are we ready um a few minutes people are still coming in
Okay, Chair, we have 29 attendees, and we can start when you wish.
Okay. Good morning. My name is Ishmael Shaheed, and I'll be chairing this morning's ZBA hearings.
With me today is Thomas Holloman, board member.
President, Mr. Chairman.
James Snell, board member.
President, Mr. Chairman.
Also present here with us today, we have one alternate, LeBaron, is with us, and he's from the city with us.
And we also have our attorney, Hillary Emerson, the board attorney, Lakeisha Dandy, ZBA hearing supervisor.
Before I begin, careful on our virtual format.
Number one, please be advised.
The proceedings are being recorded.
A video will be available by contacting Tanya Sunke.
number two for the benefit of our court sonographer we ask of the attorney witnesses
to identify themselves before testifying number three if you are participating by phone and you
wish to testify please press star nine to write to raise your hand and star six to unmute to enter
an appearance statement, call 215-270-5548 and leave an email or voicemail of the address
of the property in question. Lastly, the questions answer box on the screen is not for comments
or for testimony. All comments should be directed to our executive director, Tyen Sun.
we move on first we're to our add-ons for 9 30
mr chair we can start with the continuances okay and then move on to our add-ons yes um so we have
multiple requests for continuances um the first request is number one on the list mi-2022-005
222 1604 spruce street this is the first listing
all right moving to can't to continue this okay so that's continued okay next case mr share
um number two mi-2022 005 204 1721 lombard street this is also a first listing
okay we'll like to continue number two okay
moving to uh number six on the list um mi-2022-005-284-109 renard harris this is also a
first listing all right first listen we're going to continue this case okay uh the next case is
number 10 mi-2022-002121202 spruce street this is a request for continuance second listing
continuing granite okay um
are there any other are there any other requests for continuances
in the virtual audience
good morning chair this is patina l i see no hands thank you moving on to the add-ons
No exhibits next.
No exhibits.
Okay, first, we have number four on the list, MI-2022-001-992-4101 Germantown Avenue.
Julio Garcia is the listed applicant.
Charlie and Sookie Cho are the listed owners.
We have no exhibits, and this is the second listing.
second listing second to listen this will we'll continue this again and it'll be the last and final
a second to listen.
We'll continue this again.
continues okay do we have anybody in the audience uh present for this case yes we have charles
richardson good morning mr vice chair good morning mr richardson please state your name
and spell it for the record? Charles Richardson, Office of Councilwoman Cindy Bass, R-I-C-H-A-R-D-S-O-N,
room 508 City Hall. Thank you. You swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth and the
entire truth. I do, sir. Asking that this case be, if it's being continued again, it needs,
because they have not reached out to the RCO, I checked with them yesterday, that this case
be listed as must be tried.
And if they don't appear the next time,
then you guys can dismiss the case.
All right.
Anyone else in the audience?
I see no handshare.
Case will be continued and must be tried
on the next date given.
Hi, Mr. Chair.
The next case with no exhibits
is number five mi-2022-005-263-854 corinthian avenue we have christopher fisher listed as
the owner applicant no exhibits first listing okay do we have do we have anyone in the audience
to speak on this case i see no hands chair this case will be continued
and the last uh actually second to last case um on the no exhibits list number 15
that is mi-2022-005-273-744 lombard street amy shin is the listed applicant beyond properties
llc slash shin properties llc are the listed owners we have no exhibits this is the first
listening okay do we have anyone in the audience to speak into in reference to this case yes chair
we have amy shin please let her in
hi hi my name is amy yes please state your name and spell the photo record for the court recorder
yes amy shin uh a-m-y-s-h-i-n you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the
truth yes please proceed
hi um so um i own i co-own the property with my husband and the property was previously uh dry
clean a dry cleaning business but uh they went out of business during covid so um we've been
trying to set up other uh business okay um so this this this case needs to be heard by an attorney
um because this is uh under a business name we have to continue this case uh because it has to
be heard by an attorney because it's in a business name okay gotcha and ma'am um this is the this is
board counsel hillary emerson um we also do not receive any exhibits um there's a set of exhibits
that are required to be received by the board um five days in advance of the hearing and as
the chair indicated because this property is owned in the name of a business entity you must
be represented by an attorney before the zoning board okay okay so so hi my name is james shin
j-a-m-e-s excuse me excuse me excuse me please please state your name to spell it for the record
and let's get you on the record and swear you win sure my name is james shin okay
j a m e s s h i n you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes please proceed yeah so um we went to neighborhood zoning meeting they didn't tell
me tell us anything about hiring a lawyer so you're saying that now we we need to hire a lawyer
Any time you come in front of the ZBA board and you own a property in your personal name, you are able to defend and represent yourself.
When it's in a business name and it has different components associated with it, you must have an attorney to represent you on this case.
Hillary, would you like to add anything else to that?
Hillary, would you like to add anything else to that?
No, I was just going to say if you have
No, I was just going to say, if you have further questions, please contact the zoning board office.
The staff will put the email and the phone number in the chat for you.
Okay, sure. Thank you.
All right. Thank you.
So this case right here will be MI-2022-005273 will be continued.
and one more mr chair um number 16 mi-2022-005-179-9568 wally avenue jose munkin
um is the owner applicant um we only received photos um and did not receive the rest of the
required exhibits okay do we have someone in the audience to speak in reference to this case
chair we have mr munkin please let him in
sir please unmute yourself
Mr. Munkin please unmute yourself and state your name
and spell it for the record
Josa Munkin
J-O-S-A
Munkin M-U-N-C-A-N
Thank you do you swear to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Please proceed
I have a shed on a property
that was put about
four and a half years ago
after I purchased the home
it was
put six feet and three inches
from the property line.
I hired a...
exactly what we need is we need you to
first contact our office,
administrative office,
and schedule
a hearing because we have to continue this case
because we only have photos so far
outside of the other additional documents.
What happened to the...
I gave them path plan and I gave them in person I was at the zoning board that and there and I submitted all that stuff.
Yeah, Mr. Munkin, there is a and I had emailed this to you a couple of days ago.
There is a list of documents that you need to submit, not just photos and plans.
So there's a list that you need to submit five days in advance of your hearing.
We did not receive those documents, so this case will need to be continued.
I was at the community, and they had a bad plan and plan for the actual shed, including with the pictures, and they emailed me.
I'm sorry, sir.
This is Tanya Sunkit, the board director.
We have stated you are not prepared to go forward.
Please realize that you must reach out to the office to obtain the proper information to go forward with this case.
Thank you so kindly. Chair, you may continue.
Thank you. So that case will be continued.
We have no other cases for continuances, withdrawals, or no exhibits, Mr. Chair.
You can proceed to the add-ons.
Okay. Thank you so much, Hillary.
So number one on the add-on list, MI-2022-002378, 3107 Clifford Street, Allen-Knockinson.
attorney for owner
Ryan Campbell and Carrie Ewing
Mr. Chair
this case we are announcing a change in the
vote time date and time of the vote
just read what's in the
caps Mr. Chair
sure this case will be now voted on on
Wednesday for a vote
um my vote on this case um we did hear from um the audio the open audience of board members and
uh the planning commission so my vote is yes on this vote mr chair we're not we're not yeah just
read we're not voting this case until next week now the clifford street case it'll now be voted
on wednesday february 15th at 9 30. oh okay okay i see it excuse me that's okay so yeah we'll be
pushing this one over to next week and then mr chair just one change the case that we were
initially going to hear first um we're going to need to push it to the end because of time
constraints so we can go ahead and start with number three on the regular list
Okay, so going on to number three, MI2022-005265-7323, Bryan Street, lead diplomat.
73-23, Bryan Street, Lee Demento, the owner's applicant. This is the second hearing on this
case. This is the second hearing on this case? That's what I have here. Second listing. Oh,
second listening okay um hi this is leah di mateo um l-e-a-h-d-i-m-a-t-t-e-o um start my video here
do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do all right i'm going to pass you off to our board member thomas holliman to
read you off a few questions. Okay. And Mr. Chair, before he does that, let me just read
the refusal into the record. This application is for four-family household living and for
visitor accommodations in an existing structure, no sign included. There are three refusals. The
proposed use visitor accommodations is prohibited in the RSA 3 zoning district. The proposed use
multi-family household living is prohibited in the rsa3 zoning district and no more than
one principal use is allowed in the rsa3 zoning district okay good morning madam good morning did
i'm sorry you're breaking up
I'm sorry.
Can you hear me now?
Yeah, there you go.
You want to try it again, Tom?
There you go.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Did you email all of the existing documents as required?
Did you email the RNCO?
Did you have a letter?
i think you're asking if i have a letter from the rco and the answer is yes yes
i'm sorry i couldn't understand could you say he's breaking up a little bit so
yeah did you email all the required exhibits five days in advance to our offices uh before
Yes I did. All right please proceed and share your screen. Okay so first I just want to
say that when I emailed the exhibits I also requested to withdraw our
application for visitor accommodation only so I just want to proceed with the residential
household living, multifamily, you know, changing it from three to four units.
So here are all of our exhibits. Here's the deed for the property, which we purchased,
my husband and I purchased in August 19, 2022.
I'll just scroll down here.
Do you need me to go through all the exhibits?
Yes, for the most part.
I got the tax certificate.
I didn't see the refusal yet.
Here's the refusal,