I think she went back out
Thank you.
Tanya, can we get a hold of our caller on the phone?
Yes, I'll reach out again.
Thank you.
Thank you.
chair in the efforts of time making sure we don't lose time would you like to proceed
i would thank you so mi 2021 004055 1713 south 12th street rco east pass yunk avenue letter
of support councilman school letter of support
mr anastasio jared mr anastasio is coming back in as a panelist now
good morning mr chairman good morning state your name is spelled for our court reporter please
sure it's verne v like victor e-r-n last name anastasio a-n-a-s-t-a-s-i-o
939 montrose street philadelphia one nine one zero seven four seven what do you swear
for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? I do. Our vice chair has a few
questions. Sure. I'm Mr. Anastasia. Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate
to its accuracy? I do. It appears that you've submitted all the required documents. Is that
correct? I have. You may proceed. Thank you. You're welcome. This is 1713 South 12th Street.
The application is for doggy daycare. No boarding, no other services, no retail, simple canine social club at the first floor in the same building with other uses previously approved.
The property is zoned CMX 2.5. This is a referral, not a refusal. And this is the plan.
My client, Jeremy Berger, has been dealing with dogs for two decades now, caring for other people's animals, and I've done so pretty successfully.
We have a holding area here for the dog at the front door.
There's the main floor.
We have a loft for the dogs and then an office for the humans.
And then there's a kennel room and a bath.
This is the exterior.
Main floor.
There's the loft for the dogs to get some indoor activity exercise.
some storage the bath the kennel room and there's the proof of posting
we met with the east passion crossing on rco and it was unanimous support
we have
a proof of mailing here from the members of the east passion crossing
We have a tax certification, and I believe you have in your records that I forwarded late yesterday a letter from Council Member Mark Squilla, also offering non-opposition to this referral.
As you know, it's a referral, not a refusal.
We do not have to demonstrate any sort of hardship.
We do have to demonstrate that we would be an asset to the community or at least not a detraction.
We've done so by going through the process, securing the support of not only immediate neighbors and the RCO, but the elected representative and city council as well.
We've done so by going through the process, securing the support of not only immediate
And with that, I'm going to ask Jeremy Berger, my client, to please raise his hand.
Mr. Berger, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Mr. Berger, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Yes, my name is Jeremy Berger, J-E-R-E-M-Y, Berger, B-U-R-G-E-R.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Proceed.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Berger, did you hear my presentation to the board this morning?
I did.
Was it true and accurate to the best of your knowledge?
Yes, it was.
And do you adopt it as your own testimony?
All right. Would you like to tell the board about your hours and days of operation?
I'd be happy to. So my days of operation, the plan is to have it be Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Very good. Nothing else, Mr. Chairman. We're open for questions.
Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Mr. Chair.
Questions from the virtual audience?
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chair Bergman.
Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
Members of the Board, this is a special exception.
The proposed use is permitted by special exception
and will have no greater impact than might usually be expected for this type of use.
We therefore recommend that the Board grant the special exception.
MI 2021-004-055-1713 South Wall Street, I vote yes.
Carol Tenneri, my vote is yes.
Thomas Hallowin, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
Thank you, counsel.
Okay, Chair.
Anything on our cases we're holding?
yes with um the one um rowhead i believe his name is the staff did not find exhibits if we
can request um for him to come back on so we could discuss 1627 south 20 street please mr
Yes, Chair. This is Rohit.
Okay. Have I sworn you in yet?
I don't think you have.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Yes. My name is Rohit Kaskerti, R-O-H-I-T.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
We do not seem to have your paperwork anywhere.
Okay, I can go ahead and resubmit it.
I'm sorry.
Sir, could you spell your last name as well, please?
Yes, it's K-A-S-U-K-U-R-T-I.
Thank you.
And may I ask, what email box did you submit your exhibits to?
Because we cannot find them.
And were you the one who sent the email?
I was the one who sent the email.
I'll have to verify which one I sent it to.
I sent it along to the RCOs at the same time.
there was multiple emails to the rco email box or to the rcos
um i'll have to double check on say it was there was multiple addresses i'm not sure which ones
belong to who okay so unfortunately we could not find the exhibits where the exhibit should be
and i believe this may need to be a continuance chair right so we're going to continue your
case you'll hear from us and we'll we'll ensure that we have all your paperwork done and make
sure you send it to the right box okay and any questions call call our executive director's
office okay okay thank you all right thank you okay chair we were able to get miss sharon harvey
so as you wish she would be available to continue the case
I apologize for this delay um can I share my screen have you as Colonel have you talked to
her yet yes they have let me share a few questions um she was actually presenting chair
when she got off and um right there come down okay miss harvey
I'm here. And I would like to continue the presentation, if possible.
i'm here i'm here and i would like
At this point, I would like just to briefly discuss the proposed changes.
And I would like to share my screen. Am I able to share my screen?
can you everyone see the screen
can everyone see the screen there's nothing up yet but we see that you have the screen
okay now we see it all right thank you so uh at this point at this point in time sorry
at this point in time my client is proposing a variance for a uh for two apartments
uh in the three-story building the
uh and can be found on page i'm sorry this is throwing me forward uh
page four 14 13 or 14 of our presentation
he's proposing for the first bedroom the first two
The first and second floor to be one apartment and the third floor to be the second apartment.
This property already has a variance on it and for a cottage house.
And he is proposing that the first apartment has two bedrooms and a kitchen and a living room.
And it also is two stories, the first and second floor.
The second apartment is two bedrooms with a kitchen and a living room also.
And if you can see the pictures, the pictures are
of the current state of the proposed living room and for
My client is also on the line, but it will not help if I can't get the pictures shown.
The 147 also has a carriage house in the rear.
The carriage house was granted a variance in 1935 and is a two-story carriage house in the rear of the property.
And that can be seen if you have the packet on page 16.
The proposed apartment has a backyard use for the carriage house only.
but it has a long driveway which you can see on on page 20 26 on page 26 of the presentation
that is the driveway and then the carriage house is in the back page 27 of the
of the presentation shows the street view of the property and the property across the street,
which is the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. And we have the support of the Pennsylvania School
for the Pennsylvania school for the death and that is on page 27 and 28 on page 28 also
the property on the same side of the street as the proposed variance is the Maplewood Manor which
Maplewood Manor, which is a nursing home.
which is a nursing home.
The very next slide, number 29, takes into consideration the lighting and security for
the property.
The property will have entry in the rear of the property for the first floor and second
floor apartment, and then for the third floor apartment, it's actually in the front of the
building.
And then there are flood lights that will go along the entire side of Dill.
And then next, we also had consideration for the mail delivery and the refuge or trash disposal.
There will be a mailbox and trash containers that will be hidden in the container, rubbish containers, so that they're not exposed.
Next slide is the aerial view of the property, and you can see that the property is rather long.
it has a two-story cottage house the property at 151 also has a cottage house but it's a one-story
cottage house that you uh that is hidden by the trees but this is a very long property and has
plenty of room and here's also an aerial view of the school for the death and they have their own
parking lot and so parking is not usually a problem between the hours of four and
four p.m. and eight a.m. where because the school is out and there is ample parking
so then this is the refusal I think I've skipped several slides this is the refusal
for the for the variance the size of the of the lot is huge for a actually over three dwelling
units two in the main house and what and one in the cottage house the main house having 4 500
square feet of livable space which would be ample for the two proposed apartments in that building
I would like to have my client, Gabriel Harrison, be sworn, so to see if he adopts our presentation.
We have support from the RCO, and we received an email, I believe, last night from a second RCO, because there are overlapping RCOs.
Mr. Chair.
Have your client raise their hand.
Is your client's last name Harrison?
He's unmuted.
You can speak now, Mr. Harrison.
Mr. Harrison, have you heard everything I testified to?
Wait a minute.
Mr. Harrison, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Yes, my name is Gabriel Harrison, G-A-B-R-I-E-L-H-A-R-R-I-S-O-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Proceed.
Thank you.
Mr. Harrison, have you heard my testimony?
I did.
And do you believe it to be true?
An accurate account of what you're attempting to do?
Yes, I do.
and would you and would you adopt the testimony as true and correct
i would and is there anything else you would like to add
um well if there are any questions uh but as far as what you said it's all true
thank you
questions from the board no mr chairman no mr chairman no mr chairman mr chairman
questions from the virtual audience chair we have mr charles richardson
mr richardson you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair
good morning mr chair good morning mr richardson could you state your name and spell for the court
report
mr richardson
you need to unmute
can you hear me now we can just state your name and spell for the court reporter please
yes charles richardson from the office of councilwoman cindy bass richardson r-i-c-h-a-r-d
s-o-n room 312 city hall do you swear a friend to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the