but you would not have housing approval if you didn't have zoning approval. And also at the
RCO meeting that we did have, there was no objection voiced by anyone about the number of units.
And in fact, one of the nearest occupants did express approval for the 12 units. And
we, all units will be one bedroom units. They will have, you know, up-to-date amenities.
There was concern about a dumpster. We have a location for a dumpster, which we're going to
show you, which we did not have at the first RCO meeting, but which we will present to them.
Can you go to the pictures where we have the dumpster location?
Can you go to the pictures where we have?
So we do have a location for the dumpster.
We also have a, which we did get, and which we will present at this upcoming RCO meeting,
a contract with a private trash collection company.
we will have storage for trash inside the building.
And we also have a person that lives in the neighborhood
that we will have patrolling the property
and making sure that there's no issues
with trash or debris.
Okay, that was one of the things
that the community was concerned about
at the first meeting.
And this is on near public transportation, so there is a music.
Can you not hear me now?
I'm sorry.
This is on, there are several public transportation routes near this particular property and it's
on 52nd Street in West Philadelphia, which is a very wide street and there's parking
from on either side, although at the meeting that we did have, there was no concern expressed
about parking issues. So if my client is on the line, he can confirm what I've said. I'm not,
I can't see. So many people, I can't see whether they're on the line.
If he could virtually raise his hand, that way I can allow him to speak.
okay um and one is on the phone so i'm not sure how they uh can participate okay we have several
calling users. I can try to search them by name. What's the last name of your client again, please?
It should be C-H-A-I-M.
Okay, we have a Chang, but we don't have a Chan. Okay, and the other one would be Miesels, M-I-E-S-E-L-S.
so if they don't raise their hand then they're not available okay all right um i you know all
i can say is that we um i am as an attorney and an officer of the court and of course one who's
appeared before the board before i can um just say that what i have presented to you is what
is true and accurate according to what we have submitted and what I've discussed with the head
of the coordinating RCO in terms of the issues that came up during the first meeting that we
had with them. And if there are any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
I had to unmute myself.
Does the board have any questions?
And again, we're just asking that you hold this.
We're supposed to, my understanding is the meeting is supposed to be on Monday, the 24th of May at 7 p.m.
and uh so and then we will submit um that the letter uh to you um okay that'll be great there'll
be no testimony that day just the letter plan do i get planning commission or do i wait hi ann
yes yes excuse me this is sharon if i can just put on the record that i checked and the property is
tax compliance so there's no need to submit anything else on that thank you okay great
planning commission good morning uh mr tenari ian hegarty with the philadelphia city planning
commission h-e-g-a-r-t-y you may oh no you may not proceed you have do you swear or from
you may oh no you may not proceed you have do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth yes ma'am i do thank you okay i either forget to call planning commission
or i forget to swear you in wherefore i know um members of the board comprehensive plan
recommends a zoning map change to rsa 5 at this location however the proposed use is consistent
with documented prior uses on the property and the interior partitions of the existing
property um so the city planning commission would recommend that the board grant the variance
okay thank you sorry madam chair may i interject sure you may being as though this is a resumption
to allow only the letter to be written to the record could you just check to make sure there's
no other parties who wish to speak regarding sure sure is there anyone else here in virtual
land who would like to speak and if so please raise your hand
I see no hands, Madam Chair.
I had asked Mr. Benjamin if he could maybe be on.
He's the head of the coordinating RCO, but I didn't hear from him that he would be able to participate.
Okay, then we will see you next week.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All right. Bye-bye.
calendar number 0654 1455 north 29th street the attorney is frank turner
and madam chair if we could just confirm for the next for the previous case that this will be
resumed next wednesday at 9 30 simply for reading the letter from the rco into the record and then
voted yes and you just did that thank you very much thank you okay
mr turner yes i'm here hi can you put your name and address on the record and spell your last
name please uh certainly my name is frank turner uh last name t-u-r-n-e-r can everyone hear me okay
i've had some issues with my uh yeah not well your your voice is very very low can you make
it louder or get closer to getting closer and um i should also be able to um start my video because
i do have uh some documents that i can share um now here we go start video there we go there i am
okay and so um okay so name and address sure my name is frank turner um my address is 30
south 15th street 15th floor philadelphia pa 19102 and okay do you swear a firm to tell the
truth and nothing but the truth yes i do thank you you may wait do you also agree to wait the
refusal and stipulate to its accuracy yes have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of
ownership tax compliance refusal referral photos under plans of this property five days in advance
of this hearing and have you met with the rco and do you have a letter um we do have a letter
we have met with the rco um i've provided the uh and uh miss suletta i may be able to um speak to
this uh i was in contact with her yesterday um i provided uh all the documents um uh yesterday
and uh and so you guys should have them now um yes and this is sharon i'll confirm there were some
technical problems with the exhibits but we do have everything that's required now okay great
mr turner you may proceed certainly and um so what we have here is a um a property that was a
small takeout um restaurant um and was approved for that zoning um back in 2006 and um it's uh
and now they have constructed a daycare. Nothing is, none of the structural elements have changed
in the building, and we actually do have the support of the registered RCO in this case,
and it's only a special exception that is required under these, under the circumstances.
can you share pictures and plans on the screen certainly bear with me one second while I pull
those up thank you
and so let me get the screen share
okay and so here
okay and so here um we have the um the plans i'm sorry um mr turner you're very low your voice
very thin right i i um i tried to uh log in also on my phone because i had this issue with my
computer before and i'll just uh speak up um so okay thank you uh certainly so what we have here
is the um are the plans and as i zoom in you should be able to see the first floor um plan
here uh that's sorry your voice is still very low okay i'll try to continue to speak up so what you
see here on the um as i zoom in is the um is the first floor plan um and uh you notice that there's
no, um, there's a kitchen area, um, the, you know, the space for the daycare, um, there's a,
there's daycare space on the second floor also, and the third floor, um, will just be used for
storage, um, and, uh, that's, so that, there are the plans, uh, that we have there, um, again,
and the plans note that, um, there's, there are no changes to the weight-bearing walls, so there's
not any um you know there's no structural uh change to the um to the property and um the uh
and it's a daycare um it's not going to increase the congestion in the area uh significantly more
than the restaurant would have um and again like i said we have the support of the uh of the rco
So, and I do have that letter here as well.
There's one minute, please.
This is the-
Does the board have any questions?
Letter of support.
Is there anyone in the virtual audience
who would like to testify?
Please raise your hand.
I see no hands, Madam Chair.
Okay, Planning Commission.
Good morning, Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
Members of the Board, this is a special exception and we feel the proposed special exception
will not cause detrimental impacts to the neighborhood beyond what might normally be
expected for this use and so the City Planning Commission recommends that the Board grant
the special exception.
Thank you.
calendar number 06541455 north 29th street my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes
my vote is yes thank you and good luck thank you madam chair thank you board
sure calendar number 3250 327 north 11th street the attorney is pasquale colavita
Madam Chair, he's been promoted to panelists.
Thank you.
Mr. Colavita, can you put your name and address on the record and spell your last name?
Good morning, Madam Chair and the rest of the panel.
Pascual Colavita on behalf of David and Jimmy Chang the owners of 327 and 329 North 11th Street
my address is 1026 Winter Street Philadelphia PA 19107 also if you could the architect Chris
Hamill I'm sorry can we pause a second um if I could Madam Chair request that he puts his full
name um spelling on sure and spell your spell your full name sure pasquale pasquale colavita
c-o-l-a-v-i-t-a and you've already put your address on do you swear a firm to tell the
whole truth and nothing but the truth i do okay and continue about the architect we we have um
My clients, I don't know whether they've been permitted to come in, but I know that they are on.
It's Jimmy Chang and David Chang, as well as Chris Hamill, the architect.
So if they can be promoted so that they can participate.
I don't need them right this second, but I will.
So they're required to raise their hand and we will unmute them as you need them.
They can speak up.
Perfect. Thank you.
thank you hey mr colavita do you agree to wait the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its
Okay. Mr. Colavita, do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
accuracy yes have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership tax compliance refusal or
referral photos and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing and have you met
with the rco and do you have a letter we have the answer to the first question yes we've uh
submitted all of the documents with the exception of uh older floor plans
which were then re were submitted this morning so everything was submitted to to the panel i had an
opportunity to speak with miss saletta yesterday originally we were going with a proviso for
amended plans but the a quick explanation would be is the amend the plans were only interior
amendments to the original plan submitted. We're going with the original plan submitted. The only
reason we did amendments is to appease the RCO, and those amendments did not affect the reasons
for the refusals. So as such, we're going back to the original floor plans, and we will make
whatever um adjustments after this meeting there are no adjustments in height width or depth uh the
the plans that are submitted are the the ones that uh they're again if the reasons for the refusal so
that that's my explanation as far as uh what has not been submitted within five days we did submit
additional plans this morning which I can which are the original plans. Sharon what would we be
voting on the original plans new plans unless you add proviso of a proviso approving revised plans
you're voting on the original plan. Okay thank you you may proceed. Good morning members of the panel
I have submitted a packet with a supplemental, it was originally A through M, and now it includes N, and I can share the table of content, and then what I will do is go through each of them.
let's see
bear with me I'm getting a little older
I need to
you know what i'm just going to go through without sharing the table contents
attached at exhibit a are the deeds showing ownership uh by david and jimmy chang for 327
and 329 these are similar projects this is a project in which and attached at exhibit b
are the tax clearance certificates for both properties attached at Exhibit C are their
application which occurred prior to my entry of my appearance wherein they requested the
variance or the use of an eight family dwelling. This is a 18 and a half by 97
at 329 for a total of 1794 and a half square feet property 327 which is a corner unit
is 18.75 wide by 97 long for a total of 18 1875 square feet excuse me council excuse me
excuse me will you be able to show any uh drawings diagrams or pictures absolutely absolutely i'm
just going through the table of contents so that way i can uh request that they be admitted into
the record and then i will uh go into the actual diagrams as well as uh photographs of uh the
property and surrounding neighborhood okay and something i want to do um is i didn't call in the
second case that you're handling calendar number 1432 329 north 11th street that's the companion
case to 327 north 11th street so if we can just incorporate my argument and testimony
uh as if it were originally called is there any way you can combine showing us the plans and
as if it were originally called is there any way you can combine
everything is combined no doubt everything is combined in the exhibits as well as the plans
the plans are going to look similar they're basically it's the request is this it's okay
can we can we see the plans at the same time you're speaking about them sure if i if i can
just finish my little uh uh initiation the reason for the refusal so if we go to exhibit d the reason
for the refusal was for two reasons one height and um because they requested a four-story property
in excess of 38 feet without a setback what we're asking for and i'll um is a height higher than 42
two and a half feet and eight units what what they're asking for are uh eight residential
units two per floor per property uh at exhibit e we filed our appeal and now we'll go to exhibit f
which are the the revised actually i'm going to go uh yeah can we see exhibit f yes instead okay
Are you able to see this? This is Exhibit F. Is it being shared?
Yes, it is.