correspondence we did have. My client had been reaching out to Achievability, the coordinating
RCO and I think they were going through some sort of leadership change and we kept getting bounced
around and they never scheduled anything so here's what we're going to do we're going to continue one
more time and it'll be mark must be heard and you you will go on then and that way we're going to
ensure that um everybody's notified okay um yeah we're going to make we're going to continue that
until 8-12-26 at 2 p.m.
Thank you, sir.
Number 8, 547 East Shelton Avenue,
which is MI 2026-001-076,
That case is continued until 8-12-26 at 2 p.m.
And number 9, 1635 Church Street, which is MI 2025, 001-087.
That case is continued until 8-12-26 at 2 p.m.
number 15
so number 15 mi 2026 002 327 2450 north 30 street that case is continued until
7-8-26
7-8-26
at 9 a.m., 9.30?
7-8 is today.
What am I doing here?
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Okay, why don't we do that?
We'll call.
Is Dennis up in the audience?
chair i do not see that in the audience
what all right we're going to continue that case until 8 12 26 at 9 30 a.m
oh that would be 2 2 p.m chair 2 p.m okay all right let's look at the
our schedule for today what we just did the schedule let's go to our update our add-ons
what we just did the schedule let's go to our update our add-ons ready
number one mi2026 000 862 3456 rose hill street
at the request of the applicant the board as is reopening the record in this matter
to hold a resumptive hearing for the applicant to present revised plans that address some of
the concerns that the board had raised on june 17th this case will be heard on um tuesday september
15th at 9 30 a.m number two mi 2025 004 126 220 north 50th street i vote yes michael johns my vote
is yes. Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes. Tonella Graham, my vote is yes. I'm McAdams, my vote is yes.
Number three, MI 2025-005-850-416 East Woodland Street.
The board is vacating its prior decision in this matter and revoting to include an amended refusal that reflects the proposal as granted by the board in the prior vote.
I vote yes with proviso per amended refusal dated 6-17-26.
Applicant, the approved use is a lot line adjustment to create three lots from one lot at 416 East Woodland Street and one dwelling unit, single family on each of the lots.
No roof deck or roof deck access structure.
michael johns my vote is yes with provisos cheryl gaster my vote is yes with provisos
tenetta graham my vote is yes with provisos ryan mcadams my vote is yes with provisos
Number 12, MI 2026-001-496-3245 North 27th Street.
Brandy Teller is the owner applicant.
Brandy Talley will be coming in as a panelist.
Hello.
Good afternoon.
Could you please state your name and spell it for the stenographer?
Brandy Talley, B-R-A-N-D-I-T-A-L-L-E-Y.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Our vice chair has just a few questions for you.
Good afternoon.
Have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing?
And I'm just going to summarize why you're here and your refusal, and I'll just ask you to affirm it for me.
So do you agree your application is for Child Care Center, and is this the building, right?
Okay. And you will refuse because the proposed use of the child care center is prohibited
in your RSA 5 donor district. Do you affirm that?
Okay. All right. You can share your screen and proceed to tell us what you're here for
and share your documents.
Okay. So I got to share my documents. All right.
How do I share my screen? What did she say?
I wasn't prepared to share my document. I thought when I submitted it that you already
heard it but let me see how do i stand my screen
oh are we are we help providing help here or
are we are we help providing help here or oh okay all right um so um listen um when you when you come
here right you send your documents in in advance and then you have to present them okay all right
so what's going to have to happen is we're going to have to continue this i can share them i just
on your computer in front of you they're on my yeah i had them in front of me printed out yes
so you want me to do it like that well no no you have to put it on your computer okay so here's
what we're going to do listen we'll hear a couple other cases we'll come back to you okay
okay i'll just start to share just how you share the screen what i'm saying is i'll come back to
you and then by then you're ready to go all right all right thank you sure
number three mi 2026 000 500 45 27 to 31 north broad street alan knockamson or alex
goldberg is the attorney and it's mr goldberg
mr goldberg please state your name and spell for the stenographer alex goldberg a-l-e-x-g-o-l-d-b-e-r-g
do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing about the truth
i do mr goldberg could you identify your client a relationship to the property
sure my client is 4527-31 and broad street llc uh they are the owners of the property and its
representatives eric rays and lawrence callickman are in the virtual audience our vice chair has
just a few questions good afternoon um have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days
in advance of this hearing i have and do you waive the reading of the refusals and stipulate to their
accuracy i do okay all right thank you can share your screen and proceed with your case
okay all right my screen is up so this is an application to legalize two signs one accessory
and one non-accessory at this location this is a cmx two and a half zone property at the corner
of north broad and bellfield ave in the building structure that the signs that you're seeing on
your screen is a personal care home for which the sign on the right advertises. So that would be the
accessory sign. You can see it's called For the Seniors. There are tenants there by a building
that is owned by, again, 4527-31 and Broad Street LLC, which has a non-accessory sign for a law firm
on the left side. This obviously you can see is a large wall face. They've had issues with
graffiti over the years. This has helped deter some of that, although they still have had to
spend a significant amount of money removing it. And we are seeking refusals for the size,
the location, and the use of the signs, right? You can't have, according to the code, a non-accessory
sign you could have the accessory one but the law firm one um is technically um you know falls under
a different zoning category um there has been signage of this location for a significant amount
of time um you'll see photos of that um going back to the to 2009 um we met with logan civic
association they supported this application four to one we met with them on june 8th just honestly
were happy that we had made an investment in the building structure over the course of the
ownership, which is since 2019. They've added new windows, did a gut renovation, new paint,
removed graffiti, and obviously the signage that you can see. This is along Broad Street,
as you can imagine. Signage of this nature is not out of character. You can see more so the
billboard type um um but you know not not any um smaller than the building than the than the
signage that we're proposing here's a zoning map again you can see we're a corner property here
the signage that we're asking to legalize is facing our own lot this is not um signage that
is along the street frontage of the property um there's a parking lot that is sort of the tip of
this triangular parcel and the wall that we have faces that parking parcel. Here's a Google Maps
perspective. Here's some photographs. So this is what the signage looks like.
Here's some photographs. So this is what the, this is, this is what the signage looks like. Alan wanted to handle this case because, you know, he aligned with the left side, but I told him I would handle it.
um this is this is this is the signage from 2019 it was actually the same two businesses but older
versions of of the same two older signage of the same two businesses that had been there
in this you know pretty much size and form for seven years and then going back to 2009 prior
to my client owning the property there was also signage on this wall i assume over the course of
the existence of this building with no building structure.
It is an attractive location because Broad Street is busy
and it's a large flat surface.
This is the front of the property on North Broad Street.
This is it from Belfield.
Posting photos to the right on North Broad and to the left.
Then here's Belfield.
Here's the plans and drawings.
So I'll zoom in here so you can see.
Both signs are 22 feet wide.
one of the signs the sign on the left for the law firm is 22 feet tall so perfect square the
one on the right for the personal care home is 23 feet six inches tall so slightly tall
longer but they both sort of hang from the the top of the building structure at night the sign
has very minor down facing lighting there's no illumination behind the signage or from underneath
of it or facing sort of outward. It's tasteful and was, you know, reported as not a disturbance
from the community group that, you know, we met in front of. And by the way, the personal care home
that this property advertises for has been in this neighborhood for a long time and serves
2,500 people in North Philadelphia. And after speaking to them, they think that, you know,
this has been very helpful in the success of their business, getting the word out about them.
Here is the RCO meeting notice, again, we met with them on June 8th.
Mailing certificates, here is the application for the variance, deed to the property, and
the certificate of tax compliance.
If Eric raise could raise his virtual hand.
Do we see Eric?
eric is coming in now thank you
i see him there sam yep okay
Eric we're not getting any audio from you is this better yes it is thank you very much
could you state your name and spell for the stenographer my full name is Arkady A-R-K-A-D-Y
Last name is Reyes, but I'm known as Eric Reyes as a shorthand.
T-R-I-C-R-E-Y-Z.
All right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Counsel?
Eric, did you hear my testimony today?
I did.
Was it true and correct?
It was.
And do you adopt it as your own?
Thank you.
Questions from the board.
um i guess my question is that all along there seems to be changes with these signs
from the past that you've shown and they seem to be getting bigger and bigger so um
how far away from the residences are they let me go back to the zoning map
and there's some mixed use residential living along broad street and residential use on on
sort of streets adjacent to us i don't have the exact linear measurement um but we are sort of
at a very busy intersection as you can see on the on the zoning map on the screen the code would not
see on the on the zoning map on the screen the code would not allow us to have specifically the
allow us to have specific
non-accessory sign 300 feet away right that rule does not apply to the to the personal care home
one we i think the sign is the sign right i mean i'm not sure but even the one that's accessory
is a little large they're both larger than the code allows that is correct yes all right and
then you said there was some lighting there is some and eric correct me if i'm wrong here there
is some um minor down lighting from the top of the building structure um that assists with lighting
the parking lot and the signage am i describing that correctly that's correct and is that on
from like when dust to was oh sure eric is that does that come on with with timers or
or does that how does how do those function i am not quite certain um but i i think that there is
a timing device that operates based on whenever the time changes to whatever whenever it becomes dark
gotcha okay and um how how how are these affixed to the building
I believe that there are specific screws that affix them, but I wasn't present at the installation, so I think it would be difficult for me to explain anything more than that.
yeah it's it's like a lightweight mesh material and if i can zoom in here you can kind of see it
they're basically it's basically pinned to the the the you know the party wall there
tight so that it has no ripple effect um you know and can be repaired if necessary or
you know weatherproof things like that okay other questions thank you yeah real quick
But are those the only two signs or they will be interchanged or the signs that change?
We have no intention to interchange them.
And the lights on the roof are for the parking lot.
Correct.
And you can actually, yes, correct.
You can see them up there.
Other questions from the board?
Questions from our attorney?
No questions at this time.
questions or comments from the virtual audience
any hands
planning commission amy boy with the planning commission a y b o y d do you swear or affirm
to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do please proceed the comprehensive