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ZBA Hearing - April 30, 2025

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Apr 30, 20257h 43m

Ty Owen, my vote is yes with provisos.

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Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with provisos.

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Ishmael Shaheed, I certify that I watch the videos that are pertaining this case, and my vote is yes with provisos.

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number three mi 2024 007 299 609 annan street i vote no

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michael johns my vote is no

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chair i believe we were going to hold the vote on that one because there may be an amended refusal

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on the airbnb yes yes okay yeah let's be scheduled yeah we're not going to vote on

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that one today i'll be in touch with the applicant

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okay okay so mi 2024 007 299 609 annon street the vote in this matter has been reached

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scheduled to Wednesday, May 7th at 9.30 a.m. Number four, MI 2024-007-301-10188 Busselton

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Avenue. The vote in this matter has been rescheduled to May 7th at 9.30 a.m.

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number five mi 2025 001 558 2308 st alvin street the vote on this matter has been scheduled

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to 5725 at 9 30 a.m

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number six mi2024-005-975-9230 cambridge street i vote no this is a reconsideration

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no to reconsideration and rehearing michael johnson my vote is no to uh reconsideration

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and rehearing. Cheryl Gaston, my vote is no to reconsideration and rehearing. Tyowin, my vote

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is no to reconsideration and rehearing. Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is no to reconsideration and

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rehearing. Number seven, 30-01 Hellerman Street. I vote request to file non-pronk tonk is granted.

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Appeal is accepted and will be scheduled for a hearing. Mr. Chair, we need to call Mr.

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derizio and give him a chance to present thank you he what's that call mr derizio and give him

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a chance to present and explain why he explained his non-partum request okay thank you all right

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mr derizio

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here mr derizio will be coming back in as a panel short thank you

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it's coming back right yes all right find it back

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Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the board.

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Wait one minute, we're having a little problem with Zoom.

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I can move over.

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It's coming slow.

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Just a moment, please, Mr. Drizzio.

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We're having a little technical problem in the room.

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Should be resolved in just a moment.

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Thanks.

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Thank you.

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It's from overuse in the past.

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We're back.

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We're good. We're back.

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Mr. Dorizio, could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?

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Yes. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the board.

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My name is Raymond Dorizio.

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My last name is spelled D-O-R-I-Z-I-O.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?

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I do.

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Please proceed.

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Yes.

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Good morning.

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Make your short presentation.

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Yeah, so I'm respectfully requesting this to be non-protect to be granted for the appeal.

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I uploaded the application.

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I was missing, I believe, an address in an email.

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I was notified. I timely re-uploaded it, but I inadvertently didn't have those two pieces.

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All of the other substantive information in the appeal was there. The fee was paid.

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So I would just ask for us to, for this NUNC Proton to be granted so we can move forward.

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I did refile it with my NUNC, adding those two items.

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Okay. Any questions from the board?

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any questions from the board any questions marty not at this time mr chair um

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Any questions from our attorney?

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request to file non-proton is granted appeal is accepted and will be scheduled

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for a hearing on the merits thank you sir thank you have a good day

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Ishmael Shahi, my vote is yes to request the reconsideration.

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The non-Protonk request, yes.

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Michael Johnson, my vote is yes to the non-Protonk request.

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Cheryl Gaston, my vote is no to the Nunk Protonk request.

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Taya Nguyen, my vote is yes to the Nunk Protonk request.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Number eight, MI 2024-004-775, 3645 North 19th Street.

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Albert Sylvester is the owner applicant.

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This is a pro se.

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Albert Sylvester please raise your virtual hand and wait to be promoted

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they should be back in as a panelist shortly Mr. Chair

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thank you

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good morning board good morning could you please state your name and spell for the

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court stenographer? First name, Albert, A-L-B-E-R-T. Last name, Sylvester, S-Y-L-V-E-S-T-E-R.

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You swear or affirm the whole truth is nothing but the truth?

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Yes, sir.

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Okay. So this application is for use as a multifamily household living,

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three dwelling units in an existing structure. The proposed use of multiple family household

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living is prohibited in the RSA

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5 zoning district.

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Our vice chair has just a few questions, sir.

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Good morning.

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Good morning, sir. Have you emailed in all the required

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documents and exhibits as needed and

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required to proceed with this case five days

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in advance of this hearing?

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Yes, the last

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one was requested a tax clearance certificate.

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I did send it in this morning.

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I'm not too sure if the

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board did get it.

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Yes, we received it. Thank you so much.

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Please proceed and you can share your screen.

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Good morning again. Thank you for hearing my case. The basis, again, for the property is to be used as a three-family dwelling in an existing structure.

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I've owned the property for a few years now, and the reason why I've taken so long, if anyone has any questions, just a little trouble navigating the system, finding an architect, and trying to navigate time through my work schedule.

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But getting the zoning is the first step in being compliant with the city, as to what I understand from the L&I officer assigned to my case on my property.

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Okay, so why don't you share your screen?

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Can you see my screen?

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We do not.

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So you should open your documents

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and then hit the button at the bottom

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that little green button says share screen.

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It's coming up now, sir.

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Okay.

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And on the,

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from the beginning,

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I have the drawn up plans of the property

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as it sits now existing.

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If I may zoom in a little bit,

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But I don't know if anyone can see it.

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Is it currently a three-unit building?

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Yes, sir.

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All right.

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And it's been a three-unit building how long?

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Since I purchased it, it has been the RCO that was the chairperson for the RCO, meaning he has been in area for quite some time.

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and he did notify me that the building has been a three-family structure for quite some time

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someone someone previously did try to um get a zoning for it in 2016 that was granted but the

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for it in 2016 that was granted but the paperwork never was followed through by the owner and

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paperwork

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through property records the building was sold in that time frame there so the basement the

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basement you have nothing in the basement but utilities right yes sir so i want you to talk

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about what you have on the first floor and the second and third okay thank you

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the first floor unit is here's where you enter let me see if i can go a little bit

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All right. Here's where you enter the building here. And this area here is the vestibule. And I do have pictures of the property as everything I'm explaining to as well. And here are the steps that go upstairs to the second floor.

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but in the first floor as soon as you walk in this is the kitchen area here here is the bathroom

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area there's a uh a hallway here that goes around to bedroom number one and to down the hall is

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bedroom number two here and there is a access to the backyard over here to the in the room itself

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and the second floor unit is where you enter over here you enter their living room living area here

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to your left is the bathroom and here's bedroom number two coming into the unit to your right

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down the hall there's your kitchen area here and here's where you enter the first bedroom

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And there's a bay window area here.

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This area indicates a closet space here.

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And the third unit, let me just move my screen up a little bit.

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And to the third unit, this is where you enter over here.

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When you do enter, this is the bathroom area here.

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This is a closet area.

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Here's the kitchen and the dining area.

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And this area into the back is the bedroom number two.

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And as you enter the unit over here is your bedroom number one.

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These are indicating three windows here.

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All the blue marks indicate windows.

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All right.

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Could you show us photos, please?

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Okay.

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Here's where you enter the first floor.

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first floor unit.

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Oops, I'm going to get my arrow.

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That's the first floor

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first floor unit where I had some water damage

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and I'm still currently in the process of getting all of that

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taken care of. From the first floor there was some water damage.

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That's bedroom number

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the middle bedroom, the second one.

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And here is the bedroom number one in the back.

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And here's where the access to the backyard is at that door.

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Here is the hallway going to the first bedroom and the second floor.

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And here's this area where the water heater is located.

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And there's the bathroom area here.

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And that's the entry to the second bedroom.

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That's a picture of the second floor bedroom, and that's the second bedroom there.

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And that is the entryway to the second floor bedroom.

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And this is the third floor unit.

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As you enter here, the bathroom is here, and through this door here is the first bedroom.

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and that's the entryway into the third floor unit as here's the kitchen living area and there

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is the second bedroom that's the second bedroom there oh and that's my other documents for the

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in my packet

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go ahead mr sylvester what's the rest of the neighborhood look like what's the block

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multiple family units here is there's a property and here's the other property attached

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to mine what is that is that a multiple family attached to yours yes it is a multi-family

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how many units that one is i believe it's four i'm not too sure she said she wanted

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to make it for but i know it for sure it's existing as three and what's the rest of the

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block look like multiple units yes there is a few i don't have pictures of them but there are a few

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multi-families on the uh on the block as well okay all right questions from the board uh yeah can you

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Questions from the board?

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Yeah.

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Can you go back to the plans for a minute?

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Yes, sir.

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Yeah.

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Can you zoom into the first floor unit?

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i'm trying to understand how this first floor unit could work when there's not a whole lot

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of room there's no living room right all there is is kitchen dining room then there

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two bedroom it's kind of kind of like a sro just kind of set up i guess um so

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there's no there's no living room and you have to go through the bedroom to go to the

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backyard which is horrible for people to have to go through a bedroom to go to utilize the backyard

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so the ground floor the first floor unit doesn't work at all it's a unit quite frankly uh the second

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and third floor units are are better uh but the first floor unit uh just doesn't work there's

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There's absolutely no living room.

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My comment.

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And my comment is, for the second and third floor, right, you have to go through the, if you're in this first bedroom, you've got to go through the kitchen and living room to get to the bathroom, right?

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It is on the second floor, but on the third floor, again, you've got to go from that back bedroom through the kitchen to get to the one bathroom that's on the floor.

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it's kind of a weird sort of setup that you

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well

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you're speaking from the second

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I'm just talking about if I if it's you know

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whoever you're going to have traffic right from this second

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bedroom on the third floor you got to go through the kitchen dining

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area to go to the bathroom here

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and on the um the second floor it's the same kind of issue you got to go if you're on the

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in this first bedroom in the front then you have to go through the kitchen and the living room to

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get to bathroom it's kind of a weird yeah the the cut on the on everything is i'm not too sure on how

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they what their what the thinking was behind it but uh but when i first looked at the building i

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