that these are large homes with many bedrooms which is why my client is seeking to have this be
instead of one large single family home simply because it's financially
difficult to impossible to completely rehabilitate this and rent it out as a single
family home, have these three dwelling units instead. This is my client's deed.
That's our first zoning notification letter that went out to the neighbors,
along with our proof of mailing at page 21. 22 is our second zoning notice for our second meeting,
along with proof of mailing at 24.
At page 25, we do have the meeting summary from Allegheny West
showing that they are ultimately in support of the revised proposal
for the three-dwelling unit option.
And at page 26, they go into a little bit more detail about that.
This is my client's commercial activity license,
proof of tax clearance,
These are the exterior photos showing zoning signs as posted with revised refusal.
This is the porch of the property.
Directly next to us is a multifamily property, although I'm not sure it's 100% legal.
On this block, there is already a number of multifamily properties.
Again, the legality of which we're not 100% sure of, but they do exist.
Our property is located where I'm indicating with my cursor right now.
We do have the white door and you can see my zoning sign.
and for purposes of the record discussing page 34. this is looking at northbound on 18th street we
can see a corner store the rsa3 properties i discussed across the street at the left of the
the rsa3 properties i discussed across the street the left of the screen the rsa5 single
screen the rsa
family homes where we're proposing to put three units off to the right
and we're just going to continue in a circle around so we can see the immediately adjacent
properties looking at page 39 specifically my client has been in expressed direct contact
with the neighbor who lives at these properties as you can see on the street there is a legal
off-street parking space here for that owner we have been in discussions with them to ensure that
none of the tenants are ever going to be using her parking spot or ever blocking her parking drive
this is looking southbound on 18th
and now across the street looking westbound
and back northbound to the corner store.
Again, this is immediately adjacent property.
This is down the block. I believe this is a
some sort of fraternal organization or a church.
We can see multiple doorbells on property across the street indicating multifamily
use as well as multiple mailboxes
on another property down the street indicating multifamily use on the block.
at page 52 another indication of multifamily showing that it does exist same thing on page 53
finally page 54 we can see that at the end of the block in this
particular corner parcel with the turret multifamily
these are interior photos
showing some renovation work that has been done on the interior
Ending at page 62.
This was the initial plan at page 63.
I'm just going to I have that in case anybody has questions about the prior use with respect to the bedroom but this is our revised proposal.
The basement is going to be storage and utilities only.
First floor is going to be a one-bedroom apartment.
Kitchen is going to be to the rear, bedroom to the middle along with the bathroom, living room here.
And then you would go up to the second floor to get to the second apartment, which is to the rear of the property.
Kitchen is here, bedroom is here.
It's a one-bedroom unit.
Then apartment three is a bi-level unit.
There'd be living space with the bathroom to the front.
And you'd go up the stairs to get into the second story where you'd have your kitchen, your bedrooms to that parcel, and a larger bathroom as well.
These are all intended to be for rent.
My client's going to have storage containers in the rear for trash to ensure that it's not going to be out on the street.
The neighbors were specifically concerned about that because, as you know, trash in multifamily properties continues to be a concern of neighbors.
We're happy to take any questions at this time.