My vote is yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
Jane Snell, my vote is yes.
Mr. Snell, can you certify on this case as well as the next two?
Thank you.
Absolutely.
I certified that I watched the video and ready to vote on this case.
And as I stated, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
Number three, MI-2023-0049302100 Diamond Street.
My vote is yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
thank you certify mr okay do it for this one okay uh yeah we have to vote them separately
watch the video and ready to vote on this case and as i just stated my vote is yes
thank you thank you commissioner snow uh number four mi-2023-004929 2033 north 22nd street
my vote is yes
My vote is yes. Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes. James Snell, my vote is yes.
Thomas Holloman
my vote is yes
You got a certification one more time. Sorry. Sorry. I certify that I have watched the video
from this case and I'm ready to vote on this case and my vote is yes. Sorry about that.
No problem. Thank you very much. Thank you, Isha. Mr. Chairman. So, yes, I'm going back. So,
So number five, MI 2023, 005-146-4315 Boone Street.
I vote appeal denied.
James Snell, my vote is appeal denied.
Ishmael?
Yeah, I couldn't turn my mute back off.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is appealed tonight.
And number...
Hold on a minute.
I'll be right with you.
Number six.
MI 2023-005-346-4315 Boone Street.
I vote yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Do it again, Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
And number seven, MI-2023-004-606-3593, Primrose, my vote is yes, and that's Ishmael and James Snell again.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
We're going to move to our regular list.
Number two.
M.I. 2023-005-629-1901 Chessna Street.
Joseph Vaccaro is the attorney.
Letter of non-opposition from the Center City Residents Association.
Joseph Vaccaro is in as a panelist.
Mr. Vaccaro, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Let me try this again. Good afternoon. May it please the board, Joseph Vaccaro, VA, CCARO, Attorney ID 83366, on behalf of the applicant, Oak Berry.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Mr. Holloman, could you do a quick follow-up? Ishmael had to get off the phone real quick.
good afternoon good afternoon counsel good afternoon mr hollivan do you agree to waive
the reading of the refusal or referral and stipulate to his accuracy yes i do did you email
all the exhibits and documents as required five days in advance to this hearing yes i did with
the exception of the letter of non-opposition which i received over the weekend so that was
sent no later than monday thank you thank you please proceed and share your screen thank you
very much
We're doing 1901 Chestnut, correct?
We are, sir.
This is an application for a special exception to permit Oakberry
to run its store, which sells acai bowls and smoothies.
If I could show you the
photos of what the store looks like.
Then I'll share my screen.
Can you see the zoning notice?
We do see it, sir.
Okay, so I got the right one.
So I put up the zoning notice.
This is what the store looks like.
This is the inside.
This is the inside. Obviously, my client still has to clean up the place.
Obviously, my client still.
I'll show you the, there's no access to the back, so there will not be any photos of the back of
the building. I'm going to pull the nutrition fact booklet, showing some of the products that
would be sold i could just
how do i i'm looking for the screen again so i could share that screen uh can you can you see
the nutrition fact booklet you gotta roll it up i mean we see the front page okay yes but you see
that okay yeah okay that's basically the products selling in one in nine ounce bowls 12 ounce bowls
and 16 ounce bowls and 24 ounce bowls with the nutritional information uh essentially the hours
of operation would be seven days a week from nine to eight and as mr brandstatter who's in on the
meeting, they have stores in Florida, Washington, D.C., Chicago, all the major cities, and they're
looking to open up two locations in Philadelphia. One location at 1901 Chestnut, the other location,
which is coming up later on on today's list, at 1206 Walnut. Essentially, this is nutritious,
fast food. If the board
happens to have any questions
I could bring in Mr. Branstadter
in on the call.
Well, why don't you bring him in to adopt your testimony?
Sure. Mr. Branstadter
can you raise your hand?
Is that Alexander Branstadter? Yes, ma'am.
okay i will allow him to speak now mr brandstatter
can you hear me sir could you state your name and spell please for the court stenographer
okay can you hear me we can okay my name is alex alexandre brandstatter it's a l e x a n
B-R-A-N-D-S
T-A-T-T-E-R
Right. Do you swear or affirm
to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Proceed, counsel.
Thank you. Mr. Brandstatter, did you hear
my presentation?
Yeah, I saw.
Would you adopt it
as your own, as if you were testifying
yourself?
We are...
Start by saying yes.
Ah, yes, I'm sorry.
And what else do you have to add about your store and your operation?
We are bringing, just as a small store, we are bringing health fast food to the U.S.
We have more than 600 stores around the world, and we just started in the U.S.
in the west we had 20 stores and we hope we can open two stores in philly
uh our main goal is to bring a health fast food for for the people in the city
okay all right um and this is an application for a special exception
right i understand hillary we're going to do these separately right
um yes we get because they're they're different addresses different rcos
Thank you. Sure. Questions from the board? No, Mr. Chairman. No, Chair.
Questions or comments from our attorney, Hillary Emerson?
Just a quick comment, Mr. Chair. The refusal was a little bit confusing about the proposed use because it kind of mixed a couple of different eating and drinking establishment uses together.
so um i had prepared a proviso just to clarify the takeout restaurant yep did you hear that
thank you all right questions or comments from the virtual audience
there are no hands chair planning commission
good afternoon chair peter bernard for the planning commission
do you swear just just for the record peter spell your name yes my name is spelled p-e-t-e-r
b as in boy a as an apple r as in roger n as a nancy a as an apple r as in roger d as in dog
Do you swear a friend to tell the truth told you nothing but the truth?
do you swear a friend tell the truth told you nothing about the truth i do
I do, Chair.
We'll be right back.
Please proceed.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing CMX-4 commercial mixed use at this location.
We feel the proposed use would have no more impact than what could reasonably be expected.
Accordingly, we recommend the Board grant the special exemption.
Thank you.
So MI 2023-005-629-1901 Chester Street, I vote yes with proviso.
Approved use is a takeout restaurant.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes with proviso.
James Snell, my vote is yes with proviso.
Thank you.
Mr. Vaccaro, we're going to go right to four while you're here.
Thank you.
Thank you.
MI 2023-005-628-1206 Walnut Street, Center's Recommendation of Non-Opposition from Washington Square West Civic Association, Letter of Non-Opposition from Council Member Squilla.
I think you sent this in with the other one, so I want to just start presenting.
Thank you very much. Again, this is an application. This is an appeal because we need to have
a special exception for the proposed use. We already are using the property. I could show
you the photo. Can you see the photo? We see the zoning notice. Okay. That's a photo of the zoning
notice. Scrolling down here, they're already in operation. Here's the front of the store.
Yeah, we see it.
So that's the front of the store.
That's the inside of the store.
I'll slow down here.
The inside of the store going down.
Here we have access to the back, so you'll be seeing a photo of the back and the back office.
This is the back.
okay and i already showed you in the previous presentation the uh nutritional facts and
let's see other i i think our attorney has a question for you hillary why don't you go right
away yeah no i did i did have a question on this one um because i was a little confused between
the pictures and the drawings how much seating was provided because the refusal may have the
wrong use on it depending on the number of seats that are being provided well uh there are no seats
in the store itself um the store is being used solely as takeout and and and maybe if i could
i could bring in mr brandstad or just to confirm that okay yes that that would be helpful because
the one the drawings showed that there were tables with some chairs and then but then the photos it
just kind of had that seating to wait for your order so it didn't have any like sit down any
sit down portion to it right there it's not being used as a sit down and and we could bring in mr
brandstatter that would be yeah that would be great if you could confirm thank you okay
any other questions from the board before we bring in mr brandstatter well why don't you
bring him in bring him in okay mr brandstatter could you yes okay do you need to swear him in
again mr chairman no no just state his name that's all he just states his name it's alexander
brand starter yep and i can confirm it's not it's not sitting no no seat inside just take out
all right thank you so much that that that me they could the category is then correct that
they had on their refusal so thank you thank you thank you questions from the board questions from
the board no mr chairman no chair questions or comments from the virtual audience
no hands chair cleaning commission
good afternoon chair peter bernard for the planning commission
the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing cmx5 commercial mixed use
at this location. We feel the proposed use would have no more impact than what could reasonably
be expected. Accordingly, we recommend the board grant the special exemption.
Thank you. MI 2023-005-628-1206, Walnut Street, I vote yes.
Thomas Holliman, I vote yes. Jane Snell, my vote is yes.
Thank you, Mr. Vaccaro.
Thank you. That concludes my business. May I be excused?
Thank you. You can, sir.
Have a good one. Thank you.
Thank you.
Number three, MI2023004.
Number three, MI-2023-004874, 906 North Front Street.
Alan Nockamson is the attorney.