Thank you.
Okay, Chair, we have 27 attendees, and we can start as you wish.
Sure, thank you.
Good morning.
My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning as EBA hearings.
With me is Carol Tenere, our vice chair.
Present, Mr. Chair.
Hi. Ishmael Shaheed, our board secretary.
President, Mr. Chairman.
And Thomas Holloman, our board member.
President, Mr. Chairman.
Morning. Also here is Hillary Emerson, our board attorney, and Lakeisha Dandy, the ZBA supervisor.
Before we begin, here's our virtual format.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded.
By participating, your knowledge agreement will be recorded.
The video will be available by contacting TanyaSunkett at phil.gov.
For the benefit of our court sonographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating by phone, if you wish to testify, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
to enter appearance statement call 267-270-5548 leave your email and the address of the property
in question and finally the question answer box on the screen is not for comments or testimony
any comments should be directed to our executive director tanya something now let's take a look
at our continuances for this morning's cases. Don't even say. Number one, MI 2022-003-757-2048-2024-28
North 22nd Street. That case is continued. Number two, MI 2022. Hello? 003-769-10206
Busselton Avenue. That case is continued. Number six, MI 2022, 003-781-1820 West
Burke Street. That case is continued, along with case number seven, MI-2022-003-780-1916,
Burke Street, and number 12, MI-2022-003-782-3907 to 11 North Reece Street. That case is continued.
Is there any questions or comments relative to those cases I've just called for continuance?
Good morning, Chair. This is Fatina L., and I see no hands, sir.
Thank you. Are there any other requests for continuance?
I see no hands, Chair.
Thank you. I also have a number of cases that don't have exhibits.
MI 20 number four MI 2022 003 779 122 West Susquehanna Avenue this is the first listing
no exhibits Daniel Barron is the listed applicant
I see no here this year so MI 2022 003 779 122 West Susquehanna
Avenue. That case is continued. Number five, MI 2022-003-765-5027 Rising Sun Avenue. Cedric Allen
is the applicant. No exhibits. First listing. Chair, we have Mr. Allen.
sir please unmute mr allen could you shake state your name please
and spell for the court reporter good morning my name is cedric allen c-e-d-r-i-c
a-l-l-e-n right do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but
A-L-L-E-N.
Right. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I see where you went to the RCO, but we do not have any exhibits for you, Mr. Allen.
When you say exhibits, is it the documentation you asked to email in?
We emailed him in. Maybe we emailed him to the wrong place.
What place did you email it to?
I don't have it on hand, but my wife emailed it to the email that we had from the documentation that was sent to my email.
Should I continue it and get it right?
What's the best course of action?
Can we just place this on hold so we can just check that?
Mr. Allen, what we're going to do is we'll place this on hold, and then we'll try to figure out where it is if it's here.
Jason, can you check the RCO ZBA box for the exhibits and just let me know, please?
Okay, Mr. Allen.
Mr. Allen, we'll get back to you.
So you want me to stay on hold or just?
Just stay on the line and we'll call you back in.
Okay, so number 11 is no exhibits.
It's MI-2022-003-784-9481 Woodridge Road.
Samaya Sampson is the owner applicant.
No exhibits.
This is the first listing.
Mr. Chair, what number is that?
Number 11.
Oh, okay.
So you jumped to there.
I see no handshare.
So MI-2022-003-784-9481 Woodbridge Road, that case is continued.
And then number 13, MI-2022-004-471-4836 North Fairhill Street, there's no exhibits,
first listing, Davida Fleming is the applicant.
i see no issue so mi2022 004 471 4836 north fair hill street that case is continued so what we're
going to do is we're going to start the cases after the first case we'll check back to see
where we stand with that one that we have no exhibits for okay because i don't want to leave
the applicant on the phone all day long. So number three is our first case, MI 2022-001-683-1340
Green button on the bottom.
We thought you had this in front of you.
Take us one second.
We had the documents open on a different computer thinking we were just referring to them.
I didn't realize we had to share a screen. I apologize.
Mr. Byrne, can you get it on the other computer?
I have it on my other computer right now. I have it in front of me, yeah.
It's just we didn't know we'd have to share it with you. We thought we were just
referring to it, so we had it up on the other computer for ease.
Okay, so only one should testify, okay? Sorry.
You don't have to be sorry. You don't have to be sorry.
Can you bring it up on the other computer?
I have it on my other computer, yeah.
So, Mr. Byrne, let me say this.
If it's going to take you a while to do it, we'll just come back to you, okay?
So, why don't you get set with the other computer, and we'll call you in about 5, 10 minutes, all right?
Okay, I'll call it.
Thank you.
You have to log on to Zoom onto that computer, so you'll be able to share it.
Yeah, we can pull the document up on the computer that we're on right now.
um it'll just take us a second okay all right thank you we'll get back we can come yeah i'm
sorry yeah i apologize all right we'll call back okay go out and come back in we'll call you all
right so let's move to number eight mi 2022 003 808 705 crestview road parcel a melissa joseph
is the applicant, a letter of non-opposition from the Upper Roxburgh Civic Association.
Good morning, Ms. Joseph.
Chair, Ms. Joseph is coming back in as a panelist. Sorry for the delay.
Thank you. Fine. No, it's fine.
Ms. Joseph, please unmute yourself.
Yes. Good morning. Thank you.
Good morning, Ms. Joseph. Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Sure. Melissa Joseph. M-E-L-I-S-S-A-J-O-S-E-P-H.
Right. Do you swear for them to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
All right. So our vice chair has a few questions for you, and she'll read into the record what your case entails. Okay?
Good morning. Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral,
voters under plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing, and have you met with the RCO, and do you have a letter?
Yes. Okay, great. This application is for two accessory surface parking spaces for an existing and expanded structure. The addition is under construction, and this is to be used as a single-family household. Size and location is shown on the application. No change to addition previously approved.
one use refusal exists surface parking spaces are prohibited in the required front side and rear
yards whereas the proposed two surface parking spaces are located within the required 25 foot
front setback as per table 14-701-1 in the rsd-3 residential zoning district there's also a letter
of Non-Opposition from the Upper Roxborough Civic Association, you may begin by sharing your screen.
It's about that little green button, right, Mr. Chairman? I got that in my head.
So I have all my documents that I sent.
Sure. So why don't you know, it's always easy if you can. Why don't you start
with a picture give us an idea what it looks like sure
so this is my current house with the addition
it's not up yet we're waiting
let me see actually i may pull up a better one for you
So it's not, it doesn't appear to be coming up.
so it's not it doesn't appear to be coming up
Excuse me, ma'am, you would need to just stop sharing and then share this screen once it has the picture open that you want to show.
I understand. Thank you.
So this is my current with the addition and where we would like the driveway to the right of the addition.
okay um
why don't you show us what the area looks like do you have any photos of the area
like other places in the in the area did at one point take how about the front of the house you
have a shot of the front of the house this edition's in the rear right no it's on the
on the right hand side so this is the front of the house oh okay all right and then on the if
you're looking at the house on the right is where we added the addition okay all right and then where
where do your party line is sure sure listen we can only take one person testifying so melissa
you could just explain that's fine i don't know okay um what other photos do you have of the
property i just took these three um do i have to stop sharing and reshare every time i change
my screen it depends how you shared um okay yes give it a try and we can let you know is this
so i only took three um well that's fine that's fine let's see what else that okay
so this is the this is the side of the house
and then i just took two of the front i think you saw kind of they're they're the same
and here's the other one where's the front door of the right behind mr frosty
oh okay all right all right that's a good way to describe it thank you very much
sure i need to do gardening okay all right so what you're what you're saying is you want to
park your cars on the side of the house here yes behind the fence what street is that there
so our our front our front door is on crestview and then the side door is on henry ave
oh okay all right i know what it's okay thank you um
questions from the board no mr chairman is is that a garage there no garage
thanks okay um questions or comments from the virtual audience
i see no yes chair and melissa just for a point upper rocksborough has approved this
Correct. Yes. Planning Commission.
Good morning, board. Sarah Bond, City Planning Commission, S-A-R-A-H-B-A-N-H.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes. Proceed. Oh, I'm sorry. Well, good. Proceed.
Okay. The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing residential single-family zoning at this location.
The proposed use of accessory surface parking spaces is consistent with nearby properties on this block.
The City Planning Commission recommends that the Zoning Board grant the variance.
Thank you. MI 2022-003-808-705 Crestwood Road, Parcel A, I vote yes.
Carl Tenere, my vote is yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Ms. Joseph, you have your variances, okay?
Thank you very much.
Oh, sure, sure.
Do we want to go back and take a look at the 1340 East Columbia Avenue, John Byrne, MI2022001683?
Mr. Byrne?
he's coming in as a panel this year thank you
yes we're here hi mr burn you've already been sworn with you know could you we want
to see your photo again please just so we know what you're testifying yes right here
Thank you.
okay Mr. Byrne uh are you ready to proceed with your computer you've been sworn we know
everything about your case so why don't you why don't you if you could bring up a photo
of your property at least it gives us an idea of what we're looking at okay
I guess we're pulling it up right now okay take your time
sorry this is no no no you don't have to be sorry can you see this we cannot
have you hit the screen button the green button in the bottom yes
are you working with this is Pauline from IT are you working with one or two computer monitors
uh just one okay and when you click share screen does it give an option
pop up to pick different documents or different views?
If so, you just pick the document that is the one you want to share.
So when you hit share screen, what do you see on your end?
I'm sorry.
It's not bringing up.
So I downloaded the document.
It's just not giving me the option to share that particular one.
And do you have it open?
It's open.
It is open.
The document is open.
The only thing I can think is if you try to leave the Zoom and come back in, but have
your document open on your computer when you do that.
Yeah, I don't know why it's not.