Good morning.
Yeah, remember, we just have to wait a little bit for people to come in.
Yeah, we're going to wait and Tanya will give us, or Yvette will give us a green light.
It's Fatina, Chair.
Oh, Fatina, I apologize.
No worries.
So who's chair? Who's the host?
I'm supposed to be the host, Tanya
Yes, that's what I said
Oh, I'm sorry, I was mistaken, I'm sorry
No worries
So it is Yvette
Yes, I'm co-hosting
Vice Chair
Thank you.
his testimony on? Psych, no. Chair, we're ready to go forward. Thank you.
Good morning, everyone. My name is Frank DiCicco. I'm the Chair of the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
I'll be participating in today's hearing along with our Vice Chair, Ms. Carol Tenere,
Board Secretary, Confessor Plaza, and Board Member, Mr. Thomas Holloman.
Board Administrator Ms. Yvette Benton and Board Attorney Rebecca Cole are also in attendance.
For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of our virtual hearings,
I'll go through some of the basics of what you can expect.
First, we will be administering oaths to individual participants prior to their testimony.
Second, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded
and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded
and that the recording will be made available to the public on the web or otherwise.
Third, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify,
you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
I repeat, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify,
you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
Finally, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address
and the address of the property at issue. I'll repeat that. To enter an appearance statement,
call google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue
i would also like to remind everyone please do not attempt to testify in the chat
all comments should be made directly to our board administrator ms yvette benton
and also before i forget mr kelly our court reporter if at any time you need a break
please let us know having said that the first add-on case is MI 2021-000994-1201 West
Gerrard Avenue my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes thank you as for our
regular list. I will read off the continuance requests that we've had so far. Number six on
our list, page two, is MI2020-002439, 2401 North 33rd Street. Number seven on our list,
MI 2020-002-420-2549.5 North 32nd Street, number nine on our list, MI 2020-002-421-3110 West York Street.
if anyone disagrees with those continuance that have just been read into the record please raise
your hand only if you disagree with the request for those continuances raise your hand at this
Raise your hand at this time.
time so we have richard de marco
Chair, we have Richard DeMarco with his hand up.
Mr. DeMarco, you can unmute yourself and speak now.
Please identify yourselves by your full name and I'll square you in.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Can you hear me okay?
Richard DeMarco, D-E-M-A-R-C-O.
I'm here on 1947 North 24th Street, requesting a continuance.
we do not have an rco letter or meeting i just okay thank you number two on our list
only those cases that i read in if there's a concern for those continue oh sorry
mi 2020-002261-1947 north 24th street is continued anyone have any
disagreement with the continued cases that have been read into the record so far.
Please raise your hand.
There are no hands at this time, Chair.
Thank you.
And I will now ask if anyone would like to have a case continued or withdrawn,
please raise your hand at this time.
If you'd like to request a continuance or withdrawal,
please raise your hand at this time.
Chair, we have slown folks with this hand up.
Mr. Folks, you can unmute yourself and speak now.
Good morning, Mr. Folks.
Please identify yourself, spell your name, and I'll swear you will.
Good morning, Chairman Chico and ZBA Board.
My name is Sloan Folks, S-L-O-A-N-E-F-S and Fire, O-L-K-S.
Office of Councilman Maria Quinonez Sanchez, Rule 508, City Hall.
We're firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
I do, sir. Thank you.
I am, on behalf of case number HA2020-002952, our office is requesting a contingent...
Hold on a minute, Mr. Folks. What's the address?
Yeah, I'm sorry. 4513 Tacowana Street.
Okay, so that's... Okay, 4513 Tacowana.
There were no exhibits, so it probably would have been continued anyway. So MI 2020-002200-4513 Takawana Street is continued.
Thank you, sir.
Any other requests for continuances or withdrawals?
Chair, we have a... Okay, she had her hand up. She put it down. There are no hands at this time. Now she put it back up again.
Ms. Shoshana Bricklin. Ms. Bricklin, you can unmute yourself and speak now.
Good morning, Ms. Bricklin.
Ms. Bricklin, please spell your full name.
S-H-O-S-H-A-N-A-B-R-I-C-K-L-I-N.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
This is on behalf of, this is 1518 West Tioga Street.
uh the packet just came to you and we're wondering whether or not we should have it
continue we are prepared to go forward but if you are not prepared to go forward we would
um be amenable to the continuance and that's my my understanding is we have not received the
exhibits in a timely manner therefore we'll continue the case thank you thank you mi 2020
20-002-408-1518 West Tioga is continued. Any other requests, continuance, or withdrawals?
Chair, we have Baditsa Cadillo. Mr. Cadillo, you can unmute yourself and speak now.
Morning, sir. Please spell your full name and I'll swear you in.
No, no, no, no. I have nothing to say. I'm sorry. My mistake.
No problem. Anyone else?
here we have no other hands at this time thank you i think carol we can proceed with case number three
carol miss canary
i'll call it off mi 2020-002259 2141 east harold street
Mr. Mulvihill, I believe, is the attorney.
Mr. Mulvihill is coming back and is a panelist now, Chair.
Carol, I read the case in number three, waiting for Mr. Mulvihill.
Thank you so much.
Good morning, Chairman and members of the board, Leo Mulvihill.
Good morning, Mr. Mulvihill.
Can you put your name and address on the record and spell your last name, please?
Leo Mulvihill, M as in Michael
Leo Mulvihill, M as in Michael, UL, V as in Victor, I-H-I-L-L. Address 213 Green Street, 1st floor, Philadelphia, 19123.
UL, D as in Victor, I-H-I-L-L
Thank you. Do you swear or affirm to tell all the truth and nothing but the truth?
Do you also agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, refusal, or referral,
vote is 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 thank you you may proceed thank you members of the board just
to be clear this is for 2139 and 2141 East Herald Street I just ask they both be heard together as
they're essentially the same application so 2259 was read in already
is that correct mr malvahill or were they both right in no only only 2141 east harold was right
in 2139 should also be right in it was my mistake sorry about that calendar number calendar number
mi 2020 002258 2139 east harold street number two both cases received letters of support from
the RCO yes members of the board just one moment my zoning packet has disappeared let me find that
real quick so I may share it with the members of the board and while I do that members of the board
this is a application for the legalization of two existing two family structures at the address as
shown let's see all right I believe my screen is currently shared
oh one moment members of the board it disappeared on me again
there we are now members of the board i just want to ensure that everybody can see the zoning
packet that i have up on the screen
all right members of the board so this is a petition uh for 2139 and 2141
east harold street the applicant in this case is john laychock who's on the line as part of this
packet i had the refusal appeal and project information forms of page one area zoning maps
at page 15 deeds at 16 tax clearance information at 26 our notification letter is at 29 our letter
of support from east kensington neighbors association is at 32 i have photos of property
beginning at page 34 and plans at 61 so members of the board john laychock lives on this block he
has these two family dwellings, which have been in existence for quite some time now on the block,
and this is just a legalization. I'll show the area zoning map so we have some understanding
as to where we're looking at. This is in the East Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.
We're located in between Martha Street and Trenton Avenue. Directly, the parcels are indicated in
blue on the page 15, where I'm indicating currently with my cursor, and at the top with that blue pen.
Again, we are in the middle of an RSA 5 block. We have an IRMX, a multifamily building across the street. We have some RM1 at the end of the block as well.
Just showing the deeds to property at page 16 and at 21.
It's my client's tax clearance information. For whatever reason, the certificates were not working, but we're showing that there's zero taxes due on the properties.
This is our zoning notification letter that was sent out via Zoom, our proof of mailing
at page 31, and our letter of support, 23 in favor, three non-opposition, one in opposition,
letter dated February 1, 2020 for these two properties.
So here are the photos of the properties members of the board.
I'll show you in a moment these are our zoning signs that were posted on the properties.
They're two two-story single-family homes have been used as two-family dwellings for
quite some time. My client renovated them himself and as I said they've been used for a number of
years as two-family dwellings. My client didn't realize they needed to be legalized and that's
why we're here today. These are the multi-family buildings across the street as I discussed earlier.
new construction down the block
and these are the two structures i have interior photos of the properties as well beginning at page
each of the properties has a washer dryer in the units there's no bedrooms in the basement they're
used for storage and mechanicals and laundry for the first floor unit there's a deck for outdoor
area for the second floor unit, second floor bathroom, ground story.
ground story and here's the existing structure showing the plans members of
the board so again we have two two story two family dwellings you have the
layout here members of the board so on the first floor we have a kitchen the
front living room to the rear bedroom to the back it's a one bedroom unit and
that's for both of the units going up to the second floor same layout kitchen
in the front, living room to the rear, pardon me, living room in the middle, bedroom to the rear
with that deck for exterior access from the second story units. That's an outdoor space.
We do have a rep room or an unfinished basement as seen in this photo, which is page 60 of my zoning
packet. And members of the board, due to the fact my clients had these for a number of years,
has had tenants in there, and lives on the block himself and takes due care of the properties
Other than getting these legalized, we have full support from the community.
There's a hardship using these as single-family homes,
because they are already two-family dwellings.
And, Mike, in the immediate area, we do have significant multifamily dwellings already present.
So, members of the board, I'd ask you to grant the variance with full community support.
Mr. Lechok, if you're on the line, would you please introduce yourself,
state your name, spell your last name for the record?
mr laychalk you can unmute yourself and speak now
sir please identify yourself spell your full name and i'll swear you in
mr laychalk are you on the line
maybe having some technical issues so as an officer to court will stipulate your client
would adopt your testimony. Thank you. Having said that, any questions from the board? No.
No. Anyone else would like to testify in this case? If so, please raise your hand.
There are no hands at this time, Chair. Thank you. MI 2020-002259-2141 East Harrell Street
and MI 2020-00-225821, I'm sorry, forgot to ask the planning commission, apologize,
planning commission. Morning, Chair DeChico, Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning
Commission, that's H-E-G-A-R-T-Y. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth,
nothing but the truth? Yes, sir, I do. Please proceed. The comprehensive plan recommends no
change to the single family zoning on these properties the properties are converted to
two-family use without permits at an unknown date but given the lack of complaints or objections from
your neighbors and the minimal impact on the neighborhood the city planning commission
recommends that the board grant the variances in each case very much and again i apologize for
not acknowledging it sooner mi 2020-002259 2141 east harold and mi 2020-002258
2139 east harold my vote is yes on both my vote is yes on both yes to both yes to both
Before I call the next case, I failed to mention on the add-on, MI 2020-001115, 2504 East York Street.
We were holding that for discussion in today's executive session.
We're going to hold it one more week.
The board will have a discussion next Wednesday at 930, in our executive session at 930 next Wednesday.
I said that we can go to number five calendar number 2020 000233 2241 north 15th street
the attorney is Alan Nockamson
letter of opposition from the Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation
Mr. Nockamson if you're here can you please raise your hand